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By MARYA SALAMAT
Child labor arises in the Philippines because of the government’s failure in generating decent jobs. – KMU
By MARYA SALAMAT
The Philippines is still a debtor nation, and as Ibon Foundation said, this ‘lending’ to the IMF used to be a sensibly un-hyped part of “management of any country’s international reserves.”
Stories from CCT communities give us a picture that is different from how government describes the positive impact of its anti-poverty program.
By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO
The so-called 'Green economy' will intensify the plunder of the world's remaining natural wealth and the privatization of critical services, technologies and products through Public-Private Partnerships and similar market-driven mechanisms." – Frances Quimpo, Kaliakasan Partylist
By MARYA SALAMAT
VECO workers are being asked to explain why they had taken part in the May Day rally wearing their uniforms, and why they had hurled tomatoes at the picture of President Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III during the May 1 program.
By MARYA SALAMAT
Progressive organizations, business and transport leaders are dismayed at the fact that the government, up to now, has no system to monitor or explain how the oil companies profit and how much. Neither does it have a benchmark for defining excessive profits and penalties for such.
By MARYA SALAMAT
Aquino has granted only “measly wage hikes, promoted contractualization even more, made demolitions of urban poor communities more brutal, and colluded with the oil cartel.” – KMU
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By MARYA SALAMAT
As peasants and workers are being battered by incessant price hikes, peasants are demanding for an increase in the government’s procurement of rice and workers for a substantial wage increase.
By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO
“It's obvious that Aquino is coddling private energy corporations, particularly those using dirty fuels."
By MARYA SALAMAT
"While drivers are being forced to grapple with reduced income and the people with higher fares and costs of goods, the government and the oil companies are swimming in profits and VAT windfall.”
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By MARYA SALAMAT
Even employers in other regions have reportedly told the House labor committee they can afford the said wage hike.
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By MARYA SALAMAT
By denying public health workers their legally-mandated benefits, the Aquino government has practically reduced their monthly take-home pay.
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