Workers begin 10-day countdown to wage increase
"Increasing the national minimum wage is possible and not something that will burden the businesses.
Workers begin 10-day countdown to wage increase
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What the Rice Tariffication Law violates
What the Rice Tariffication Law violates
The Philippines has now embarked on import liberalization of its staple – a dangerous path not just for the country’s food security, but more importantly, for that elusive economic development.
Privatization is creating an artificial water shortage
Privatization is creating an artificial water shortage
Focusing on just Manila Water diverts the issue away from privatization as the central issue in, and underlying reason behind, the artificial shortage. As such, it also has the effect of absolving government of responsibility when in fact, the biggest accountability in all this lies with government for abandoning its duty to ensure water for the people.
‘There is enough water’ – Indigenous Peoples
‘There is enough water’ – Indigenous Peoples
“The Duterte administration is exploiting the vulnerability of Metro Manila residents who are justly demanding accessible and efficient water services.”
From Comval to Manila: Workers face threats amid strike for regularization
From Comval to Manila: Workers face threats amid strike for regularization
Unionists have defended their protest camp from at least four instances of forced demolition while in Manila.
‘Conflict of interest’ seen in SMC P1-B Manila Bay rehab partnership
‘Conflict of interest’ seen in SMC P1-B Manila Bay rehab partnership
“San Miguel’s P1-billion rehab is highly suspicious because it comes alongside its push for its Aerotropolis and Expressway-Dike reclamation projects across Northern Manila Bay." -- KAlikasan PNE
Defending rivers and Manila Bay against pollution, privatization
Defending rivers and Manila Bay against pollution, privatization
“If anyone had rights over the Manila Bay, it is the Filipino people, and if it is to serve any purpose, it should be for the benefit of the general population, and not an elite few.”
‘Direct hit’ Bulacan fisherfolk most affected, least consulted on SMC reclamation
‘Direct hit’ Bulacan fisherfolk most affected, least consulted on SMC reclamation
What is common in the stories of the residents in various coastal sitios of Bulacan is that the “news” about their impending displacement is coming to them in trickles of information packaged in a threat.
Bulacan fisherfolk, women want genuine, inclusive Manila Bay rehabilitation
Bulacan fisherfolk, women want genuine, inclusive Manila Bay rehabilitation
While the government is riding on the popular call for cleanup of Manila Bay, harnessing free labor of volunteers for fishing out thrash in Manila Bay, it is, on the other hand, disproportionately blaming the poor and seeking their demolition in favor of reclamation plans and other real estate development.
‘Big-time oil price hikes can be avoided’ – progressive lawmakers
‘Big-time oil price hikes can be avoided’ – progressive lawmakers
“The latest round of price hikes will definitely hurt consumers including low to middle-income earners and especially poor sectors like farmers, fisherfolk and urban poor.”
Farmers slam Duterte for ‘sealing death of PH rice industry’ with tariffication law
Farmers slam Duterte for ‘sealing death of PH rice industry’ with tariffication law
“It's the beginning of the end of the local rice industry. Even with the rice industry enhancement fund, the local rice industry do not stand a chance with massive rice imports.”
No more unli rice | Assessing the impact of tariffication on food security
No more unli rice | Assessing the impact of tariffication on food security
Farmers and advocates warn of the negative impacts of rice tariffication.
Genuine agrarian reform, rice industry development as alternatives to tariffication
Genuine agrarian reform, rice industry development as alternatives to tariffication
“The Rice Industry Development Act (RIDA) bill seeks to lift our rice industry from a multi-dimensional crisis that wasted away its productive capability, stunted its development and forestalled the country’s attainment of food security."
‘Rice tariffication detrimental to NFA, consumers’
‘Rice tariffication detrimental to NFA, consumers’
"This situation may lead to chaos and further manipulation of the supply and price of the staple by unscrupulous traders."
Tariffication to worsen dependence on imported rice
Tariffication to worsen dependence on imported rice
While not a guarantee to lower prices in the long run, opening up the rice sector to unbridled imports leaves the country’s rice security at the mercy of an unpredictable and increasingly unreliable world market. This happens as 95 percent of Philippine rice imports come from just two countries whose own domestic production is either slowing down or declining. Globally, rice production has been steadily decelerating in the past four decades.
Rice price hikes seen with tariffication bill
Rice price hikes seen with tariffication bill
Price increases are to be expected as the country’s staple food will be solely at the hands of the profit-oriented private sector.
Environmentalists, fisherfolk denounce DENR’s ‘fake’ rehabilitation of Manila Bay
Environmentalists, fisherfolk denounce DENR’s ‘fake’ rehabilitation of Manila Bay
'There is no real rehabilitation if the Manila Bay ends up with profit-driven corporations.'
Mining in the Philippines: The steep price our people pay to line the pockets of a few
Mining in the Philippines: The steep price our people pay to line the pockets of a few
Without a domestic industry processing our mining products to make our own metals, only the large corporations exporting it reap the most benefit, at the expense of the poor and the environment.
‘SMC airport project to worsen flooding, displace families in Bulacan’
‘SMC airport project to worsen flooding, displace families in Bulacan’
“The birds’ habitat, the people’s source of livelihood and protection from storm surges are being turned into just another concrete jungle for the profit of the very few.”
TRAIN-2: The Sequel Makes Things Worse
TRAIN-2: The Sequel Makes Things Worse
TRAIN-2 worsens the regressiveness of the tax system on top of what TRAIN-1 has done by reducing corporate income tax collections to increase corporate profits ... The fiscal incentives scheme should most of all be grounded in a strategic vision of national industrialization.
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