By Gerry Albert Corpuz Bulatlat.com Can a foreigner be barred for entering the Philippines because of his or her previous participation in a protest action here? The answer is yes, going by the experience of a Bangladeshi peasant leader who was deported last March 30 even if his travel papers were in order. Three international…
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Odd Jobs under the Arroyo administration
BY MARYA G. SALAMAT Bulatlat.com While the unemployed have very limited options under the employment generation plan of the Macapagal-Arroyo administration, employed workers are being battered by labor contractualization and other flexible work arrangements. The Macapagal-Arroyo administration boasts that it is handling the economy well claiming a 6.1 percent growth in the Gross Domestic Product…