The Japan Philippines Economic Partnership Agreement (JPEPA) violates provisions of the 1987 Constitution which are vital to the country's future economic development, according to independent think-tank IBON Foundation. BY IBON FOUNDATION Posted by Bulatlat Vol....
The Department of Agriculture (DA) is trying to gain public support for the ratification of the Japan-Philippines Economic Partnership Agreement (JPEPA) by flaunting that the free-trade pact will secure some US$353 million (P15.6 billion) worth of existing...
BY EMILY VITAL Bulatlat January 16, 2008 - 11:35am Anti-JPEPA groups criticized Sen. Mar Roxas' statement regarding the Japan-Philippines Economic Partnership Agreement (JPEPA). The No Deal! JPEPA said Roxas' statement is premature and added that it is tantamount...
Ratifying the JPEPA at its present unconstitutional form creates the risk that the Philippines will be subjected to legal disputes in international courts and face liability for damages. Under the Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties, for instance, the...
Apologists for the Japan-Philippines Economic Partnership Agreement (JPEPA) continue to claim that the treaty’s ratification will mean more employment and foreign remittances for Filipinos. But JPEPA highlights the Philippine government’s insensitivity to nurses...
BY BULATLAT September 12, 2008 - 2:38 p.m. A former dean of the University of the Philippines (UP) College of Law called the exchange of notes between the Philippine and Japanese diplomats regarding the controversial economic agreement 'a derogation of the...
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