Power consumers face new power rates increases this year. For power consumers, there is no relief from the spate of rate hikes they had to put up with last year, for that matter, for decades. BY ALEXANDER MARTIN REMOLLINO Bulatlat.com After greetings of “Happy new...
BY ALEXANDER MARTIN REMOLLINO Bulatlat.com Trade Secretary Peter Favila said that the Philippines is not lacking in work.Unemployed Filipinos are just choosy. He cited applicants in call centers who supposedly back out after learning that they would have to start...
BY ALEXANDER MARTIN REMOLLINO Bulatlat.com The government, said Bayan Muna (People First) Rep. Teddy Casiño, may impose additional taxes to raise the income needed to finance this year’s proposed P1.053 trillion ($20,371,445,153) national budget. In the 2006...
The plight of Filipino teachers has been at its worst since Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo assumed the presidency in 2001, according to the Alliance of Concerned Teachers (ACT). Amid the recent surges in the prices of petroleum products and consequently of transport and...
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