By MARYA SALAMAT
“They [big corporations] have, for years, raked in profits by pressing down workers’ wages and pushing back the hard-earned gains of the country’s labor movement. They have been able to widen the disparity between the affluent minority and the poor and hungry majority in the country – a situation that violates the principles of social justice.”
By Satur C. Ocampo At Ground Level | The Philippine Star In my last two columns I wrote about the call of US billionaire-investor Warren Buffet to tax the rich more, and about efforts to create more jobs in the United States by reviving manufacturing that uses advanced technology. Acceding to readers’ requests, I try…
By BENJIE OLIVEROS Bulatlat.com The world economic crisis has not yet abated and there is still no recovery in sight even after three years. The governments of the advanced capitalist countries had already spent trillions of dollars in bail out programs, and these have resulted in the sovereign debt crisis, but still, nothing has happened.…
Ibon Foundation Posted by Bulatlat.com IBON Features—The Aquino administration’s conditional cash transfers (CCTs), which take up the largest part of its Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps), have many points of appeal. Giving cash to poor families appeals to those inclined to charity. Those concerned about social welfare appreciate the focus on maternal and child health…