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Aquino’s Purchase of Luxury Car Appalls Urban Poor
By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO
For urban poor group Kadamay, buying an expensive car such as a Porsche is like Aquino saying “I do not care if prices are high for as long as I have the money to buy myself a nice car.” The group also compared Aquino to a father who ate an entire roasted chicken for himself while his children are starving.
Benjie Oliveros | Aquino Government Should Urgently Address Hunger Problem Instead of Denying It Exists
The results of the SWS November 27-30, 2010 survey revealed that the prevalence of hunger worsened in a matter of three months.
Photo of the Week: Not Quite Le Cirque
Not Quite Le Cirque. President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo and her party spent nearly one million pesos on dinner during their recent visit to New York, ordering such items as caviar and expensive wine. In the meantime, poor Filipinos — like this little girl having lunch, or what passes for it, in Isla Puting Bato, a slum area in Manila — have to make do with what they have, which is often not enough. (By Ayi Muallam)
Contemplating Poverty
About 30 million Filipinos living below the poverty-line hound the urban scene of modern-day Philippines. In the heart of Tondo, Manila, one can easily be acquainted with the images of destitute lives of thousands of men, women and children struggling amid the ever worsening situation.
Workers, Urban Poor Skip Meals to Cope with the Crisis
While the poor try everything from skipping meals to walking hours to the workplace just to cope with the economic crisis, all the government does is to distribute dole outs. BY THE CENTER FOR TRADE UNION AND HUMAN RIGHTS Posted by Bulatlat.com Vol. VIII, No. 27, August 10-16, 2008 Rosa, 55, is a garment worker…
Two-year old Hospitalized after Eating Rice with MSG as Viand
While the island of Negros is known as the land of sugar, many of its people are suffering from hunger and poverty. A two-year old boy ate the meal prepared by his sister, rice with monosodium glutamate or MSG, because there was no salt. After a few hours, he was rushed to a hospital and…
Arroyo Gov’t Destroying Peace, Causing Poverty in Mindanao – Solon
BY BULATLAT Posted 4:53 p.m., July 29, 2008 Mrs. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo admitted in her State of the Nation Address (SONA) yesterday her government’s failure to alleviate poverty in Mindanao due to the ‘endless conflict in the island.’ But a congresswoman from Davao attributed poverty to the Arroyo government itself. In a statement, Gabriela Women’s Party…
Hunger and Poverty, Dissatisfaction, and Absence of Justice Reveal the True State of the Nation
Widespread hunger and poverty, broad dissatisfaction, and the absence of justice belie any claim of accomplishments that the Arroyo government is hard-selling on the people. BY BENJIE OLIVEROS ANALYSIS Vol. VIII, No. 25, July 27-August 2, 2008 Pres. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo would be delivering the 7th State of the Nation Address (SONA) of her administration on…
More on the Rice Crisis: Profiteering and Poverty
If there is no shortage, locally and internationally, and no compelling reason for the increases in rice prices and yet it is happening then somebody is making a hefty profit out of it at the expense of the majority of the Filipino people. BY BENJIE OLIVEROS ANALYSIS Bulatlat Vol. VIII, No. 12, April 27 –…
7 Out of 10 See Themselves Poor
Many Filipinos also have trouble looking for jobs, paying bills Seven out of ten Filipinos believe that they are poor, according to the results of the latest IBON nationwide survey. BY IBON FOUNDATION Posted by Bulatlat Vol. VIII, No. 4, February 24-March 1, 2008 Seven out of ten Filipinos believe that they are poor, according…