The Supreme Court has upheld with finality the constitutionality of the Mining Act of 1995 but the struggle against this law that allows transnational corporations to engage in destructive mining activities continues, especially in Mindanao. By TYRONE VELEZ Bulatlat.com DAVAO CITY – With the Supreme Court (SC) deciding with finality on the constitutionality of the…
Day: February 12, 2005
IP, Environment, Church Groups Picket International Mining Confab
“We have had enough of big foreign and local companies that compromise environmental protection and respect for indigenous peoples and their ancestral domain in their pursuit for maximum profits.” – Rev. Fr. Allan Jose Arcebuche, OFM BY NOEL GODINEZ Northern Dispatch Posted by Bulatlat BAGUIO CITY —Some 200 protesters, many of whom traveled all the…
VAT Hike Will Stir Social Unrest – Economist
‘Government has lost its power to tax’ A noted nationalist economist said that an increase in the value-added tax (VAT) rate from the present 10 percent to 12 percent will stir up social unrest. Because of plunder, anomalies, and economic mismanagement, the government “has lost its power to tax,” he also said. BY ALEXANDER MARTIN…
Taxpayers’ Revolt in the Making?
Is there a taxpayers’ revolt in the offing? There is, if you ask Bayan Muna (People First) Rep. Teodoro Casiño and Bagong Alyansang Makabayan (Bayan or New Patriotic Alliance) secretary-general Renato Reyes, Jr. BY ALEXANDER MARTIN REMOLLINO Bulatlat.com Is there a taxpayers’ revolt in the offing? There is, if you ask Bayan Muna (People First)…