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Buen, Ramirez, and Abellana are among the many affected consumers who are billed monthly with a minimum charge and continue to pay their dues despite not being able to benefit from the services of PrimeWater.
“This is a ghost regulation where the agency exists in name but abandons its duty to ensure least-cost electricity."
“The Institute is of the opinion that the EU seafarers and the applicant (Filipino and Indonesian seafarers) have carried out their work under equal or comparable working conditions. They were colleagues who worked on the respondent’s (Dutch shipping companies) seagoing vessels under the same conditions.”
"NAIA is a strategic public service that the Philippine government must manage and operate to serve the interests of the traveling public – not to become a profit center for elite corporations.”
The Konsultahang Bayan marked a step toward collective dialogue, with youth and grassroots groups pledging to continue to watch over Iloilo’s tax and transport policies.
The fishers stressed that the mayor is obliged to process their permits, that police power cannot override rights, and that the LGU’s refusal is meant to clear the way for reclamation projects.
He is one of the around 1,500 workers who became jobless after a banana exporter company in Bukidnon ceased operations this month.
Over and above the lack of health education, the financial strain brought by the high cost of antidiabetic medications made treatment compliance nearly impossible for her. As a result, her blood sugar levels became chronically uncontrolled, and by the age of 30, she was already put on insulin therapy. Maria was told to strictly adhere to this treatment regimen if she did not want her kidneys to fail. This significantly took a toll on both her mind and her already stretched pocket.
“The 60-day rice import ban is just for show. While the public is being made to believe that something is being done for the farmers, the Rice Liberalization Law, one of the root causes of the decline in farmers’ income and the rising price of rice, remains in effect. It must be immediately repealed."
"The Marcos Jr. administration is clinging to a failed and anti-farmer policy of rice importation. It is time to repeal the Rice Liberalization Law, break up the rice trading monopoly, and implement a genuine program for food self-sufficiency."
Joanna Concepcion, chairperson of Migrante International, said that the Filipino trafficking victims in Cambodia were able to come home because of the persistent efforts and constant follow-ups of their families with various government agencies. Concepcion criticized the government’s process of providing assistance to the victims and how it delayed their return to the Philippines.
“They said that it’s for flood mitigation, but why are they dredging the offshore area and not the shallow part of the Banaoang River instead? The ships are scaring the fish away. What’s worse, some of the island’s coast has already eroded."
“There are months when we catch nothing. But we keep fishing because we have no choice.”
“We’re not asking for much, just don’t take away the five meters that help us get home alive."
The Makabayan bloc emphasized the direct effect of privatization of public transport to the Filipino people as fees will increase.
From water, electricity, up to transportation, the government’s public-private partnership (PPP) projects continue to be “profit-driven,” which, according to multisectoral groups, is the culprit behind the increasing prices of social services and basic commodities.
"Public transportation should be efficient and inclusive, but the government’s focus on elite interests is evident in the displacement of HITODA drivers, impacting PUPians as well."
Residents said project contractors only gave them a few days notice to move out as an additional barricade is being put up at the site.
“They resigned from their work and decided to do full time in Move It. Now, where will they go?”
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