MILF asks Aquino gov’t to suspend oil exploration contracts
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Aquino 2012 budget proposal lacks transparency
Aquino 2012 budget proposal lacks transparency
By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO
“This is just the tip of the iceberg and there are still numerous items that have to be questioned because they are a goldmine for the unscrupulous and the corrupt." – Bayan Muna Rep. Teddy Casiño
Oil price hikes continue to erode income of drivers
Oil price hikes continue to erode income of drivers
By MARYA SALAMAT
Comparing the local oil prices to that in other countries in the past years, Piston said the local pump prices have risen far more than the amount necessitated by price movements abroad and the peso-dollar exchange rate. The transport group continues to accuse the oil companies of overpricing oil products by “an average at least of P7.50 ($0.17) per liter.”
The economic crisis, austerity measures, and resistance in Europe
The economic crisis, austerity measures, and resistance in Europe
By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO
Governments in Europe are responding to the world economic crisis by tightening control by the European Union and forcing an intensified implementation of neo-liberal measures to compete with the US. Hard-hit by these measures are the working people who are now rising up, conducting massive strikes and protest actions.
Aquino’s development plan, mere rehash of Arroyo’s policies
Aquino’s development plan, mere rehash of Arroyo’s policies
By ANNE MARXZE D. UMIL
Using Einstein’s definition of insanity, Ibon's Jose Enrique Africa said that with the Philippine Development Plan of President Benigno Aquino III, the government is doing the same things all over again and expecting different results.
Pacquiao bats for P125 wage hike for workers
Pacquiao bats for P125 wage hike for workers
By MARYA SALAMAT
“I was once a laborer, too. I have worked at various jobs just to be able to feed my family. I know how it is to work hard and to subsist on meager wages.” – Rep. Manny Pacquiao
Int’l fact-finding mission in Isabela exposes abuses, landgrabbing
Int’l fact-finding mission in Isabela exposes abuses, landgrabbing
By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO
“Farmers are losing their land, their livelihood and their very lives because of this [bioethanol] project,” said, Dioni Yadao of Dagami San Mariano.
‘NFA guilty of legalized smuggling’ – farmers, NFA employees
‘NFA guilty of legalized smuggling’ – farmers, NFA employees
By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO
As of five days ago, the NFA awarded to the private sector the rights to import 660,000 metric tons out of the 860,000 metric tons of rice to be imported for the year, this despite news reports of sacks of rice rotting in NFA warehouses. And rice traders who import the rice would even be exempted from paying taxes.
Video: Under Aquino, conditions of workers worsen
Video: Under Aquino, conditions of workers worsen
Workers' conditions worsen under Aquino
Labor group slams Aquino for siding with employers, rejecting legislated wage hike
Labor group slams Aquino for siding with employers, rejecting legislated wage hike
By MARYA SALAMAT
In the ECOP national conference, Aquino said his government has “no intention of asking Congress to legislate an across-the-board increase in wages.”
Labor Day 2011: A day of outrage (audio slideshow)
Labor Day 2011: A day of outrage (audio slideshow)
Labor Day 2011: A day of outrage
Struggling to make both ends meet with the minimum wage
Struggling to make both ends meet with the minimum wage
The struggles of a minimum wage earner
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