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Continue reading →: With deregulation, the Philippines is most vulnerable in Asia to oil shocks
The escalating conflict in Iran and West Asia has once again exposed a fundamental weakness of the Philippine oil regime: the country’s complete exposure to global oil price shocks under the Downstream Oil Industry Deregulation Act of 1998 (the Oil Deregulation Law, or ODL). Compared to other countries in the…
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Continue reading →: How Trump’s Epic Fury in Iran impacts the Filipino poor
The ongoing and rapidly expanding crisis in West Asia, brought about by the treacherous attacks by the US and Israel on Iran (codenamed Operation “Epic Fury” by President Trump and “Lion’s Roar” by Prime Minister Netanyahu), has far-reaching implications for the Philippines. Our backward economy and subservient foreign policy expose…
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Continue reading →: EDSA@40: How bureaucrat capitalism thrived under U.S. patronage during Marcos Sr. dictatorship
Four decades have passed since the Filipino people ousted the Marcos Sr. dictatorship on February 25, 1986. Known as the EDSA People Power uprising, millions took to the streets nationwide to oppose the regime’s abuses of power, plunder, and fascist violence. Forty years later, from Marcos Sr. to Marcos Jr.,…
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Continue reading →: PH-US critical minerals pact: A new wave of imperialist plunder
The recently signed memorandum of understanding (MOU) between the Philippines and the US on critical minerals and rare earth signals a new wave of imperialist plunder of the country’s natural resources at the expense of national industrialization, the environment, and the rights of local communities. On February 4, the Department…
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Continue reading →: SONA 2025: Anti-corruption, good governance as Marcos Jr. legacy?
First published by Bulatlat.com In his fourth State of the Nation Address (SONA), did President Marcos Jr. just lay the groundwork for the legacy he wants to build as he begins the second half of his presidency? If this is the game plan of the Marcos Jr. regime, it has…
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