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Continue reading →: ‘Dutertenomics’: golden age of oligarchic and foreign interests in infrastructure?“Build, build, build” is said to be the foundation of the Duterte administration’s development plan, which his economic managers are packaging as “Dutertenomics”. The plan is supposed to usher in a “golden age of infrastructure”. But despite the attempt at branding, Dutertenomics is neither new nor unique. Its cornerstone of…
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Continue reading →: Trump builds ‘legitimacy’ thru bombs and war-making
When Donald Trump surprisingly clinched the US presidency, the legitimacy of his regime has been challenged from the onset. Rival Democratic Party, with the apparent help of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), immediately launched a campaign to delegitimize Trump. Even within his Republican Party, there seems to be mistrust on…
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Continue reading →: #OccupyBulacan and the anarchy in housing and urban development
When the urban poor group Kadamay (Kalipunan ng Damayang Mahihirap) led the occupation of idle housing units in a government relocation site in Pandi, Bulacan last week, President Rodrigo Duterte called the action “anarchy”. He even threatened them with eviction. Latest report says that the urban poor families – numbering…
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Continue reading →: Meralco rate hikes, prepaid electricity and neoliberal “users pay”
First published as IBON Features The February rate hike of Php0.92 per kilowatt-hour (kWh) that the Manila Electric Co. (Meralco) announced is actually just the initial strike. In March, the unfortunate public should expect an even stronger blow from the utility giant as another rate hike of as much as…
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Continue reading →: Duterte’s Defense chief, US imperialism’s reliable point man
It is fitting that Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana made the first public declaration of the Duterte regime’s all-out war against the New People’s Army (NPA). Duterte’s termination of the peace talks, after all, is the culmination of the military and security establishment’s relentless campaign to undermine the peace efforts by…
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