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Continue reading →: SONA 2015: Favoring the rich, oppressing the poor – Aquino legacy, by the numbers
One of the biggest legacies that President Benigno S. Aquino III will leave behind is how his regime has favored the rich and oppressed the poor. Below are some numbers. Php168.9 billion – total cost of the 10 public-private partnership (PPP) projects awarded so far by the Aquino administration (An updated…
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Continue reading →: SONA 2015: Aquino’s PPP legacy
(Short video produced by AlterMidya) First published as IBON Features “We have so many needs: from education, infrastructure, health, military, police and more. Our funds will not be enough to meet them… Our solution: public-private partnerships… From these public-private partnerships, our economy will grow and every Filipino will be the…
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Continue reading →: More than meets the eye: People’s fact-finding on Mamasapano
Life Interrupted: Civilian communities terrorized by commando assault in Mamasapano Initial Report of the People’s Fact-Finding Mission Mamasapano, Maguindanao February 9-11, 2015 The Government of the Philippines (GPH) and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) are participating in ongoing peace talks. Prior to the signing of the Bangsamoro Basic Law…
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Continue reading →: Maynilad says 65% of rate hike will be used to pay for its income taxManny Pangilinan and his foreign backers and financiers, who have interests in LRT, MRT and Maynilad, must be grinning widely right now. With the public still reeling from the huge LRT/MRT fare hike, Maynilad Water Services Inc. announced that it will soon implement a significant increase in its basic charge.…
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Continue reading →: LRT/MRT fare hike and the Aquino admin’s irrational, baseless claimsOn 4 January, the Department of Transportation and Communications (DOTC) will start implementing the controversial fare hike for light rail transit (LRT) 1 and 2 and metro rail transit (MRT) 3. The issues surrounding the fare hike have not changed, with the administration mouthing the same irrational and baseless claims…
I’m Arnold Padilla, a Filipino activist, writer, and researcher.
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