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Continue reading →: #BeyondElections2016: PPP investors bet on presidential bets
“It’s how bureaucrat capitalism works. Oligarchs back presidential bids as ‘investment’ and rake profits later through government contracts such as public-private partnerships (PPPs).”
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Continue reading →: #BigasHindiBala: Beyond bureaucratic neglect and police brutality
Long before the drought and the Kidapawan bloodshed, hunger and poverty were already debilitating countless in the countryside. Along with fishermen (39.2%), poverty incidence is the worst among farmers (38.3%). In Region XII, site of the violence, poverty incidence among farmers is 47.9%, the fifth highest in the country. All…
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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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