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Continue reading →: EDCA economics
IBON Features Philippine sovereignty remains seriously challenged even as the country marks its (supposed) 116th Independence Day on 12 June. The biggest threat still comes from the US especially amid its so-called pivot to Asia. This foreign policy of the Obama regime involves the deepening of US-PH colonial ties such…
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Continue reading →: Poverty trends
In its latest survey, the Social Weather Stations (SWS) said that the number of Filipino households that consider themselves poor has slightly declined to 53% in the first quarter of 2014 from 55% in the last quarter of 2013. The Aquino administration was quick to point out that the SWS findings…
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Continue reading →: Obama and the US Cha-cha lobby
Malacañang announced that defense and security would be on top of the agenda during US President Barack Obama and President Benigno Aquino III’s meeting on April 28. This, of course, is expected. In time for the visit, negotiators have rushed a new defense accord that will facilitate greater US access…
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Continue reading →: UN report reaffirms water privatization amid MWSS rate hike controversy
First published as IBON Features The World Water Day quietly passed by last March 22. It’s a United Nations (UN) event that has been observed since 1993 to highlight the issues facing global water resources. For this year, the World Water Day had as its focus the water-energy nexus and…
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Continue reading →: Heartless, greedy Meralco thrives under privatized, deregulated regime
With the country still reeling from the devastation wrought by Yolanda, the people are facing yet another disaster – the calamity of soaring prices. People ask: Are the oil companies and Meralco (Manila Electric Co.) that heartless and greedy? Alas, this is the cruel reality of neoliberal economics, of deregulation…
I’m Arnold Padilla, a Filipino activist, writer, and researcher.
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