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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…
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Continue reading →: ‘Padz’
One regret I have was not asking Fr. Joe Dizon to be our wedding priest. So when my wife gave birth to our second child last September, we talked about asking ‘Padz’ to officiate her christening. But that will happen no more. Last November 4, Padz passed away. He was…
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Continue reading →: Water arbitration: issues and implications
Updated, first published as IBON Features Last 24 September, Manila Water Co. Inc. officially filed a dispute notice before the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) questioning the decision of the Metropolitan Waterworks and Sewerage System (MWSS) – Regulatory Office (RO) to reduce water rates. Maynilad Water Services Inc., meanwhile, will also…
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Continue reading →: Sona 2013: Silent on water tax, all-out on LRT/MRT fare hike
Two things stood out in the State of the Nation Address (Sona) that reaffirmed the big business and neoliberal bias of President Benigno Aquino III. First, which stood out because of its conspicuous absence in the Sona, is the issue of passed on income taxes and other expenses by Manila…
I’m Arnold Padilla, a Filipino activist, writer, and researcher.
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