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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…
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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…
