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Continue reading →: Water rate hikes: Maynilad, Manila Water want P153 B in future income tax passed on to consumers
Manila Water and Maynilad are not only charging consumers the costs of unimplemented and future projects. They are also passing on the costs of their income tax to us, including those that they will have to pay for in the future. Worse, the water firms are even profiting from such…
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Continue reading →: PNoy and the Big Water monopolies
By July, the 14.2 million consumers of Maynilad Water Services Inc. and Manila Water Co. Inc. will have to shell out more for their water bill. If your household is consuming 30 cubic meters (cu. m.) a month, be ready to pay an additional P234 (if your service provider is…
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Continue reading →: At least 29 out of 53 party list reps proclaimed by Comelec are from political clans, former government officials, multi-millionaires
More than two weeks after the May 2013 polls, the Commission on Elections (Comelec) has finally proclaimed, albeit still incomplete, the winning party list groups. Looking at the composition of the party list representatives who will sit in the 16th Congress, it appears that at least 29 out of the…
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Continue reading →: Privatized, foreign-controlled elections: the original sin
The ever controversial source code is now finally available, so says poll chief Sixto Brillantes. The catch, however, is that the review can be finished only well after the elections on Monday (May 13). The review could last for as long as six months, meaning the results will be known…
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Continue reading →: Who cares about smuggled oil?
Petron Corporation, the country’s largest oil company, has alleged that about one out of every three liters of gasoline or diesel sold in the Philippines is smuggled. For the government that translates to P30-40 billion in lost revenues a year, said Petron boss Ramon S. Ang. For the company it…
I’m Arnold Padilla, a Filipino activist, writer, and researcher.
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