-
Continue reading →: Facts and figures you should know about oil prices
(The video above, produced by Mayday Multimedia, is a short but very useful visual presentation of the issues behind the high and increasing oil prices in the country. Below are some of the latest available official data as well as independent estimates that hopefully you may also find useful.) P48.10…
-
Continue reading →: Mining: illusory economic gains
On Mar. 3 (Saturday), anti-mining advocates will mark the anniversary of the Philippine Mining Act (enacted on Mar. 3, 1995) with a protest march from the University of Sto. Tomas (UST) to Mendiola Bridge in Manila. Participants will include delegates from various regions nationwide who are attending the two-day National…
-
Continue reading →: (Dis)Counting unemployment
When the Social Weather Stations (SWS) released its survey showing that the Aquino administration continues to enjoy a very good net satisfaction rating of 56%, presidential spokesperson Edwin Lacierda had this to say: “This recent measurement of public opinion indicates that the public not only sees, but has tangibly felt,…
-
Continue reading →: More Filipinos think Aquino not addressing oil overpricing
The latest survey of the Social Weather Stations (SWS) shows that while the Aquino administration continues to enjoy high public satisfaction ratings, more Filipinos are dissatisfied with government response on the issue of oil prices. According to the SWS’s Dec. 3-7, 2011 survey, published yesterday (Feb. 13) by the BusinessWorld,…
-
Continue reading →: 14 years of oil deregulation is enough! (Last part)
Read part 1 here When the ever controversial and IMF-pushed ODL was still being deliberated in Congress, its ardent proponents peddled it as the policy that will end the domination of the Big Three oil companies, namely Petron Corporation, Pilipinas Shell, and Chevron Philippines (formerly Caltex), over the local downstream…
I’m Arnold Padilla, a Filipino activist, writer, and researcher.
Follow me
Subscribe
Get notified of new posts via email
A Radical's Nut 