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Continue reading →: MRT fare hike: subsidies for transnational banks and big comprador profits
In his first SONA, Aquino identified the case of the metro rail transit (MRT) as among the questionable and disadvantageous projects of the Arroyo administration: “The government tried again to buy the people’s love. The operator was forced to keep the rates low. In effect, the guarantee given to the…
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Continue reading →: SONA 2010: Noynoy to continue Cory’s privatization legacy
In his first State of the Nation Address (SONA), President Benigno Aquino III used the various cases of misuse of public funds by the Arroyo administration as a pretext to promote the so-called Public-Private Partnerships or PPPs. According to Aquino, PPPs will address the lack of resources due to a…
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Continue reading →: SONA 2010: Water, power crises
First published by the Philippine Online Chronicles Part 1 President Benigno Aquino III will hold his first State of the Nation Address (SONA) on Monday, July 26 amid a water shortage engulfing a substantial portion of Metro Manila, with long queues for rationed water becoming a common sight. Meanwhile, about two…
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Continue reading →: Noynoy’s SONA and the People’s Challenge
On Monday (July 26), President Benigno Aquino III will give his first State of the Nation Address (SONA). His speech before Congress is highly anticipated as people look for signals that the country will indeed chart a new direction in the next six years, one that breaks from the old…
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Continue reading →: Water shortage in Metro is beyond El Niño
The water shortage in Metro Manila has been conveniently blamed by the private water concessionaires and authorities on everything else but themselves. They blamed it on El Niño for drying up the Angat Dam. They blamed it on “Basyang” for not pouring enough rains on Norzagaray, Bulacan to replenish the…
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