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Continue reading →: odnum an datgilaB
.ang nanuhol at nanakot ang siyang argabyado sa odnum an datgilaB .ang saksi sa krimen ang siyang naging preso sa odnum an datgilaB .ang mamamatay-tao napupunta sa kongreso sa ondum an datgilaB .hindi rape ang rape kung ang rapist ay kano sa ondum an datgilaB .buhay ang demokrasya sa madayang…
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Continue reading →: Cordillera Day 2009 and notes on the national situation
On April 23-25, 2009, the Cordillera People’s Alliance (CPA) held the 25th Cordillera Day celebrations. Unlike in previous years, this year’s celebrations were decentralized and held simultaneously in the five provinces of the region (Benguet and Baguio, Kalinga and Apayao, Ifugao, Mountain Province and Abra). I was later told this…
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Continue reading →: Why Gloria’s P330-B “Stimulus Package” Will Fail (Part 1)
A Critique of the Economic Resiliency Plan (ERP) Part 1 of a two-part series, originally published in Bulatlat.com The Economic Resiliency Plan (ERP) is a package of programs put together by the Arroyo administration in response to the global financial and economic crisis. Its stated objectives include the mitigation of…
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Continue reading →: Lenten thoughts on Gloria’s birthday wish
Mrs. Gloria Arroyo turned 62 last Palm Sunday, April 5. It was meaningful, Mrs. Arroyo said, because it coincided with the start of the commemoration of the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ. Her birthday wish, she said, would be “unity and volunteerism to see the country through the global…
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Continue reading →: The OPSF and Malacañang’s efforts to blunt calls to regulate the oil industry
A think tank based at the House of Representatives (HoR), the Congressional Planning and Budget Department (CPBD), on Tuesday released a report upholding Republic Act (RA) 8479 or the Downstream Oil Industry Deregulation Act of 1998. The report, written by CPBD director general Rodolfo Vicerra, warned that without RA 8479,…
