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Continue reading →: Constitutional issues to determine alignments in Senate vote on the JPEPA
First published in Bulatlat.com, Vol. VIII No. 33, Sep 21-27, 2008 It has been more than two years now since President Gloria Arroyo and Japanese premier Junichiro Koizumi signed the Japan-Philippines Economic Partnership Agreement (JPEPA) in September 2006. But the controversial treaty remains pending in the Senate and despite many…
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Continue reading →: Huling martsa
(Mayo 28, 2008 nang magmartsa ang may 20,000 tao upang ihatid ang mga labi ni Ka Bel sa kanyang huling hantungan) At tayo’y narito na Sa iyong huling martsa Narito pa rin ang mga bandilang pula Hindi nagmamaliw ang sigla ng kanilang pagwagayway Lalong mahigpit ang pagtangan sa kanila ng…
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Continue reading →: At our expense: Malacañang collects almost P123 M daily in VAT from diesel, kerosene, LPG
Crude futures prices continue to post record highs after breaching the $130 a barrel mark last Wednesday. In my previous article, I have argued that these prices are speculative and while they tend to push prices up in the physical spot market, pump prices in the Philippines should not be…
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Continue reading →: $130 a barrel oil: notes on recent oil price trends
The Inquirer’s headline today says that world oil prices have already reached $130 a barrel and that domestic oil companies are implementing weekly price increases supposedly to reflect the uptrend in international prices. But the article is actually referring to the New York Mercantile Exchange (NYMEX) futures price for July…
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Continue reading →: On Gloria’s Food Summit speech
The National Food Summit, like other summits launched by the government in the past to supposedly address emergency situations, has been reduced to a self-serving publicity stunt, making the false impression that the rice crisis is being addressed as well as to justify current policies. Similar to Gloria Arroyo’s speech…
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