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Continue reading →: Real story for 2008: more hardships, more unrest
Gloria Arroyo’s distorted version of reality shows how detached her regime is from the people who face worsening poverty and hunger. But empty propaganda about economic growth will not quell the deteriorating political crisis that engulfs the country today. Arroyo proclaimed Thursday (March 27) that the “real story for 2008”…
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Continue reading →: Notes on the rice crisis
The current rice crisis is a manifestation of the permanent crisis of Philippine agriculture and the economy in general. This permanent crisis is characterized mainly by backward production and intense concentration of the means of agricultural production, most especially land, in the hands of compradors and landlords. Such backwardness and…
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Continue reading →: Jpepa faces tough constitutional issues as Senate vote nears
Part 1 of a two-part series The Japan-Philippines Economic Partnership Agreement (Jpepa) is on top of the agenda of the Philippine Senate when it resumes from its Holy Week break on April 28. Senator Miriam Santiago, chair of the Senate committee on foreign relations, said she will release a full…
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