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The following is the acceptance speech of Amnesty International Philippines’ “Most Distinguished Defender of Human Rights” Awardee Walden Bello, read by his stepdaughter, Annette Ferrer, Hotel Luxent, June 10, 2023.
I would like to thank Amnesty International for this honor of naming me the (…)
The globalization of educational standards has finally caught up with us in a painful and jarring way. Filipino seafarers, particularly at the officer level, may soon be banned from working aboard European ships because their training does not meet the global standards set in the International (…)
While few large Chinese infrastructure projects have eventuated under the current administration, the country has been awash in Chinese money.
With the end of Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte’s administration in sight, a thorough reassessment of his China policy in the development sphere (…)
If the Duterte administration does not give a large wage hike, it will finish its term with the only decline in real wages among all post-Marcos administrations over the past 36 years, research group IBON said. The group added that a wage increase will help cushion the impact of the rising (…)
The labor group Partido Manggagawa (PM) asserted that even small businesses can afford to give their workers a pay increase. This was in reaction to a statement by the Employers Confederation of the Philippines President Sergio Ortiz-Luis Jr.
“Wag kang kuripot! Before the pandemic, (…)
In reaction to Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello’s announcement that he had called on the regional tripartite wages boards to review minimum wages, the labor group Partido Manggagawa (PM) demanded that the proposed emergency session of Congress tackle a legislated wage hike.
“The regional wage (…)
Since the start of the year, the successive oil price hikes have taken a toll on our people. It’s only a matter of time until prices of essential goods start skyrocketing along with the cost of fuel.
With the current tension between Ukraine and Russia, we are far from the end-game of this oil (…)
Let me just say that watching the heart-rending scenes of our OFW’s seeking to flee the fighting in the Ukraine, I have been struck by how few of the more than 300 Filipinos there want to return to the Philippines. If I’m not mistaken, only 20 to 30 wanted repatriation, and the reason given by (…)
There is a lot at stake in the Philippines’ 2022 presidential polls, especially where the economy is concerned. The new president faces the formidable challenge of putting the economy on a steady course to recovery.
The Philippines’ GDP grew by 5.6 per cent in 2021 — beating the government (…)
The Duterte administration has the distinction of having passed the most neoliberal, pro-Big Business, and pro-foreign investor measures since the presidency of Fidel Ramos.
With his economic agencies led by US-educated technocrats and advised by members of the faculty of the University of (…)
Management Association of the Philippines’ President Alfredo Pascual’s warning that the wealth tax proposed by presidential candidate Ka Leody De Guzman will result in “capital flight” should be taken not simply as speculation but as a threat—one directed at government officials who might be (…)
The recent pronouncement by presidential candidate Leni Robredo of her preference for the continuation of the Public-Private Partnership (PPP) strategy of development has raised eyebrows among civil society organizations and social movements. Introduced in the early nineties by the Ramos (…)
The riders’ rights group Kapatiran sa Dalawang Gulong (Kagulong) welcomed the passage of a bill regulating motorcycles-for-hire at the House of Representatives. House Bill No. 10571 or the “Motorcycles-for-Hire Act” was approved yesterday. A counterpart bill by the Senate had earlier been (…)
In reaction to a report that telecoms and IT jobs got the highest entry-level wages last year, the labor group Partido Manggagawa (PM) stated that salaries of low-paid workers should rise faster than higher waged ones. “This is one way to achieve inclusive growth which is an avowed labor market (…)
MANILA, Philippines — Salaries of low-paid workers should increase faster than those earning higher wages, labor group Partido Manggagawa (PM) said Thursday.
“This is one way to achieve inclusive growth which is an avowed labor market agenda of the government but is evidently not (…)
In hushed but angry voices, some of the country’s businessmen expressed frustration over the government’s handling of the pandemic and the jaw-dropping web of questionable COVID-19-related supply deals involving the President’s men.
I felt this brewing sentiment after having dinner recently (…)
The extension of the strict lockdown in Metro Manila and nearby provinces will likely drag on Philippine economic growth and drive investors away, several economists said on Sunday.
Extending the enhanced community quarantine (ECQ) in the country’s main economic hub, as well as Bulacan, (…)
The holiday season was always a busy time for 38-year-old Elsa Maniego. Around this time, she and her workmates would be abuzz with helping prepare meals for Christmas gatherings.
But the sounds and smells they are familiar with — the clink of silverware and plates, the aroma of gourmet food (…)
In his late-night Talk to the Nation on COVID-19 on 6 April, Rodrigo Duterte, the populist President of the Philippines, echoed the affirmation of leaders from rich countries in North America, Europe, and Asia: to do “whatever it takes” for the economy to survive the pandemic. The problem, (…)
An ambitious plan to improve Manila’s water shortage is leaving Filipino villagers high and dry.
The journey to the crown jewel of China’s Philippine ambitions is long, bumpy, and dangerous. A two-hour ride from the nearest city of Infanta, on a dirt track navigable only by motorcycle or 4×4, (…)
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