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, by DE JONG Alex
In 1986, MASS protest overthrew Philippine dictator Ferdinand Marcos. Thirty-six years later, his son was elected president. The 2022 elections have crowned a decades-long project aimed at returning the Marcos dynasty to power and shown the support for Rodrigo Duterte’s authoritarianism.
A late (...)
, by SANTOS Ana P.
Rescuing Dutch police told the Filipino drivers camped in their trucks they were treated like animals: ‘Even my dog has a house. You’re humans, but you were made to live here’
Part 1: Rough roads: The exploitation of Filipino truck drivers in Europe
QUEZON, Philippines – The eerie silence of a (...)
, by CORPUS ONG Jonathan
One viral TikTok video played over 3.6 million times in just two days depicts Russian President Vladimir Putin as a “true friend” of the Philippines, using clips from a 2017 GMA news report of Duterte’s visit to Moscow.
Social media accounts promoting the tandem of former senator Ferdinand (...)
MANILA, Philippines — The outstanding debt of the Philippines has bloated to 63.5 percent of the economy, the highest in 17 years, putting pressure on the incoming administration to jack up taxes on multiple goods, including carbon waste, sin products, and sugary drinks.
The Bureau of the (...)
, by GACHE Adrian
’Calling a campaign volunteer-based is no indication of the class character of the volunteers themselves. An organic campaign is not the same as a people’s campaign.’
As someone surrounded by supporters of Vice President Leni Robredo in the household, at school, and even where I live, it is (...)
, by GUDA Kenneth Roland, LOPEZ Elyssa, SALAZAR Cherry
March 25—A complaint for alleged electioneering was filed on March 25, 2022 before the Commission on Elections (Comelec) against officials of the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-Elcac).
The progressive Makabayan bloc of party-list groups in the House of (...)
In a University of the Philippines (UP) PILIpiLUNAS 2022 Webinar on National Social Protection Floor on Monday, former Labor Undersecretary Rene E. Ofreneo said countries with very strong social protection programs are implementing a progressive taxation system, where the tax rate increases as (...)
, by PURUGGANAN Joseph
Trade Justice Pilipinas has criticized the Duterte administration for prioritizing liberalization policies favoring foreign corporations instead of boosting local corporations as main drivers of post-Covid economic recovery.
Liberalization has become the default economic program of the Duterte (...)
’There is no grander spectacle of nationalism than our practice of electoral exercises every three years’
Who among us would not remember falling in line every Monday morning, dressed in neatly pressed polos and blouses, leather shoes mint-shined, arms-width apart from our classmates, a grain of (...)
, by WITECK John
Human rights advocates in the United States and around the world are calling for an end to military aid to the Philippines in solidarity with the people of the Philippines. Now finally the U.S. Congress has the opportunity to pass the Philippine Human Rights Act (PHRA), which would suspend aid (...)
, by IBAÑEZ Jenina P.
Analysts are pushing for targeted spending and a tax on the wealthy as the government prepares a fiscal consolidation plan to address the Philippines’ growing debt.
“In general, a fiscal consolidation plan should involve raising more taxes and cutting government spending. Both, however, can (...)
, by PASCUAL Jekki
Partido Lakas ng Masa vice presidential bet Walden Bello on Wednesday criticized several bills aiming to attract foreign investors which he said could hurt small local enterprises.
Bello was among those who discussed the negative impact of several administration-backed bills that were passed (...)
, by ESPINA-VARONA Inday
Ferdinand Marcos Jr. is being made to account for his sins, not his father’s, says the human rights lawyer who recalls the hardships of his youth in Negros Occidental
BACOLOD CITY, Philippines – Presidential aspirant Ferdinand Marcos Jr’s efforts to paint his father’s two-decade dictatorship as a (...)
, by OCAMPO Satur
This week President Duterte’s counterinsurgency task force and his top intelligence adviser impudently and condescendingly spoke against four presidential candidates who each expressed the intent to pursue the GRP-NDFP peace talks – which he had unilaterally terminated in 2017 – should she/he win (...)
, by NACION John Paul
MANILA – An environmental group is urging the Filipino people to elect leaders who will respect the rights of the indigenous peoples as the Philippine government continues to railroad the construction of the controversial Kaliwa Dam.
“We challenge all opposition and independent electoral (...)
, by TAN Alyssa Nicole O.
The economic platforms of top presidential candidates, except that of a labor leader, will not foster growth for the Philippines, according to think tank IBON Foundation.
“With the outlier of Leody de Guzman, among all the leading candidates, they collectively constitute a market-friendly (...)
, by BELLO Walden
Walden Bello responds to frontrunner Vice-Presidential candidate Sara Duterte’s proposal to introduce mandatory military training for all 18 year olds
Sara Duterte’s signature legislative initiative is out, and she is right to be extremely defensive about it because it is one that should greatly (...)
, by VIVO Sharlyn
MANILA – Progressives welcomed the proposal of the Senate finance committee to reduce the budget of the government’s counterinsurgency body.
The National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) is slated to receive P4 billion ($79.9 million) next year from the proposed P28 (...)
, by LARIRIT Patricia
Palawan Quicksilver Mines ceased mercury mining operations in 1976 and a community settled in the abandoned mining site. Four decades later, in 2017, the residents were found to have long been suffering from various ailments linked to mercury poisoning.
Sugary white beaches, pristine coral (...)
, by Philippine Daily Inquirer
In 1953, American writer Ray Bradbury published a novel titled “Fahrenheit 451,” which is the temperature at which paper “catches fire and burns.”
Fittingly, the novel sounds the alarm about a possible future in the United States where books and other documents deemed “dangerous” to society are (...)
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