The Philippines’s Poverty Situation: Beyond Poverty Measures, Inequality Grows
In 2006, the US$12.4 billion net worth of the Philippines?s 10 richest is equivalent to the combined annual income of the poorest 9.8 million households.
Philippines: Five partylist groups endorse Roco, Coseteng
MANILA — Partylist frontrunners Bayan Muna, Anakpawis and Gabriela, as well as
Suara Bangsamoro and Kabataan, hereby endorse Mrs. Sonia Roco and
former Sen. Nikki Coseteng in the 2007 elections.
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Solon slams Palace, AFP’s dismissive attitude to charges that soldiers behind Burgos abduction
MANILA, Philippines — Anakpawis Representative and political detainee Crispin Beltran said that it’s becoming apparent that the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP)’ top brass want the family and supporters of abducted activist Jay-Jay Burgos to think that their search for Burgos has come to a dead-end. Beltran denounced the AFP and AFP chief of staff Hermogenes Esperon and Executive secretary Eduardo Ermita for their statements that there is no viable proof that the military is behind Burgos’ abduction.
Team Unity supports cheap, high-quality drug imports
MANILA — Team Unity senatorial candidates support the “parallel importation” of low-priced drugs, as a way to expand the poor’s access to cheaper medicine and health care.
Team Unity to push for Mindanao railway project
MANILA — THE ambitious blueprint for the full development of Mindanao is expected to proceed at full throttle with the poll victory of Team Unity in the wake of a TU proposal on the creation of an ultra-modern railway project that will link the multi-ethnic communities in the Philippines’ southern backdoor.