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ASH WEDNESDAY 2014. Believers flock the San Pedro Church in Davao City to be marked with an ashen cross in the forehead. This Catholic tradition called the Ash Wednesday formally opens the Catholic season of Lent. (Ace R. Morandante/davaotoday.com)

ASH WEDNESDAY 2014

Believers flock the San Pedro Church in Davao City to be marked with an ashen cross in the forehead. This Catholic tradition called the Ash Wednesday formally opens the Catholic season of Lent. (Ace R. Morandante/davaotoday.com)

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Anakbayan to Henares: Go after foreign corporations, not our hard-working doctors

“We encourage the medical profession to ask the hard questions: Why exempt large corporations, especially foreign ones, from paying taxes? Why squeeze hard-working professionals and workers for their meager earnings?” said Crisostomo.

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“Billionaires’ and tycoons’ wealth at the expense of workers and peoples’ rights.”

“Billionaire's and tycoons wealth at the expense of workers and peoples' rights.” This is the joint statement of Defend Job Philippines, Toyota Motor Philippines Corporation Workers Association and Nagkakaisang Manggagawa sa Print Town after the release of the 2014 FORBES Magazine' Most Richest. A protest rally is staged at the financial capital of the Philippines to denounce the massive and illegal dismissal of workers, union busting, low wages and contractualization.

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3Q 2013 General Government Debt to GDP improves to 39.7% from 44.3% in 2009

As of September 2013, the country's General Government (GG) Debt stood at P4.468 trillion or 39.7% of GDP, lower than 40.3% as of September 2012. The current GG debt is P4.468 trillion or 39.7% of GDP, slightly up quarter-on-quarter from P4.315 trillion or 39.1% of GDP as of June 2013, but has improved significantly since President Aquino took office in 2010.

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