Unless government removes the 12 percent value added tax (VAT) on oil and repeal the Oil Deregulation Law, the country is facing as much as P50 per liter in gasoline prices and more than P700 in LPG retail prices by the end of the year, umbrella group Bagong Alyansang Makabayan (Bayan) disclosed.
Senate Minority Leader Aquilino Nene Q. Pimentel, Jr. (PDP-Laban) said he believes that Congress will back a Malacaang call for…
Workers in Japanese corporations based in Southern Tagalog expressed opposition to the Japan-Philippines Economic Partnership Agreement (JPEPA). They deemed that…
Task Force Mapalad, a national peasant federation, will ask progressive members of Congress to conduct a review of the role…
Arroyo veto will cause serious political backlash As more senators echo the people’s demand to scrap the 12 percent value…
Philippine green groups today cautioned the Environment Secretary against supporting larger deployments of military and police personnel to protect the operations of foreign mining firms such as Xstrata in South Cotabato, warning that this would give rise to even more conflict and human rights violations against mining-affected communities.
Two Philippines suspects arraigned in 2001 killing New York, January 11, 2008The Committee to Protect Journalists applauds the arraignment yesterday…
Senate Minority Leader Aquilino Nene Q. Pimentel, Jr. (PDP-Laban) is set to file a joint congressional resolution calling for the…
ARROYO REGIME IS OBSESSED WITH MILITARY FORCE AND IGNORES PROPOSALS FOR EXPLORATORY TALKS By Professor JOSE MARIA SISON Chief Political…
