Luz Ilagan to nationalist solons: Approve P 9,000 salary increase of public school teachers

"It's about time lawmakers manifest their nationalist character before their term ends by casting their votes to approve the 9,000-peso salary increase of public school teachers," said Gabriela solon Luzviminda…

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Trade lib ideas outmoded, says Ibon

Changing the charter?s economic provisions to further open up the country to foreign investment and capital will further weaken the Philippine economy. It will worsen joblessness, undermine long-term growth, and strip the country of our natural resources as foreign corporations and local counterparts continue plundering the country?s mineral, forestry and marine resources. Opening up land to foreign ownership will drive land prices up and displace our small peasant farmers. Land inequities, land monopolies and rural unemployment will worsen. Read on

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