By Satur C. Ocampo At Ground Level | The Philippine Star Last September, at the onset of the “ber” months which usually evoke happy thoughts… 12/18/2015
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At Ground Level
Stop the killings, stop the lies!
Lower income taxes now
By Satur C. Ocampo Aiming to convince President Aquino to drop his opposition to lowering income taxes, Speaker Feliciano Belmonte Jr. told journalists the House… 11/06/2015
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Asserting national interest in trade negotiations
Though we are mere uzi or bystanders in the ongoing negotiations to forge a Trans-Pacific free-trade bloc, it is interesting, and instructive, to observe the… 08/28/2015
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HR violations to hound P-Noy in his last SONA
By Satur C. Ocampo A month hence President Aquino will deliver his sixth and last state-of-the-nation address. However much he may embellish his administration’s achievements… 06/26/2015
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A rightful land reform
A “moral imperative and a political necessity” is how a militant peasant organization and advocates of genuine agrarian reform described the launching yesterday of a… 06/12/2015
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How US easily drags Phl into its ‘war on terror’
By Satur Ocampo Take what I have to say in the spirit of academic discussion, she counseled in her lawyerly manner. But academic views are… 04/21/2015
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P-Noy’s accountability on Mamasapano tragedy
By Satur Ocampo “What decisions did I make? My decisions were based on information available to me at the time, and that’s how I want… 04/10/2015
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Underdevelopment inertia
Besides the slowdown in the growth of gross domestic product last year (to 6.1% from 7.2% in 2013), government economic planners have acknowledged that national… 03/27/2015
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Govt shields US role in Mamasapano tragedy
If you have monitored the Senate hearings on the January 25 Mamasapano tragedy and the media reportage, can you adjudge as truthful the government assertion… 03/13/2015
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US hand in SAF tragedy confirmed
ndeed the Americans did it. They planned, funded, and closely monitored the execution of “Operation Wolverine/Exodus” carried out last Jan. 25 in Mamasapano, Maguindanao by… 02/12/2015
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