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By MARYA SALAMAT Bulatlat.com MANILA – Amid the rapidly rising expenses of ordinary Filipinos, some of which are blamed on more taxes under the TRAIN… 05/25/2018
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Features
‘Scandalous’: ‘Why do we pay Shell–Chevron’s P146.8-B income taxes in Malampaya?’ – Bayan Muna
Severe Income Inequality in PH
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Despite being relatively high compared to other Asian countries, Philippine economic growth is lopsided in the interest of a few at the expense of the… 05/25/2018
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TRAIN-induced price increases are permanent—IBON
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The inflation spike marks the start of increases driven by the Tax Reform for Acceleration and Inclusion (TRAIN) in the prices of basic goods and… 05/25/2018
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Poor-quality work increased amid economic growth–IBON
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First quarter economic growth this year did not translate to better jobs for Filipinos, research group IBON said. This means that despite government claims that… 05/25/2018
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Over a million more underemployed, part-time workers under Duterte
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The number of Filipino workers relegated to insecure and low-paying jobs have grown under the Duterte administration, said research group IBON. Latest official labor force… 05/11/2018
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Sister Pat
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By Marie Mercado ManilaToday.net “It is part of my religious mission to stand with the poor” – Sr. Patricia Fox. Mga pahayag mula kay Sr.… 05/11/2018
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Does Duterte intend to clean up Boracay with bullets and bombs?
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The deployment of over 600 police and 200 military personnel to Boracay to enforce President Rodrigo Duterte’s controversial closure and rehabilitation order of the island… 05/11/2018
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Public satisfaction with Duterte dips among poorest — SWS
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MANILA, Philippines (2nd UPDATE) – While President Rodrigo Duterte retained a “very good” public satisfaction rating in the first quarter of 2018, there was a… 04/13/2018
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Stranger than fiction: notes on Citizen Jake
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By Erika Cruz ManilaToday.net In 1941, a film titled Citizen Kane (dir. Orson Welles) told the story of a reporter trying to uncover the meaning… 03/23/2018
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Double taxes on oil show govt’s lack of concern for poor – IBON
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IBON.org Slapping additional taxes on oil products makes the Tax Reform for Acceleration and Inclusion (TRAIN) law anti-poor, research group IBON said. Contrary to the… 03/09/2018
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