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Wednesday, 28 July 2010 22:09 |
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MANILA, Philippines – As President Benigno S. Aquino III delivered his first State of the Nation Address Monday, around 7,000 people from different NGOs and people’s organizations proved that they can be active audience even if they were not inside the halls of Congress.
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Last Updated ( Wednesday, 28 July 2010 22:20 )
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Sunday, 25 July 2010 16:15 |
MANILA, Philippines - The new administration of President Benigno S. Aquino III begins with an extremely high trust rating of 88 percent – higher than any of the post-dictatorship presidents. This is a measure of people’s belief in the commitment of the Aquino administration to reverse the anti-poor policies implemented during the regime of Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo.
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Last Updated ( Wednesday, 28 July 2010 22:10 )
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Written by Bobby Diciembre
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Thursday, 22 July 2010 00:00 |
MANILA, Philippines – The recent announcement of a make-over and the admission by the International Monetary Fund of its faults for imposing invasive policy recommendations to developing countries that led to the financial crisis in Asia 1997-98 and in some parts of the world drew criticisms from a debt watchdog.
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Last Updated ( Wednesday, 28 July 2010 22:11 )
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Wednesday, 26 May 2010 20:12 |
 MANILA, Philippines – Cause-oriented groups expressed elation Wednesday over the Status Quo Ante Order issued on May 24 by the Supreme Court ordering a halt or suspension of the bidding process for the vital Angat Dam hydro-electric power plant (HEPP) in Bulacan.
The Freedom from Debt Coalition (FDC) and Initiatives for Dialogue and Empowerment for Alternative Legal Services (IDEALS), Inc. were pleased that the High Court recognized that “the issues and arguments we raised in our petition are substantial and that a status quo ante order is not only proper but rendered necessary by the situation.”
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Last Updated ( Wednesday, 26 May 2010 20:18 )
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Friday, 07 May 2010 20:17 |
 QUEZON CITY - Electricity consumers led by the Freedom from Debt Coalition (FDC) and labor partylist group Partido ng Manggagawa (PM) proceeded with their planned mass action in front of a Meralco branch here Thursday against power rate hikes despite the distribution utility’s announcement that it is cutting its generation cost by P1.26 per kWh beginning this month.
“Meralco’s announcement may have been prepared to diffuse the rapid buildup of protest against its unjust rates,” said PM spokesman Wilson Fortaleza, referring to the growing outbursts against power rate hikes that now even reaches the cyberspace prior to the announcement.
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Last Updated ( Monday, 24 May 2010 15:22 )
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Tuesday, 04 May 2010 23:32 |
 MANILA, Philippines – The Freedom from Debt Coalition staged a protest action outside the Asian Development Bank’s headquarters here Tuesday, blaming the Bank for its role in the unabated privatization of vital public assets, including the 246-MW Hydro-Electric Power Plant (HEPP) component of the Angat multi-purpose dam in Bulacan, to private and transnational corporations.
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Thursday, 15 April 2010 16:21 |
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Last Updated ( Thursday, 15 April 2010 16:26 )
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