Research group IBON said that a wage hike towards a family living wage is a more than fair 50-50 split of profits between employers and Filipino workers. The group said that a meaningful wage hike is urgent for nominal wages to keep up with the rising cost of living. IBON stressed that raising...
By KATEBELLE LADLAD and RONJAY MENDIOLABulatlat.com MANILA – Youth groups questioned the reduced budget for capital outlay and maintenance funds for state universities and colleges saying that proper and accessible services and conducive learning facilities remain...
By EIKEE JAMELA CAPPAL and RONJAY MENDIOLABulatlat.com MANILA – Filipino farmers are asking lawmakers to increase the budget for agriculture and to strengthen the food sector. Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas (KMP), Pambansang Lakas ng Kilusang Mamamalakaya...
Umuutang ang gobyerno para sa kanilang luho at panunupil sa taumbayan, tapos tayo ang sisingilin ng pambayad.
A group of former political detainees criticized the insufficient funds for persons deprived of liberty (PDLs) in the 2024 national budget.
Karina Dela Cerna was only 19 years old when she was arrested along with her father Albert in a series of raids in Bacolod in 2019.
Wala pang malinaw na panuntunan ang pagpapasuspinde ng gobyerno sa mga proyektong reklamasyon sa Manila Bay, kaya ang mga apektadong mamamayan, patuloy na nangangamba sa mapaminsalang epekto nito.
By SONNY AFRICAIBON Foundation (Last of three parts) Revenue unfriendly On the expenditure side, the proposed budget for 2024 doesn’t spend on pressing economic needs while increasing spending to boost corporate profits and narrow political self-interest. This is made...
By SONNY AFRICAIBON Foundation (Second of three parts) Growth unfriendly Band-aids are not necessarily a bad thing. Social spending can be wielded to improve people’s conditions – which is important in itself even if not prioritized by the administration. But it can...
By SONNY AFRICAIBON Foundation (First of three parts) Finance Sec. Benjamin Diokno made an incredible claim at the opening of the Senate budget hearings: “If you look at the composition of the budget it’s talagang pro-poor.” But the budget’s numbers tell a...
By ABHIE GANADOBulatlat.com MANILA – Two human rights defenders from Southern Tagalog said that their trumped-up charges are evidence of how the Anti-Terrorism Act (ATA) is used to silence critical voices. “[O]ur state forces are weaponizing the [ATA] just to silence...
Global groups condemn judicial harassments of rights defenders The government’s National Security Program (NSP) has the problem of poverty and underdevelopment backwards, seeing it as product of armed conflict and not the other way around, Bagong Alyansang Makabayan...
Migrante International (MI) called for a deeper investigation into reports of free riders taking advantage of the government’s repatriation program for distressed overseas Filipino workers (OFWs). Reacting to Commission of Audit’s (COA) finding that thousands of...