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As Official Poverty Data Show: ‘28 Quarters of Economic Growth’ Don’t Benefit Filipino Majority

As Official Poverty Data Show: ‘28 Quarters of Economic Growth’ Don’t Benefit Filipino Majority

The problem lies most of all in government neglect of the manufacturing and agricultural sectors, which are at their smallest shares of the economy since the 1950s, according to IBON research head Sonny Africa. BY IBON FOUNDATION Posted by Bulatlat Vol. VIII, No....

What Growth?

What Growth?

The Arroyo government is trying to scare the people from pursuing calls for President Arroyo’s resignation or ouster with the specter of a reversal of the gains of economic growth. But with the worsening poverty situation, one wonders whether there really is an...

RP Growth Unsustainable, Inequitable; Political ‘Crisis’ May Benefit Economy in Long Run – Experts

RP Growth Unsustainable, Inequitable; Political ‘Crisis’ May Benefit Economy in Long Run – Experts

BY ALEXANDER MARTIN REMOLLINO Bulatlat Vol. VIII, No. 6, March 9-15, 2008 Is a political climate marked by broad and widespread opposition to the ruling political clique damaging to the economy? The country is on the brink of a political upheaval that could repeat...

The Water Cure

The Water Cure

Many Americans were puzzled by the news, in 1902, that United States soldiers were torturing Filipinos with water. The United States, throughout its emergence as a world power, had spoken the language of liberation, rescue, and freedom. This was the language that,...

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