Day: February 22, 2013

By MARYA SALAMAT
A threat to life and the environment; a green light to more human rights violations; a case of bullying by the national government on the local government, which banned open pit mining; and most likely, a case of high-stakes corruption. This is how progressive groups describe the granting of an ECC to SMI-Xstrata.

By BENJIE OLIVEROS Bulatlat.com A Gmanews.tv report revealed that a million jobs were lost from 2011-2012. The report cited data from the Department of Labor and Employment showing that the number of employed Filipinos went down to 37.668 million in October 2012 from 38.55 million in October 2011. It also cited data from the National…