Economy & Business

May 22, 2013 Manila, Philippines

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Economy & Business

Thursday, March 28th, 2013

FPPI workers demand compensation, justice as 5th worker dies at work

Like Cesar Muanag, the latest worker to die, the other victims of electrocution in the Philippines’ biggest oil palm plantation were all “casual” employees despite having worked there from two to 12 years.

Friday, March 22nd, 2013

Broad array of groups protest against Aquino gov’t policies that worsen poverty, hardships

“No money, no service” is how the Anakpawis Partylist described the effects of “Aquino’s rotten policy when it comes to the people’s right to social services.” Related story Patients, health workers join...

Wednesday, March 20th, 2013

Joblessness, underemployment, UP student’s suicide reveal bogus growth – KMU

By MARYA SALAMAT “Not only is there a dearth of jobs in the...

Friday, March 1st, 2013

MGB go-signal to Philex: baseless, ill-advised, dangerous

Read also: After SMI-Xstrata, it is now Philex’s turn to receive go-signal to mining operations By MARYA SALAMAT Bulatlat.com MANILA – Last year’s failure of Philex’s tailings dam deposited heavy metal copper in the Balog-Agno junction, the...

Wednesday, February 27th, 2013

Public to bear costs of state-guaranteed profits in LRT privatization

By ARNOLD PADILLA If the Aquino government is willing to incur more debts...

Saturday, February 23rd, 2013

200 terminated call center agents in Cebu

PRESS RELEASE 21 February 2013 CEBU — The BPO Industry Employees’ Network (BIEN), a broad network of contact center professionals and employees from the country’s sunshine industry, expresses its concern for and support to the more than...

Friday, February 22nd, 2013

Groups question motives of Aquino government in granting permit to SMI-Xstrata mining

By MARYA SALAMAT A threat to life and the environment; a green light...

Friday, February 22nd, 2013

Huge businesses join pre-bidding for LRT-1 amid people’s opposition to planned sale

By MARYA SALAMAT The RILES Network said Aquino actually has choices for solving...

Wednesday, February 13th, 2013

Malacañang warned against approving mining application of giant SMI-Xstrata

Read also: Aquino govt engages locals in war to allow destructive mining in their ancestral domain By MARYA SALAMAT Bulatlat.com MANILA — “It is devious and foolish for Malacañang to approve the Tampakan mining project,” Clemente Bautista...

Saturday, February 9th, 2013

Don’t use Philex workers to mask greed – indigenous peoples

By MARYA SALAMAT Bulatlat.com MANILA — Some members of Trade Union Congress of the Philippines-affiliated Philex labor unions and local government officials performed a cañao ritual in front of the Mines and Geosciences Bureau of the Department...

Monday, January 28th, 2013

Aquino’s claims on stock market, foreign investments as dev’t indicators hit

by IBON Foundation Bulatlat.com MANILA — Pointing out that more jobs and lower poverty incidence are more important development indicators, research group IBON criticized Pres. Benigno Aquino for overemphasizing the performance of the local stock market and...