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Monday, July 23rd, 2012

SONA 2012: Broken contract, broken record?

By SONNY AFRICA Ibon Foundation In his state of the nation address (SONA) on Monday, Pres. Noynoy Aquino will likely highlight so-called economic achievements such as the recent economic growth, stock exchange performance, strengthening peso, credit upgrades and the like. These are indicators that are meaningless to the public and only give the appearance of

Tuesday, March 20th, 2012

Anti-poverty commission has no stake in coco levy fund issue – farmers group

By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO Bulatlat.com Manila–The peasant group Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas (KMP) and the Kaisahang Pambansa ng mga Magsasaka sa Koprahan (Koprahan) have called attention to the Aquino administration’s formation of a coco levy task...

Friday, July 1st, 2011

Farmers say Aquino’s first year in office a ‘colossal failure’

by INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO Bulatlat.com One after after his inauguration as the Philippines’ 15th president, Benigno Simeon Aquino III has not won any fans from farmers organizations in the country. The Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas minced...

Friday, January 14th, 2011

Benjie Oliveros | Aquino Government Should Urgently Address Hunger Problem Instead of Denying It Exists

The results of the SWS November 27-30, 2010 survey revealed that the prevalence of hunger worsened in a matter of three months.

Saturday, November 6th, 2010

The Retrogressive Character of the CCTs is Most of All Defined by its Defense of Neoliberal Macroeconomic Policies

Ibon Foundation Posted by Bulatlat.com IBON Features—The Aquino administration’s conditional cash transfers (CCTs), which take up the largest part of its Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps), have many points of appeal. Giving cash to poor families appeals...

Saturday, October 23rd, 2010

Critics Slam ‘Conditional Cash Transfer Program’ as Unsustainable, Corruption-Prone

By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO "No matter how much the Aquino government spends...

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