By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO Bulatlat.com MANILA — Privatizing the National Food Authority (NFA) will endanger food security and lead to greater price destabilization. Transferring the NFA’s functions to the DSWD will put food security issues at the hands of big business. This was the warning the Advocates of Science & Technology for the People…
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Anakbayan Paintbombs DSWD, Dares Agency to Prove Claims on CCT
PRESS RELEASE November 15, 2010 Youth group Anakbayan hurled paint bombs at the gate of the Dept. of Social Work and Development (DSWD) national office, daring proponents of the much-maligned Conditional Cash Transfer (CCT) program to substantiate their claims regarding the program. Anakbayan spokesperson Charisse Bañez twited CCT supporters, saying “They shouldn’t wonder why everyone…
Critics Slam ‘Conditional Cash Transfer Program’ as Unsustainable, Corruption-Prone
By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO
“No matter how much the Aquino government spends on the CCT, reducing poverty in the country still boils down to adequate social services and jobs creation, and more importantly, a ‘national development strategy’.” – Kadamay
Sidebar: Akbayan Reps, 19 Others Flip-Flop, Sign Resolution Supporting CCT Program
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Benjie Oliveros | Solving Poverty the Wrong Way
By BENJIE OLIVEROS Analysis Bulatlat.com In a big urban poor community in Quezon City, mothers, with children in tow, could be seen lining up at the local health center. Most of the children being brought to the center were not sick. They were there so that the mothers could get a certification that the children…