May 18, 2013     Manila, Philippines
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Wednesday, June 27th, 2012

Aquino’s billion-dollar ‘loan’ to IMF, an insensitive PR stunt

By MARYA SALAMAT The Philippines is still a debtor nation, and as Ibon Foundation said, this ‘lending’ to the IMF used to be a sensibly un-hyped part of “management of any country’s...

Friday, September 16th, 2011

Satur C. Ocampo | Winners and losers

By Satur C. Ocampo At Ground Level | The Philippine Star In my last two columns I wrote about the call of US billionaire-investor Warren Buffet to tax the rich more, and about efforts to create more...

Friday, September 9th, 2011

Satur C. Ocampo | Invent, then make

By Satur C. Ocampo At Ground Level | The Philippine Star It seems the land of opportunity isn’t America anymore (nor Europe). For Filipinos, anyway. Not right now. Despite the recovery of the big banks through massive...

Friday, March 11th, 2011

Luis V. Teodoro | Iraq Redux

The violence and brutality of Gaddafi's rule, and the absence of progress during the 41 years he’s been in power, are making the case for the rebels. His erstwhile friends in Europe would gladly turn against him...

Saturday, May 22nd, 2010

Challenging the Bailout Economy

As Europe frantically shores up an unravelling economic system, popular protests are erupting against adjustments made to placate the finance markets. Austerity measures and bailouts may keep the banks happy, but what about the people? By ANNA...

Saturday, May 22nd, 2010

The Heresy of the Greeks Offers Hope

By JOHN PILGER Truthout International Posted by Bulatlat.com As Britain’s political class pretends that its arranged marriage of Tweedledee to Tweedledum is democracy, the inspiration for the rest of us is Greece. It is hardly surprising that...

Monday, September 14th, 2009

Text Tax: An IMF Imposition That Could Blow in Arroyo’s Face

By ARNOLD PADILLA The latest incarnation of the text tax comes in the...

Saturday, May 2nd, 2009

The Need for Workers’ Struggles

The world has once again celebrated International Labor Day this May 1st. This year’s May 1 celebration has assumed greater significance as the world economic crisis wreaks havoc on people’s lives especially the working class. Workers all...

Saturday, April 29th, 2006

Oil Squeeze

BY BENJIE OLIVEROS Bulatlat.com The country is again facing the prospect of oil price spikes. Why? Can nothing be done about it? The country, and the world, are again being threatened with the probability of run-away increases...

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