MANILA – WOMEN and consumer groups once again filled the streets with protests on World Consumers’ Rights Day today, and bombarded the administration of President Noynoy Aquino with repeated demands for price regulation and tax cuts on oil products. The women’s rights group GABRIELA picketed at the curb of the National Housing Authority with students,…
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Women from Bacolod City protest against oil price increase
Women from Bacolod City protest against oil price increase (Photos by OWEN SEGOVIA BAYOG)
Yearender: Victories of the Filipino People
Yearender: Victories of the Filipino People
Consumers Vs. Oil Cartel: A New Round Starts
BY ARNOLD PADILLA Contributor Bulatlat MANILA –Oil firms, in particular the so-called Big Three, are again on the defensive. A trial court judge has ordered them to open their books of account for scrutiny. The order is meant to determine if the three oil firms operate as a cartel. Meanwhile, the Arroyo administration’s chief economist…