Tag: marcos jr administration

Modernisasyon para kanino?

Nobyembre 22, 2023

Nasa pangatlong araw na ang malawakang welga ng mga drayber at opereytor ng dyip para tutulan ang programa ng pamahalaan na modernisasyon ng transportasyon at jeepney phaseout. Sa kabila ng kawastuhan at saklaw ng welga, ang patuloy na naratibo ng Department of Transportation: Makasarili ang mga nagwewelga sa pagpigil ng modernisasyon samantalang ikauunlad naman ito ng sektor, ng mga kapwa nila drayber at opereytor, at ng mga pasahero.

Water for the people: Groups buck worsening water privatization

Nobyembre 18, 2023

Various water stakeholders gathering in a conference to study water privatization instead called for strengthening people’s control over resources as basic as water.

The spiteful fangs of Putol

Nobyembre 17, 2023

Little did I know that my run-in with Putol would put me through the stresses of the Philippine health system.

Food insecurity in Southeast Asia

Oktubre 16, 2023

There are 50.9 million combined moderately and severely food insecure Filipinos making the Philippines the most food insecure country in Southeast Asia.

Understanding the Israel-Palestine conflict: rationale for solidarity

Oktubre 14, 2023

As information circulates in media and social media on the Israel-Palestine conflict, factual analysis must prevail; and why must we, as freedom and peace-loving Filipinos, support the Palestinian cause.

More part-timers, unpaid family workers underscores admin’s inability to create quality jobs – IBON

Oktubre 6, 2023

The millions-surge in informal work indicates that working Filipinos are going on survival mode as the living crisis intensifies. The Marcos Jr administration’s inability to improve the economy’s capacity to generate meaningful jobs is clearly a failure of policy and government’s economic management.