Category Archives: neoliberalization
Philippines 300K fishers asked to join fish strike vs. oil price hikes
By Gerry Albert Corpuz, all.voices.com MANILA, Philippines- The series of oil price hikes prompted a leftist fisher group in the Philippines to call for a fish strike at the end of this month. The activist fisherfolk alliance Pambansang Lakas ng … Continue reading
Filed under neoliberalization, oil price hike
Lawmakers asked to stop toll hikes
By Gerry Albert Corpuz and Manila Legarda MANILA, Philippines – A group of affected rural producers on Saturday urged members of the Philippine parliament to act with dispatch and stop the looming hikes in toll fees, after the Philippine high … Continue reading
Filed under corruption, neoliberalization, politics
Incoming Philippine President urged to suspend debt payment
By Gerry Albert Corpuz and Mimaropa France MANILA, Philippines- Anti-debt activists belonging to the fisherfolk alliance Pambansang Lakas ng Kilusang Mamamalakaya ng Pilipinas (Pamalakaya) on Saturday challenged leading presidential candidate Sen. Benigno Simeon “Noynoy” Aquino III to radically overturn the … Continue reading
Gov’t no contingency plans on tuna job crisis, says fishers group
By Sugar Hicap and Billy Javier-Reyes in General Santos City and Bb. Joyce Cabral and Gerry Albert Corpuz in Manila Manila, Philippines- The left-leaning fisherfolk alliance Pambansang Lakas ng Kilusang Mamamalakaya ng Pilipinas (Pamalakaya) on Thursday lamented that the Macapagal-Arroyo … Continue reading
Bayan Muna slams Palace refusal to stop debt payment
By Chocolate Moose Fernandez Manila, Philippines- Bayan Muna party list Rep. Teddy Casiño slammed President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo for honoring fraudulent debts at the expense of the general public and Filipino taxpayers. In a press statement emailed to The Pamalakaya Times, … Continue reading
Filed under debt, neoliberalization, politics
Passage of RP baselines bill will revive China’s offshore mining stint in Spratlys, says fishers group
Passage of RP baselines bill will revive China’s offshore mining stint in Spratlys, says fishers group The newly passed RP baselines bill will signal the revival of the stalled Joint Marine Seismic Undertaking (JMSU) in Spratly Islands with the Chinese … Continue reading
Filed under foreign relations, neoliberalization, Offshore mining
Palace warned: French like general strike in RP, possible, says leftist group
Palace warned: French like general strike in RP, possible, says leftist group A militant group warned Malacañang of a scenario of an across-the-nation general strike similar to that was launched by France’s 1.9 million-strong workers is not a remote possibility … Continue reading
Filed under neoliberalization, Offshore mining
