The 21-peso challenge: Marcos poverty statistics a cruel joke
- Published: 21 August 2024 21 August 2024
Vol. VI, No. 14 - August 15, 2024
The Marcos Jr. administration’s claim that only one in ten Filipinos live below the poverty line is a staggering distortion of reality. This figure is not just misleading, it is a grave insult to millions of Filipinos struggling to survive on the most destitute living conditions.
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Marcos Jr.'s SONA is an exercise of wishful thinking
- Published: 02 August 2024 02 August 2024
Vol. VI, No. 14 - July 31, 2024
In his latest State of the Nation Address (SONA), Marcos Jr. presented what appeared to be a product of fanciful imagination rather than a reflection of the realities facing ordinary Filipinos. Marcos Jr.’s third SONA, full of lofty promises and rosy projections of his administration’s so-called ‘achievements’ glaringly downplayed the urgent and escalating crises of insufficient wages, skyrocketing prices of basic goods and services, widespread landlessness and pervasive poverty.
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Peaceful dialogue, not war in resolving South China Sea row
- Published: 20 July 2024 20 July 2024
Vol. VI, No. 13 - July 15, 2024
The National Democŕatic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) joins the Filipino people in marking the 8th anniversary of the 2016 ruling of the International Arbitral Tribunal (IAT). This ruling is considered a milestone legal victory which recognizes the maritime rights of the Philippines under the United Nations Convention on the Laws of the Seas (UNCLOS). The 2016 arbitral ruling should serve as the starting point and framework for peaceful dialogue between the Philippines and China.
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Marcos-Duterte rift cracks open only to reveal rotten PH politics
- Published: 01 July 2024 01 July 2024
The widening rift between the so-called Marcos-Duterte Uniteam slate not only represents the growing divide within the ruling class, but also exposes the rotten state of Philippine politics.
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No reason to celebrate 126TH anniversary of fake independence
- Published: 18 June 2024 18 June 2024
Vol. VI, No. 11 - June 18, 2024
There is no cause for celebrating the so-called 126th anniversary of Philippine independence. The country has been subservient to the United States since 1898 until today.
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