Archive of Economy

Batas para sa dagdag kapangyarihan ng MTRCB, tinutulan ng mga alagad ng sining
June 10, 2025

Tinututulan ng iba’t ibang organisasyon ng mga alagad ng sining ang Senate Bill no 2805 o ang Movie and Television Review and Classification Board (MTRCB) Act. Anila, malinaw na gagamitin ito sa censorship at para supilin ang malayang pagpapahayag ng mga Pilipino. Ang MTRCB Act ay ipinanukala ni Sen. Robinhood Padilla, kasama sa nag-akda sina […]

PrimeWater, Sorsogon City mayor, draw flak for water service incompetence
June 10, 2025

For almost nine years, the water service in Sorsogon City has been under PrimeWater Infrastructure Corporation, and for nine years, Sorsogonons have suffered from murky, trickling to almost no water, alongside the company’s exorbitant charges. PrimeWater is owned by the big bourgeois comprador Villar family. On September 15, 2023, the Sorsogon City Water District Board […]

PrimeWater, meyor ng Sorsogon City, umani ng batikos sa kapalpakan sa serbisyo sa tubig
June 10, 2025

Halos siyam na taon nang nakapailalim sa PrimeWater Infrastracture Corporation ang serbisyo ng tubig sa Sorsogon City, at siyam na taon ring nagdudurusa ang mga Sorsoganon sa marumi, mahina o halos walang tubig at napakamahal na singil ng kumpanya. Pagmamay-ari ng malaking burgesyang kumprador na pamilyang Villar ang PrimeWater. Noong Setyembre 15, 2023, nag-isyu ang […]

Marcos regime responsible for large number of job losses
June 09, 2025

Farmers and researchers said the Marcos Jr regime and its obsolete, pro-foreign policies are responsible for the large number of job losses, particularly in the manufacturing and agriculture sectors. The Philippine Statistics Authority latest data released on June 6 reported that half a million jobs in manufacturing and 600,000 in agriculture were lost in April […]

Malaking bilang ng nawalan ng trabaho, isinisi sa rehimeng Marcos
June 09, 2025

Ang rehimeng Marcos Jr at ang mga patakaran nitong atrasado at maka-dayuhan ang salarin sa malaking bilang ng nawalan ng trabaho, partikular sa mga sektor ng pagmamanupaktura at agrikultura, ayon sa mga magsasaka at mananaliksik. Alinsunod sa pinakahuling datos na isinapubliko ng Philippine Statistics Authority noong Hunyo 6, kalahating milyon sa pagmamanupaktura habang 600,000 naman […]

Small-scale miners in Surigao City decry arbitrary suspension of mining activities
June 03, 2025

Small-scale miners in Barangay Mat-i, Surigao City complained about the arbitrary suspension of their main source of livelihood. Residents said that the local government, soldiers, and police said that the suspension to small-scale mining is temporary but did not give a clear explanation. “It is so difficult… how will we buy our children’s notebooks and […]

Arbitraryong pagpapatigil sa pagmimina ng mga small-scale na minero sa Surigao City, inireklamo
June 03, 2025

Nagreklamo ang mga small-scale na minero sa Barangay Mat-i, Surigao City sa arbitraryong pagpapatigil sa kanila na makapagmina na kanilang pangunahing hanapbuhay. Anang mga residente, bagaman sinasabing panandalian lamang ay walang malinaw na paliwanag ang lokal na gubyerno at mga sundalo at pulis na nag-anunsyo sa pagpapatigil ng maliitang pagmimina. “Sobrang hirap…anong ibibili namin ng […]

WPN denounces TRO over JVA termination with PrimeWater
May 31, 2025

The Water for the People Network (WPN) expressed serious concern when San Fernando La Union Regional Trial Court (RTC) Branch 66 issued a Temporary Restraining Order (TRO) halting the termination of the joint venture agreement (JVA) between Metro San Fernando Water District (MSFWD) and PrimeWater Infrastructure Corporation. “This decision undermines the justified action taken by […]

Pagharang sa pagtatapos ng isang JVA sa PrimeWater, kinundena
May 31, 2025

Nagpahayag ng matinding pagkabahala ang Water for the People Network (WPN) dahil sa paglabas ng Regional Trial Court (RTC) Branch 66 ng San Fernando La Union ng Temporary Restraining Order (TRO), na nagpipigil sa pagtatapos sa joint venture agreement (JVA) sa pagitan ng Metro San Fernandro Water District (MSFWD) at PrimeWater Infrastructure Corporation. “Ang desisyon […]

Economists denounce limited ₱20/kilo rice program
May 25, 2025

Ibon Foundation economists denounced the ₱20/kilo rice program dubbed “Benteng Bigas Meron Na!” (BBM Na!) as a gimmick that does not address the root of the crisis of high rice prices. “The ‘BBM Na!’ program lacks sincerity. It only rations rice to poor families, restricts funding, and neglects the millions who also struggle to buy […]