Bolder action to “re-balance” PHL economy necessary under Covid—advocacy group
The advocacy group Freedom from Debt Coalition (FDC) called on the government to use the “historic opportunity” provided by the Covid-19 pandemic to take bolder steps to “re-balance” the economy to make it more resilient and sustainable. “The country is facing an unprecedented economic crisis that is likely to persist and even deepen up to […]
HB 78: Downsizing government in the Delivery of public service
Whose interests are the Members of the House of Representatives serving? Interests of the citizenry or the interests of the big foreign service providers? One cannot avoid raising this question when one takes a closer look at House Bill 78, a bill which the chamber’s majority passed with indecent haste. The bill is a clever […]
Coalition condemns water companies for human rights violations, economic sabotage
The Freedom from Debt Coalition (FDC) condemned the recent ruling by the Permanent Court of Arbitration in Singapore ordering the government to pay P7.39 billion for supposed losses and other arbitration related costs incurred from June 1, 2015 to November 22, 2019. “The public should be warned that we are not just being asked to […]
CITIRA SHALL DEEPEN INEQUALITY, DEBT COALITION WARNS
The Freedom from Debt Coalition (FDC) warns that the proposed Corporate Income Tax and Incentive Rationalization Act (CITIRA) shall deepen inequality and will not bring in more FDIs. FDC Executive Director Zeena Bello Manglinong argues that CITIRA, earlier known as TRABAHO, is a regressive measure. She said: “In America, the presidential aspirants in the Democratic […]
Groups opposing Kaliwa Dam call on gov’t to scrap ECC, reveal true cost of project
The Freedom from Debt Coalition (FDC) and other groups under the Sectors Opposed to the Kaliwa Dam (STOP Kaliwa Dam) network trooped to the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) today to push for the scrapping of the application for an environmental compliance certificate (ECC) for the controversial New Centennial Water Source-Kaliwa Dam Project. […]