Aid, other government measures not enough to cushion impacts of oil price hikes – groups
“Without price controls and the repeal of deregulation policies, these measures merely create an illusion of control."
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🔔#Earthquake (#lindol) M3.0 strikes 207 km SE of #Sarangani (#Philippines) 12 min ago. More info: https://m.emsc.eu/?id=1967313

Legacy of the Underground Movement in Modern Philippines

The legacy of the underground movement in modern Philippines remains visible in how people think about rights and change.

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Chasing Windmills - Political Autobiography Book by Maya Butalid

Discover Chasing Windmills, the powerful political autobiography of Maya Butalid. Follow her journey from Cebu to the Netherlands—activism...

Chasing Windmills
From Chile to the Philippines, meet the people pushing back on AI

Individuals and communities are resisting the demands and practices of Big Tech's AI infrastructure — such as data centers and digital labor — due to their environmental and social costs.

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🔔#Earthquake (#lindol) M3.0 strikes 15 km SE of #Baganga (#Philippines) 17 min ago. More info: https://m.emsc.eu/?id=1967241

I almost forgot, As the doctors recommends the safety plan & aftercare that's best 4 the case,They strongly recommend also 2 prescriptions to maintain atleast 2mos, but as they explains what will these prescription will do & I understands well.
My evaluation has conflicts,I even told them how bad the financial strain was. But later I have to agree to have my safety plan followed and the aftercare.

PS: SPOILER ALERT! NOTHING IS FOR FREE! 🙄

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Solons, transport workers slam ‘useless’ energy emergency declaration
Absence of concrete price control mechanisms leaves transport workers, farmers, fisherfolk, and low-income households vulnerable to what it described as “war-driven oil shock."
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Solons, transport workers slam ‘useless’ energy emergency declaration

Absence of concrete price control mechanisms leaves transport workers, farmers, fisherfolk, and low-income households vulnerable to what it described as “war-driven oil shock."

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Workers face dispersal in Laguna economic zone amid CBA deadlock
"CBA negotiations are meant to uplift labor conditions, but what we see is the opposite—wages stagnate while the cost of living continues to rise."
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Workers face dispersal in Laguna economic zone amid CBA deadlock

"CBA negotiations are meant to uplift labor conditions, but what we see is the opposite—wages stagnate while the cost of living continues to rise."

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