Gabriela Women’s Party Rep. Liza Largoza Maza today said that it is the government’s overpriced ODA obligations and not the poor that is the reason behind President Arroyo’s mulish stance against the scrapping of the 12% Value Added Tax.
“A huge chunk of the government’s spending still goes to foreign debt payments. And for the past [...]
July 16, 2008
OVERPRICED, KICKBACK-RIDDEN ODA PROJECTS’ PAYMENTS NOT PROJECTS FOR THE POOR, BEHIND VAT COLLECTIONS
July 16, 2008
AS MISSION TO OKINAWA LEAVES TODAY: WE WILL HOLD PERPETRATORS OF RAPE AND CRIMINAL NEGLECT ACCOUNTABLE -MAZA
“The Gabriela mission to Okinawa hopes to give Hazel the much needed moral and legal support in this uphill battle for justice. Hazel needs the support of her kababayans now more than ever, especially since the Arroyo government’s neglect and inutility in her case, and their obvious complicity with the US government has made justice [...]
