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PEACe Bonds: Unresolved, Ten Years On |
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Written by Freedom from Debt Coalition
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Saturday, 08 October 2011 15:47 |
 Position Paper of the Freedom from Debt Coalition on the controversial Poverty Eradication and Alleviation Certificates or PEACe Bonds.
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Last Updated on Wednesday, 02 November 2011 03:47 |
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Purisima’s revelations on PEACe bonds call for a full-scale and transparent investigation – FDC |
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Friday, 28 October 2011 19:03 |
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The straightforward pronouncement of Finance Secretary Cesar Purisima that that taxation and other rules were bent in the issuance of the PEACe bonds ten years ago to accommodate a favored group is a resounding affirmation that there were irregularities in the said bond transactions.
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Last Updated on Monday, 31 October 2011 19:32 |
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Halloween-inspired protest greets World Bank chief in Manila |
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Thursday, 27 October 2011 17:25 |
 As World Bank Group President Robert B. Zoellick concludes his two-day visit in the country, members of Freedom from Debt Coalition (FDC) and Philippine Movement for Climate Justice (PMCJ), donned in Halloween costumes, trooped to the Bank’s Manila office, denouncing the Bank as the fount of global corporate greed and the dispossession of the world’s 99 percent, including the Filipino people.
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Last Updated on Thursday, 27 October 2011 17:37 |
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“Tax corporate greed” – FDC |
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Tuesday, 18 October 2011 00:00 |
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The Freedom from Debt Coalition stated its support for government’s imposition of taxes on the controversial Poverty Eradication and Alleviation Certificates (PEACe) government bonds set to be paid today, October 18, as current bond holders, mostly banks, filed a petition before the Supreme Court contesting the decision.
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Last Updated on Sunday, 23 October 2011 00:08 |
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High price of electricity is anti-women, anti-poor – FDC |
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Tuesday, 06 September 2011 00:00 |
 In a society where women are mostly in-charge of managing the household budget, higher electricity rates mean additional burdens and deeper indebtedness for Filipino women, especially those who already find it hard to make ends meet. Members of the Freedom from Debt Coalition – Women’s Committee picketing the office of the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) in Ortigas Center, sent this message to oppose an impending new wave of electricity rate hikes.
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Last Updated on Sunday, 23 October 2011 01:57 |
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Lucio Tan’s crackdown on PALEA shames nation |
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Written by RICARDO B. REYES
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Thursday, 29 September 2011 18:16 |
 The Freedom from Debt Coalition expresses its strongest solidarity with the 2,600 members of Philippine Airlines Employees Association (PALEA) in their fight for their human dignity, job security and union rights.
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Last Updated on Sunday, 23 October 2011 01:14 |
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10 YEARS AFTER: No peace in PEACe bonds |
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Written by MILO N. TANCHULING
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Monday, 24 October 2011 13:56 |
 Special to Philippine Daily Inquirer's Talk of the Town. Published 23 October 2011.
Ten years ago, the people saw the rise of a non-government organization through what many perceived as unethical transactions with the Arroyo administration.
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Last Updated on Wednesday, 02 November 2011 03:48 |
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Wednesday, 12 October 2011 18:17 |
 Tens of thousands of Filipino households in 22 cities and provinces in Metro Manila and parts of Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao switched off lights and staged noise barrages to demand lower electricity rates, according to the Freedom from Debt Coalition (FDC) which led the protest action.
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Last Updated on Sunday, 23 October 2011 01:22 |
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House inquiry on PEACe Bonds smacks of “lutong makaw” |
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Saturday, 08 October 2011 16:09 |
 Early this week, we were informed that the House Committee on Good Government and Public Accountability was about to formalize its Report on its Inquiry into the controversial Poverty Eradication and Alleviation Certificates or PEACe Bonds. A copy of this Report now being circulated among Committee members for signing shows that the House Committee will come out with two findings – that the issuance of the PEACe Bonds was regular and conformed to prescribed procedures, and that the Philippine Government obtained a fair and reasonable value from the proceeds of the sale of the PEACe Bonds.
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Last Updated on Monday, 31 October 2011 19:25 |
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Congress asked to suspend interest for “corrupted debts” in 2012 budget |
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Thursday, 25 August 2011 17:49 |
 On the last few days of the budget committee hearings, a debt watchdog has asked the House Committee on Appropriations to follow President Benigno S. Aquino III’s example by suspending interest payments for “corrupted debts and deals” in the proposed 2012 national government budget.
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Last Updated on Sunday, 23 October 2011 02:03 |
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