Loaves, fishes and dirty dishes

By Roel Landingin

Manila's privatized water can't handle the pressure

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"… he companies are to blame, he added, for "over-marketing the deal." …"

"… f cholera in Manila, compared with 54 cases in 1991, according to the Philippines Department of Health. Reports of severe diarrhea-causing infections peaked …"

"… the International Finance Corporation (IFC), contracted with the Philippines government to draft the concession agreement and designed the bidding proc …"

"… ranca.Now a consultant of the World Bank for its water sector loans in the Philippines, Tantiongco said the split in the regulatory office when he headed it stem …"

Sustaining an unpopular regime

By Marina Walker Guevara

In the Philippines, U.S. aid has helped bolster a government whose military is tied to extrajudicial killings

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"… tributed this report. …"

"… forces have allowed and encouraged scores of extrajudicial killings in the Philippines since 2001, according to a recent report produced by a government-appointe …"

"… inquiry commission.More than $245 million in U.S. aid was channeled to the Philippines in the three years after 9/11. The aid has helped produce some high-profil …"

"… ary aid, it wouldn't have been so easy for this impunity to prevail in the Philippines," said Herbert Docena, a researcher in Manila with Focus on the Global Sou …"

Oil immunity?

By André Verlöy

Government denies charges that Bush helped oil companies in Iraq
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Cholera and the age of the water barons

By Bill Marsden

Cholera turned out to be a chronicle of death foretold by blind ideology

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"… ean Bank for Reconstruction. In countries such as South Africa, Argentina, Philippines and Indonesia, the World Bank has been advising the leaders to "commercial …"

"… ies. Maynilad is before an arbitration court seeking $337 million from the Philippines government as reimbursement for what it claims is invested capital. The go …"

Investing in war

By M. Asif Ismail

The Carlyle Group profits from government and conflict

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"… es to the firm include former British Prime Minister John Major and former Philippines President Fidel Ramos; former Office of Management and Budget director Ric …"

Continuing our investigation into the trillion-dollar world of offshore tax havens

By Bill Buzenberg

Our investigation into the previously secret world of tax havens from the British Virgin Islands to Singapore continues throughout 2013.

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"… from various governments, including the U.S., France, Canada, Greece, the Philippines and others. French budget minister Bernard Cazeneuve, for example, joined …"

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JPMorgan Chase’s record highlights doubts about big banks’ devotion to fighting flow of dirty money

By Michael Hudson

JPMorgan Chase’s record highlights doubts about devotion to fighting flow of dirty money

Authorities in the U.S., U.K. and Australia announce new international tax haven investigation

Government data appears similar to 2.5 million secret files unearthed by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists.

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"… o, Moldova, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nigeria, Norway, Pakistan, Paraguay, Philippines, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Singapore, South Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka, Swede …"