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    Police armed with assault rifles were positioned on highways leading to Manila. "The economic crisis is sharper and more intense this year" said Renato Reyes, secretary-general of left-leaning activist group Bayan. Full Article at Independent Online
    The economic crisis is sharper and more intense this year
    SOURCE: Independent Online 19 months ago
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Food crisis is May Day war cry
  1. Expensive rice prices, cheap labour wages. How can labourers live?
    SOURCE: Independent Online 19 months ago
  2. We are the people, we are right, we will win.
    SOURCE: Independent Online 19 months ago
  3. Workers in the Philippines have every right to be angry and frustrated.
    SOURCE: Independent Online 19 months ago

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