NEWS AT A GLANCE
Bayan Muna office in
Tarlac burned
The front portion of the office of the Bayan Muna Party-list in Tarlac
City (125 kms. north of Manila) was
damaged as suspected military men tried to burn the office on Oct. 18.
At least 10 armed
men, some of them in military uniform, arrived at the bungalow which
housed the Bayan Muna office in Sitio Buno, Barangay (village) Matatalaib
in Tarlac
City at around 1 a.m., and set it on fire,
witnesses said.
The incident happened
five days after the killing of Bayan Muna provincial coordinator Florante
Collantes, 54, who was shot in Camiling, Tarlac. Bayan Muna has accused an
Army general of masterminding the killings and harassment against
activists. Bulatlat
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Budget proponent an
illegitimate president – Beltran
Anakpawis Party-list
Rep. Crispin Beltran called for a stop to the budget appropriation
hearings, saying that Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, the main proponent of the
2006 Budget proposal, “is an illegitimate president.”
Beltran said that the
bulk of higher budget allocations will only go to automatic debt payments
and the military. He added that Congress “is being forced to hurry
deliberations on a budget proposal by an administration whose legitimacy
is highly questionable, and whose fate still remains in limbo.”
Beltran said that the
president was using the budget hearings to “consolidate the ranks of her
remaining supporters and to project an atmosphere of normalcy.” He added
that the hearings did not have a quorum because most congressmen have gone
back to their districts during the break until session resumes on Nov. 7.
Bulatlat
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