Posted by Bulatlat Bulatlat.com To: Philippine President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo We are poets and other writers who fully agree with National Artist Napoleon Abueva’s recent declaration calling on President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo to resign from her post. Her fraudulent victory in the May 2004 election – together with her record of economic and political maladministration, subservience to…
Day: July 16, 2005
Gloria Must Go, Youth Say in Survey
Even prior to the public statement of 10 Cabinet members that the President should resign, the sentiments of the youth are already for her removal from office. A recent youth survey shows that the youth find the President as largely an ineffective leader due to her inability address vital national concerns. By Carl Marc Ramota…
Nabosesan
Ni Bienvenido Lumbera* Posted by Bulatlat Bulatlat.com NABOSESAN Isang araw, tumawag si Mam Helow Garci Helow Garci At dalawang boses ang lumutang-lutang Sa polusyon alingasaw Ng papawirin sa Kamaynilaan. Boses ni Garci, boses ni Mam. Helow Garci Helow Garci Dalawang boses nagkaintindihan, Boses ng bayaran, boses ng mastermind, Pinagbuhol ng tungkulin at kapangyarihan. Kasong electoral…
Against People Power
By Jasper Almirante/ Bulatlat Bulatlat.com As mass protests against the “illegimate” presidency of Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo heat up, many of her erstwhile political allies have begun to abandon ship – among them former Presidents Corazon Aquino and Fidel Ramos. Aquino has called on Macapagal-Arroyo to step down from her post to avert an “extra-constitutional” political transition,…
‘Resignation is the best apology’ — U.P. Law
WITH a vote of 32-6, including six abstentions, the faculty of the College of Law of the University of the Philippines has decided to issue a collective statement on the issue of Pres. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo’s taped conversations. The statement, officially released July 4, 2005, received “yes” votes from 16 of the College’s 23 full-time law…
People’s Action to Decide GMA’s Fate
Mammoth rally set on July 13 The calls of various sectors and classes for President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo to resign have widened the rift between the ruling elite and have hastened her impending ouster. But militant groups say these will never be enough to kick out the President from Malacañang without the people’s concerted action. BY…
‘No Resign, No Remit’
OFWs press for Arroyo’s ouster Two major migrant workers groups launch “No Resign, No Remit” campaign to press for the ouster of President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo. BY AUBREY SC MAKILAN Bulatlat Bulatlat.com “No Resign, No Remit.” Migrante International and Migrante Sectoral Party (MSP) jointly issued this statement as their members met July 5 to launch Outrage,…
The Impact of OFWs’ Remittances on the Philippine Economy
For the last 30 years, the Philippine economy, and all administrations from the time of the dictator Marcos to the present, have been propped up by the remittances of overseas Filipinos. This means, the country’s economy is saved from eventual collapse by the remittances of Filipinos working and residing overseas. By Lualhati Roque Executive Director…
Pangasinan Vice Mayor is 56th Slain Bayan Muna Member
Violence against progresive party-list groups continues as the number of their members and supporters killed this year has reached 56 since April 2001. The latest victim was no less than the vice mayor of a town in Pangasinan, 200 kms north of Manila. BY JHONG DELA CRUZ Northern Dispatch Posted by Bulatlat Bulatlat.com MAPANDAN, Pangasinan…
Arroyo Regime Is Disintegrating; But Still Has a Few Tricks to Play
The crisis of the ruling system has become so grave that the ruling classes can no longer rule in the old way. The people want a revolutionary change of government, in which the toiling masses of workers and peasants obtain and exercise their due share of political power. By Prof. Jose Maria Sison Chief Political…
Financial Storm Brewing
The most recent calls by the country’s business elites for President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo to step down only underscore her far-reaching failures as an economist. Coming on top of mounting popular unrest because of the people’s worsening condition over the last 4½ years, they herald a looming financial meltdown if Ms. Arroyo does not resign. BY…