Not only is there a confluence of domestic interests to which Constitutional amendments would be politically and economically advantageous. The United States, a far from disinterested observer of events in its neo-colony, also favors and regards Constitutional amendments as critical to its economic interests. By the Center for People Empowerment in Governance Posted by Bulatlat.com…
Day: August 13, 2005
The Drifting ‘Ship of State’
It will take nothing less than the “turning of the wheel” through arduous people’s struggle to liberate the masses from perpetual want and servitude. Only then will they have a chance to exercise genuine people empowerment and determine their own destiny in the course of time. By Danilo P. Vizmanos Posted by Bulatlat.com The Arroyo…
Lawyers Take Off-the-beaten Path
Lawyers are supposed to act with “cold neutrality,” but a group of legal practitioners in Mindanao has decided to go against this stereotype by pledging to serve poor clients and taking a stand on the current political crisis – aware that they may end up endangering their own lives. BY CHERYLL D. FIEL Bulatlat.com DAVAO…
A Town of War Refugees
A sleepy town in Samar is currently at the receiving end of intensified offensive military operations, driving more than 2,000 people, including women and children, from their homes and sources of livelihood. So alarming have the forced evacuations become that the World Council of Churches has asked the military to pull out from the region.…
Protests to Haunt GMA in New York
President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo’s trip to New York to attend the World Summit of the United Nations, Sept. 15, will not give her a respite from mass actions calling for her resignation. US-based Filipinos, led by BAYAN USA, are gearing up for a major protest action when she arrives. By Bulatlat.com President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo’s trip to…