By Counsels for the Defense of Liberties Posted by (Bulatlat.com) CODAL sees the hand of Malacañang in the recent withdrawal by Rep. Amang Magsaysay (Association of Volunteer Educators Party-list) of his signature in the impeachment complaint, taken in the light of disbursement of road users tax funds, appointment of relatives of members of Congress to…
Day: September 3, 2005
Saving Arroyo at the Expense of Justice
Recent moves to derail and sabotage the impeachment proceedings would only hasten the process of settling the issue of her administration’s legitimacy via the extra-constitutional means. These underhanded maneuverings can be easily seen as not only an infringement on the impeachment process but also an obstruction of justice. By Bobby Tuazon Bulatlat.com At the rate…
Is the President Digging Her Own Grave?
Juggling between reconciliation efforts and obvious attempts to kill the impeachment procedure in Congress, President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo is throwing all cautions into the wind to be able to cling to power. Is she gaining ground or losing it? BY DABET CASTAÑEDA Bulatlat.com Political analysts, progressive congressmen and the spokesperson of a middle-force movement agree that…
News At A Glance
Farmers’ group wary of reported SDO junking The militant peasant organization Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas (KMP), together with the Alyansa ng Manggagawang-Bukid sa Asyenda Luisita (AMBALA), Aug. 26 dared the Department of Land Reform (DLR) to show copy of any official decision regarding the scrapping of the stock distribution option (SDO). KMP secretary general Danilo…
War of the Future
Oil is fueling the genocide in Darfur at every level. This is the context in which Darfur must be understood – and, with it, the whole of Africa. The same Africa whose vast tapestry of indigenous cultures, wealth of forests and savannas was torn apart by three centuries of theft by European colonial powers –…
Lepanto Mining Firm Not Environment-Friendly – UP Baguio, SLU scholars
For months now, Lepanto mining company is locked in a protracted labor strike by its employees. But there’s another issue raised by university-based doctors and scientists on the firm’s mining operations. Their findings of water samples take from river systems where the company’s mine tailings are allegedly dumped showed very high cyanide, chromium and lead.…
Homage to Philip Vera Cruz: Revolutionary Worker and Filipino Labor Organizer
In a time of global crisis and fierce class war, in particular the renewed U.S. imperialist intervention in the Philippines, the example of the life and work of progressive Filipino worker and union leader, Philip Vera Cruz, has become more necessary and inspiring. By E. SAN JUAN, Jr. Posted by Bulatlat.com On July 21, 1994,…
Attacking the World’s Constitutions
Since the 1990s, some 130 countries around the world have revised, amended or adopted brand new constitutions to accommodate a framework for the sort of “market democracies” that open up domestic labor, economic sectors and natural resources for neo-colonial exploitation. By Sonny Africa IBON Features / August 2005 Posted by Bulatlat.com IBON Features– In the…
BNPP and Fraudulent Marcos Loans Still Put Pressure on National Budget
The BNPP is the strongest argument against President Gloria Arroyo’s recent declaration that the government will pay off all the debts of the late strongman Ferdinand Marcos inspite of the fiscal crisis and declining government spending for social services. By Arnold Padilla and Joseph Yu IBON Features Posted by Bulatlat.com IBON Features— Of the P931…
Textbooks + Coke = Mass Mediocritization?
Literally one for the books, the Department of Education (DepEd) inked a deal with Coca Cola Bottlers Philippines, Inc. (CCBPI) tapping the latter to deliver textbooks to public elementary and high schools throughout the country. The Anak ng Bayan Youth Party asks, Why Coca-Cola? By Carl Marc Ramota Bulatlat.com Coca-cola trucks will soon be a…
Walterina Markova: The ‘Comfort Gay’
World War II in the Pacific ended 60 years ago with the infamous bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. In the Philippines, the end of the war was hardly observed even if only to reflect upon the atrocities committed at that time with the Filipinos as the principal victims. A hidden chapter of those dark times…