The number of Filipinos who think that there is severe corruption in the Arroyo administration is increasing, according to recent IBON survey. By IBON Foundation The number of Filipinos who think that there is severe corruption in the Arroyo administration is increasing, according to the results of the third quarter IBON nationwide survey. IBON Executive…
Day: October 23, 2005
Using Asia’s Poor to Build U.S. Bases in Iraq
Some 1,300 Filipinos were working at Camp Anaconda alone “One of the construction Filipinos (said) … that they were treated like human cattle by some of the Western employees there and that they did not receive enough medical treatment when they were ill.” By David Phinney CorpWatch Jing Soliman left his family in the Philippines…
Bago Ideklara ang “Emergency Rule” ng Diktaduryang Arroyo
Ni E. San Juan, Sr. Ihabol lamang ang pakulo ng makulit kong ‘pare sa New York City, texting via cellphone:) “Kutob nami’y dumating na ang interesanteng panahon ng ating buhay nang mapanood sa TV ang pambobomba ng tubig kina Bishop Labayen, Guingona, Satur at mga mamamayang nagsikap buhayin ang karangalan ng Filipino—ano nga ba ang…
Pagtawid
NI MARK ANGELES Nagtipon silang mga bigkis ng talahib sa parangal ng isang nagbuwis ng buhay. Tulad nila, siya’y humarap sa panganib. Kinuyom ang kamay sa kanilang pag-awit: animo’y may gatilyo silang sinasalang. Nagtipon silang mga bigkis ng talahib. Itinuring nilang ina ang tumatangis sa kanyang anak at gayong walang pangalan tulad nila, siya’y humarap…
Hinagpis Ng Isang Bayani
By Paulino O. Pruel Kay sarap pakinggan Tagos sa puso’t isipan Tawag sa iyo Bayani ng bayan Sa panahong kasalukuyan Hinahangaan sa iyong katatagan Nilisan mo ang sariling bayan Hanap ay magandang kapalaran Sa ibayong dagat makikipagsapalaran Lungkot sa pamilya handang labanan Haharapin anumang kagipitan Makamit lamang magandang kinabukasan Kapalit ay lumbay at kalungkutan Ang…
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…
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…
Slow Suspense
The boys, photographed in Pampanga province some one and a half hours north of Manila, watch in excitement as from the middle of the stick, a spider hangs and scrambles up. In a few minutes it will be fighting it out with the other spider at the end of the stick. The spider that drops…