The citizens’ congress that will try President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo is an alternative forum that has become necessary because of the impotence of traditional institutions and processes to address the serious charges being levied against the president. BY DABET CASTAÑEDA A citizens’ congress will try beleaguered President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo on the killings of 486 political dissenters…
Day: October 30, 2005
Hacienda Luisita Workers: Bloodied but Unbowed
Union grieves for murdered Hacienda union chief “Ganun si kapitan. He would risk everything for us. It can only be those who feel threatened by him and the union who would want to kill him.” Thus said a Hacienda Luisita worker of murdered union leader Ricardo Ramos. BY DABET CASTAñEDA Bulatlat.com HACIENDA LUISITA, Tarlac –…