BY DAVAO TODAY POSTED BY BULATLAT Vol. VII, No. 12 April 29-May 5, 2007 What is at stake in this election? As it has been since 2005, political survival for (President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo), access to patronage and the perks for her loyal lieutenants, who have only begun to enjoy their positions now. For Mr. (Joseph)…
Month: April 2007
Election 2007: Nearly 500 Villages in Davao Region Vulnerable to Violence
DAVAOTODAY.COM Posted by Bulatlat Vol. VII, No. 12 April 29-May 5, 2007 DAVAO CITY — As many as 444 barangays (villages) in the Southern Mindanao region have been classified as among so-called “areas of immediate concern” this election season. The police in the region reported 38 percent of the villages in Southern Mindanao, including those…
Caloocan Mayor Threatens Kabataan Party-list Members
Last April 15, Kabataan Party-list (Youth Party-list) members in Caloocan were subjected to harassment and threats by no less than the city Mayor himself. Mayor Recom Echiverri, who is running for his second term hit and threatened the party-list members for removing his campaign posters. BY ZOFIA LEAL Bulatlat Vol. VII, No. 12 April 29-May…
Memos and Verses from the ‘Tomb of the Living’
The nightmare experience exactly a year ago (April 28, 2006) is still vivid for detainees Axel Pinpin, Riel Custodio, Aristedes Sarmiento, Enrico Ybañez,and Michael Masayes, collectively known as the “Tagaytay 5.” BY DENNIS ESPADA Bulatlat Vol. VII, No. 12 April 29-May 5, 2007 CALAMBA CITY, LAGUNA (52 kms. south of Manila) – The nightmare experience…
Palace Support for Pro-Gloria Party Lists a Ground for Impeachment
Both Art. VI, Sec. 5 of the Constitution and Republic Act No. 7941 expressly reserve the party-list system for marginalized and underrepresented groups. The Supreme Court, in one of its landmark decisions, brought the matter further by explicitly barring groups linked to or supported by the government from participating in the party-list system. BY ALEXANDER…
The Virginia Tech massacre—social roots of another American tragedy
By David Walsh A day after the mass killing at Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, Virginia, along with grief and dismay, some reflections on life in the US are clearly in order. The event was horrifying, but no one who has followed the evolution of American society over the past quarter-century will be entirely shocked. Such…