Addressing members of political parties in Cordillera, Mrs. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo once again declared that the Philippines will be among the world’s richest in 20 years. Government statistics, however, belie claims of economic growth. BY LYN V. RAMO Northern Dispatch Posted by (Bulatlat.com) Volume VIII, No. 24, July 20-26, 2008 BAGUIO CITY (246 kms north of…
Month: June 2008
Ilocos Judge Scolds Fiscal for Lack of Probe in Case vs NDFP Consultant
A Regional Trial Court judge in Candon City, Ilocos Sur last week scolded the provincial prosecutor and ordered him to reinvestigate the rebellion charges filed against a National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) consultant for the peace process with the Government of the Republic of the Philippines (GRP). BY ARTHUR L. ALLAD-IW Northern Dispatch…
Migrants’ Group Pickets DFA, Launches Pre-SoNA Series of ‘Kanta-lampagin’ Protests
Members of Migrante International, an organization of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) and their families, picketed last July 11 the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) to launch a series of protest actions geared toward President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo’s delivery of her State of the Nation Address (SoNA) on July 28. BY ANGIE DE LARA MIGRANT WATCH Bulatlat…