BY Bulatlat.com August 29, 2008 – 2:00 p.m. Women’s group GABRIELA branded Malacañang’s proposed P1.415 trillion budget for 2009 budget as anti-poor. The group said that to claim that it will provide ‘welfare armor’ for poor families is a complete lie. In a statement, Emmi de Jesus, GABRIELA secretary general, explained that the P10.5 billion…
Day: August 29, 2008
Group Says Arroyo’s Cha-cha Spells Surrender of Nat’l Patrimony to US
BY Bulatlat.com August 29, 2008 – 2:15 p.m. DAVAO CITY – Members of Bagong Alyansang Makabayan (Bayan) staged a protest action in this city against Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo’s proposed charter change. In a statement, Makpil Camacho, Bayan-Southern Mindanao Region (SMR) deputy secretary general, said, “The US is using the marionette Arroyo regime to amend the constitution…