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The move of the son of President Gloria Arroyo and her Kampi party-mates and allies in the House of Representatives to ram what is nothing more than a “presidential” resolution calling for a convening of a “constituent assembly” to amend the Constitution deserves...
Majority of Filipinos continue to reject moves to amend the Constitution or charter change (Cha-cha), according to the results of the latest IBON nationwide survey. BY IBON FOUNDATION Posted by Bulatlat Majority of Filipinos continue to reject moves to amend the...
Citing the Philippine government’s lack of a genuine program to address climate change and mitigate its impact on the Filipino people, and the failure of the Kyoto Protocol, a newly-formed alliance called the Philippine Climate Watch Alliance is calling on...
Illusory answers and necessary answers* To attract the attention on the financial collapse is not enough. Behind it, a crisis of real economy is standing out, since the financial drift was continuously asphyxiating the growth of the production basis. Solutions...
Time to Move to Plan B ... If There is One The global economy is being sucked into a black hole and most Americans have no idea why. The whole problem can be narrowed down to two words; "structured finance". BY MIKE WHITNEY Counterpunch INTERNATIONAL Posted by...
If you think the housing slump can't get much worse, Martin Feldstein thinks that both home prices and the broader economy can - and very likely will - get a whole le lot worse. BY KEVIN G. HALL McClatchy Newspapers/Truthout INTERNATIONAL Posted by Bulatlat...
What do the Senate coup, the fertilizer and Euro generals scams, and the continuing extrajudicial killings, enforced disappearances, and filing of trumped up charges against activists have in common? These show the rottenness of politics in the Philippines. BY...
“Give them justice, not clemency.” This was the call of relatives of OFWs facing the death sentence and those who continue to languish in jail, as they, together with Migrante International, trooped to the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) last November 20. The...
With gold exploration already starting in their village, vegetable farmers in Bakun, Benguet moved to stop what they fear would be the destruction of their community. BY LYN V. RAMO NORTHERN DISPATCH Posted by Bulatlat.com LA TRINIDAD, Benguet (247 kms. north of...
The convergence of poetry and rock music characterized Down with the Crackdown, a concert held Nov. 22 at the Ten 02 Bar in Quezon City. Organized by the Artists’ Response to the Call for Social Change and Transformation (Artists’ ARREST), the concert was staged in...
NI ALEXANDER MARTIN REMOLLINO Bulatlat Maraming bagay na walang nakakaalam maliban kay Joc-joc Bolante. Nabanggit niya, halimbawa, sa isang imbestigasyon ng Senado na wala naming fertilizer funds scam. Walang nakakaalam nito, maliban kay Joc-joc Bolante. Siya lang...
POSTED BY BULATLAT His House was Raided by the Army by Cheryl L. Daytec-Yañgot Firm he stood on the quaking ground of justice And obliged the cracked lips of mendacity To declare the truth grappling to surface From the prison of hollow, specious rhetoric Then his...
Sa loob ng isang oras na pagtakbo, na kahit nga minsan ay isang ikot lang sa oval ang katumbas, nababalikwas ang hangganan ng sarili. Natatamo ang pag-usad, at ang paglampas sa pinagmulang kalagayan. May natatagpuang katahimikan sa isang iglap na wala munang halaga...
The United Nations (UN) Human Rights Committee has found the Arroyo government guilty of violating the rights of human rights defenders Eden Marcellana and Eddie Gumanoy. Marcellana, then Karapatan-Southern Tagalog secretary general and Gumanoy, local peasant...
Anakpawis Party-list criticized the signature drive initiated by Pampanga Representative Juan Miguel "Mikey" Arroyo, eldest son of Mrs. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, at the House of Representatives as 'reeking of nepotism and crass opportunism.' Mikey Arroyo's signature...
Seventy-seven percent of Filipinos reject moves to amend the Constitution or charter change (Cha-cha), according to the results of the latest IBON nationwide survey. Of the 72.4 percent of respondents who answered that they were aware of the Arroyo administration's...
BY BULATLAT Exactly two months since James Balao disappeared, his family called on the members of the House of Representatives to conduct investigation and help them in their continuing search. Balao, founding member of the Cordillera Peoples Alliance (CPA), was...
An independent international mission comprised of lawyers and judges said that while the Philippine government claims to have taken firm measures to address the problem of extrajudicial killings, including the establishment of various Task Forces, there have been no visible results.
‘He knows GMA’s involvement because he was there’
Will the endorsement by former House Speaker Jose de Venecia, Jr. boost the chances of this year’s impeachment complaint against President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo? Deputy House Minority Leader and Bayan Muna (People First) Rep. Satur Ocampo, one of the original endorsers of the complaint together with fellow Bayan Muna Rep. Teddy Casiño and Gabriela Women’s Party Rep. Liza Maza, believes so.
Unmoved by the libel case filed against him, Prof. Antonio L. Tinio, national chairperson of the Alliance of Concerned Teachers (ACT) vows that teachers will win the fight for better services and benefits from the Government Service Insurance System (GSIS). BY NOEL...
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