News Release June 30, 2010 Fore-fronting the inauguration of President-elect Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III today is a call from Kabataan Partylist Rep. Raymond Palatino to re-channel funds from some items in the Office of the President’s budget to an emergency budget allocation for education. “Pres. Aquino can start resolving the education crisis by allotting an…
Day: June 30, 2010
Aquino Cabinet Appointments Raise More Questions than Hope
News Release June 30, 2010 The appointments made by President Benigno Aquino III raise more questions than hope, according to the umbrella group Bagong Alyansang Makabayan. “It remains to be seen how most of the cabinet appointees will perform or how they will prove to be any different from the previous administration. The Aquino officials…
On Noynoy’s Inauguration: Farmers Demand Genuine Land Reform, Justice
Press Release June 30, 2010 On the day president-elect Benigno Aquino III is sworn into office, militant peasant groups led by Katipunan ng mga Samahang Magbubukid sa Timog Katagalugan (KASAMA-TK) challenged the new administration to uphold the interest of the rural poor by implementing genuine land reform. The thousand throng farmers from the Southern Tagalog…
“Truth Commission” should go after Arroyo, Palparan, Garci, Joc-joc – Bayan
The umbrella group Bagong Alyansang Makabayan today challenged the newly-created Truth Commission chaired by former Chief Justice Hilario Davide to “leave no stone unturned in the prosecution of Arroyo and other incorrigible offenders from her regime.”
Bulatlat Live Coverage: The Noynoy Aquino Inaugural
IT Experts Praise Citizens’ Election Monitoring, Call for Filing of Cases vs. Comelec, Smartmatic
BY ANNE MARXZE D. UMIL Bulatlat.com MANILA — The Commission on Elections (Comelec) and Smartmatic-TIM have been bragging that the May 10 was a success and was peaceful and orderly. But for the Computer Professionals Union (CPU) it was frustrating. “And the way the elections here in the Philippines was handled by the Smartmatic and…
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