By TOM ENGELHARDT Posted by Bulatlat.com History, or the future (however you want to look at it), has a funny way of rearing up and biting leaders who think they know what they’re doing. Take Barack Obama. Only weeks before the Deepwater Horizon oil rig exploded in the Gulf of Mexico, he made a “pragmatic”…
Month: June 2010
The Ills of Privatized Elections
By IBON FOUNDATION
‘Election privatization’ is a phenomenon that is feared even in the most advanced countries as undermining an important democratic exercise such as the national elections.
Salungguhit: Make Way
Make Way
Benjie Oliveros | Justice Should be the First Order of Business of the Next Administration
By BENJIE OLIVEROS Bulatlat.com It is now only less than a month before Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo leaves Malacañang and the Filipino people could not wait to get it over with. Despite the flak that the Commission on Elections and Smartmatic are getting for bungling the automated elections, and even if the old problems of vote-buying –…
UN official Slams Impunity in the Philippines, Repeats Call for Prosecution of Perpetrators
By RONALYN OLEA
UN Special Rapporteur Prof. Philip Alston visited the country in February 2007 to look into the spate of extrajudicial killings. He cited the counter-insurgency program of the government and the failure to prosecute perpetrators as the main reasons behind the killings.
Relatives of Desaparecidos Urge Next Government to Give Justice to Victims, Prosecute Arroyo
By ANNE MARXZE D. UMIL
“Putting all our hopes together, our grief, we plead to the new government to surface the victims of enforced disappearance from the Marcos regime to the Arroyo regime,” Edith Burgos, mother of missing activist Jonas said.
Union Member Shot Dead, Workers Fear Intensification of Extrajudicial Killings
By RONALYN OLEA
Union member Edward Panganiban is the ninth worker killed in Southern Tagalog and the 96th nationwide under the Arroyo government.
US Ambassador Harry K. Thomas Here to Ensure RP Remains a “Treaty Ally and Long-Term Partner”
By MARYA SALAMAT
When new US Ambassador Harry K. Thomas arrived in the country, his first order of business appeared to be to visit presumptive-president Sen. Noynoy Aquino for a courtesy call and joint briefing.
Uyaying Naghahanap ng Radikal na Kantor
NI E. SAN JUAN, JR. Inilathala ng Bulatlat Tulog na, bunsong sinta, sayang lang ang luha mo Ang ina mo’y malayo’t sumugod na sa dilim Hanap mo’y dating tamis sinisipsip hinihigop Meme na, bungangang humihikbi’t nakanganga Kundi’y isisilid ka sa gusit kapalit mo’y salapi Di naman masundo’t nanupol daw ng sampaga Tulog na, dilang uhaw,…
Int’l Lawyers Group Urges Prosecution of Arroyo for Plunder, Rights Abuses
“As an organization of people’s lawyers, we will make it certain that the outgoing Arroyo government will not escape prosecutions and be made accountable for crimes committed against the people,” said Filipino lawyer Edre Olalia, acting secretary general of the National Union of People’s Lawyers (NUPL)
Progressive Partylist Groups to Push for Pro-People Agenda in 15th Congress
By ANNE MARXZE D. UMIL
Bayan Muna Rep. Neri Colmenares said bigger challenges await them in the 15th Congress not only due to the presence of the Arroyos and Marcoses but also because of the stature of steadfastness, commitment and dedication to the masses that Liza Maza and Satur Ocampo, who completed their last term in the 14th Congress, have established.
Sidebar:
* Kabataan’s Priority in Congress: Blocking Arroyo’s Move to Become Speaker, Pushing for Higher Education Budget
* Progressive Partylist Groups See Tough Times Ahead with Arroyos, Marcoses in Congress