By PAULINE GIDGET ESTELLA Bulatlat.com For Kabataan Partylist (Kabataan), the first important thing to do when the 15th Congress opens in July is to derail President Gloria Arroyo’s bid for the House speakership. Kabataan, which currently represents the youth sector through Rep. Raymond Palatino, has already garnered more than 396,000 votes in the 2010 elections,…
Month: June 2010
Progressive Partylist Groups See Tough Times Ahead with Arroyos, Marcoses in Congress
By ANNE MARXZE D. UMIL Bulatlat.com The 15th Congress is extraordinary not only because of the presence of actors and actresses and even a boxing champion who got elected as representatives of their respective districts. It is also the first time in Philippine history that a former president of the country was also elected as…
Prince of Persia: Another Hollywood Movie
By JENNIFER CHAN Bulatlat.com I have never played Prince of Persia. Not on MS-DOS, Sega, Dreamcast or even PS2. However, that didn’t stop me from watching the recently released movie version of it. And that shouldn’t stop the rest of you from doing so either. After all, Disney and Director Mike Newell’s adaptation of the…
Neri suspension “moot”, prosecute Arroyos for closure on NBN-ZTE issue
June 2, 2010 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Kabataan Partylist Rep. Raymond Palatino today bewailed the Ombudsman’s latest resolution clearing Pres. Gloria Arroyo, among others, in the still unresolved NBN-ZTE controversy. “There can never be closure on the controversy for as long as the perceived masterminds continue to be off-the-hook. Neri’s suspension is nothing but a token…
Bayan pickets Israeli embassy, condemns massacre of pro-Palestine activists
News Release June 2, 2010 Members of the umbrella group Bagong Alyansang Makabayan (Bayan, New Patriotic Alliance) today picketed the Israeli embassy in Makati City, Philippines to protest the killings of pro-Palestine activists who were part of a flotilla headed for Gaza. The Israeli government’s actions against the flotilla has drawn widespread condemnation worldwide. “We…
Repatriated OFWs to OWWA: Remove Welfare Officer from post, save 30+ Pinays from “notorious” Saudi firm
June 1, 2010 PRESS RELEASE After months of agony, OFWs reunited again to call for the removal from post of a welfare officer whom they accuse of “deliberately prolonging their plight” in Saudi Arabia. They also challenged the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) to immediately repatriate more than 30 Filipina workers still in the cudgels…
236 distress OFW nurses, medical workers to troop inside the Philippine Consulate to demand action on their complaints against erring employer, OFW group throws support
Press Release 2 June 2010 After being neglected on their legitimate demands against their erring employer, 236 distress OFW Nurses and polyclinic workers in Jeddah, western capital of Saudi Arabia, will be trooping in today inside the Philippine Consulate General offices to demand immediate action on their legitimate complaints against their employer, a migrant rights…
NDFP condemns Israel’s attack on aid ships for Gaza as crime against humanity
PRESS STATEMENT 2 June 2010 The National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) condemns in the strongest terms Israel’s criminal attack against the people bringing humanitarian aid in solidarity with the people in Gaza. This attack sanctioned by the Israeli government leadership carried out by fully armed commandos in international waters in the dead of…
International Lawyers Group Calls for Immediate Prosecution of Arroyo, et. al.
UTRECHT, The Netherlands (30 May 2010) – The International Association of People’s Lawyers (IAPL), a worldwide grouping of public interest and human rights lawyers, challenged the incoming Philippine administration of presumptive president-elect Sen. Benigno Aquino III to immediately and vigorously pursue all legal moves to make accountable outgoing president Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo and her allies for…
News in Pictures: Kin of Disappeared Challenge Noynoy Aquino to Stand Against Impunity and Injustice
The Families of the Disappeared for Justice (Desaparecidos) held a press conference today challenging presumptive president Noynoy Aquino to take the straight path to justice and help surface all the victims of enforced disappearances under the term of Ms. Gloria Macapagal Arroyo.