By BENJIE OLIVEROS Bulatlat.com It took more than a year before the Aquino administration filed a case against former president Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo. This despite demands from various sectors to hold the former president to account for her numerous crimes...
By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO Bulatlat.com Overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) led by Migrante International and its chapters in at least 20 countries will launch coordinated protests and other forms of action on December 18, which they have dubbed as "Zero Remittance...
Environmentalists protest against Aboitiz Coal Power Plant in Davao (Photos by Karlos Manlupig)
By ANNE MARXZE D. UMIL and JANESS ANN J. ELLAO
“This flagship program of Aquino is just a palliative measure. People don't need dole-outs. What they really need is a permanent job.” – Gloria Arellano, president of Kadamay
By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO
Already there are 356 political detainees in the country, with 78 of them having been arrested on the orders of the Aquino administration’s armed and judicial forces. Almost half or 35 of them are women. Also 153 women have already fallen victim to extrajudicial killings since 2001, with six of them killed under the watch of the Benigno Aquino III administration.
By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO and RONALYN V. OLEA
“We need to hold him accountable for the long list of anti-people rulings he supported to favor his patron Macapagal-Arroyo... But with this move we hope that the next Chief Justice would be truly independent and decide cases for the genuine interest of the people. We do not want an Arroyo court to be replaced by an Aquino court.” – Bayan Muna Rep. Teddy Casiño
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