By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO Bulatlat.com MANILA — Solidarity Groups in Australia were quick to denounce the Philippine Senate as the latter ratified the Australia-RP Status of Visiting Forces Agreement (SOVFA) on July 24, 2012.The groups represent Filipino migrants in Australia, overseas Filipino workers and students, Australians of Filipino descent and citizens and residents of…
Month: July 2012
Southern Tagalog, Central Luzon march vs land grabbing, militarization
By RONALYN V. OLEA Bulatlat.com MANILA – They braved the heavy downpour and then the extreme heat to air their grievances. Some 1,000 protesters from Southern Tagalog, under the banner of the local chapter of Bagong Alyansang Makabayan (Bayan) and Save Bondoc Peninsula Movement held a three-day Lakbayan (people’s march) from San Pedro, Laguna to…
Anti-SONA 2012 protests in regions against privatization, rights violations
Protests against the “true state of the nation” were held simultaneously across the country. By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO em> Bulatlat.com MANILA — It was not only in the National Capital Region (NCR) where protests erupted against President Benigno Aquino III’s third Station of the Nation Address (Sona). Elsewhere in the country, people’s organizations decried…
SONA 2012: A chronicle of lies foretold
By MARYA SALAMAT
Aquino’s 90-minute speech, said to be one of the longest SONAs in recent memory, highlighted achievements that progressive groups shot down either as just a deception, a half-truth at best, or simply meaningless.
Sidebar: Groups press for release of activist, condemn violent dispersal of anti-SONA protests
Sidebar: Anti-SONA 2012 protests in regions against privatization, rights violations
Sidebar: Southern Tagalog, Central Luzon march vs land grabbing, militarization
Bulatlat Live: People’s SONA 2012
By BULATLAT STAFF
As President Benigno “Noynoy” C. Aquino III delivers his State of the Nation Address, progressive organizations will hold a protest action along Commonwealth Avenue in Quezon City today. They will criticize Aquino’s policies that did not serve the interests of the Filipino people.
Exclusionary economics: How Aquino and Arroyos economics are the same
By IBON Features In his upcoming third State of the Nation Address (SONA), President Benigno Aquino III will surely attempt to highlight how the Philippine economy has improved under his watch to show how his administration is an improvement over its predecessor. Pres. Aquino will bring to the fore supposed economic successes such as the…
SONA 2012: Broken contract, broken record?
By SONNY AFRICA Ibon Foundation In his state of the nation address (SONA) on Monday, Pres. Noynoy Aquino will likely highlight so-called economic achievements such as the recent economic growth, stock exchange performance, strengthening peso, credit upgrades and the like. These are indicators that are meaningless to the public and only give the appearance of…
Aquino’s five failures to the Filipino youth
PRESS STATEMENT: July 23, 2012 The Filipino youth are greeting the State of the Nation Address of President Benigno Aquino III with greater discontent and protests, for his failure to address the deepening socio-economic crisis faced by the youth and the people. 1. Tuition and other fee increases In the last two years, the Aquino…
Overseas Filipinos worldwide join People’s SONA
Overseas Filipinos around the world launched simultaneous protest activities to participate in the People’s SONA (State of the Nation Address). Migrante International chapters in different parts of the world led members, other migrant organizations and Filipino communities in Saudi Arabia, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan, South Korea, United Arab Emirates, Macau, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, Italy,…
Women’s group decries Aquino’s ‘soured promises’
By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO
“For several months now, local movements all over the Philippines have been picketing local offices of the Department of Health to protest the Aquino administration’s drive to either sell off or corporatize 26 public hospitals.” – Gabriela
Lies, terror and violence in Aquino’s third SONA
With his two years of presidency and three State of the Nation Address (SONA), Pres. Noynoy Aquino has peddled lies on the situation of human rights in the Philippines. He has been, in fact, inflicting terror and violence against the Filipino people. The second year of the Aquino administration is being punctuated with shamelessly deceptive…