By LUIS V. TEODORO Vantage Point | BusinessWorld Orgies of overspending, vote-buying, intimidation and outright coercion, and exercises through which a few political families have monopolized practically every elective office from city councilor to President, Philippine elections are already a mockery of representative democracy. The latest Supreme Court decision declaring the party-list system open to…
Month: April 2013
SC order gives credence to evidence — Edita Burgos
“I felt that while we had the documents with us, we were in constant danger. Somehow, I was relieved after I submitted these to the SC.”
To P-Noy gov’t: Beware of ruinous Thatcher policies
By Satur C. Ocampo At Ground Level | The Philippine Star With her death last Monday at 87, Margaret Thatcher, Britain’s only woman prime minister in office for a record 11 years (1979-1990) has re-stoked the debate over her legacy, both positive and negative, that continues to divide British society. Thatcher’s death “is mourned by…
Balikatan 2013: A grand show of force, a tradeshow for US arms
Military trainings to develop interoperability are crucial for the US, especially when it is about to drag an ally to start or join its war. Also, military exercises such as Balikatan plays a role in US sales of arms.
Oases or mirage
By Carol Pagaduan-Araullo Streetwise | BusinessWorld Edith Burgos, wife and partner of crusading, anti-dictatorship newspaperman, the late Jose “Joe” Burgos, is the personification of steadfast resolve as she files yet another motion to the Supreme Court in a bid to utilize new evidence to prove that the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) is behind…
Politics, Philippine style
By BENJIE OLIVEROS Bulatlat.com Local and congressional elections are just around the corner. The ruling coalition dubbed as Team Pnoy is aiming to win it big by bagging the clear majority, nay dominance, in the senatorial, lower house, and local elections. By the looks of it, by the sheer number of candidates contending political parties…
‘Why pick on our daughter?’ – Activist couple
In the morning of April 2, the day she was abducted, Gestine saw two men in soldier’s uniform on a motorcycle parked in front of her school staring at her.
Latest killings, arrests by alleged soldiers condemned
Yesterday, Roque Antivo, the eight-year-old boy who was killed due to strafing by uniformed men, was laid to rest. On April 3, soldiers of the 71st Infantry Battalion Alpha Company of the Philippine Army strafed the house of a peasant family in Sitio Kidaraan, Barangay Anitapan, Mabini, Compostela Valley. Antivo was killed. His two brothers…
‘I shouted we were kids,’ boy recalls soldiers firing at them
“Nisinggit pa gani ko, mga bata mi sir, tulo ka beses, ayha sila miundang og pabuto, dayon mitubag sila, sa ibabaw ra daw sila nagpabuto, (I shouted at them three times, that we are kids, then they stopped firing and replied that they were firing at the hills,” Alvin said, adding that he immediately went to Roque when the gunfire stopped.
Ang matuwid na landas ay liku-liko at baku-bako
(Balada ni Jonas Bustos) ni E. SAN JUAN, Jr. Bulatlat.com Habang papunta sa gawing Hacienda Luisita Niyaya ni Major Harry Baliaga na magpalamig muna Sa Ever Gotesco ng mapanuksong waytres Niyakag upang kwentuhan ng nangyari Kina Sherley Cadapan at Karen Empeno At ang masuyong Binibining Melissa Roxas Ngunit sabi ko’y nais kong hanapin, taluntunin Ang…
Why pick on us? – Makabayan
“Aquino’s Comelec has been persecuting progressive partylist groups while condoning the existence of bogus partylist organizations and even tolerating their campaign violations.” – Rep. Luz Ilagan, Gabriela Women’s Party