By BENJIE OLIVEROS Bulatlat.com President Benigno Aquino III finally blinked: he ordered a suspension of releases of the Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF) pending the results of the investigation on the pork barrel scam involving Janet Lim-Napoles, and government officials, from both Congress and line agencies. President Aquino could no longer keep defending the pork…
Month: August 2013
30-million peso calamity fund ratted out?
By JOHN RIZLE L. SALIGUMBA Davao Today DAVAO CITY — The city council wants to find out what happened to the 30-million peso calamity fund provided to eight villages in Paquibato District. Councilor Melchor Quitain said in a privilege speech on Tuesday’s session that the city’s “executive branch” only submitted 2 out of 30 monthly…
Watering the plants
Sa Mga Mamamatay Ngayong Tag-ulan
Ni MARK JOSEPH RAFAL Bulatlat.com Baunin ninyo ang aking pakikiramay. Alam kong bago kayo ibulid sa pigtal ng hininga, Dinanas ninyo ang matinding sakal ng lamig O narinig ang pinakamalungkot na musika Ng pag-aasam sa pagtila ng dalamhati. Alam kong batid ninyong ang kamatayan at ulan ay may iisang sangandaan. Kagabi, habang saklob ang paligid…
Aquino trampling on PH Constitution, endangering Filipinos – progressive groups
Bayan Muna Party-list Rep. Neri Colmenares said the ‘increased rotational presence’ being ironed out by the Philippine and US governments would only make Filipinos “cannon fodder and no different from how the US treated Filipino war veterans during World War II.”
Agrarian reform in Luisita marred by terror, deception
The Alyansa ng Magbubukid sa Asyenda Luisita (Ambala) complained of the reduction of land being distributed, forcible signing of Application to Purchase and Farmers Undertaking, the unaffordable amortization, and the deployment of several Special Action Forces (SAF) and Special Weapons and Tactics units.
Kadayawan 2013’s Indak-Indak: A Kaleidoscope
DAVAO City — The bright colors, banging of drums, vibrant dances and chants reverberated the streets during the Kadayawan’s Indak-Indak sa Kadalanan (Street Dancing). Around 23 contingents from Davao and neighboring provinces braved the heat in this year’s parade on the festival of all festivals, showcasing indigenous dances, costumes and props that showed the culture…
Oil spill victims call for closure of Petron Depot
Remembering the oil pipe leak that occurred in 2010, which also caused sufferings on the coastal villages in Cavite, the newly-formed group, the Close Petron Depot Movement (CPDM), said the Petron oil depot poses a “constant threat to the lives of fisherfolk and urban poor.”
Continuing impunity
UP professors denounce the pork barrel system
MANILA – Concerned faculty members of the University of the Philippines (UP) joined calls for the abolition of the pork barrel system. In a press conference on Friday, August 17, the UP professors wore their official sash used for graduation ceremonies called “Sablay” to convey a message: “The pork barrel system is ‘sablay.’ Instead of…
Antithesis
