By DEE AYROSO
Consulting the bosses
Month: August 2014
People’s initiative: Challenges and responses
By Satur C. Ocampo At Ground Level | The Philippine Star Definitively, the nationwide sign-up campaign for a trailblazing people’s initiative bill to abolish the pork barrel system and, through its penal provisions, to “exact accountability for the plunder of the people’s money” will go full-blast starting September. It aims to collect, within a year,…
Critics being negative about negativity is a positive thing
By LUIS V. TEODORO Vantage Point | BusinessWorld Benigno Aquino III has done it before: lamented the “negativity” of his critics as well as that of the Philippine press and media. “Negativity” and “negativism” have been an even more noticeable part of his public vocabulary in recent times, together with their supposed opposites, “optimism” and…
The juggernaut that’s the anti-pork movement
By Carol Pagaduan-Araullo Streetwise | BusinessWorld A year ago it had seemed that the spontaneous gesture of outrage by hundreds of thousands who converged at the Rizal Park to protest the Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF) anomalies signaled the end of congressional pork. President Benigno S. Aquino III, after vigorously defending the PDAF, then attempted…
Teachers’ group confers ‘Pambansang Artista ng Mamamayan’ to Nora Aunor
MANILA — The Alliance of Concerned Teachers honored accomplished actress and superstar Miss Nora Aunor as “Pambansang Artista ng Mamamayan” on Friday, August 29 at the Polytechnic University of the Philippines (PUP). Aunor is being recognized by the teachers’ group for her outstanding contribution to the development of Filipino artistry in film and to the…
Southern Tagalog groups demand justice for missing, slain colleagues
Women, labor and human rights groups gathered in Santa Rosa City to commemorate the enforced disappearance of Ben and the brutal assassination of Tita Mely.
Rights lawyers mourn killing of colleague
“As we remember those who have died in the line of fire, we must protect those who are left standing, especially those who are one with the people in their causes, principled, weather-beaten and under attack. We shall carry on, Rudy.”
The list of problems gets longer and longer
By BENJIE OLIVEROS Bulatlat perspective Despite the Aquino government’s claims to the contrary, there are a lot of things that are terribly wrong now. And the government doesn’t seem to have a comprehensive, integrated plan to address these. What we hear are excuses, justifications, and calls for the people to be patient; what we see…
Proud father
DAP: Of ghost dump trucks, destructive dams and bureaucrat capitalism
KALIBUTAN By LEON DULCE Did you know that at least P55 billion ($1.260 B) or around 38 percent of public funds that went to the Disbursement Acceleration Program (DAP) presented serious environmental risks? This question begs to be answered after the public came to know of the latest satisfaction rating survey on President Noynoy Aquino’s…
Lumad groups cry: ‘Disband all paramilitary units’
“This is a clear indication of Oplan Bayanihan’s dirty tactics in using Lumads as baits and pawns in military operation.” – Bai Norma Capuyan, vice chair of Kusog sa Katawhang Lumad sa Mindanao (Kalumaran)