By BENJIE OLIVEROS
For a US president who was propelled to the White House in 2008 with the largest margin in both popular and electoral votes in 12 years, his struggle for reelection is a revelation.
By BENJIE OLIVEROS Bulatlat.com MANILA -- We don’t hear much about the state of the world economy these days. What we normally read are slightly optimistic projections and supposed signs of recovery. But we are being bombarded with political news: the Obama-Romney...
By BENJIE OLIVEROS Bulatlat.com The Filipino people won its first battle against the impending imposition of e-martial law when the Supreme Court issued a TRO against the implementation of the Cybercrime Prevention Act of 2012. Now the Aquino government is confused...
By BENJIE OLIVEROS and JANESS ANN J. ELLAO
Groups united under the hashtag #NotoCybercrimeLaw occupied Padre Faura st.in front of the Supreme Court in Manila, October 9 and took turns bashing the law while waiting for the High Court to issue its TRO.
By BENJIE OLIVEROS Bulatlat.com A few days ago, a photo of China’s first aircraft carrier was published on the front page of a major daily. There appears to be no other reason for China’s aircraft carrier to merit the front page but the much-reported tension...
By BENJIE OLIVEROS Bulatlat.com The ouster of the Marcos dictatorship should have restored to us fully our rights and freedoms. But how do we fare 40 years after martial law? 1. Right to due process – Warrantless arrests continue to be practiced with impunity...
By BENJIE OLIVEROS Bulatlat.com MANILA -- The year was 1976. The veil of fear created by the shock therapy of Ferdinand E. Marcos called Martial Law was wearing thin in urban areas. Earlier in the countryside, the Moro National Liberation Front and the relatively...
By BENJIE OLIVEROS Bulatlat.com Forty years ago, Ferdinand E. Marcos launched a successful rightist coup and declared himself as president for life, arrested all those opposed to his rule from the traditional opposition to those identified with the Left and even...
By BENJIE OLIVEROS Bulatlat.com The debate over the proposed Reproductive Health Bill is raging in Congress. The most vocal opposition to the RH bill comes from the Catholic Church. It has been using the pulpit and has rallied church organizations to block the...
By BENJIE OLIVEROS Bulatlat.com It is no longer raining hard in Metro Manila and in most parts of the country. The skies are cloudy, rain showers are intermittent and hardly a cause for concern. That is why the damage wrought by the monsoon rains three to four...
By BENJIE OLIVEROS Bulatlat.com So finally after months of speculation on who would be the anointed one, which began with the impeachment of former chief justice Renato Corona, a new chief justice has been named in the person of Justice Ma. Lourdes Sereno. Events...
By BENJIE OLIVEROS Bulatlat.com MANILA -- News about the world economy have been bleak once again for the nth time in the past few years since the housing bubble imploded in 2007–2008, which sent financial investment houses and banks on the brink of collapse and...
By BENJIE OLIVEROS Bulatlat.com The reactions to President Benigno Aquino III’s third state of the nation address are very varied. Of course, the Aquino government and its allies from the Liberal and Nacionalista parties are expected to praise it to high heavens....
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...
By BENJIE OLIVEROS Bulatlat.com It has been two years since Pres. Benigno Aquino III assumed the presidency and now is the time to expect results. For sure, during President Aquino’s second state of the nation address, the nation would once again hear him extol the...
By BENJIE OLIVEROS Bulatlat.com The impeachment and eventual resignation of former ombudsman Merceditas Gutierrez, and the impeachment of former chief justice Renato Corona last year, which resulted in his removal this year, would surely banner the enumeration of...
By BENJIE OLIVEROS Bulatlat.com I would have written about President Aquino’s request to the US to fly its spy drones around Scarborough shoal and its impact on Philippine sovereignty when the killing of Willem Geertman happened. Geertman was a 67-year old advocate...
By BENJIE OLIVEROS Bulatlat.com Although the environment gradually became an international concern since the early 70s, the Earth Summit 20 years ago signaled that the world is already alarmed over the state of the environment. This was followed by the Kyoto...
By BENJIE OLIVEROS Bulatlat.com Malacañang is saying that Pres. Benigno Aquino III’s visit to the UK and the US netted $2.5 billion in investments from Europe and the US. It also said that it has gained the commitment of the US to help improve the country’s...
By BENJIE OLIVEROS Bulatlat.com Here are bits of related, albeit diametrically opposite news. Local dailies reported that Philippine Undersecretary for Defense Affairs Honorio Azcueta said, after meeting with US Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Martin Dempsey, that the...
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