By BENJIE OLIVEROS Bulatlat.com In his second State of the Nation Address, President Benigno Aquino III has made the banning of car sirens called wang-wang as a symbolism of how his government has supposedly put a stop to the abuse of power and corruption. However,...
By BENJIE OLIVEROS Bulatlat.com The London riots began at a Tottenham neighborhood, August 6, after the police shot to death Mark Duggan. The riots have now spread to neighboring cities: Birmingham, Manchester, Liverpool, Bristol and Notting-hill. Shops were...
By BENJIE OLIVEROS Bulatlat.com In 2008, when the economic crisis hit the US, newly elected President Barack Obama unveiled a stimulus package that bailed out the erstwhile "too big to fall" financial investment houses and banks. This went on for years with the US...
By BENJIE OLIVEROS Bulatlat.com As the second state of the nation address of the Aquino administration draws nearer, the government and the media have been reminding the Filipino people of the supposed social contract entered into between President Benigno Aquino...
By BENJIE OLIVEROS Bulatlat.com There seems to be no relief in sight , even temporarily, to the world economic crisis that imploded in 2008. While economists declare every seemingly positive sign, such as an increase in stock prices or in consumption expenditures,...
By BENJIE OLIVEROS Bulatlat.com In analyzing the democratic revolutions of the late 18th century, a political economist once said that the rallying call of liberty, equality, and fraternity became liberty from the constraints of the monarchy and the feudal set-up –...
By BENJIE OLIVEROS Bulatlat.com How could one explain the dip in the net satisfaction rating of President Benigno Aquino III from 51 percent in November 2010 to 46 percent in June 2011? Should the Aquino administration be alarmed? Publicly, Malacañang is shrugging...
By BENJIE OLIVEROS Bulatlat.com Pity the Philippines. When China issued a not-so-veiled warning that it would use force against any "incursions" in the part fo the Spratly Islands that it is claiming, Vietnam reacted by protesting strongly. The Aquino government...
By BENJIE OLIVEROS Bulatlat.com The recent revelation about corruption in the Bureau of Corrections, specifically the National Bilibid Prison, is not new nor shocking to anyone who is familiar with our prison system. Prison officials use the gangs to maintain peace...
By BENJIE OLIVEROS Analysis When Pagasa announced, early this week, that typhoon Chedeng might hit the country, local government officials frantically inspected and dredged rivers, canals, and drainage systems. They readied rubber boats and set up an emergency...
By BENJIE OLIVEROS Analysis When asked whether he would increase the tuition during his term, new UP President Alfredo Pascual replied with a resounding "No." That was a bold declaration coming from a "dark horse" and an "outsider" who won the race for the UP...
By BENJIE OLIVEROS Analysis The cornetto ice cream advertisement has been a hit. The ads show that one cannot enter a club, rent a video, buy a sweater, and get a sports drink with P20. The poor character was even made fun of for having only P20: he is made to...
By BENJIE OLIVEROS Analysis The US has finally caught up with Osama Bin Laden, its number one enemy and its former ally. It could be remembered that the US helped build up, arm and strengthen Osama’s forces during the Afghan people’s war against Russian occupation,...
By BENJIE OLIVEROS Analysis The May 1 Labor Day rally this year is turning out to be a hot one, and it is not only because of the very hot days, which began this Holy Week. Barely a year in office, the administration of President Benigno Aquino III is already being...
By BENJIE OLIVEROS Bulatlat.com The March 4-7 survey of the Social Weather Station, which it made exclusively for Business World, showed that 20.5 percent of respondents or an estimated 4.2 million families experienced hunger at least once in the past three months....
By BENJIE OLIVEROS Analysis March 30 is a sad day for Filipinos. Three overseas Filipino workers Sally Ordinario-Villanueva, Ramon Credo and Elizabeth Batain were executed after being caught by Chinese immigration authorities and subsequently sentenced to death for...
By BENJIE OLIVEROS
During the 10th National Congress of the Kilusang Mayo Uno, the labor center took stock of its strengths and weaknesses and resolved to bring the struggle of workers to a higher level, and to pursue the fight against neoliberal policies, which constitute an attack on the rights of workers and the Filipino people.
By BENJIE OLIVEROS Analysis Bulatlat.com The peoples' uprisings in Egypt, Jordan, Tunisia, Yemen, Bahrain, Libya, and the brewing unrest in Saudi Arabia have been in the headlines lately. Sadly, nothing much is being written about the reasons behind the uprisings...
It seems that the Aquino government would rather let the Filipino people suffer than lean on oil companies to "moderate their greed." It is more scared of facing the wrath of the IMF-WB than the Filipino people. Perhaps, it is banking on its popularity and relying on its apologists-allies who are already in government but still stake their claim to being part of civil society. (By Benjie Oliveros / bulatlat.com)
Recently, there were two positive developments in the Filipino people’s quest for justice: the victims of the Marcos dictatorship finally got what is due them and the impeachment case against Ombudsman Merceditas Gutierrez is finally being heard. (By Benjie Oliveros / bulatlat.com)
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