“We are living at a moment in history when civil liberties and democracy are under attack as never before and the need for a collective response to counter these threats has never been greater.” By D. L. MONDELO Political Correspondent for Europe BRUSSELS, Belgium – “We are living at a moment in history when civil…
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Arroyo Satisfaction Rating Lowest since May 2004
Even in Region VII, regarded as an Arroyo bailiwick because she supposedly won the majority of the presidential vote in Cebu, some 78 percent of respondents were not satisfied with her performance. By IBON Foundation The Filipino people’s satisfaction with President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo’s performance dropped to its lowest rating of -74.7 percent in the IBON’s…
Ang Buhay na Dakila
Handog para kay Fr. William Tadena at sa lahat ng mga nagalay ng buhay sa paglilingkod sa sambayanan ng Diyos Ni Rev. Erahvilla M. Maga-Cabillas Summary execution… Ambush… Salvaging … Tawagin man sa iba’t-ibang salita Pareho lang ang pagkahulugan: PAGKITIL NG BUHAY! Buhay na kaloob, biyaya mula sa Maylikha Buhay na inialay, pagsabuhay sa misyong…
Corruption in Arroyo Gov’t is Severe – IBON Survey
The number of Filipinos who think that there is severe corruption in the Arroyo administration is increasing, according to recent IBON survey. By IBON Foundation The number of Filipinos who think that there is severe corruption in the Arroyo administration is increasing, according to the results of the third quarter IBON nationwide survey. IBON Executive…
Using Asia’s Poor to Build U.S. Bases in Iraq
Some 1,300 Filipinos were working at Camp Anaconda alone “One of the construction Filipinos (said) … that they were treated like human cattle by some of the Western employees there and that they did not receive enough medical treatment when they were ill.” By David Phinney CorpWatch Jing Soliman left his family in the Philippines…
Bago Ideklara ang “Emergency Rule” ng Diktaduryang Arroyo
Ni E. San Juan, Sr. Ihabol lamang ang pakulo ng makulit kong ‘pare sa New York City, texting via cellphone:) “Kutob nami’y dumating na ang interesanteng panahon ng ating buhay nang mapanood sa TV ang pambobomba ng tubig kina Bishop Labayen, Guingona, Satur at mga mamamayang nagsikap buhayin ang karangalan ng Filipino—ano nga ba ang…
Pagtawid
NI MARK ANGELES Nagtipon silang mga bigkis ng talahib sa parangal ng isang nagbuwis ng buhay. Tulad nila, siya’y humarap sa panganib. Kinuyom ang kamay sa kanilang pag-awit: animo’y may gatilyo silang sinasalang. Nagtipon silang mga bigkis ng talahib. Itinuring nilang ina ang tumatangis sa kanyang anak at gayong walang pangalan tulad nila, siya’y humarap…
Hinagpis Ng Isang Bayani
By Paulino O. Pruel Kay sarap pakinggan Tagos sa puso’t isipan Tawag sa iyo Bayani ng bayan Sa panahong kasalukuyan Hinahangaan sa iyong katatagan Nilisan mo ang sariling bayan Hanap ay magandang kapalaran Sa ibayong dagat makikipagsapalaran Lungkot sa pamilya handang labanan Haharapin anumang kagipitan Makamit lamang magandang kinabukasan Kapalit ay lumbay at kalungkutan Ang…
Slow Suspense
The boys, photographed in Pampanga province some one and a half hours north of Manila, watch in excitement as from the middle of the stick, a spider hangs and scrambles up. In a few minutes it will be fighting it out with the other spider at the end of the stick. The spider that drops…
Bayan Muna Leader Assassinated; 13th in Tarlac since November Massacre
By Abner Bolos Oct. 16, 2005 TARLAC CITY- The secretary general of Bayan Muna party-list in Tarlac province was shot dead by still unidentified men yesterday morning, Oct. 15, in his home in Barangay (village) Tuec, Camiling, Tarlac. The victim, Florante Collantes, 51, was the 13th activist to be killed in the province since Nov.…
PARC Stalls Luisita Land Distribution
A cloud of anxiety now stalks the ranks of farm-worker beneficiaries of Hacienda Luisita, the 6,453-ha. sugar estate owned and operated by the powerful Cojuangco clan of Tarlac (120 kms north of Manila). After seeking justice for 37 years, they are made to wait a little longer after the Presidential Agrarian Reform Committee announced, October…