DONATE
a
M

Close

POSTS FOR "Politics & Governance"

ADVERTISEMENT

Benjie Oliveros | The Presidential Derby and the Senate

Benjie Oliveros | The Presidential Derby and the Senate

The Senate, which had its finest moments when it blocked the railroading designs of the administration-dominated Lower House, is now revealing its worst form because the May 2010 elections are just around the corner and the Senate has always been a jumping board for those who would want to become president. Sad as it is, the disappointing state of the Senate and the sorry state of the election campaign, and the election itself, is merely a reflection of the dismal and backward state of Philippine society.

| Feb 8, 2010

Military Continues to Deny Friends, Kin Access to ‘Morong 43’

Military Continues to Deny Friends, Kin Access to ‘Morong 43’

By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO
Relatives and friends of the 43 health workers -- among them doctors, nurses and midwives -- who were taken by the military and police in Morong, Rizal province, on Saturday are set to file on Monday a petition for habeas corpus before the Supreme Court. This, after the military on Sunday continued to prevent them, as well as the media, from seeing those arrested in person.

| Feb 7, 2010

‘Mrs. B’: A Monologue About the Agony and Struggle of a Mother of a Desaparecido

‘Mrs. B’: A Monologue About the Agony and Struggle of a Mother of a Desaparecido

Written by Palanca awardees Joi Barrios-Leblanc and Rowena Festin and Concerned Artists of the Philippines (CAP) member Grundy Constantino and directed by Socrates Jose, "Mrs. B" depicts the agony and courage of a mother searching for her son. With award-winning actresses Bibeth Orteza and Gina Alajar playing the role of Mrs. Burgos, even the desensitized and the unaware would be moved into tears. Although the two actors have different approaches in portraying Mrs. Burgos, both are so intense and so good that their performances are incomparable.

| Feb 4, 2010

Why Are Candidates Silent About Debt and Deficit?

Why Are Candidates Silent About Debt and Deficit?

By ARNOLD PADILLA
Whoever becomes the next president will have to run a government that is almost P5 trillion deep in debt and with a budget deficit of P300 billion or more. Thus, whatever promises about providing for the basic needs of the people especially the poor are empty rhetoric unless candidates disclose how they intend to address the worsening fiscal situation.

| Jan 31, 2010

A Bloody Struggle for Land in Compostela Valley

A Bloody Struggle for Land in Compostela Valley

By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO
For the farmers, peasants and indigenous peoples of Southern Mindanao, the past several years had been a period of great danger and violence as big mining companies encroach into ancestral and agricultural land, using the military to drive them away. Many peasant and Lumad leaders who opposed these projects have ended up dead and tortured.

| Jan 31, 2010

Leyte Farmers Locked in Battle with Ex-CA Justice Over Land

Leyte Farmers Locked in Battle with Ex-CA Justice Over Land

By RONALYN V. OLEA
Since 2000, Alejandro Abaño could not go back to his farm in barangay Cabatianuhan, Alangalang, Leyte. In the first week of February that year, Abaño, together with some agricultural workers, was weeding the coconut land of his father when armed men pretending to be policemen came to their hut accusing them of being rebels. The armed men were allegedly hired by former Court of Appeals Justice Vicente “Cheng” Veloso, who claimed that he owned the land.

| Jan 30, 2010

News in Pictures: High-Tech Elections?

News in Pictures: High-Tech Elections?



After three SIM cards, two modems, and countless earlier attempts, a Smartmatic technician tries to get a satellite signal after failing to transmit test results. When he did get a signal, he tells person on the phone: "Pare,di ko naman pwedeng hawakan ito nang ganito hanggang mamaya." He gets help though from a cameraman who lends him a tripod. This is just one of the scenes in Friday's Comelec Smartmatic field test in Agojo Elementary School in Pateros for the machines that are to be used in the elections in May. Photo by Renayes Reyes Jr.

| Jan 30, 2010

Bulacan Farmers Up Against Congressman in Land Struggle

Bulacan Farmers Up Against Congressman in Land Struggle

By MARYA SALAMAT
The first time Rep. Luis Villafuerte went up and asked the farmers to meet with him in April, “he hoodwinked us to sign a paper which we thought was just an attendance sheet, but later turned out to be our supposed agreement to donate the lands we have been tilling to Green Earth,” members of Lingap Magsasaka, the farmers' group, told Bulatlat during the northern leg of the 10-day Lakbayan.

| Jan 24, 2010

Filipino Legislator in Canada Pushes for Better Treatment of OFWs

Filipino Legislator in Canada Pushes for Better Treatment of OFWs

By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO
Despite the glossy image of Canada as one of the places where Filipinos would want to migrate to, poverty and lack of job security are realities that they have to contend with. Mable Elmore, who visited the Philippines recently, said her primary goal as member of Canada's Legislative Assembly is to provide affordable housing, raise the minimum wage and support working single mothers.

| Jan 21, 2010

BE A BULATLAT PATRON

A community of readers and supporters that help us sustain our operations through microdonations for as low as $1.

SUBSCRIBE NOW

Pin It on Pinterest