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Disasters in 2009: Poor Filipinos Victimized Many Times Over

Disasters in 2009: Poor Filipinos Victimized Many Times Over

By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO
While climate change is not a recent phenomenon and is a result of years of destructive practices, most Filipinos do not know much about it until recently. And it has been a hard lesson learned for many Filipinos as it took the destructive effects of typhoons Ondoy and Pepeng to drive home the point. The devastating effects of climate change are more intense in poor countries where majority of the people live in poverty.

| Jan 1, 2010

Labor in 2009: Joblessness, Rights Violations, Violence Confronted Filipino Workers

Labor in 2009: Joblessness, Rights Violations, Violence Confronted Filipino Workers

By MARYA SALAMAT
The year 2009 began, ended and paved the way to 2010 with the festering problem of joblessness for millions of Filipinos. The global financial crisis only revealed the stark reality of President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo’s inherently flawed job-generation strategies. The Arroyo regime fell short of its employment target. Worse, thousands of jobs, especially in the export industry, were "massacred" in 2009 even as unionists faced violence, intimidation and murder.

| Dec 31, 2009

Labor Migration in 2009: A Terrible Year to Be an OFW

Labor Migration in 2009: A Terrible Year to Be an OFW

By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO
The regime of President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo changed the face of labor migration in the Philippines. It pursued its labor-export policy aggressively, begging receiving countries to accept more overseas Filipino workers. In the meantime, it shirked its responsibilities toward OFWs in distress, in many instances even becoming complicit in the abuse of overseas workers.

| Dec 31, 2009

Politics in 2009: Arroyo Regime Brought Philippines Deeper Into Crisis

Politics in 2009: Arroyo Regime Brought Philippines Deeper Into Crisis

By BENJIE OLIVEROS
While it would take more than a change in president to effectively address the worsening economic and political crisis, if Arroyo and her minions are able to get away with keeping themselves in power -- by declaring a failure of elections, martial law, or charter change -- the Filipino people would sink faster and deeper into the quagmire of backwardness and poverty.

| Dec 31, 2009

Mangudadatu: ‘Ampatuans Made Business Out of Elections’

Mangudadatu: ‘Ampatuans Made Business Out of Elections’

By ALEXANDER MARTIN REMOLLINO
In this Q&A, Esmael Mangudadatu, vice mayor of Buluan town, Maguindanao, talks about the Ampatuan massacre and how the Ampatuans ruled the province. "They made business out of the votes. They extorted money out of the senatorial candidates who were campaigning in Maguindanao by selling votes to them," he said. He also wished that there would be no whitewash in the case against them.

| Dec 20, 2009

Solons, Drivers Ask SC to Void Anomalous RFID Project

Solons, Drivers Ask SC to Void Anomalous RFID Project

By MARYA SALAMAT
Progressive solons and the members of Piston have asked the Supreme Court to declare as “unconstitutional and illegal” the Land Transportation Office's controversial radio frequency identification (RFID) project. They also asked the Supreme Court to issue a temporary restraining order and/or preliminary injunction to prevent the project's full implementation come January 10, 2010.

| Dec 20, 2009

Ocampo, Maza Join NP’s Senate Slate, Support Villar-Legarda Ticket

Ocampo, Maza Join NP’s Senate Slate, Support Villar-Legarda Ticket

Rep. Satur Ocampo and Rep. Liza Maza of the Makabayang Koalisyon ng Mamamayan (Makayaban) announced today that they have joined the Nacionalista Party ticket as senatorial guest candidates in the 2010 elections. They also said they are supporting the candidacy of Manny Villar for president and Loren Legarda for vice president.

| Dec 14, 2009

‘Mrs. B’ Brings Jonas Burgos’s Case to Attention of Europeans

‘Mrs. B’ Brings Jonas Burgos’s Case to Attention of Europeans

In this audio clip, Edita Burgos, the mother of missing activist Jonas Burgos, talks about her recent trip to Europe where she brought her campaign to force the Philippine government to surface her son. She also talks about the human-rights situation in the Philippines and why President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo is a "bad mother" to the Filipino people. Listen now

| Dec 14, 2009

‘Ampatuan Massacre Should Be Brought Before International Courts, Tribunals’

‘Ampatuan Massacre Should Be Brought Before International Courts, Tribunals’

By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO
The failure of investigators to secure the crime scene, the apparent contamination of forensic evidence, and the weak rebellion case filed against the perpetrators have led people to believe that there is a high probability that the Ampatuan clan would walk away with the murder of 57 people, even as the case has generated a strong international concern.

| Dec 14, 2009

The Ampatuans, the Military and Elections in Maguindanao: The Ties That Bind

The Ampatuans, the Military and Elections in Maguindanao: The Ties That Bind

By ALEXANDER MARTIN REMOLLINO The Ampatuans' rise to the peak of political power was in no small part due to their ties with the military. In a most ironic twist, the military proposed the extension of martial law in Maguindanao until the 2010 elections purportedly to teach the Ampatuans “how to run peaceful and credible elections.”

| Dec 14, 2009

Ex-Arroyo Aide Among Execs of Mining Firm Terrorizing Bukidnon Lumads

Ex-Arroyo Aide Among Execs of Mining Firm Terrorizing Bukidnon Lumads

A former chief of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR), who is also one of President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo's most trusted men, is one of the directors of a big mining company that operates in a number of provinces, among them Bukidnon, which is one of the provinces where several indigenous-peoples' communities are suffering under a reign of terror perpetrated by the military and paramilitary groups.

| Dec 14, 2009

As 2010 Polls Draw Near, Unprecedented Fraud, Violence, ‘No-El’ Loom

As 2010 Polls Draw Near, Unprecedented Fraud, Violence, ‘No-El’ Loom

By ARNOLD PADILLA
Underneath the never-ending and intensifying political conflict is the permanent and worsening crisis of the economy. The raging economic crisis feeds the growing dispute among the various factions of the political elite contending for control of political power and monopoly of economic spoils – a conflict that has become more pronounced and increasingly vicious under the nine-year old Arroyo administration.

| Dec 11, 2009

End to Warlordism Urged in the Cordilleras

End to Warlordism Urged in the Cordilleras

The Cordillera region is not spared from state-perpetuated and state-supported political violence, according to the CPA, citing the provinces of Abra, Apayao and Kalinga as having a history of election-related and politically motivated killings and other forms of violence allegedly allowed to happen through powerful politicians and warlords with goons and private armies.

| Dec 10, 2009

Pooled Editorial: Blood in Her Hands

Pooled Editorial: Blood in Her Hands

The perpetrators obviously thought that they could get away with their atrocity. The only possible explanation for such impunity is that these people were confident somebody higher up would protect them. We hold the regime of President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo accountable for what happened in Ampatuan. It was her regime that had benefited from the reign of terror in Maguindanao. It was her regime that had encouraged and nurtured the violence that led to the massacre.

| Dec 6, 2009

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