By Satur C. Ocampo At Ground Level | The Philippine Star The best step to quickly resolve the many questions why the Mamasapano operation ended in tragedy is for President Aquino to forthrightly assume responsibility as President and Commander-in-Chief. If and when he does so, P-Noy should explain the US role in the operation’s planning…
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Looking ahead
Why we should reject the sentimental activism of reactionary bureaucrats
QUESTION EVERYTHING By Mong Palatino Bulatlat.com Some reactionaries in the bureaucracy erroneously assume that their activism in the past makes them intellectually and even morally superior over the present generation of change advocates. Some probably misjudged their bohemian lifestyle as activism or they could have lied about their political record. But there are really existing…
Could President Aquino escape accountability for the Mamasapano fiasco?
By BENJIE OLIVEROS Bulatlat perspective When former president Fidel V. Ramos was insisting that the ultimate responsibility for the Mamasapano fiasco lies with President Benigno Simeon Aquino III, being the commander-in-chief, Malacañang responded by saying that Ramos should wait for the results of the investigation. The Board of Inquiry of the Philippine National Police (PNP)…
Phrase book
Martin’s emo-Motion
Mining Act of 1995: Dalawang Dekada ng Disaster
KALIBUTAN By LEON DULCE 2nd of three parts 1st part: Mining Act of 1995 | Dalawang dekada ng sinaid na yaman 3rd part: Mining Act of 1995 | Dalawang dekada ng karahasan Masasabi bang ‘luntian’ na polisiya ang Mining Act of 1995? Alinsunod sa batas na ito, ang mga transnasyunal na korporasyon o TNC ng…
Heart for the people
By Satur C. Ocampo At Ground Level | The Philippine Star This morning I’ll join an intergenerational gathering of activists at the Bantayog ng mga Bayani in Quezon City to celebrate the 45th anniversary of the First Quarter Storm of 1970. (The FQS, as it has been popularly referred to by both elderly and younger…
Mamasapano’s other casualties
By LUIS V. TEODORO Vantage Point | BusinessWorld If truth is the first casualty of the Mamasapano incident, the peace agreement between the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) and the Philippine government is fast emerging as the second. Thanks to the likes of JV Ejercito, Alan Peter Cayetano, Ferdinand Marcos Jr. and their like- minded…