With all remaining options including attempts at another Cha-Cha diminishing the whole nation should brace for some extreme measures being resorted to in 2009. BY THE CENTER FOR PEOPLE EMPOWERMENT IN GOVERNANCE (CENPEG) ANALYSIS Posted by Bulatlat By law, Gloria M. Arroyo steps down from the presidency 19 months from now. Before that presidential elections…
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Book of Answers
Tulad ni Arroyo, nakabalot sa mito ng indibidual na ahensya ang menu ng tugon, marami kahit iisa lang naman ang sinasabi. Nakabalot sa poetika ang mga tugon kahit pa ang higit na fantasya rito ay ang paniniwala ng indibidual na matuwa sa kanyang lagay imbis na malumbay o makibaka at huwag matakot. NI ROLANDO TOLENTINO…
Looming Showdown
The Arroyo regime is hell-bent on ramming through Mrs. Arroyo’s devious schemes to remain in power, no matter how isolated from and detested by an overwhelming majority of our people. Mrs. Arroyo’s railroading of Charter change (dubbed “Chacha”) will isolate her more and rush her rule headlong to political self-destruction. BY CAROL PAGADUAN-ARAULLO Streetwise/Business World…
Human Rights, Elusive or Illusive?
Sixty years have passed since the promulgation of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and 22 years after the ouster of the Marcos dictatorship. But the situation in the country is characterized more by violations of human rights rather than its protection and promotion. And it is the worst forms of human rights violations that…
The Plunderer’s Escape and the Activists’ Arrest
BY HELEN ASDOLO Secretary General, Gabriela Southern Tagalog 5th Nominee, Gabriela Women’s Party Posted by Bulatlat The junking of the impeachment complaint is a glaring demonstration of injustice in this country. It is proof that big time plunderer and murderers in this country can go scot-free while human rights defenders, advocates and activists like me…
Height of Indecency, Foolishness
BY FR. JERRY SABADO, O.Carm Convenor, Justice Peace and Integrity of Creation Order of Carmelites Posted by Bulatlat The process to seek the truth is arduous. The hearing at the House of Representatives (HOR) Committee on Justice is frustrating. The numbers power prevailed over the strength of truth and morality. Congressman Pablo Garcia of Kampi…
Not Surprising
It did not come as a surprise that the Committee on Justice of the Lower House voted 48-2 to junk the fourth impeachment complaint against President Arroyo. It would also not come as a surprise if the Arroyo government forces charter change to its completion. But the Filipino people may yet spring a surprise. BY…
Blast from the Past na Palabas ng Politika
At ito ang aking blast from the past na umantig hindi pa sa aking politika, kundi sa politika ng pagtatanghal ng politika. Ang pananatili ng sistematikong kondisyon ng estado ay nangangahulugan ng pananatili at reimbensyon ng politikal, hindi lamang simpleng pagtatanghal nito, o lalo nang pagbabatikos nito ng walang rekurso sa labas ng indibidualistikong introspeksyon.…
Politics, Philippine Style
What do the Senate coup, the fertilizer and Euro generals scams, and the continuing extrajudicial killings, enforced disappearances, and filing of trumped up charges against activists have in common? These show the rottenness of politics in the Philippines. BY BENJIE OLIVEROS ANALYSIS Bulatlat Whodunit? Who was behind Sen. Manny Villar’s ouster as Senate President last…
Pagtakbo at Zen
Sa loob ng isang oras na pagtakbo, na kahit nga minsan ay isang ikot lang sa oval ang katumbas, nababalikwas ang hangganan ng sarili. Natatamo ang pag-usad, at ang paglampas sa pinagmulang kalagayan. May natatagpuang katahimikan sa isang iglap na wala munang halaga ang iba. Na ang sandaling ito ay para sa sariling kapasidad na…
Beyond Euphoria
The American people may have had a much longer experience with democracy, and they have reason to take pride in having fought for and achieved this. But US elections, as with its other democratic processes, are no less free from manipulation and control of the finance oligarchs, the same banking and industrial monopolists that dominate…