Benjie Oliveros | The Election Circus
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What’s New With Pagbabago? A Lot, Say Organizers
What’s New With Pagbabago? A Lot, Say Organizers
“First, Pagbabago has a post-2010 elections advocacy, unlike others which merely serve as election machineries. Second, its 11-point program is a genuine response to the people’s grievances. And third, its coordinating council is composed of veterans of the social and people’s movements and have no interests except those of the people.”
Satur Ocampo: A Tribute and a Promise
Satur Ocampo: A Tribute and a Promise
Fellow activists, friends and kin got together for a night in honor of Satur Ocampo, who vows to keep on doing what he's doing -- fighting oppression alongside the Filipino masses.
Audio: “I Will Be There to Fight Alongside the Masses” — Satur
Audio: “I Will Be There to Fight Alongside the Masses” — Satur
Satur: "I Will Fight Alongside the Masses"
Slideshow: ‘Satur for Senator’ — A Tribute
Slideshow: ‘Satur for Senator’ — A Tribute
Satur for Senator: A Tribute
Audio: ‘Filipinos Have Not Benefited from VFA ‘
Audio: ‘Filipinos Have Not Benefited from VFA ‘
'VFA Has Not Benefited Filipinos'
10 Years On, VFA Only Served US Interests
Activists protesting the VFA.
10 Years On, VFA Only Served US Interests
Activists protesting the VFA.
Has the Visiting Forces Agreement served its avowed purpose? Or has it only reinforced the unequal alliance between the Philippines and the United States, a relationship so tilted in the Americans’ favor that to call the VFA an agreement -- with all the word’s connotation of equal rights, benefits and privileges -- would be a travesty?
Video: Honoring Crispin “Ka Bel” Beltran
Video: Honoring Crispin “Ka Bel” Beltran
Honoring Crispin "Ka Bel" Beltran
An Activist Looks Back on Edsa 2
An Activist Looks Back on Edsa 2
We were young, full of energy and were willing to do anything to contribute toward change.
“Sampung taon na pala iyon?” I told Sally, and laughed. “Naramdaman mo bang tumanda tayo ng sampung taon?” I added. We went on sharing memories, those moments when we held meetings until the wee hours of the night at the Anakbayan headquarters on P. Noval in Sampaloc, Manila; the allies we encountered during the campaign; all the “gimmicks” we devised to oust Estrada and even the times when we skipped meals because we had no money; and many more.
2010 Elections: ‘Caught in the Middle’: A Journalist Witnesses Violence in Lanao del Sur
2010 Elections: ‘Caught in the Middle’: A Journalist Witnesses Violence in Lanao del Sur
By RAYMUND B. VILLANUEVA / Kodao Productions / Bulatlat.com
I was caught in the middle of a gunfight that lasted hours in Tugaya, Lanao del Sur while covering the country’s first-ever automated elections. I don’t know if being ‘caught in the middle’ is a correct description because I was there as a journalist and had prior knowledge that that town is a poll hotspot. But I use it nonetheless because I did not want the gunfight to happen, much less witness it up close.
2010 Elections: Voting Made More Difficult
2010 Elections: Voting Made More Difficult
Automation and computerization are supposed to make life easier. It is supposed to speed up processes by minimizing human intervention. After all, machines are more efficient, more precise, and do not tire easily compared to humans. However, this is not the case with the first Philippine Automated Election System.
Questionable partylist groups accredited again by Comelec, says Bayan
Questionable partylist groups accredited again by Comelec, says Bayan
The Comelec has accredited at least nine party-list groups identified with the Arroyo regime, according to Bayan.
Auditing Maguindanao
Auditing Maguindanao
The Commission on Audit's annual reports on Maguindanao have always highlighted deficiencies in the province's finances. In its 2008 audit report, the commission found that it could not ascertain the validity of the provincial government's claim that the province had more than P107 million pesos deposited in banks. The COA also could not verify the existence of properties and assets worth P345 million pesos that the province said it had.
Welcome to Bulatlat's group blog
Welcome to Bulatlat's group blog
Welcome to "On the Fringes," the group blog of the staff of Bulatlat.com.
Here, the staff of one of Philippines's most credible alternative online publications will blog about people's issues that are rarely tackled in the mainstream press. This blog will complement Bulatlat's reporting, featuring posts and stories that cannot be found in the main site.
We hope this blog would encourage dialogue between the staff and our readers.
Enjoy your visit.
Benjie Oliveros
Managing editor
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