In her ninth State of the Nation Address, President Arroyo painted a rosy picture of the Philippines – a world so much different from the one most Filipinos live in, her critics say.
Category: Politics & Governance
Drenched But in High Spirits, Filipinos Gather Against a Hated Regime
Ordinary Filipinos – the perennially jobless, out-of-school teenagers, recently retrenched factory workers, vegetable vendors, proud homosexuals, among others – braved the heavy rain on the day of the Sona to let it be known that they have had enough of Gloria.
Benjie Oliveros | After Sona, It’s Business as Usual for Arroyo
The regime would not veer away from the economic policies that Arroyo has implemented in the past. These are the very same policies that made the Filipino people vulnerable to the world economic crisis and to price manipulations and speculative attacks by corporations wanting to pass on the burden of the crisis to the people.
‘I Did Not Become President to Be Popular’ — Arroyo
Below is the transcript of President Arroyo’s State of Nation Address, July 27, 2009 Thank you, ladies and gentlemen, good afternoon. Before I begin my report to the nation, please join me first in a moment of prayer for President Cory Aquino. Thank you, Speaker Nograles, Senate President Enrile, Senators, Representatives, Vice President de Castro,…
Arroyo’s Last Sona: 9 Years of Scandals, Corruption and Repression
Anti-Sona Protests in Manila, Provinces
Special Coverage: 2009 State of the Nation Address
Sona-ta ng Linlangan
Ni ROLANDO B. TOLENTINO Kulturang Popular Kultura Bulatlat.com Ang sonata ay isang musical form na matingkad ang harmonic at tematikong organisasyon: may simula, pag-unlad at sintesis. Doble ang katingkaran ng oranisasyon nito, kung isasama pa ang pagkumpas ng orkestra, o ang orkestrasyon (operasyonalisasyon) ng sonata. Kaya ang taunang State of the Nation Address (SONA), lalo…
Arroyo’s Legacy: Damaged Political Institutions, ‘Distorted and Disintegrating’ Economy
When Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo delivers what is supposed to be her last State of the Nation Address this Monday, she will probably claim that she has accomplished what she said she had set out to do in 2001 and 2004. To her critics, however, the past nine years have been “the reign of Gollum.”
Youths Give Arroyo Failing Grade
By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO Bulatlat.com MANILA — President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, progressive youth groups said, should be kicked out of school because she got a failing mark. More than a thousand participants to the Pa-Siyam, a concert rally held at the Liwasang Bonifacio in Manila July 24, which was dubbed as the grand youth…
Doctors ‘Diagnose’ Arroyo: Sick, Unfit to Rule
By MARYA SALAMAT Bulatlat.com MANILA — Even for lowly jobs, Filipino are required to submit proofs of clean bill of health to show that they are fit. What more for the job of president of the Philippines? In a press conference Saturday, leaders of organizations of doctors, nurses and health workers reported the result of…
Benjie Oliveros | Outdoing Marcos
By BENJIE OLIVEROS Analysis Bulatlat.com MANILA — It is the State of the Nation Address once again. The true state of the country is again the subject of debates. Surely, President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo would boast about the economic growth and its supposed success in shielding the economy from the impact of the world economic and…