“I have reason to believe that the Philippine military were the ones who abducted and tortured me, and held me captive for six days. I do not like to dignify the allegations being hurled at me now as they only echo what my abductors have been forcing me to admit during my interrogation and illegal, incommunicado detention.”
89% opposes a Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo presidency after 2010 88% says that the education sector did not improve under PGMA’s eight years 88% says that Arroyo should be charged with cases of corruption, electoral fraud and human rights violations 69% says that education is not accessible The Questions “Ikaw ba ay sang-ayon o hindi sang-ayon sa…
Alliance of Concerned Teachers Name: Gloria Macapagal Arroyo Position: President of the Philippines
Anakpawis Rep. Joel Maglunsod said he is not expecting President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo to tell the truth in her last State of the Nation Address (SONA). “An inveterate liar like Mrs. Arroyo will not listen even to Archibishop Gaudencio Rosales. For the longest time, Arroyo lived and believed in a dreamland that is not the Philippines…
Thousands of workers led by Kilusang Mayo Uno poured on the streets to dispel Gloria Arroyo’s myth on the state of the nation, and to insist on a categorical farewell from Arroyo amid attempts to convene a Constituent Assembly. “Arroyo’s long-overdue farewell, which is wished for by both her allies and critics, would be the…
New York, NY– In the Philippines, President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo delivers the Philippine ‘s state of the nation address (SONA) on July 27th, 2009, her annual address will report an laudatory state of the country’s economic, political, and social state. In past years, her singular declaration has been met with the fervor of the thousands of…
Describing President Macapagal-Arroyo’s ninth State of the Nation Address (Sona) as “another wizard’s potion concocted to fool the poor,” a militant lawmaker called on the President to instead lay down her exit plan and stop the push for term extension via Charter change. “Ms Arroyo’s Sona was filled with illusions and statistical magic, as if…
“OFWs in New Zealand and around the world would be happier if Arroyo and her allies in Congress would get busy pushing for pro-poor legislation that will benefit OFWs rather than the Charter Change maneuvers.” This was the message of Migrante Aotearoa New Zealand to Malacañang and Congress on the occasion of Arroyo’s Sona. In…
Statement of Health Alliance for Democracy on the State of the Nation Address (Sona) 2009 The signs and symptoms exhibited by the government of Mrs. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo over the last eight years are consistent with the moribund condition of multiple organ failure. Thus, the regime is no longer fit to rule. This is the diagnosis…
With the government’s deregulation policies and the imposition of the Expanded Value-Added Tax, the Pinoy worker’s purchasing power has been slashed by one-third. This, while the much-needed legislated wage hike remains ignored by the government, according to labor center Kilusang Mayo Uno. Citing the Consumer Price Index timeline released by the National Statistics Office, KMU…
MANILA — While government economic managers report that overseas Filipino remittances are increasing, actual remittances or transfers are in fact slowing, according to research group IBON. Data from the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) show that the year-on-year growth of remittances dropped from 4.9% in February and 3.1% in March to just 2.2% in April.…