By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO
Migrante International promotes the rights of migrant workers, exposes anomalies in the government and has been very vocal in its stand against the intensifying labor-export policy of the regime. Through the Migrante Sectoral Party, Migrante promises to provide OFWs the protection that they deserve.
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Benjie Oliveros | Measuring the Candidates for the Presidency
By BENJIE OLIVEROS Analysis Bulatlat.com MANILA — The race for the presidency is slowly taking shape. With the formal announcement of Senator Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III of his intention to run for president, the configuration is almost complete. Most probably, the presidential elections would be a six-corner fight. For the Nacionalista Party, it would be…
News in Pictures: Youths Pledge to Vote
Kabataan partylist leads the launching in Davao City last week of Panata 2010 (Pledge 2010), a nationwide campaign to convince young people to register for the upcoming May elections. (Photo by Barry Ohaylan / davaotoday.com)
Benjie Oliveros | The Call for Change, Toward 2010 and Beyond
By BENJIE OLIVEROS Analysis (Bulatlat.com) Last year, then US President George W. Bush’s anointed successor was resoundingly defeated by Barack Obama, who campaigned under the banner of change. Change was the rallying call of Americans who campaigned and voted for Obama because that is exactly what America needed. America, in 2008, was reeling from the…
News in Pictures: Noynoy Aquino, Man of the Hour
Sen. Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III speaks to Davaoenos on Thursday. He is in Davao City on a spiritual retreat, to seek guidance, he said, for his forthcoming decision whether to run for president or not. (Photo by Keith Bacongco / AKP Images)
Poll Automation: Make or Break for Comelec
Whether modernized or not, no election system will bring democracy to the people and a just government elected unless the systemic problem of fraud which is run by powerful politicians in and out of government is addressed decisively and comprehensively. By the Policy Study, Publication, and Advocacy Center for People Empowerment in Governance (CenPEG) MANILA…
Comelec Should Not Sell Out 2010 Elections to Foreigners
“COMELEC should not leave the 2010 Automated Elections in the hands of foreign control,” said Mr. Rick Bahague, National Coordinator of the Computer Professionals’ Union (CPU) in reaction to the pull out of Smartmatic’s local partner, Technology Information Management. CPU has been a vocal critic of the COMELEC’s hasty implementation of the Automated Elections. “As…
Elections or Not?
Elections or Not? More and more politicians are thrusting themselves into the limelight in what is turning out to be a frantic run-up to the 2010 elections. (By Flon Faurillo)
Benjie Oliveros | The Election Circus
By BENJIE OLIVEROS Analysis Bulatlat MANILA — There are numerous news items related to it; television programs are teeming with it; political parties and groups are already gearing for it. The 2010 elections are in the air. Senators Manny Villar and Mar Roxas were early in declaring their intention to run for the presidency. That…
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.”
The Need for Genuine Change
A new group has been formed not only to serve as watchdog in the 2010 elections but also to push for genuine change beyond 2010. BY RONALYN V. OLEA Bulatlat A new group has been formed not only to serve as watchdog in the 2010 elections but also to push for genuine change beyond 2010.…