By ANNE MARXZE D. UMIL
“It has been 100 days and we don’t see any major achievement or results as far as genuine change is concerned. There is plenty of rhetoric but too few accomplishments that could be felt by the poor.”– Bagong Alyansang Makabayan.
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For Filipino Workers, Nothing Changed During Aquino’s First 100 Days
By MARYA SALAMAT
Aquino Fails to Address Concerns of Indigenous Peoples
By ADELA DEYAEN WAYAS
Aquino failed to initiate policy and institutional reforms needed to uplift the dismal state of the indigenous peoples – Cordillera Peoples’ Alliance.
OFWs Shave Heads in Protest Over Aquino’s ‘Poor Performance’
By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO
Calling President Benigno Aquino III as “anti- migrant” for slashing the legal assistance fund for OFWs and failing to work for the protection of OFWs, migrant workers’ groups identified with Migrante vowed to conduct more protests if he would not change track from pursuing an anti-migrant labor export policy.
First 100 Days: Few Signs of Real Reform
By IBON Commentary | IBON FOUNDATION Posted by Bulatlat.com The first 100 days of any administration are unique – this is the moment of transition from the old government, and the new administration is at the height of its optimism, trust and popularity. These are all vital political capital for reform. What it does in…
Aquino’s First 100 Days Fail the People, Leads Nation Through Road To Further Destitution and Exploitation – NDF
With yellow euphoria rapidly dissipating, the first 100 days of Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III has clearly been a foray into consolidating for the interests of both foreign monopoly capitalists and the local ruling class of landlords and big bourgeois compradors, and intend nothing for the Filipino people but further destitution and exploitation. It runs in…
Workers Give Aquino Perfect Scores On First 100 Days – KMU
100% barat sa manggagawa When President Aquino took over as president, our living conditions were evidently at the lowest levels as evinced by an all-time high disparity of wage levels with the cost of living. Government data show that a family in Metro Manila needed at P1,000 a day to survive, while the minimum wage…
News in Pictures: Peasants Attempt to Hold Vigil in Mendiola for Aquino’s 100 Days, Dispersed by Police
More than a hundred peasants who attempted to hold their two-day vigil at the foot Don Chino Roces Bridge (formerly Mendiola Bridge), marking President Benigno Aquino III’s 100th day in power, were dispersed by police around 7:30 p.m. on October 6.
[Video] 100 Days of Noynoy Aquino: Where’s the Change?
[Video] Where’s the Change?
Peasants Killed, Yet Not Even a Single Hectare of Land Distributed
By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO
Farmers’ group Kilusan ng Magbubukid ng Pilipinas said human rights violations and no land distribution even in haciendas under agrarian dispute characterize the first 100 days of the Aquino presidency.
No Fundamental Reforms Against Corruption
By ANNE MARXZE D. UMIL
“The drive against corruption will only gain momentum if there is real accountability, especially of the biggest crooks in government. The Aquino administration concretely can set the tone for this by going after former president Arroyo and her many big and small cronies, in her family and among her allies,” Jose Enrique Africa, Ibon Foundation research head, said.