Press Release Progressive environmental group Kalikasan People’s Network for the Environment voiced out worry over a number of mining projects that are being negotiated and given the go signal to operate on the remaining days of President Arroyo in office. The midnight deals cited by the groups are the Canadian nickel miner MBMI Resources Inc.…
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Bayan: P10-M budget to showcase Arroyo ‘achievements’ a waste of funds
News Release June 9, 2010 The umbrella group Bagong Alyansang Makabayan (Bayan) today said the P10-million budget allocation for the government’s celebration of Mrs. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo’s nine-year legacy as president will only amount to a big waste of public funds. To serve as the program’s highlight is a parade of 10 floats representing the supposed…
International Lawyers Group Calls for Immediate Prosecution of Arroyo, et. al.
UTRECHT, The Netherlands (30 May 2010) – The International Association of People’s Lawyers (IAPL), a worldwide grouping of public interest and human rights lawyers, challenged the incoming Philippine administration of presumptive president-elect Sen. Benigno Aquino III to immediately and vigorously pursue all legal moves to make accountable outgoing president Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo and her allies for…
Closing the Door
Davao Activists Welcome Lozada
BY BULATLAT Activists and religious groups in Davao City welcomed Rodolfo “Jun” Lozada, the whistleblower on the controversial National Broadband Network-ZTE deal. Lozada is the speaker of today’s forum dubbed “Truth, Honesty, and Good Governance” organized by the Assumption College of Davao, Lay Forum Philippines, Kahiusahan sa mga Layko sa Mindanao (KALAMI), SCLF-Mindanao, Sisters’ Association…
Gov’t Employees’ Group Hits ‘Militarization’ of Bureaucracy
At least 25 generals now in Arroyo Cabinet, civilian bureaucracy Insofar as the Confederation for the Unity, Recognition, and Advancement of Government Employees (Courage) sees it, the appointment of retired military and police officials to civilian posts poses a danger not only to the civilian bureaucracy, but to democracy itself. BY ALEXANDER MARTIN REMOLLINO Bulatlat…
10.7 M Jobless Filipinos in 2008: Record Joblessness Among Arroyo Government’s Greatest Failures
The Philippines’ record-high unemployment is considered among the greatest failures of the Arroyo administration and is seen to even worsen this year. BY IBON FOUNDATION Posted by Bulatlat The Philippines’ record-high unemployment is considered among the greatest failures of the Arroyo administration and is seen to even worsen this year. Estimates made by IBON put…
Teachers Say No to Random Drug Tests in Schools
A national alliance of public school teachers called for the scrapping of a government plan to subject teachers and students to random drug testing. The Department of Education (DepEd) and the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) have announced that they will implement a drug testing program in high schools, universities and colleges nationwide in response…
Detained Peasant Leader, Colleagues Fast for His Release
Detained peasant activist Randall Echanis and his colleagues from the Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas (KMP or Peasant Movement of the Philippines), Pamalakaya, the Amihan Peasant Women’s Association, Anakpawis Party-list, and the Rural Missionaries of the Philippines have been fasting the whole day to protest the latter’s continuing imprisonment. Echanis, deputy secretary general for external affairs…
Solons Push for Probe on Use of SSS funds for Stimulus Package
BY BULATLAT Legislators want to investigate the use of Social Security System (SSS) funds for the Arroyo administration’s economic stimulus package. Recently, SSS President Romulo Neri committed P12.5 billion to the economic stimulus fund. Assistant Minority Leader and Gabriela Representative Liza Maza, Gabriela Representative Luz Ilagan and Anakpawis Representative Rafael Mariano filed a resolution today…
The Presidency and the Social Movement
The people when organized have proven their transformative power that can be mobilized to cobble the building blocks of a new government. From their ranks a genuine, incorruptible, and mass-oriented leadership for the national government can arise. BY THE CENTER FOR PEOPLE EMPOWERMENT IN GOVERNANCE (CenPEG) Posted by Bulatlat As the country reels from the…