Groups across the Philippines are gearing up for what they promised to be one of the biggest nationwide protests against the Arroyo administration and its efforts to amend the Constitution.
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Spinning Good News from Bad Economic Data
All these hard sell about a strong economy – despite undeniable data that the Philippines is on the verge of a recession — would be further exposed and discredited as the global crunch and the country’s own perennial crisis deteriorate. For Arroyo, the political costs can be huge.
Mansion House Turns 100 Years, Will Be Open to Public
The public would get a glimpse of the interior and fixtures of the Mansion House this year if plans for an open house would push through as part of the city’s centennial celebrations. BY THE NORTHERN DISPATCH Posted by Bulatlat BAGUIO CITY (246 kms. North of Manila)– The public would get a glimpse of the…
Impeachment Complaint vs GMA Filed
BY BULATLAT The fourth impeachment complaint against Mrs. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo was filed at 7:40 am today. Jose de Venecia III was joined by Editha Burgos, Erlinda Cadapan and Concepcion Empeño, mothers of missing activists Jonas Burgos, Sherlyn Cadapan and Karen Empeño. Other complainants are Rolex Suplico, Josefina Lichauco, Harry Roque, Renato Constantino, Jr., Henri Kahn,…
Debt Payments 48% of Proposed 2009 Budget; Allotment for Services Measly
While Mrs. Arroyo claims profits from VAT would be used to fight poverty, the P1.415T 2009 proposed budget shows the government’s true priorities.
Resistance to Killings as Arroyo Falters
Clearly the Arroyo bloc has been unwilling to try to end the abuses. There are two main reasons for this. First, she fears a coup. A leader of a recent attempt was placed in detention, but still got 11.5 million votes in the May Senate election. Second, her disastrous neo-liberal policies are deeply unpopular. BY…
Rights Victims to Charge Arroyo in International Tribunal
Since they harbor no illusion that justice will be served in Philippine courts and even in a supposedly independent commission, families of victims of human rights violations have decided to bring their cases to the Permanent People’s Tribunal in the Netherlands. This was the same court that tried the late dictator Ferdinand Marcos and found…
The Bigger Picture
This is the latest in the wave of illegal, criminal assaults by a politically isolated regime against those who have the will and the capacity to bring about the broad united front of political forces necessary in order to rid the country of Mrs. Arroyo’s dastardly leadership. BY CAROL PAGADUAN-ARAULLO Business World Posted by Bulatlat.com…
Removing the Corrupt
What happened to Makati City Mayor Jejomar Binay is not a simple case of implementing the rule of law. It is actually a case of bending the law to suit the self-serving interests of the administration of Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, the person who should be removed first if we are really serious about nipping corruption in…
Going After Serial Killers outside RP
There are legal and political courses of action available internationally which the victims’ families, rights groups, lawyers and civil libertarians can take to seek redress for the unmitigated killings including the prosecution of those responsible. There have been legal precedents under which state governments, prime ministers and individual generals who have committed war crimes and…
OFWs Still Being Deployed in Danger Zones
In spite of President Arroyo’s statement that it is government policy to “allow our citizens to work only in safe places,” some 1.1 million Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) are still working, and many more are being deployed in danger zones all over the world. BY AUBREY SC MAKILAN Bulatlat.com Two Filipino truck drivers were killed…