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…
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Noynoy Has a Militarist and Violent Frame of Mind – KMU
President Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III’s statements on the hostage crisis display his government’s militarist and violent frame of mind. It appears that the Aquino government merely went through the motions of negotiating with the hostage taker while waiting for the opportunity to use an overkill of violence. The government’s handling of the hostage crisis therefore…
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Ni PIA MONTALBAN Wala ni isang linya, kataga’t tugma ni kahit pasaring na talinhaga ang pumulas sa iyong SONA sa una mong ulat sa masa tungkol sa mga manggagawa sa ibayong bansa. Kami tuloy ay napatanong: Sa tuwid na daan ba’y hindi kami isasama? Gayong ang remittance namin ang sumusuhay sa numero para ang ekonomiya’y…
Benjie Oliveros | Unfulfilled Promises Piling Up
By BENJIE OLIVEROS Analysis Bulatlat.com As the country approaches the first 100 days of the second Aquino administration, unfulfilled campaign promises seem to be piling up. During his campaign for the presidency, the Hacienda Luisita issue haunted Benigno Simeon Aquino III. He first tried to dismiss the issue by mouthing the line of the management…