First, it was retired Philippine National Police (PNP) comptroller Eliseo de la Paz to arrive at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport. Then came former Agriculture Undersecretary Jocelyn “Joc Joc” Bolante’s turn. The only people missing in this tragic comedy are Benjamin “The Broker Abalos Sr., made famous by his role in the graft-ridden $329.5 million…
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Church Groups Support Catholic Bishops’ Call
BY BULATLAT The Promotion of Church People’s Response (PCPR) welcomed the latest pronouncement of five members of the Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines (CBCP). In their statement, the CBCP said corruption is a social and moral cancer. They said, “In response to the global economic crisis and the pitiful state of our country, the…
Prelates to PGMA: Trash EO 464, Stop ‘Culture of Corruption’
BY NOEL SALES BARCELONA Contributed to Bulatlat February 26, 2008 – 11:51pm The influential Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines or CBCP has called on Malacañang to trash the controversial Executive Order No. 464, which prevents government and military officials from testifying in congressional investigations; and to stop the culture of corruption, from “top to…
Bishops’ Call for Peace Rejected by Military
The bishops want peace, but the military seems to want something else. By GERRY ALBERT CORPUZ Posted by Bulatlat ANALYSIS Vol. VIII, No. 2, February 10-16, 2008 The Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) last week called on the government and the National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) to resume peace talks. It…
CBCP’s National Rural Congress II: Battle Ground for Extension or Rejection of CARP
The Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines [CBCP] is affirming its commitment to support Filipino farmers through the holding of the Second National Rural Congress [NRC II], but a battle ground between pro and anti CARP advocates appears to have emerged in the process. BY ABNER BOLOS Gitnang Luson News Service Posted by Bulatlat Vol.…
Filipino Church Leaders Bring Issue of Slays before Int’l Bodies
Two of the nine-member Philippine delegation of human rights defenders named the “Ecumenical Voice for Peace and Human Rights in the Philippines” shared the outcome of their lobbying efforts before various international organizations and entities in a press conference last week in Quezon City. BY EMILY VITAL Bulatlat Two of the nine-member Philippine delegation of…
Death Sentence
Death Sentence President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo received nods of approval from the influential Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) – which has been issuing statements increasingly critical of her policies – for her recent declaration commuting all death sentences to life imprisonment. She wants to come across as a strong president with a humane side.…