Top 6 reasons why Ombudsman can indict Aquino, Abad over DAP
“Ignorance of the law, feigned or otherwise, is not an excuse.”
Top 6 reasons why Ombudsman can indict Aquino, Abad over DAP
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Youth solon seeks probe on Ched’s P1 B unspent scholarship funds
Youth solon seeks probe on Ched’s P1 B unspent scholarship funds
“Where did these funds go? Why are these funds unliquidated? Clearly, there is something fishy going on.”
The progressives: A continuing tale
The progressives: A continuing tale
Progressive groups pressed for President Benigno Aquino’s resignation at a rally in Manila last Friday. Marching from various points in Metro Manila, they converged at the historic Mendiola bridge where they sounded like they were, for the nth time, simply...
The truth, the bad and the ugly
The truth, the bad and the ugly
By BENJIE OLIVEROS Bulatlat perspective While the furor over the expose’ of the existence of the Aquino administration’s pork barrel creation the Disbursement Acceleration Program (DAP) and Pres. Benigno Aquino III’s bellicose attitude in defending it, shattered...
Demands for Aquino-Abad accountability on DAP mounting
Demands for Aquino-Abad accountability on DAP mounting
'Even if the Decision has apparently modified the extent and degree of accountability of Pres. Aquino et al, the next move for us now is to make Aquino, et al accountable to the fullest extent for their P157-Billion unconstitutional acts.'
Supreme Court affirms decision declaring DAP unconstitutional
Supreme Court affirms decision declaring DAP unconstitutional
“The doctrine of operative fact cannot apply to the authors, proponents and implementors of the DAP, unless there are concrete findings of good faith in their favor by the proper tribunals determining their criminal, civil, administrative and other liabilities.”
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Pope dares Filipino leaders to end corruption, hear the poor
Pope dares Filipino leaders to end corruption, hear the poor
“The Pope’s valiant move to speak to the almost-inexistent conscience of the top officials of our nation endears us even more to him. President Aquino and his Cabinet should listen and be humbled." - Student Christian Movement of the Philippines
Relocation sites: the land of empty promises in the middle of nowhere
Relocation sites: the land of empty promises in the middle of nowhere
From Luzon to Mindanao, urban poor relocatees tell stories of hunger, worsening poverty and desperation.
Ethics should be biased for the oppressed – UP protesters
Ethics should be biased for the oppressed – UP protesters
“Civility and decorum at the height of social unrest and deprivation is consent to the existing status quo and a betrayal to the genuine essence of democracy, a very valuable lesson from the dark days of Martial Law. “ – Students’ Alliance for the Advancement of Democratic Rights in UP (Stand-UP)
Aquino allies bulldoze impeachment complaint
Aquino allies bulldoze impeachment complaint
By Carol Pagaduan-Araullo Streetwise | BusinessWorld The finding by the House Justice Committee that the three impeachment complaints vs. President Benigno S. Aquino III were “insufficient in substance” effectively killed the complainants’ attempt to get to the...
Health groups vow to make Aquino accountable, push People’s Initiative vs Pork
Health groups vow to make Aquino accountable, push People’s Initiative vs Pork
“We, the health workers from different hospitals are one with the call of the Rx Abolish Pork Barrel System Movement to take the fight to the streets, schools, churches.” – Sean Velchez, president of the National Orthopedic Hospital Workers Union-AHW (NOHWU-AHW)
10 myths destroyed by the People’s Initiative campaign
10 myths destroyed by the People’s Initiative campaign
QUESTION EVERYTHING Mong Palatino Bulatlat.com 1. President Noynoy Aquino is sincere in abolishing the pork barrel system. PDAF (legislative pork) was abolished but the funds were embedded in the national budget. DAP (presidential pork) was discontinued but the...
State workers protest against DAP, new taxes
State workers protest against DAP, new taxes
By Satur C. Ocampo At Ground Level | The Philippine Star They’re vexed, and justly they protest. After President Aquino warned of a clash between the executive and the judiciary— vehemently defending his Disbursement Acceleration Program and assailing the Supreme...
Sectors see all lies and doom in Aquino’s SONA
Sectors see all lies and doom in Aquino’s SONA
“Aquino needs only to look at his own backyard, at the farmers of Hacienda Luisita, to know that things have not changed.” – Renato Reyes, Bayan
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SONA | Thousands march to call for Aquino ouster
SONA | Thousands march to call for Aquino ouster
President Aquino’ seven deadly sins, according to the Promotion of Church People’s Response, are widespread poverty, rising unemployment, sham land reform, increase in prices of staple goods and services, unabated killings and human rights violations, corruption and the government's continued subservience to US interests through the signing of the Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement
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Lack of jobs belies DAP is for economic stimulus, says urban poor
Lack of jobs belies DAP is for economic stimulus, says urban poor
“Aquino has opened the country’s economy for the benefit of big foreign businesses. He would even give them tax incentives. But we, Filipinos, are not getting the same. What would happen to us?”
The point of no return for Mr. ‘Straight Path’
The point of no return for Mr. ‘Straight Path’
By Carol Pagaduan-Araullo Streetwise | BusinessWorld President Benigno S. Aquino III’s bullheaded and combative speech televised nationwide last Monday has turned the tide against Malacaang in its defense of the Disbursement Acceleration Program (DAP). It revealed...
Falsehoods about the DAP and economic growth
Falsehoods about the DAP and economic growth
By BENJIE OLIVEROS Bulatlat perspective Bulatlat.com When the Supreme Court ruled that essential provisions of and acts implementing the Disbursement Acceleration Program are unconstitutional, the Aquino government could have just accepted the decision and...
Huge chunk of DAP did not benefit the poor – think-tank
Huge chunk of DAP did not benefit the poor – think-tank
“In qualitative terms, the DAP as a whole did not meet stimulus standards of immediately and significantly creating jobs, raising incomes, and stimulating local economic activity.”
First impeachment complaint filed against Aquino
First impeachment complaint filed against Aquino
The 28 complainants are seeking Aquino’s removal from office on the grounds that he has culpably violated the Constitution and betrayed public trust in having implemented the DAP.
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