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By RONALYN V. OLEA
“The culture of impunity in the Philippines must end. Extra-judicial killings of respected pastors and church leaders, most of whom were speaking against injustice in our country, show how horrible and unacceptable the human rights situation in our nation has been.” – UCCP Bishop Reuel Norman Marigza
By RONALYN V. OLEA
Mrs. Edita Burgos, mother of missing activist Jonas, and other victims of the Arroyo administration believe that the removal of Chief Justice Renato Corona is a step forward in holding Arroyo accountable.
By RONALYN V. OLEA
“The Ombudsman, being an investigative and prosecutorial body, should take a pro-active role in the investigation of this case, rather than be a mere passive repository of evidence.”
By RONALYN V. OLEA
“He [Palparan] should be imprisoned immediately, along with GMA, Abalos, all of them who are shameless. They all should spend Christmas in jail.” – Mrs. Concepcion Empeño
By RONALYN V. OLEA Bulatlat.com MANILA – Health workers who sued former president Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo for human rights violations are dismayed at what they described as the slow pace of the local court handling the case. Six of the Morong 43, or the 43 health...
By INA ALLECOR. SILVERIO Bulatlat.com MANILA – Members of the Makabayan bloc of progressive party-list groups in the House of Representatives are circulating a draft resolution against special treatment for ex-president and Pampanga Rep. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo....
By BENJIE OLIVEROS Bulatlat.com The arrest of former president Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo is a welcome development. Although she is clearly getting preferential treatment with her detention in one of the most luxurious and best hospitals in the country the St. Luke's...
By Satur C. Ocampo At Ground Level | The Philippine Star This piece was written before the Supreme Court held a special en banc session yesterday to hear the oral arguments on various pleadings pertaining to the Justice Department order stopping Gloria M. Arroyo...
By Carol Pagaduan-Araullo Streetwise | BusinessWorld The overriding and unstated premise in the controversy over the “constitutional crisis” provoked by the Supreme Court order allowing former President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo and former First Gentleman Miguel...
By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO and RONALYN V. OLEA
“The Arroyos will not run out of cards to play as long as they have the numbers in the Supreme Court. So what really matters now, apart from sound legal tactics, is the political decisiveness of the Aquino administration.”
The legality or not of the hold departure order and eventual arrest of Arroyo rests on hairsplitting arguments. But one thing is sure: Arroyo, her family and allies have a lot to answer for.
Press Statement 16 November 2011 Former President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo’s attempts to escape justice and frustrate efforts to prosecute her is in plain view that nobody could have missed it. The minute she steps out of the country, the quest for justice will...
By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO Bulatlat.com MANILA -- Two progressive lawmakers and leaders of various peoples organizations said the blame over the attempts of former president Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo to leave the country should be laid at the doors of two...
By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO Bulatlat.com In the wake of President Benigno Aquino III's exuberant report regarding his supposedly successful business and diplomatic trip to China, Bayan Muna Representative Neri Colmenares said the president should not be too eager to...
By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO
“We need to ask the crucial questions which Mayuga failed to ask. We need to pursue and undertake legislative remedies to ensure that election fraud is stamped out...” – Bayan Muna Rep. Teddy Casiño
By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO Bulatlat.com MANILA -- A year after she stepped down from office, controversies and scandals continue to hound former president and current Pampanga Representative Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo. Bayan Muna Representative Neri Javier Colmenares...
By RONALYN V. OLEA
“Something is indeed terribly wrong when pastors and church workers are killed, arrested and detained or go missing while they are teaching people to know, defend and fight for their rights,” Rev. Rex Reyes, general secretary of the National Church of Christ in the Philippines (NCCP), said.
At least five causes of action are being sought by the health workers against the former president and her officials involved in the case.
By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO
As of five days ago, the NFA awarded to the private sector the rights to import 660,000 metric tons out of the 860,000 metric tons of rice to be imported for the year, this despite news reports of sacks of rice rotting in NFA warehouses. And rice traders who import the rice would even be exempted from paying taxes.
By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO
"The thieves who raided the nation's coffers cannot be allowed to escape punishment. President Aquino should take a cue from actions such as this filing of criminal charges against Gutierrez and put meat into his words that he is an enemy of the corrupt.” – lawyers' group
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