Media Release 31 January 2011 Labor center Kilusang Mayo Uno accused today former Pres. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo of being responsible for the alleged P50 Million “pabaon” system for retiring generals of the military, while also condemning Pres. Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III for failing to show political will in going after the former president despite numerous accusations…
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Benjie Oliveros | What to Make of the Truth Commission Setback
By BENJIE OLIVEROS Bulatlat.com The Supreme Court has declared Executive Order 1, creating a Truth Commission to investigate the corruption cases of the previous Arroyo administration, as unconstitutional citing the equal protection clause of the Constitution as basis. This is strike two for the administration of Pres. Benigno Aquino III. Earler, the Supreme Court issued…
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Carol Pagaduan Araullo | Empty Rhetoric?
By CAROL PAGADUAN-ARAULLO Streetwise/Business World Posted by Bulatlat.com The Aquino presidency is finally ensconced. If only because this signals the end of the Arroyo nightmare, our people have reason to cheer. But how much different will the Aquino administration be from that of Arroyo or any of the previous regimes for that matter? During the…
Rights Groups Urge Aquino to Prosecute Arroyo, Human Rights Violators
By RONALYN V. OLEA
Karapatan said rendering justice means prosecuting and punishing the guilty parties in these violations, indemnifying the victims; and declaring not to do similar transgressions again.
Benjie Oliveros | Justice Should be the First Order of Business of the Next Administration
By BENJIE OLIVEROS Bulatlat.com It is now only less than a month before Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo leaves Malacañang and the Filipino people could not wait to get it over with. Despite the flak that the Commission on Elections and Smartmatic are getting for bungling the automated elections, and even if the old problems of vote-buying –…
Progressive Partylist Groups See Tough Times Ahead with Arroyos, Marcoses in Congress
By ANNE MARXZE D. UMIL Bulatlat.com The 15th Congress is extraordinary not only because of the presence of actors and actresses and even a boxing champion who got elected as representatives of their respective districts. It is also the first time in Philippine history that a former president of the country was also elected as…
Prostituting the Judiciary
Atty. Manuel J. Laserna Jr. Founder, Las Pinas City Bar Association Professor of Law, FEU (retired) My worst nightmare as a member of the Bar, as a former law professor and as a local Bar leader has come! Pres. Gloria Arroyo, a nonlawyer whose brain is programmed to do nothing else but to accumulate and…
Environmental Groups List Arroyo’s Crimes Against the Environment and the People
By ANNE MARXZE D. UMIL
Mrs. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo is the “most anti-environment and anti-people president ever,” an environmental group said.
Campuses Now Virtual Garrisons as Soldiers Harass, Spy on Students
By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO
The counter-insurgency operations of the government have reached the campuses, harassing students involved in movement for reforms and societal change.
Davao Lawyers Oppose Midnight Appointment of Chief Justice
By CHERYLL D. FIEL Davao Today Posted by Bulatlat.com DAVAO CITY – Davao lawyers are restive over the issue of the President’s impending appointment of a new Chief Justice, following a Supreme Court ruling that allows her to do this despite a ban on this action in the Philippine Constitution. Eight lawyers’ groups, namely: the…