By LUIS V. TEODORO Vantage Point | BusinessWorld The Roman emperor Nero was supposed to have fiddled while ancient Rome burned for nine days. But if he did play any instrument at all while much of the city was destroyed, he would have picked at a lute or a lyre, the fiddle, or violin, not…
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Salungguhit: A brother’s keeper
Iggy Arroyo has done it again: he has come to the rescue of his older brother Miguel Arroyo, husband of former president Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, by owning up to the crime of his brother. The script has been the same, after there seems to be no escape for older brother Miguel, except plain denials, Iggy owns…
What happened to the ‘Hello Garci’ protagonists?
By MARYA SALAMAT
They have all been rewarded and chances are, they would be able to get away with it.
Plunder charges filed vs Arroyo for PCSO scam
by INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO Bulatlat.com MANILA — Stealing from the Filipino people is bad enough, but stealing from the poorest of the poor is the worst. This was the statement of Bayan Muna Representatives Neri Colmenares and Teddy Casino explaining why the filed plunder charges against former president and now Pampanga Representative Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo…
KMU Resolves to Intensify Struggle Against Globalization and For A Just and Lasting Peace
By BENJIE OLIVEROS
During the 10th National Congress of the Kilusang Mayo Uno, the labor center took stock of its strengths and weaknesses and resolved to bring the struggle of workers to a higher level, and to pursue the fight against neoliberal policies, which constitute an attack on the rights of workers and the Filipino people.
Child Soldiers or Victims?
By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO
The children of political activists and human rights workers who fallen victim to extrajudicial killings are orphaned, their young lives marred and damaged by the experience of losing their parents to state violence. As for the child victims of extrajudicial killings themselves, their brutal killing at the hands of the military prove the extent of the AFP’s impunity—not even the most innocent are spared.
CenPEG | When Security Policies are Based on Lies
The “war on terror” policy pursued by the past Macapagal-Arroyo administration should be declared as good as dead and should be abandoned by the incumbent President. That policy was based hook, line, and sinker on former U.S. President George W. Bush, Jr.’s neo-conservative theory linking Iraq to the 9/11 bombings. Now, an Iraqi defector who was the primary source of so-called intelligence reports that were used to make a case for Bush’s Operation Iraqi Freedom has confessed that he made the whole story up. (By Center for People Empowerment in Governance / bulatlat.com)
Benjie Oliveros | The Significance of the 25th Anniversary of Edsa People Power
There is nothing wrong with trying to revive the luster of the Edsa People Power uprising, if the celebration would be faithful to its essence: the people’s demand for change. There is also nothing wrong with making February 25 a joyous occasion, for as long as it does not try to give the illusion that the struggle for genuine change has been won already. By BENJIE OLIVEROS / bulatlat.com
Benjie Oliveros | Stamping Out Corruption in the AFP and the Government
It should be remembered that the corruption scandals that involved the Arroyo family were the subject of so many congressional inquiries and were made as basis for the impeachment complaints that were filed against former president Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo. There are already numerous evidences that were gathered. And yet, the Aquino government has not yet demonstrated the political will to run after the Arroyo family. By BENJIE OLIVEROS / bulatlat.com
Luis V. Teodoro | Enemies of the State
By LUIS V. TEODORO Vantage Point | BusinessWorld Posted by Bulatlat.com At some point during her interminable occupancy of Malacañang, Mrs. Gloria Macapagal Arroyo said something to the effect that the police and military are charged with preserving “our way of life.” I hesitate to call it an unguarded moment, Mrs. Arroyo not being known…
Benjie Oliveros | The Presidency, a Changing of Guards
After suffering for nine years under the administration of former president Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, the Filipino people went out en masse to trash her candidates and reject what she represents when they voted last May 2010. When the result of the May 2010 elections was announced, a collective sigh of relief was felt throughout the country.