Extrajudicial executions, forced disappearances, political persecution, baseless accusations, and arbitrary arrest and detention have no place in a democracy. These are contradictory to it. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, Norberto Gonzales, Raul Gonzalez, and the AFP cannot claim to be defending democracy, for they are a curse to it. BY BENJIE OLIVEROS Bulatlat The May 2007 elections are…
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The Alston Report : What is the UN’s Next Move?
The AFP kills citizens it is sworn to protect and, as Alston has warned, it will do so until it is called to account for its homicidal behavior. BY PETER SALES* Contributed to Bulatlat A lot of history seems to have been forgotten as the Philippines lurches toward the May elections. Only a nation without…
GMA’s Chacha: Recipe for Dictatorship
Because they have not the fear of God in them, we must try to instill at least the fear of the wrath of a people fed up with lies and of being screwed by their supposed leaders in broad daylight. Let us fight to stop GMA’s chacha in its tracks. BY CAROL PAGADUAN-ARAULLO Business World…
GMA’s ‘Heckler’ Charged with Public Disturbance
BY DENNIS ESPADA (Bulatlat.com) The police has filed criminal charges against President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo’s “heckler,” Cavite State University (CvSU) graduate Maria Teresa Pangilinan, even as Justice Secretary Raul Gonzalez shelved his plan to sue her and called to lay to rest the issue. Imus, Cavite (23 kms. south of Manila) – The police has filed…