By Satur C. Ocampo At Ground Level | The Philippine Star Like many others, I welcomed Justice Secretary Leila de Lima’s action on Gloria M. Arroyo’s request to be allowed to travel abroad for medical treatment, and appreciated her reasons for denying it. But I feel...
The Kontra Daya campaign group denounced the Commission on Elections (Comelec) for dismissing the disqualification cases filed against presidential son and Pampanga Rep. Juan Miguel "Mikey" Arroyo, who is the first nominee of Ang Galing Pinoy Partylist (AG).
By RONALYN OLEA and MARYA SALAMAT
It is not enough for the candidate to claim representation of the marginalized because representation is easy to claim and to feign, Satur Ocampo and Liza Maza said in the petition they filed against Mikey Arroyo's so-called partylist group. The partylist organization or party must factually and truly represent the marginalized and underrepresented constituencies mentioned in the Constitution, they said.
NEWS RELEASE March 26, 2010 The militant women's group GABRIELA welcomed the rules on the qualification of candidates for party-list representatives recently issue by the Commission on Elections and called on the poll body to immediately disqualify Mikey Arroyo...
(Bulatlat.com) It is not the absence of laws, but the incompetence of Comelec officials that has resulted in the entry of spurious partylist groups in the May 10 elections. This was the analysis of the Bagong Alyansang Makabayan (New Patriotic Alliance) as it vowed...
NEWS RELEASE March 1, 2010 Makabayan senatorial bet and Nacionalista Party guest candidate Satur Ocampo today expressed alarm over the brutal killing of Wilfredo Cimanis Mayor, a confessed “jueteng” operator from ALBAY who once tagged President Gloria...
Last Sept. 5, Filipino activists in the United States staged a protest outside the home of Mikey Arroyo at 1655 Beach Park Blvd in California. The protesters denounced Arroyo's failure to declare the house, which he bought for $1.3 million, as part of his real...
BY BULATLAT The umbrella group Bagong Alyansang Makabayan (Bayan- New Patriotic Alliance) vowed to mount a new wave of protest actions when the House of Representatives resumes session, April 13. House Speaker Prospero Nograles has announced that he will file a new...
Anakpawis Party-list criticized the signature drive initiated by Pampanga Representative Juan Miguel "Mikey" Arroyo, eldest son of Mrs. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, at the House of Representatives as 'reeking of nepotism and crass opportunism.' Mikey Arroyo's signature...
Energy Secretary Angelo Reyes, House Speaker Prospero Nograles and Congressman Mikey Arroyo seemed to have their roles down pat by now. When the big three oil companies raised oil prices yet again this Oct. 20, despite the disaster-wracked times and despite charges of persistent overpricing thrown their way, these three government officials just continued their role – speak like they want to change the situation but allow the oil companies to have their own profitable way in the end.
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