By ARNOLD PADILLA
Aquino’s promotion of PPPs and privatization in his SONA has further reinforced the view that his administration is incapable of introducing new policies that will reverse the old pro-business, pro-market neoliberal policies of the past administrations, including the Arroyo administration.
By the Policy Study, Publication, and Advocacy Center for People Empowerment in Governance (CenPEG) Posted by Bulatlat.com The true state of the nation is in the people who live under the harshest of conditions in the margins of society yet see in collective strength the power to make their lives better. Aquino III says, “We…
The National Union of Journalists of the Philippines (NUJP) welcomes the call of President Benigno Aquino III for media to police its own ranks, help clarify issues, raise the level of public discourse and apply fairness and truthfulness in reporting. The NUJP and the overwhelming majority of media organizations and journalists in the country have…
By BULATLAT STAFF
No mention of land reform, no promise of any wage hike, no hint that the budget for education and basic social services will be increased, no reference to the reality that debt servicing eats into the national budget more than the corruption at the MWSS or Napocor or NFA, and no acknowledgment of the fact that the cease-fire precondition for the resumption of the peace talks with the Communists is the same precondition that bogged down previous negotiations.
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By RONALYN V. OLEA With reports from Janess Ann J. Ellao, Marya Salamat, and Anne Marxze D. Umil Bulatlat.com MANILA — While protesters were holding a program a few steps away from the Ever Gotesco Mall along Commonwealth Avenue, Dina Erene, 42, and Roselle Tupas, 35, were busy sweeping the garbage along the road. Both…
Giovanni Tapang, chairman of the group Agham, talks about sovereignty issues and how President Noynoy Aquino should deal with them. This discussion is partof Bulatlat.com and Kodao Productions’ coverage of Aquino’s first State of the Nation Address.
Francisco Dizon of Ambala, a union in Hacienda Luisita, talks about the plight of the farmers and workers in the sugar plantation owned by the family of President Aquino. This discussion is part of the coverage of Bulatlat.com and Kodao Productions of Aquino’s first State of the Nation Address.
Leandro Gerodias, national president of the Association of Democratic Labor Ogranizations, an affiliate of the Kilusang Mayo, discusses the labor situation in the Philippines during a panel discussion hosted by Kodao Productions’ Raymund Villanueva and Bulatlat.com’s Benjie Oliveros, on the key issues that progressive groups say President Aquino should address. The forum was part of the coverage of Bulatlat.com and Kodao Productions of Aquino’s first State of the Nation Address. Watch part 2 of the webcast here.
Karapatan secretary-general Marie Hilao-Enriquez talks about the human-rights situation in the Philippines and how President Benigno S. Aquino III should deal with it. Enriquez was the first guest in a series of panel discussions, hosted by Kodao Productions’ Raymund Villanueva and Bulatlat.com’s Benjie Oliveros, on the key issues that progressive groups say President Aquino should address. The forum was part of the coverage of Bulatlat.com and Kodao Productions of Aquino’s first State of the Nation Address.
Discussion on President Aquino’s first State of the Nation address with Sonny Africa, research head of Ibon Foundation, and Kodao Productions’ Raymund Villanueva and Bulatlat.com’s Benjie Oliveros. Powered by Ustream.TV Watch President Benigno S. Aquino III deliver his first State of the Nation Address. Listen to earlier webcasts on Aquino’s SONA : * SONA 2010:…