BY ALEXANDER MARTIN REMOLLINO Bulatlat.com Posted 7:06 p.m., Apr. 27, 2006 A former vice president, a former senator, and a law dean have joined the team working as private counsels for the complainant in the Subic rape case. Former Vice President Teofisto Guingona Jr., former Sen. Rene Saguisag, and Lyceum of the Philippines College of…
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Reclaiming Mendiola, Water Cannons and Truncheons Notwithstanding
BY ZOFIA LEAL Bulatlat.com April 6 is considered a victory for protesters as 3,000 demonstrators managed to reach Don Chino Roces bridge (near Malacañang Palace in Manila) after it has been declared as a “no-rally zone” as part of President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo’s calibrated preemptive response (CPR). The mass action was against charter change that the…
Petition to Junk Charter Change, Arroyo Revived
By Emily Vital Bulatlat.com Members of organizations under the People’s Movement Against Arroyo’s Charter Change (People’s March) and Bagong Alyansang Makabayan (Bayan or New Patriotic Alliance) have revived a signature drive opposing charter change and calling for Arroyo’s immediate resignation. Call it hitting two birds with one stone. Members of organizations under the People’s Movement…
2005 People of the Year
We in Bulatlat have chosen to welcome the New Year by looking back at those personalities who may be described, as far as we are concerned, as 2005 People of the Year. They are those who provided shining examples of courage or brilliance – or both – at a time that desperately calls for these.…