Archive for April, 2007

Sunday, April 29, 2007
2007 Philippine Election: What’s At Stake


BY DAVAO TODAY POSTED BY BULATLAT Vol. VII, No. 12 April 29-May 5, 2007 What is at stake in this election? As it has been since 2005, political survival for (President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo), access to patronage and the perks for her loyal lieutenants, who have only begun to enjoy their positions now. For Mr. (Joseph) [...]

Sunday, April 29, 2007
Election 2007: Nearly 500 Villages in Davao Region Vulnerable to Violence


DAVAOTODAY.COM Posted by Bulatlat Vol. VII, No. 12 April 29-May 5, 2007 DAVAO CITY — As many as 444 barangays (villages) in the Southern Mindanao region have been classified as among so-called “areas of immediate concern” this election season. The police in the region reported 38 percent of the villages in Southern Mindanao, including those [...]

Sunday, April 29, 2007
Caloocan Mayor Threatens Kabataan Party-list Members


Last April 15, Kabataan Party-list (Youth Party-list) members in Caloocan were subjected to harassment and threats by no less than the city Mayor himself. Mayor Recom Echiverri, who is running for his second term hit and threatened the party-list members for removing his campaign posters. BY ZOFIA LEAL Bulatlat Vol. VII, No. 12 April 29-May [...]

Sunday, April 29, 2007
Memos and Verses from the ‘Tomb of the Living’


The nightmare experience exactly a year ago (April 28, 2006) is still vivid for detainees Axel Pinpin, Riel Custodio, Aristedes Sarmiento, Enrico Ybañez,and Michael Masayes, collectively known as the “Tagaytay 5.” BY DENNIS ESPADA Bulatlat Vol. VII, No. 12 April 29-May 5, 2007 CALAMBA CITY, LAGUNA (52 kms. south of Manila) – The nightmare experience [...]

Sunday, April 29, 2007
Palace Support for Pro-Gloria Party Lists a Ground for Impeachment


Both Art. VI, Sec. 5 of the Constitution and Republic Act No. 7941 expressly reserve the party-list system for marginalized and underrepresented groups. The Supreme Court, in one of its landmark decisions, brought the matter further by explicitly barring groups linked to or supported by the government from participating in the party-list system. BY ALEXANDER [...]

Wednesday, April 18, 2007
The Virginia Tech massacre—social roots of another American tragedy


By David Walsh A day after the mass killing at Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, Virginia, along with grief and dismay, some reflections on life in the US are clearly in order. The event was horrifying, but no one who has followed the evolution of American society over the past quarter-century will be entirely shocked. Such [...]