22 March 2010 Press Release Weeks before the May 2010 Elections and exactly a month before the Earth Day, green groups challenged those running in office to adhere to a ‘green’ set of demands and actions if they are indeed pro-people and pro-environment. The alliances, Kalikasan People’s Network for the Environment (Kalikasan PNE) and League…
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New Attacks Target Bayan Muna Officials, Members
By RONALYN OLEA
Two grenades were thrown at a house of a Bayan Muna member in Lezo, Aklan. Meanwhile, soldiers from the Philippine Army are openly campaigning against progressive party-list groups in South Cotabato.
SC Decision Allowing ‘Arroyo Court’ a Danger to the Public, Say Critics
By RONALYN V. OLEA
“In her desire to appoint a new chief justice, President Arroyo will be transgressing several laws and the Constitution and will also be breaking a long tradition already in place in our judicial system, and will also be encroaching upon the powers and the independence of the Judiciary,” the NUPL said.
Arroyo’s UMID: A National ID System in Disguise?
By MARYA SALAMAT
Critics of the new ID system say “this multimillion project will be another campaign kitty for the Arroyo administration and also an avenue to skirt the unconstitutionality of the National ID System which was already rejected by the Supreme Court during the Ramos regime.”
15 Years After Death of Flor Contemplacion, OFWs Remain Vulnerable as Ever
By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO
OFWs and domestic helpers are still going through the same nightmare that Flor Contemplacion suffered. Many rot in jail. Several have been sentenced to death. Thousands suffer abuse from their employers and neglected by their government. To these OFWs, the Arroyo regime is “chief executioner of the rights and welfare of OFWs.”
Benjie Oliveros | Party-List Elections, a Failing Democracy Project?
The worst thing that could happen with the expected low participation in the party-list elections is that it would create an opportunity for the Arroyo government to pad votes for Malacañang-sponsored party-list groups.
Street Shooter: Key Pounder
Key Pounder
Salungguhit: Party-list or Malacanang’s List?
Party-list or Malacanang’s List?
Dev’t Aggression in N. Luzon Rising, Group Says
By Northern Dispatch Posted by Bulatlat.com LA TRINIDAD, Benguet — Reports from people’s organizations all over Northern Luzon show an increasing trend in development aggression. This was culled from the provincial surveys of people’s opposition to the encroachment of big, foreign corporate businesses in people’s lands and water systems in the recently concluded 6th General…
Time for Rebirth: The US Antiwar Movement is Grieving, Dreaming, Growing
by CLARE BAYARD and SARAH LAZARE Commondreams International Posted by Bulatlat.com Think back seven years ago to this day. Where were you on March 19th, 2003, when the invasion began? Did you see “Shock and Awe” footage of the orange explosions in the clear Baghdad sky, piped in grainy TV shows, lit at night with…
A People’s History of the Great Irish Famine and What it Means for us Today
By Grant Lawrence Alternet International Posted by Bulatlat.com Weary men, what reap ye? Golden corn for the stranger. What sow ye? Human corpses that wait for the avenger. Fainting forms, Hunger—stricken, what see you in the offing. Stately ships to bear our food away, amid the stranger’s scoffing. There’s a proud array of soldiers—what do…