Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo has so polarized the country that one is either pro or anti, no in-betweens. The UNO senatorial candidates, in particular, and the anti-Arroyo movement, in general have their political differences, as the administration is wont to point out. But Arroyo has pushed them together against her. BY BENJIE OLIVEROS Bulatlat The battle lines…
Category: Bulatlat Perspective
Congress: A Hall of Injustice
The senators who voted for the anti-terrorism bill have nothing to say against the constitutional anomaly that while the measure gives the chief executive and the military vast authoritarian powers it is silent on Congress’ lack of power as a “check and balance mechanism” to executive abuse. BY BOBBY TUAZON Bulatlat Members of Congress, pro-administration…
U.S. Congress Should Probe into Military Aid to Arroyo Gov’t
Just as members of the U.S. Congress are now conducting a review of Bush’s war policy in Iraq, it may well be timely to include a review of the U.S. armed intervention in the Philippines where the support for the Philippine military operations has promoted gross and systematic violations of human rights. BY BOBBY TUAZON…
U.S. and Latin America: Overview for 2006, Perspectives for 2007
The New Year does not promise ‘more of the same’: it will start with a major US military escalation in the Middle East but it will likely end with a greater military debacle, ensuring deepening political crises and increased economic instability both in the Middle East, the US and Latin America. By James Petras Posted…
After the Con-Ass Debacle, the Elections
Having seen the country’s major political pillars festering under the hands of the elite – the presidential office, Congress and the electoral system in particular – the bourgeois election will serve as an opportunity for broadening the masses’ political consciousness about genuine people’s governance and establishing real democratic institutions. By the Policy Study, Publication and…
U.S. and Latin America: Overview for 2006, Perspectives for 2007
The New Year does not promise ‘more of the same’: it will start with a major US military escalation in the Middle East but it will likely end with a greater military debacle, ensuring deepening political crises and increased economic instability both in the Middle East, the US and Latin America. By James Petras Posted…
After the Con-Ass Debacle, the Elections
Having seen the country’s major political pillars festering under the hands of the elite – the presidential office, Congress and the electoral system in particular – the bourgeois election will serve as an opportunity for broadening the masses’ political consciousness about genuine people’s governance and establishing real democratic institutions. By the Policy Study, Publication and…
After the Con-Ass Debacle, the Elections
Having seen the country’s major political pillars festering under the hands of the elite – the presidential office, Congress and the electoral system in particular – the bourgeois election will serve as an opportunity for broadening the masses’ political consciousness about genuine people’s governance and establishing real democratic institutions. By the Policy Study, Publication and…
Rights Groups Warn vs Prolonging Arroyo Regime
To commemorate the 58th anniversary of the signing of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, human rights groups held a mobilization Dec. 8 to call for justice for the victims of political killings and enforced disappearances under the Arroyo regime, as well as to oppose the moves to amend or revise the Constitution through a…
Only 27 ‘High-ranking’ Elective Officials Convicted in 27 Years
Despite thousands of cases filed with the Ombudsman and a lesser number elevated to the Sandiganbayan (anti-graft court) in 27 years, only two governors, one vice-governor, 23 mayors and one vice mayor or a total of 27 high-ranking elective officials were found guilty of graft and corruption. BY Bulatlat.com Despite thousands of cases filed with…
American Rights Lawyer Deported by Philippine Airport Authorities
By Bulatlat.com Philippine immigration authorities denied the travel rights of an American human rights lawyer by deporting him immediately back to the United States upon arrival at the international on Dec. 6. A news dispatch sent from Washington, DC by Rachel Lovis of the International Labor Rights Fund (ILRC) to Bulatlat said Brian Campbell, staff…