Video Documentary: Noynoy’s Luisita
Category: Politics & Governance
Ocampo, Maza Condemn Attacks Against Makabayan, Party-list Groups
By RONALYN V. OLEA
“The Arroyo government fears the continued growth in membership and political influence of the progressive bloc in Congress,” Ocampo.
Groups Hold Jericho March Against Threats of Failure of Elections, Military Takeover
By PAULINE GIDGET ESTELLA
In the bible, the Israelites marched seven times to bring down the walls of Jericho. The protesters did the same to call the attention of the Comelec.
The Greenest Candidates
By ANNE MARXZE D. UMIL
The League of Youth for the Environment awarded one bean point for every environmental friendly answer or record of a candidate or group. One mean bean, on the other hand, was awarded for every environmental destructive answer or record.
Video Commentary: Noynoy Aquino, Walang Bahid?
In this video commentary, Bulatlat.com destroys the myth of the “untainted” Noynoy Aquino. For decades, the Aquinos and the Cojuangcos have stolen from the farmers and workers of Hacienda Luisita, using every trick in the book, as well as brute force and violence to retain control of thousands of hectares of land that they do not own to begin with.
Video: Relatives and Supporters Slam Failed Transfer of Morong 43 to Camp Crame
Video: Relatives, Supporters Slam Failed Transfer of Morong 43 to Camp Crame
Sison: Noynoy Is Now the New Puppet of US Imperialism
By D. L. MONDELO
“Noynoy Aquino is surrounded by agents of the US and the Arroyo regime who have been major partners of Arroyo in adopting and implementing policies that are detrimental to the national and democratic rights and interests of the Filipino people.”
(First part: Sison: ‘Villar Offers Relatively Better Program; Noynoy to Frustrate Land Reform’)
Millionaires, Allies of GMA, Lead Nominees of Dubious Party-list Groups
By ANNE MARXZE D. UMIL
Making a mockery of the party-list system, which is supposed to provide space for marginalized and under-represented sectors in the formulation of laws, are party-list groups that are represented not by the marginalized but those who seek a seat in Congress to reinforce the Arroyo clique and those who are motivated by self-serving ends.
Groups Suggest Ways to Make Automated Elections Work Credibly
By MARYA SALAMAT
The first ever automated elections in the country is making people wary because the Comelec’s preparations are perceived to be hurried, its credibility has been put into question ever since the 2004 elections, and more importantly, Pres. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo seems to be maneuvering to keep itself in power.
Sison: ‘Villar Offers Relatively Better Program; Noynoy to Frustrate Land Reform’
By D. L. MONDELO
Will there be a failure of elections? What can the people expect after the May 2010 elections? Will a just and lasting peace be finally achieved? These are just some of the questions that Bulatlat tackled in an interview with Jose Maria Sison.
Lack of Voters’ Education for AES in HK, Singapore, Means Disenfranchisement to OFWs
By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO Bulatlat.com With only a couple of weeks left before the start of the automated overseas absentee voting for Filipino workers in Hongkong and Singapore, voters still have no idea how it would proceed. They were informed that they would just be oriented and assisted on the day itself. The overseas…