Category: Politics & Governance


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.

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’)

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.

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…