Press Statement 16 November 2011 Former President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo’s attempts to escape justice and frustrate efforts to prosecute her is in plain view that nobody could have missed it. The minute she steps out of the country, the quest for justice will almost certainly fall apart. She will most probably wait it out till the…
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Benjie Oliveros | Justice Should be the First Order of Business of the Next Administration
By BENJIE OLIVEROS Bulatlat.com It is now only less than a month before Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo leaves Malacañang and the Filipino people could not wait to get it over with. Despite the flak that the Commission on Elections and Smartmatic are getting for bungling the automated elections, and even if the old problems of vote-buying –…
So long as Arroyo is there, doubts will persist – Bayan
News Release March 22, 2010 This was the view of the umbrella group Bagong Alyansang Makabayan amid assurances from Malacanang that president Gloria Macapagal Arroyo will step down on June 30. Disclaimer | What you are reading is either a press release/ statement or a manifesto. These materials do not go through our editorial process…
Group Slams Arroyo Government Over US State Department Rights Report
News Release March 15, 2010 While boxer Manny Pacquiao brought pride to the Philippines yesterday, the Arroyo government once again found a way to bring shame to the country after the United States State Department released its 2009 human rights report on the Philippines. According to the State Department report, “arbitrary, unlawful, and extrajudicial killings…
Citizen Arrest may Greet Gloria After Polls, KMU Warns
February 4, 2010 “Gloria Arroyo may assert her right to run for a congressional seat in Pampanga, but she definitely won’t have the ease in making her way to Pampanga when she steps down in June,” labor center Kilusang Mayo Uno warned today, saying a “citizen’s arrest” is brewing to greet her in June. KMU…
Carol Pagaduan-Araullo | Frankenstein Begets Frankenstein
By CAROL PAGADUAN-ARAULLO Streetwise / Business World Posted by Bulatlat.com The declaration of martial law in Maguindanao is not the answer to the cry for justice for the victims of the Nov. 23 massacre allegedly perpetrated by top local government officials allied to the Arroyo regime – all members of the warlord Ampatuan clan –…
Display of Callousness
Display of Callousness, President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo and her entourage engaged in a display of callousness when they paid exorbitant amounts for dinners in Washington DC and New York City recently, during Arroyo’s state visit to the US last month. (By Flon Faurillo)
A Study in Contrasts
A Study in Contrasts, The sea of humanity that accompanied former President Cory Aquino on her journey to her final resting place attests to her popularity – something she was able to earn because though she had her own faults as a leader, in the end she stood by the people in their fight against tyranny. (By Flon Faurillo)
Salungguhit: Signs of Desperation and Failure
Arroyo: RP to be One of World’s Richest in 20 years
Addressing members of political parties in Cordillera, Mrs. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo once again declared that the Philippines will be among the world’s richest in 20 years. Government statistics, however, belie claims of economic growth. BY LYN V. RAMO Northern Dispatch Posted by (Bulatlat.com) Volume VIII, No. 24, July 20-26, 2008 BAGUIO CITY (246 kms north of…
Murder, She Wrote
BY BENJIE OLIVEROS Bulatlat.com To date, there have been 601 cases of political killings. Political killings or assassinations may be the appropriate term to describe it. But the way these killings were carried out, the use of authority and superior force over an unarmed and unknowing civilian, is worse than murder. And murder is a…