News Release July 22, 2010 The umbrella group Bagong Alyansang Makabayan (Bayan) today challenged President Benigno Simeon “Noynoy” Aquino to speak out on the Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA) and the presence of US troops in Mindanao, as well as the issue of human rights, in his upcoming first State of the Nation Address (SoNA). US…
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KMU Dares Aquino: Speak Up on Workers’ Urgent Demands (PR)
Press Release July 21, 2010 Days before President Aquino’s SONA, and after business groups have continuously gained attention for presenting their agenda to his administration, workers still have yet to hear his government’s response to legitimate labor demands that call for urgent action. Labor center Kilusang Mayo Uno submitted to Aquino its Labor Agenda which…
Let the People Go Near Batasan on SONA Day – Bayan (PR)
News Release July 21, 2010 The umbrella group Bagong Alyansang Makabayan (Bayan) today urged the Aquino government to let the people hold a peaceful assembly near the Batasang Pambansa on July 26, when the president delivers his first State of the Nation Address (SoNA). Bayan recalled Aquino’s his inaugural address last June 30, when he…
Victims to Aquino: We Demand a No Less Than ‘Straightforward’ Action for Justice and an End to Killings (PR)
NEWS RELEASE July 20, 2010 Families and victims of human rights violations under the banner of Hustisya (Victims of Arroyo Regime United for Justice) will join various sectors and people’s organizations in the SONA rally on Monday, as they continuously call for justice and an end to extrajudicial killings. According to Evangeline Hernandez,…
Bayan Blasts PNP’s Overkill SONA Preps (PR)
News Release July 18, 2010 Are we back to the days of Gloria? This was the question asked by the umbrella group Bagong Alyansang Makabayan as it assailed the Philippine National Police’s plan to deploy 10,000 policemen during President Benigno Aquino III’s first State of the Nation Address. “It is strange that…
Allot Six Percent of GDP to Education, Youth Urge Noynoy (PR)
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 16, 2010 Kabataan Partylist Raymond Palatino today called on President Benigno Aquino III to make good his word that he will allot six percent of the gross domestic product (GDP) to education. ?”This coming State of the Nation Address (SONA), we expect Aquino to fulfill his promise that he will…
After 2 Weeks of Aquino, PNOY Stands for Something Else for the Youth (PR)
PRESS RELEASE July 16, 2010 “PNOY: Positively Nothing On Youth interests” As thousands of youths nationwide hit the streets today for what has been dubbed a ‘National Day of Action for Education’, Anakbayan national vice-chairperson Anton Dulce summed up the 16-day old administration of Benigno ‘Noynoy’ Aquino with the four previously-mentioned letters. The youth group…
Arroyo’s Claim of ‘8 Million Jobs Created’ a Statistical Hocus-Pocus
In her recent State of the Nation Address, President Arroyo claimed to have created eight million jobs, or an average of a million jobs per year in the past eight years. But where exactly did this figure come from? A closer look at the government’s own data yields a statistical distortion.
Less Fashion, More Statement: Going Against the Fabric of Sona’s Haute Couture
By PHILIP PARAAN Culture Bulatlat.com MANILA — The State of the Nation Address (Sona) in many years has become a fashion event for legislators, their spouses and families. Touted to celebrate local fashion, even the media makes a staple of it and allots a special place in their coverage to have the attendees explain their…
Video: Arroyo’s Sona — A Litany of Lies
Video: Arroyo’s Sona: A Litany of Lies
Video: The Making of the Last Gloria Effigy
Video: The Making of the Last Gloria Effigy