Businessmen to Aquino: eliminate corruption in 1st 100 days

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June 16, 2010

MANILA, Philippines - Businessmen are challenging newly-minted President Benigno Aquino III to keep his campaign vow to weed out corruption in his first 100 days in office. The 15th president of the Philippines... Read more »

Aquino warned against appointing Binay

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June 16, 2010

MANILA, Philippines - President-elect Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino’s anti-corruption platform will take a major blow if he gives Vice President-elect Jejomar Binay the interior and local government... Read more »

Our man in Manila

Luis V. Teodoro
June 16, 2010

HARRY, THE new US Ambassador to the Philippines, and the first African American to hold that post in this country, is surnamed Thomas, as in USS Thomas, the US Army transport ship that arrived in Manila... Read more »

AES – a lemon?

Carol Pagaduan Araullo
June 16, 2010

Technology has always been a double-bladed tool. In the right hands and wielded properly, it is like a magic wand that can make everyday living easier, work lighter, production faster and more efficient,... Read more »

The ills of privatized elections

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June 16, 2010

The initial astonishment with the speed of the election results was just as quickly replaced with doubts on the credibility of the May 2010 polls. Claims of electoral fraud and other irregularities continue... Read more »

Church, Rights Groups Petition UN Human Rights Council to Urge Aquino to Solve Killings of Activists

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June 16, 2010

By RONALYN V. OLEA Bulatlat.com MANILA — As Congress proclaimed Benigno Simeon “Noynoy” Aquino III as the next Philippine president, human rights defenders called on the United Nations to urge Aquino... Read more »

Kin of OFW in Death Row Asks DFA to Keep them Informed

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June 16, 2010

By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO Bulatlat.com After receiving a call from his son Joselito, Jesus Zapanta, 56, did not know how to break the news to his wife Mona, 49, that their son was sentenced to death. “I... Read more »

UN official Slams Impunity in the Philippines, Repeats Call for Prosecution of Perpetrators

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June 16, 2010

By RONALYN OLEA Bulatlat.com In a side event during the ongoing 14th session of the United Nations (UN) Human Rights Council in Geneva, UN Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions... Read more »

FREEDOM OF INFORMATION: FOI Act needs ‘sunshine clause’

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June 16, 2010

By Danny Arao For the next Philippines administration, the proposed Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) could be a priority because it is “watered down” already. When a party-list member of the House... Read more »

Impact Statement of Sandy Kinnud – Jocelyn Dulnuan’s husband

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June 16, 2010

(We are reprinting excerpts from the Impact Statement of Sandy Kinnud, husband of the late Jocelyn Dulnuan, who was murdered in 2007. The case concluded last week with the sentencing to life imprisonment... Read more »

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