Same Old Policies by Predecessors

-
July 30, 2010

Aquino’s SONA: With More Privatization By ARNOLD PADILLA MANILA — In his first State of the Nation Address (SONA), President Benigno Aquino III used the various cases of misuse of public funds... Read more »

Impunity’s roots

Luis V. Teodoro
July 30, 2010

IMPUNITY — OR exemption from punishment — has been correctly called a culture, a way of doing things to which a particular community has become accustomed. It is almost inevitably mentioned as the... Read more »

Nothing personal (Or why Akbayan’s Etta Rosales is not fit to be CHR Chair)

Carol Pagaduan Araullo
July 30, 2010

The controversy over the possible appointment of former Akbayan party list Representative Loretta Ann Rosales as Chair of the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) merits closer scrutiny. Apart from the importance... Read more »

CUPE President calls for end to human rights violations in the Philippines

-
July 30, 2010

Jul 26, 2010 The Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) was shocked to hear that three teachers, including Mark Francisco of the Alliance of Concerned Teachers (ACT), were assassinated earlier in July. Antonio... Read more »

LETTER FROM TORONTO: Fiddling with the truth

Joe Rivera
July 30, 2010

The wrongdoings of the past administration under former Philippine president Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo are almost public knowledge that a Truth Commission set up to ferret out the truth becomes totally unnecessary.... Read more »

IMMIGRATION: Last minute marriages can spell disaster

Guidy Mamann
July 30, 2010

Weddings and marriages are supposed to be joyous occasions. However, in the immigration context, they can spell heaps of trouble and the end of an immigrant’s Canadian dream. Sarah (not her real name)... Read more »

Where Is Human Rights in the Aquino Government’s Agenda?

-
July 16, 2010

By BENJIE OLIVEROS Analysis Bulatlat.com The infamy of the former Arroyo administration did not begin and end with the corruption scandals it was involved in. There were the allegations of cheating during... Read more »

Messages

Luis V. Teodoro
July 16, 2010

THE speed with which the Philippine National Police has identified, and filed murder charges against, the suspects in the killing of an Ilocos Norte journalist was unprecedented. Police investigations... Read more »

Mr. Aquino, stop the killings!

Carol Pagaduan Araullo
July 16, 2010

The cold-blooded assassination of Bayan Muna Aklan coordinator and Lezo town councilor Fernando Baldomero last Monday is forcing the hand of President Benigno Aquino to not only denounce extra-judicial... Read more »

NOTEBOOK: Ma-Anne Dionisio’s art and emotion

Hermie Garcia
July 16, 2010

WHEN Ma-Anne Dionisio sang at the Unity Concert fundraiser last December in Toronto, some people in the audience commented about her emotional performance that distinguished her from all the other performers. She... Read more »

Next Page »