Windfall for Business, ‘Not Much’ for Poor Filipinos

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July 30, 2010

AQUINO’S STATE OF THE NATION ADDRESS By MARYA SALAMAT MANILA – They did not really expect much but when Benigno Aquino III ran true to form and, in his first State of the Nation Address, “remained... Read more »

Prioritize Disaster Preparedness, Aquino Urged

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July 30, 2010

By ANNE MARXZE D. UMIL MANILA – . When typhoon Basyang (international name: Conson) hit Metro Manila and its neighboring provinces last Tuesday night, killing 26, people living in disaster prone areas... Read more »

Like Arroyo Like Aquino? Same Cabinet/Government – Same Anti-people Policies

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July 30, 2010

By MARYA SALAMAT MANILA – Of all decisions Aquino made in his first week, it is “his cabinet appointments that raised more questions than hope,” said Renato Reyes Jr., secretary general of Bayan... Read more »

Same Old Policies by Predecessors

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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 »

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

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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 »

First extrajudicial killing under President Noynoy Aquino

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July 16, 2010

MANILA — Progressive groups today marched to Chino Roces Bridge (formerly Mendiola Bridge) to demand justice for Fernando Baldomero, the first activist killed under the new Aquino administration. Baldomero,... 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 »

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