Photo by Aubrey Makilan / Bulatlat Bulatlat.com The camera-shy pin vendor was caught by Bulatlat’s camera at the July 19 rally of the broad Women for Macapagal-Arroyo’s Removal and Regime Change (Women MARCH) along Ayala Avenue in Makati City, while showing his wares around. The piece of cloth he is dangling places President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo…
Month: July 2005
Jeddah OFWs Beaten Up by Consulate Officials, Decry DFA Cover-up
Four members of Migrante sectoral party were reportedly beaten up by Philippine Consulate officials in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia as they were heading for a dialogue. The consulate officials involved in the mauling should be fired and prosecuted, Migrante has demanded. BY AUBREY SC MAKILAN Bulatlat.com Overseas Filipino workers in Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, who…
Art for Oust’s Sake
The effigies, placards, streamers, shirts, songs, skits and speeches comprise an entire spectacle of protest that shows no sign of abating for now. As the rallies for GMA’s removal grow exponentially, so does the resolve to find more creative forms of articulation and expression grow. By Lisa Ito Bulatlat.com Art once again takes to the…
Going through the Impeachment Maze
Pro-Arroyo allies seem to be putting obstacles to the impeachment against the incumbent president which is expected to be filed in the House on July 25. But opposition congressmen and lawyers involved in the impeachment move are not about to give way to the dilatory tactics. BY DABET CASTAÑEDA Bulatlat.com On July 25, President Gloria…
Ex-U.S. Attorney-General Supports GMA Ouster Call
Former U.S. Attorney General and world-renown human rights lawyer Ramsey Clark registered his support for the call for the ouster of Philippine President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, according to the U.S. chapter of the Bagong Alyansang Makabayan (Bayan or New Patriotic Alliance)-USA and the New York Committee for Human Rights in the Philippines (NYCHRP). BY BULATLAT Bulatlat.com…
Human Rights Abuses in the Philippines: Shades of El Salvador, Vietnam
Is there a U.S. hand in the current wave of human rights violations in the country? The answer is yes, and this is not just based on the country’s history of state fascism, but also the experience of other countries like El Salvador and Vietnam. BY ECUMENICAL INSTITUTE FOR LABOR EDUCATION AND RESEARCH (EILER) Bulatlat.com…
Students Hold Classes in Street, Join SONA Protest
High school student Xaviera Vasquez, 15, was among the thousands of students who were made to attend by their schools the July 16 pro-Arroyo rally in Rizal Park, Manila. Come Monday, the day of the State of the Nation address of the president, Vasquez will be among the thousands of students nationwide protesting in the…
Arroyo to Deliver 5th SoNA under Damocles’ Sword
Unlike her previous State of the Nation Addresses, President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo’s fifth one will be delivered before a nation that is largely no longer interested in what she will have to say, and is now mostly engaged in actions to push for her removal from office. BY ALEXANDER MARTIN REMOLLINO Bulatlat.com On July 25, President…
They’re Not Buying It
By Jasper Almirante/ Bulatlat Bulatlat.com As reaction to the growing clamor for the removal of President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo from office, the administration camp has been painting Metro Manila and the provinces with pro-Arroyo streamers and posters. The proliferation of propaganda paraphernalia is meant to dissuade people from supporting anti-administration rallies as these will hurt the…
Confronting the Crisis: The People’s Democratic Council
The proposed people’s democratic council will be radically different from the present presidential leadership which has long been in the hands of bureaucrats and family dynasties whose supposed legitimacy in office is continually tarnished by electoral fraud, corruption, plunder and other crimes. By Bobby Tuazon Bulatlat.com In the intensity of the current political crisis in…
Impeachment Move vs Arroyo to Include Killings
Apart from cheating, lying and stealing, the widespread killings of 411 church people, lawyers, human rights advocates, political activists, workers and peasants all over the country are also one of the grounds for President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo’s impeachment. BY DABET CASTAÑEDA Bulatlat.com Political killings in the country have become so widespread that the impeachment prosecution team…