Ni Abet Umil Bulatlat.com Umagang kay gandang sila’y nagpaunlak Na maging bisita ng Punto Por Punto: Sina Walden Bello’t Vencer Crisostomo Na makapanayam para magliwanag. Tungkol sa party list na magsisitakbo, Sunod na eleksyon agad ay pumaspas, Ulit na paglahok mayroong naghangad, Kahit pa ang rekord ay nagsiabuso. Sa kanyang programa, itong si Ka Tonying…
Day: October 19, 2012
Aquino’s move to hike government service and document fees slammed
By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO Bulatlat.com MANILA — Progressive lawmakers strongly criticized President Benigno Aquino III for issuingAdministrative Order 31 last October 1. AO 31 allows for the rationalization and increase of all government fees. Through it, the heads of all departments, bureaus, commissions, agencies, offices, and instrumentalities of the bureaucracy, including government-owned and controlled…
Kin of victims, rights groups urge Aquino to sign anti-enforced disappearance bill
By RONALYN V. OLEA Bulatlat.com MANILA — “The President should not wait a minute longer in enacting this bill into law.” This was the statement issued by Desaparecidos, an organization of families of victims of enforced disappearances with the passage of the Anti-Enforced Disappearance bill by both the Senate and Congress, October 16. The Anti-Enforced…
Absence of justice marks first death anniversary of Italian missionary
By RONALYN V. OLEA Bulatlat.com MANILA – A day before the first death anniversary of Fr. Fausto “Pops” Tentorio, Justice Secretary Leila de Lima told the United Nations Human Rights Committee in Geneva, Switzerland that the missionary’s death “has not been validated as an extrajudicial killing.” De Lima said the police are still investigating the…
US military set to use Subic as naval base again
By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO
“As the U.S. begins to implement [the rebalance], Subic will play an important role because it is one of the important facilities that can service its presence in the Pacific.” One would think that this quote is from a US military or government official, but this actually came from the executive director of the Philippine Presidential Commission on the Visiting Forces Agreement.
Congress railroads K+12 bill even as DepEd admits lack of preparation
By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO Bulatlat.com MANILA – The House of Representatives is at it again. ACT Teachers party-list Representative Antonio Tinio denounced the House of Representatives for approving House Bill 6643 or the Revised Basic Education Reform Act of 2012 on second reading and without amendments even as several lawmakers were protesting against what…