By ARNOLD PADILLA Bulatlat.com MANILA — In 2012, the dominant theme peddled by the Aquino administration was “good governance is good economics”. Malacañang’s hoax is that the “daang matuwid” (righteous path) has created a favorable environment for inclusive economic growth. From being the sick man of Asia, the Philippines now brims with vitality. Or so,…
Month: December 2012
In 2012, urban poor jailed, killed for fighting for homes
By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO Bulatlat.com MANILA – Eight months have passed since Arnel Leonor, 19, of Silverio Compound in Parañaque City, was killed during the demolition of their homes. As of this writing, no justice has been served and his mother Glenda feels it is taking too long. Eight months, too, have passed since…
Bleeding the supposed ‘bosses,’ the working masses, dry
By MARYA SALAMAT Bulatlat.com MANILA – In 2012, the incomes of the Filipino working population shrunk further compared to the rising cost of living, their recorded productivity and, based on news reports, growing revenues of companies. Considering that 2012 precedes an election year, the Aquino government only responded to decade-long calls of organized labor for…
New Year’s wish of college editors: New Year’s Resolution for Pres. Aquino
The following are some of college editors’ proposed 2013 New Year’s Resolution for President Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino, as compiled by the College Editors’ Guild of the Philippines (CEGP) national office: More prudent spending. The government should monitor spending especially with the implementation of the Sin Tax Law. – Patrick Ong, Editor in chief of The…
2012: Where is the Aquino presidency heading to?
By BULATLAT STAFF
Every year Bulatlat.com comes out with an analysis of the impact of the administration on the issues and concerns that affect the Filipino people. This year ender has added importance as we are approaching the midpoint of the Aquino presidency – which campaigned under the banner of change – and its policy directions have already taken shape.
Gains, sins of omission and commission of the Aquino presidency
State of press freedom: Attacks and threats in 2012
Now you see them, now you don’t, but G.I. Joes are here to stay, no thanks to the Aquino government
The costs of the Aquino government’s K to 12 program
On Aquino’s mid-term, tillers in Luisita, elsewhere still landless
Aquino administration’s human rights policy: Big in words, too little in action
Aquino’s favorite whipping boys in 2012, government employees
Bleeding the supposed ‘bosses,’ the working masses, dry
In 2012, urban poor jailed, killed for fighting for homes
Elite governance, elite economics: When vaunted growth clashes with reality
Gains, sins of omission and commission of the Aquino presidency
By BENJIE OLIVEROS Bulatlat.com Next year would be the mid-point of the Aquino administration. Because it is already near its mid-point, the Filipino people could already accurately gauge the direction of the administration. Let us look at the policy directions of the Aquino presidency by enumerating the issues that emerged in 2012 and the actions…
KMU slams ‘trumped-up charges’ vs. 3 leaders
By MARYA SALAMAT
“The Aquino government is very active and very swift in filing trumped-up charges against labor leaders and activists but it fails to attain justice for victims of human-rights violations.” – KMU
Children of Tondo celebrate Christmas
Children of Tondo celebrate Christmas (Photo by Anne Marxze D. Umil / Bulatlat.com)
New law gives some hope to kin of victims of enforced disappearance
By RONALYN V. OLEA
The new law, the first of its kind in Asia, imposes a punishment of life imprisonment on those directly involved in the crime of enforced disappearance as well as on superior officers who order or are otherwise implicated in a disappearance.
Coming down blood mountains
Their vividly colored indigenous clothing shout like a blast of dynamite ripping through the mountains they call home. It is Tuesday and they are standing in a busy avenue in the snotty business district of Makati. “It is where the mining companies are, and if they cannot hear our pleading screams while they kill us…
The River Keeper
A worker tends to a resort’s waterway, scooping flotsam and jetsam on board his bamboo raft. Photo by POM CAHILOG-VILLANUEVA (Bulatlat.com)