Live Coverage: PIOM Press Conference on the 2010 Elections
News in Pictures: Maguindanaoans Brave the Rain to Cast Their Votes
News in Pictures: Maguindanaoans Brave the Rain to Cast Their Votes
MAGUINDANAO -- Despite the rain, voters in Tugaig, a village in Barira town, continue to line up. ‘See these people? They line up to vote. But will the politicians do to them after being elected? They will ignore them,’ says a woman beside me.
2010 Elections: In Maguindanao and Elsewhere: Chaos, Violence, Fraud
2010 Elections: In Maguindanao and Elsewhere: Chaos, Violence, Fraud
By CARLOS H. CONDE
Despite the promise of order that computerization brings, the conduct of the elections in Maguindanao province and other areas in Mindanao leaves much to be desired.
News in Pictures: Hundreds of Voters Line Up Outside Maguindanao Poll Precinct
News in Pictures: Hundreds of Voters Line Up Outside Maguindanao Poll Precinct
MAGUINDANAO -- Hundreds of people line up outside Buldon Elementary School since early morning to vote. While no untoward incident occurred, it’s a bit chaotic here as voters jostle to enter the voting precincts. "Magulo pero masaya," says Kabiba Tomawis, a voter.
PR: Gabriela Women’s Party Slams Comelec for Election Sabotage
PR: Gabriela Women’s Party Slams Comelec for Election Sabotage
“AES stands for Automated Elections Sabotage,” declared Gabriela Women's Party Representative Luzviminda Ilagan, referring to the resulting technical foul-ups during COMELEC tests of the PCOS machines a few days before elections.
News in Pictures: Election Equipment Arrive in Maguindanao Town
News in Pictures: Election Equipment Arrive in Maguindanao Town
Datu Piang, MAGUINDANAO -- Workers unload election equipment at the Datu Piang town hall in Maguindanao. In some areas in the province, delivery of PCOS machines was a problem. Reports said this morning that Comelec people were prevented from delivering these machines to Buldon, a farflung town in Maguindanao.
Campus Journalists Endorse Progressive Party-list and Senatoriables
Campus Journalists Endorse Progressive Party-list and Senatoriables
By ANNE EDNALYN DELA CRUZ
The College Editors Guild of the Philippines endorses Makabayan senatoriables Satur Ocampo and Liza Maza, who they believe, will uphold rights of journalists and the youth. Kabataan Rep. Raymond Palatino intends to amend the Campus Journalism Act of 1991.
News in Pictures: Machine and Manual Counts Did Not Tally in Cembo Poll Precinct
News in Pictures: Machine and Manual Counts Did Not Tally in Cembo Poll Precinct
On Monday, Machine and manual count results did not tally in the clustered precincts in Cembo Elementary School for the mayoralty post and the Sangguniang Panlunsod.
Bulatlat Live Event: Labor Day 2010
Bulatlat Live Event: Labor Day 2010
Joint coverage by Bulatlat.com and Kodao Productions of Labor Day activities, May 1, 2010. Free live streaming by Ustream Labor Day...
Journalists Mark 5th Month of Ampatuan Massacre
Journalists Mark 5th Month of Ampatuan Massacre
By ANDREA ZARAH DAYAO and CRISTINA TUPAZ Bulatlat.com MANILA—Members of the Malacañang Press Corps, together with progressive and human rights groups, marked the fifth month of Ampatuan massacre that killed 57 people, including 38 media men. Wearing black shirts,...
Video Documentary: Noynoy’s Luisita
Video Documentary: Noynoy’s Luisita
Video Documentary: Noynoy's Luisita
Bloodstained Politics at the Philippine General Hospital
Bloodstained Politics at the Philippine General Hospital
By PAULINE GIDGET ESTELLA
With reports from Kristine Abigail Lingbaoan
Doctors of the Philippine General Hospital (PGH)who applied for a leave of absence (LOA) in protest of the UP Board of Regents’ (BOR’s) “unceremonious” removal of Dr. Jose Gonzales as the PGH director experience harassment.
Video Commentary: Noynoy Aquino, Walang Bahid?
Video Commentary: Noynoy Aquino, Walang Bahid?
In this video commentary, Bulatlat.com destroys the myth of the "untainted" Noynoy Aquino. For decades, the Aquinos and the Cojuangcos have stolen from the farmers and workers of Hacienda Luisita, using every trick in the book, as well as brute force and violence to retain control of thousands of hectares of land that they do not own to begin with.
Video: Relatives and Supporters Slam Failed Transfer of Morong 43 to Camp Crame
Video: Relatives and Supporters Slam Failed Transfer of Morong 43 to Camp Crame
Video: Relatives, Supporters Slam Failed Transfer of Morong 43 to Camp Crame
Sison: Noynoy Is Now the New Puppet of US Imperialism
Sison: Noynoy Is Now the New Puppet of US Imperialism
By D. L. MONDELO
"Noynoy Aquino is surrounded by agents of the US and the Arroyo regime who have been major partners of Arroyo in adopting and implementing policies that are detrimental to the national and democratic rights and interests of the Filipino people."
(First part: Sison: ‘Villar Offers Relatively Better Program; Noynoy to Frustrate Land Reform’)
Youth challenge presidentiables to scrap end oil price hikes
Youth challenge presidentiables to scrap end oil price hikes
April 14, 2010 Press Release Youth groups Anakbayan and Kabataan Partylist staged a noise barrage in Quezon City today in protest of the recent round of oil price hikes. They further challenged the presidentiables to finally put an end to the seesaw trend of oil...
CBCP Condemns the Continued Detention of the “Morong 43”
CBCP Condemns the Continued Detention of the “Morong 43”
Bulatlat.com The illegal arrest and continued detention of the “Morong 43” in a military facility represent serious threat to the civil liberties of the Filipino people, Bishop Nereo P. Odchimar, D.D., president of Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines...
For Better or for Worse?
For Better or for Worse?
BY BENJIE OLIVEROS Bulatlat.com The last time the country underwent the same type of changes in the charter, currently being pushed by the Arroyo administration, purportedly to solve the political and economic crisis was in 1972. Marcos presided over the...
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