By the Board of Women’s Work United Methodist Church Bulatlat.com At such a crucial time in our nation's life, when President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo's moral ascendancy and legitimacy is clouded with doubt and uncertainty, we, the United Methodist women of faith,...
NI RICHARD GAPPI Bulatlat Bulatlat.com Pag-asa ay nag-ulat Gloria ay di babagsak Kung ula'y pumapatak Sikat ang araw dapat Bago baha'y humulas Sa kalsada'y tumaas Payong nati'y baliktad. - Angono, Rizal Bulatlat...
By the WOMEN's Movement for Arroyo's Resignation and Regime Change Bulatlat.com We, women, who have gathered here today, call on Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo to step down. Emerging from our homes, schools, workplaces and communities, we lend our voices to the thundering...
A mining company dangled P100,000 ($1,782.53) and employment opportunities on the poor residents, but the latter are still unwavering in their stand against its exploration. The company is still not welcome to explore the area because of the people’s sense of...
By Bishop Oscar Cruz Bulatlat.com CBCP does not demand the resignation of the President. It does not have the authority to do so. It does not claim the prerogative of so doing. It is presumptuous for the CBCP to impose or dictate upon the President to resign. BUT:...
Just more than a week before the state-of-the-nation address (SONA), opposition members of Congress are busy maneuvering to ensure that someone else will stand before them in next year’s SONA. BY DABET CASTAÑEDA It is only 10 days before the second session of the...
Ni Raul Funilas Posted by Bulatlat Bulatlat.com Gabundok na basurahan at gusaling G Langaw at bulok ang nakatirang animal. L Oo, iyan ang palasyong andas na nakaupo O Raw ay mga ekspertong magpaandar. R Isinantabi ang isinisigaw ng marami I At sempre, lahat ng...
Pro-Arroyo local officials continue to threaten they would secede from the republic if the embattled president is removed from office. By Cheryll D. Fiel Bulatlat.com DAVAO CITY – First, it was the Ilocos Republic in northern Philippines. Then, this was followed by...
Photo by Aubrey Makilan / Bulatlat Bulatlat.com The series of taped mobile-phone conversations involving President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo and election commissioner Virgilio Garcillano has reinforced the widespread suspicion that the present Malacañang occupant...
Statement of the University Council (UC) of the University of the Philippines (UP) in Diliman, Quezon City on the political crisis facing the Arroyo administration Bulatlat.com The pursuit of the truth and the quest for a democratic society are integral to the...
The mass actions calling for the President’s removal from office are not just confined to Metro Manila. Even residents of Baguio City (246 kms north of Manila) have lent their voice to the growing oust-Arroyo sentiments. BY KIM QUITASON AND A.T. BENGWAYAN Northern...
The Catholic clergy of Negros island in central Philippines has had a history of social engagements including the ouster of dictator Ferdinand Marcos in 1986 and that of President Joseph Estrada in 2001. This time around, some members are boarding the movement...
By Jasper Almirante/ Bulatlat The U.S. is in a quandary of late on what measures to take in the face of the political crisis hounding President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo. Just when the President – under siege on all fronts from left to right over allegations of fraud...
Even prior to the public statement of 10 Cabinet members that the President should resign, the sentiments of the youth are already for her removal from office. A recent youth survey shows that the youth find the President as largely an ineffective leader due to her...
By Jasper Almirante/ Bulatlat Bulatlat.com As mass protests against the “illegimate” presidency of Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo heat up, many of her erstwhile political allies have begun to abandon ship – among them former Presidents Corazon Aquino and Fidel Ramos....
WITH a vote of 32-6, including six abstentions, the faculty of the College of Law of the University of the Philippines has decided to issue a collective statement on the issue of Pres. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo's taped conversations. The statement, officially...
Mammoth rally set on July 13 The calls of various sectors and classes for President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo to resign have widened the rift between the ruling elite and have hastened her impending ouster. But militant groups say these will never be enough to kick...
OFWs press for Arroyo’s ouster Two major migrant workers groups launch “No Resign, No Remit” campaign to press for the ouster of President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo. BY AUBREY SC MAKILAN Bulatlat Bulatlat.com “No Resign, No Remit.” Migrante International and Migrante...
For the last 30 years, the Philippine economy, and all administrations from the time of the dictator Marcos to the present, have been propped up by the remittances of overseas Filipinos. This means, the country’s economy is saved from eventual collapse by the...
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