By Carol Pagaduan-Araullo Bulatlat.com It is becoming clearer by the day that the outcome of the political crisis swamping government and wracking the country today hinges on how it will finally be resolved. The events of July 8, have been the most earthshaking for the Arroyo regime since the explosive revelation of her wiretapped calls…
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Gloria Must Go, Youth Say in Survey
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 inability address vital national concerns. By Carl Marc Ramota…
‘No Resign, No Remit’
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 Sectoral Party (MSP) jointly issued this statement as their members met July 5 to launch Outrage,…
The Impact of OFWs’ Remittances on the Philippine Economy
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 remittances of Filipinos working and residing overseas. By Lualhati Roque Executive Director…
Financial Storm Brewing
The most recent calls by the country’s business elites for President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo to step down only underscore her far-reaching failures as an economist. Coming on top of mounting popular unrest because of the people’s worsening condition over the last 4½ years, they herald a looming financial meltdown if Ms. Arroyo does not resign. BY…
Arroyo Regime Is Disintegrating; But Still Has a Few Tricks to Play
The crisis of the ruling system has become so grave that the ruling classes can no longer rule in the old way. The people want a revolutionary change of government, in which the toiling masses of workers and peasants obtain and exercise their due share of political power. By Prof. Jose Maria Sison Chief Political…
The People Are Ready for Bold Reforms
Macapagal-Arroyo’s own political allies who have asked her to resign the presidency now pit themselves against the clamor for a people’s transitional governing council. Not that their call for resignation is a retrogressive move; it’s simply that they loathe the day the aroused masses may suddenly take the reins of government. By Bobby Tuazon Bulatlat…
Patriots Calls for New Governance that Will Uphold People’s Agenda
Posted by Bulatlat As calls mount for President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo’s resignation, PATRIOTS enjoins all Filipinos to unite for meaningful alternatives to her government. We join the people’s clamor for GMA to step down for she has totally lost the moral and legal authority to effectively govern. In a post-GMA situation either through constitutional succession or…
`The Philippines Needs a Constructive Armed Forces’
In this period of uncertainty, it is time for the armed forces, as the protector and defender of the people, to play a constructive role so that the nation can alter course with the right leaders and build a true democratic society so the people may have a firm hope in the future. BY RENE…
GMA Could Get 23 ½ Years in Jail
President also committed four impeachable offenses, lawyer says. The contents of President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo’s taped conversation with an election official – widely believed to be Election Commissioner Virgilio Garcillano – could get her as much as 23 ½ years in jail. BY ALEXANDER MARTIN REMOLLINO Bulatlat Bulatlat.com The contents of President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo’s taped conversation…
Time to Go
By Carol Pagaduan-Araullo Bulatlat.com The name of the game these days is “Will she or won’t she get away with it?” She of course refers to the woman with the unique voice and manner of speaking, caught redhanded via a wiretapped phone conversation, trying to manipulate the results of the 2004 presidential elections through a…