BY Angelica Campo NORTHERN DISPATCH Posted by Bulatlat Bulatlat.com BAGUIO CITY – Two days after President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo admitted that it was her voice in the wiretapped phone conversations, around 400 persons from Metro Baguio gathered for a mini concert initiated by youth groups at Malcolm Square, here last June 30. The concert was their…
Saving a Sinking Ship
Administration congressmen finally agreed June 30 to play the CD containing the wiretapped conversations between the President and a top election official suggesting electoral fraud last year. More and more legislators believe Macapagal-Arroyo will be judged not in Congress but in the streets. BY DABET CASTAÑEDA Bulatlat.com The protracted debate over whether to play the…
Not Just Electoral Fraud (Last of Two Parts)
The crisis is no longer just about electoral fraud. The economic crisis resulting in mass unrest, the lack of business confidence, and the political crisis due to rebellion have come together into a final crisis for the Arroyo government. By Antonio Tujan Jr. IBON Research Director Posted by Bulatlat Bulatlat.com IBON Features – By confirming…
On 4th week of strike: 3,000 March vs Lepanto
A march-rally led by the Lepanto Employees Union (LEU) belied the claims of the Lepanto Consolidated Mining Company (Lepanto) that 80 percent of the strikers want to return to work. BY Kim Quitasol and Abi Bengwayan Northern dispatch Posted by Bulatlat MANKAYAN, Benguet – A march-rally led by the Lepanto Employees Union (LEU) belied the…
The Final Crisis of the Arroyo Government (First of Two Parts)
President Arroyo will not be able to easily ride out this crisis of confidence because she is perceived to be directly responsible for a deeper economic and political crisis besetting the country. By Antonio Tujan Jr. IBON Research Director Posted by Bulatlat IBON Features – President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo was grossly mistaken if she thought…
From Political Crisis to a Revolutionary Situation
Any scenario that would preserve the present political institutions which have proven to be rotten and already past their age – or something that will put up a military junta – will only precipitate a more radical transformation. And the new political struggle may usher in a revolutionary situation. By Bobby Tuazon Bulatlat.com The next…
More Protests Despite Gov’t Harassment
Youth groups launch alliance vs Arroyo The youth was one of the formidable forces in the second Edsa uprising which catapulted Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo to power; it may as well be the same force that will boot Arroyo out of Malacañang. By Carl Marc Ramota Bulatlat.com Various youth and student groups are now gearing up for…
Bulatlat Interview: ‘Patriotic AFP Members Can Join Council’ – Sison
By Bobby Tuazon Bulatlat.com Bulatlat last week held an email interview with Prof. Jose Maria Sison as a political analyst and inspirational leader of the national democratic movement in the country with regards the current political crisis. Sison, who is on forced exile in The Netherlands, is also the current chief political consultant of the…
Festive but Ominous
It was a big, jolly rally, and maybe even Malacañang had a laugh. But the writing on the wall is definitely no laughing matter for the beleaguered President. PHOTOS BY AUBREY SC MAKILAN AND DABET CASTAÑEDA TEXT BY ALEXANDER MARTIN REMOLLINO Bulatlat.com (PICTURE) “That’s what you call a rally!” one of the protesters would exclaim.…
Torture is (still) alive and well in the Philippines
Even as the Asian Human Rights Commission condemned in a statement the continued use of torture on prisoners in the Philippines, a suspected guerrilla leader in Bicol was reported to have been tortured by his military captors. BY BULATLAT Bulatlat.com Forty-five year old New People’s Army (NPA) leader Elmer Osila reportedly uses the names Ka…
Only a Solution Beyond the Political System Will Solve the Crisis of 2005
By the Center for Empowerment in Governance (CENPEG) Bulatlat.com THE current political crisis demands a solution. But it would be absurd if the solution were to replicate the “solution” to the crisis of 2000-2001. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, who was then Vice President, was the supposed solution then, but turned out to be nothing of the sort.…