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75 percent of Filipinos want Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo to resign from office and face corruption charges, according to the results of a survey conducted by IBON Foundation. BY IBON FOUNDATION Posted by Bulatlat Vol. VIII, No. 3, February 17-23, 2008 Recent corruption scandals besetting the Arroyo administration have led most Filipinos to call for President Gloria…

The distance of Manila from this summer city does not serve as a barrier for the growing support for Rodolfo “Jun” Lozada, the whistleblower in the multi-million dollar anomaly that has tainted the National Broadband Network (NBN) deal. Lawyers’ groups in this highland region supported Lozada for his exposé and said that the evidences so…

BY ALEXANDER MARTIN REMOLLINO Bulatlat Vol. VIII, No. 3, February 17-23, 2008 For businessman Jose “Joey” de Venecia III, son of ousted House Speaker Jose de Venecia Jr., the series of anti-government rallies that has been started by various groups in the wake of Engr. Rodolfo “Jun” Lozada’s testimonies on the National Broadband Network (NBN)…

After two People Power uprisings, how far have we gone in the struggle for good governance, for democracy, and for a better life and future? BY BENJIE OLIVEROS ANALYSIS Bulatlat Vol. VII, No. 49, January 20-26, 2008 EDSA 2 is about the struggle for good governance and the rejection of a corrupt government. It is…

What happened to Makati City Mayor Jejomar Binay is not a simple case of implementing the rule of law. It is actually a case of bending the law to suit the self-serving interests of the administration of Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, the person who should be removed first if we are really serious about nipping corruption in…

BY BENJIE OLIVEROS (Bulatlat.com) The government cannot merely ignore the results of opinion surveys and issues raised against Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo and simply claim that criticisms against her are false and the handiwork of the opposition. This seems to be a bad week for Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo who celebrated her 59th birthday April 5 as criticisms against…

Corruption benefits the political and economic elites as it facilitates their sell-out and exploitation of our country’s human and natural resources. The victims of corruption are the Filipino masses. By the Concerned Artists of the Philippines Posted by Bulatlat.com The government pinpoints “culture of corruption” as the one that “breeds the vicious cycles of poverty…

Charges of corruption, among others, resulted in the ouster of then President Joseph Ejercito Estrada on Jan. 20, 2001 in a people’s uprising popularly known as EDSA Dos. Immediately after being sworn in as Estrada’s successor, Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo promised to lead by example and to be Estrada’s exact opposite. Four years later, corruption remains a…