“As children, we have the right to participate and be heard.”
#Elections2016 | Groups dare candidates to address children’s issues
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Media urged to do better election coverage
“There is very limited time for substantive discussions.”
‘Are you joking or did you just declare war?’ KMU on Duterte’s anti-union spiel
Elmer Labog of KMU urged workers to keep organizing and forming or defending their unions, saying the plight of workers won’t improve without their own action and organization, without unions, and without genuinely pro-worker unions in particular.
Congress passes bill making election service voluntary for teachers
“We dedicate the passage of this law to the memory of Filomena Tatlonghari, Nellie Banaag, and other teachers who gave their lives while serving in elections.”
Elections, information, and governance
By LUIS V. TEODORO Vantage Point | BusinessWorld It’s that time again, the filing of certificates of candidacy that’s the prelude to the months-long extravaganza-cum-freak show that we call elections. Thanks to the media focus on who’s running for such national offices as the Presidency, the Vice-Presidency, and the Senate, an observer unfamiliar with the…
Aquino, De Lima urged to stop electioneering, address killings
“We call on Justice Secretary Leila de Lima to extricate herself from these early election campaign activities of the Liberal Party and heed the cries for justice of the victims and their families.”
The electoral circus comes to town
By Carol Pagaduan-Araullo Streetwise | BusinessWorld The election season is definitely upon us even with national polls still nine months away and filing of candidacies for national positions set two months from now. Already we can see the portent of things to come: the lack of genuine choice for the electorate; a farcical party system;…
Desperate times, desperate measures
By LUIS V. TEODORO Vantage Point | BusinessWorld Something positive could yet result from the Liberal Party’s (LP) failure to find a popular candidate: the possibility that rather than just another popularity contest, the 2016 presidential elections could be about issues and platforms. In a television interview on Wednesday this week, the LP’s Franklin Drilon…
Celebrities, activists want Neri Colmenares in senate
“We want leaders who are incorruptible, who can competently represent us ordinary people, especially the poor. Leaders who are brave enough to defy the evil powers that have lorded it over our country’s flawed system.”
Sulong Katribu partylist to run for congress
“Sulong Katribu offers an alternative and genuine representation for the most oppressed, least represented and discriminated sector.”