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)…
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Governance by Arrogance
Next to the Marcos dictatorship, the Arroyo presidency will likely go down in history as the government most vilified apparently due to its use of coercion and intimidation to silence its critics and its presumed enemies. BY THE CENTER FOR PEOPLE EMPOWERMENT IN GOVERNANCE Posted by Bulatlat ANALYSIS Vol. VIII, No. 2, February 10-16, 2008…
The Breaking Point
The highhandedness, the arrogance, the repeated episodes of flagrant abuse of power are all calculated to intimidate, coerce and deter would-be whistleblowers, investigations, and mass protest. What they miscalculate is that strong-arm, illegal and criminal tactics cannot always deter whistleblowers and will even inevitably spur more damaging investigations. BY CAROL PAGADUAN-ARAULLO Streetwise / Business World…
Truth and Consequence
Truth and Consequence. If politics were a game, perhaps “Truth and Consequence” would be its name. The ouster of Rep. Jose de Venecia, Jr. as House Speaker clearly shows that he is not anymore on the “good side” of the powers-that-be.(By Flon Faurillo/Bulatlat.com)
Obstructing the Truth
Obstructing the Truth. The recent reopening of the Senate investigations on the controversial National Broadband Network (NBN) deal the Philippine government and China’s ZTE Corp. (By Flon Faurillo/bulatlat.com)