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Political prisoners in Oroquieta jail stage 4-day fasting
By RONALYN V. OLEA Bulatlat.com MANILA – Nine political prisoners marked the death anniversary of Benigno “Ninoy” Aquino Jr., the president’s father, by initiating their four day fasting to demand for their release. Ninoy, himself a political detainee during martial law, was assassinated Aug. 21, 1983 at the then Manila International Airport. Unlike Ninoy, the…
Study bares irregularities in CCT program
By ANNE MARXZE D. UMIL
“The government should have given us permanent jobs instead of this (conditional cash transfer). Money is not permanent, we lose it in a day, unlike when we have a permanent job, we would somehow have permanent resources to spend for our needs,” – Angie Lorenzo, beneficiary
Groups Say Aquino’s First 100 Days a Failure
By ANNE MARXZE D. UMIL
“It has been 100 days and we don’t see any major achievement or results as far as genuine change is concerned. There is plenty of rhetoric but too few accomplishments that could be felt by the poor.”– Bagong Alyansang Makabayan.
Video Documentary: Noynoy’s Luisita
Video Documentary: Noynoy’s Luisita
Carol Pagaduan-Araullo | Pretender
By CAROL PAGADUAN-ARAULLO Streetwise/Business World Posted by Bulatlat.com Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino’s entire appeal to the Filipino people to elect him President of the Republic, from television ads to live and press statements to written platform, rests on a single claim: that having inherited the legacy of Ninoy and Cory Aquino, he can stamp out corruption…
Anybody Can Be a Ninoy: A Review of the Stage Play, ‘Ako si Ninoy’
By ZOFIA LEAL Culture Bulatlat.com According to Vincent Tañada, lawyer, librettist and director of the stage musical “Ako si Ninoy”, the core message of the production is the “selfless giving of oneself for our countrymen and women for the advancement of our country as a whole”. The play, a lifelong dream of Tañada, aims to…
On Ninoy’s 25th Death Anniversary, Shadows of Marcos Seen in Gloria
BY MEDZ MONTEREAL Contributed to Bulatlat.com Posted August 21, 2008 – 4:10 p.m. On the 25th anniversary of the assassination of Senator Benigno “Ninoy” Aquino Jr., the Bagong Alyansang Makabayan (Bayan – New Patriotic Alliance) said they see the ‘looming shadows of the Marcos dictatorship in the Macapagal-Arroyo administration.’ The group said that August 21…