Bayan Muna files 1st criminal raps vs Arroyo
01/07/2010 11:22
Party-list group Bayan Muna has filed a criminal complaint against former president and now Pampanga Rep. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo in connection with the NBN-ZTE corruption controversy that rocked her nine-year administration.
"Ito ang unang hakbang para mabuksan ang pagkakataon na panagutin si...
Dark Legacies: The Economy Under Arroyo
27/06/2010 09:18
by. Sonny Africa
IBON Features-- The Arroyo administration will be remembered for lost ground on important measures of development and progress in the face of economic growth. Filipinos are worse off today than when President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo came to power nine years ago.
Unemployment is at...
PRESS RELEASE
GENEVA, JUNE 10 - The Ecumenical Voice for Peace and Human Rights in the Philippines, or ECU VOICE accompanied KARAPATAN in filing a report on the Morong 43 incident to the UN Special Rapporteur on torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment. The same...
GENEVA, SWITZERLAND (3 June 2010) – Members of a Filipino civil society delegation claimed that the counter-insurgency policy of the outgoing Arroyo government is the culprit behind the spate of killings involving lawyers, judges and human rights defenders in the...
FROM A WEAK REPUBLIC: CHALLENGES FOR THE NEXT ADMINISTRATION
14/05/2010 21:25
The challenges that the looming Aquino administration faces are gigantic but could be addressed if it has the readiness to act
IBON Features-- The country is at the dawn of a new administration and the most natural feeling for many is optimism. This optimism for change is a nation’s response...
COMPREHENSIVE PARTIAL ELECTION RETURNS 2010
11/05/2010 18:45
The HALALAN 2010 is almost over. Though a lot have commented that it was generally peaceful, it was not free from any fraud and election related violence. You can check the partial results of the recent Philippine National and Local election 2010 in the following links:
COMELEC Official Partial...
Family’s wealth depends on Noynoy presidency
08/05/2010 10:56
By Miriam Grace A. Go, abs-cbnNews.com/Newsbreak
Posted at 05/08/2010 3:56 PM | Updated as of 05/08/2010 4:00 PM
Will he use his position to bail out the bankrupt Hacienda Luisita?
MANILA, Philippines—Hacienda Luisita, the vast landholdings whose distribution to farmers has been dodged for...
NOTICE
29/04/2010 14:51
You can check now our monthly newspaper entitled PAHAYAG NG MIGRANTE under the menu PAHAYAG. All items are in PDFormat and can be downloaded for makabayan purposes. (Aris Miranda, editor)
Get to know the Presidentiables 2010
27/04/2010 21:19
Thirteen days more to go, the Filipinos will exercise their right to suffrage for the 2010 National and Local Elections. Migrants abroad are waiting for the right time of a radical change in the Philippines. Will this be the right time? Can we still trust our democracy? As some would say,...
AFP, PNP Delay Transfer of Morong 43 Again
26/04/2010 07:09
By RONALYN V. OLEA
Bulatlat.com [1]
Despite a court order issued yesterday, the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) still has not transferred custody of the 43 health workers to Camp Crame.
The Regional Trial Court (RTC) Branch 78 in Morong recently denied the motion for reconsideration...