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SPECIAL REPORT: 2011 proposed budget prone to corruption—think-tank

September 3rd, 2010
Posted in clan politics . education . education and development . human rights issues . local economy . news . news analysis . news features . politics and governance . public education . social services
By Noel Barcelona

Independent think-tank Ibon Foundation, Inc. doubts that the increment in the 2011 Budget is not for the public good but for “patronage” politics, which the Aquino administration, upon the first day of its installation, has promised to eliminate. [ READ MORE ]

Fisherfolks ask Congress to repeal Aurola Eco-Zone law

August 20th, 2010
Posted in capitalism . clan politics . energy . governance and policies . housing problems and housing rights . indigenous peoples . local economy . news analysis . news features . peasant and agriculture/land issues . peasants and fisher folks . social services
By Noel Barcelona

Members of the Pambansang Lakas ng Kilusang Mamamalakaya ng Pilipinas (Pamalakaya) appealed to lawmakers to repeal Republic Act No. 9490, the law that creates the Aurora Special Economic Zone Authority (Aseza) as it will displace thousands of peasants, indigenous peoples, and small fishermen. [ READ MORE ]

Dropping of Charges Against Two Ampatuans Affirms Impunity

April 27th, 2010
Posted in clan politics . extrajudicial/arbitrary killings . human rights issues . justice and law . militarism . new features . repost . terrorism . warlordism . women and children's issues . youth and students' issues
By Noel Barcelona

“Alibi is the weakest defense,” said Atty. Harry Roque, one of the legal counsels of the kins of the Ampatuan murder victims. [ READ MORE ]

PPCRV warns voters vs fake party-lists

March 16th, 2010
Posted in clan politics . national polls
By Noel Barcelona

The risk with fake groups, says PPCRV chair Tita De Villa, is not only it elbows out truly marginalized sectors but it serves as the backdoor entry for traditional politicians in the party-list system[ READ MORE ]

The farce about disbanding the private armies

March 3rd, 2010
Posted in clan politics . elections . electoral fraud . human rights issues . national polls . news analysis . opinion . peace and order . politics and governance . press freedom . public office and ethics . terrorism . warlordism
By Noel Barcelona

The superstructure of political mafias and modern caciques and the material conditions that breed them are so powerful that piecemeal approaches to addressing this issue are self-defeating. One begins to think that in order to dismantle the private armies the first step is to put the political superstructure that promotes them out of circulation[ READ MORE ]

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