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34-M obrero babantayan ang kanilang mga boto

March 3rd, 2010
Posted in democratic space . elections . electoral fraud . human rights issues . labor . national polls . new features . news . politics and governance
By Noel Barcelona

Babantayan ng mga botanteng manggagawa ng bansa ang kanilang mga boto kahit na automated o de-computer ang gaganaping eleksiyon sa darating na Mayo. Duda pa rin ang humigit-kumulang na 34 na milyong manggagawang botanteng hindi madadaya o madidisprangkisa ang kanilang mga boto[ READ MORE ]

Ensure all new voters can vote in 2010, Kabataan party tells Comelec

January 8th, 2010
Posted in democratic space . national polls . youth and students' issues
By Noel Barcelona

Kabataan Rep. Raymond V. Palatino said Comelec’s decision not to print machine-readable ballots equivalent to the number of actual voters, including those who have been registered last December 29, is “a deliberate act to disenfranchise the additional registrants during the special registration period.”[ READ MORE ]

Migrants’ group to file petition on SC for poll bid

December 31st, 2009
Posted in democratic space . elections . human rights issues . migrants and itinerant people . migrants' rights and welfare . news . politics and governance . public office and ethics . seafarers . women and children's issues . youth and students' issues
By Noel Barcelona

Migrante International and its party-list, Migrante Sectoral Party is not giving up on its goal to represent the migrant sector in Congress and was scheduled to file a petition on the Supreme Court to allow them to join the 2010 congressional bid[ READ MORE ]

Mother of ‘desaparecido’ speaks in European forums

November 5th, 2009
Posted in anti-terror . democracy icons . democratic space . enforced disappearances . homeland and international security . human rights issues . new features . peasant and agriculture/land issues . state fascism and terror . torture and psy-war . women and children's issues
By Noel Barcelona

Dr. Editha Burgos who chairs a human rights’ group Desaparecidos, an association of families, friends and sympathizers of the victims of the enforced disappearances, is currently on a European tour to talk about enforced disappearances in the country[ READ MORE ]

Walang masama sa pagyaman ni PGMA—Malacañang

September 3rd, 2009
Posted in business and trade . democratic space . graft and corruption . news . public office and ethics
By Noel Barcelona

Walang nakikitang masama ang Malacañang ukol sa pagyaman ni Pang. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo. Anila, yumayaman ang pangulo dahil na rin sa mga hanapbuhay ng kanyang butihing kabiyak na si First Gentleman (FG) Atty. Jose Miguel "Mike" Arroyo. [ READ MORE ]

Remembering Cory…

August 4th, 2009
Posted in democracy icons . democratic space . editorial . personal reflection
By Noel Barcelona

She died praying, not for her healing but the health of the Filipino nation, now being devoured by a different type of cancer. And I will also pray for that. [ READ MORE ]

Mideast OFWs grieve for Aquino

August 2nd, 2009
Posted in democracy icons . democratic space . news
By Noel Barcelona

hank you, Mrs. Aquino, for your contribution to freeing all the political prisoners under the dictatorial regime of Marcos. Thank you Cory for your contribution to and participation in the ouster of the dictatorial regime and the dismantling and destruction of the repressive and anti-democratic martial rule of Marcos. We will continue to struggle for our country[ READ MORE ]

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