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Audit own intel funds, P-Noy told

July 20th, 2011
Posted in communist insurgency . governance and policies . graft and corruption . local economy . national budget . national economy . news features . politics and governance . public office and ethics . social services
By Noel Barcelona

MANILA, July 20, 2011—The Pambansang Lakas ng Kilusang Mamamalakaya ng Pilipinas (Pamalakaya) asks the Aquino government to properly, transparently and completely audit the intelligence funds, amounting to P1.46 billion (US$34.05 million), which the Congress has approved last year. Fernando Hicap, Pamalakaya’s national chair, says that the President should inform the public how the said amount [ 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 ]

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 ]

Kabataan party-list applauds new voters, appeals to Comelec to uphold SC decision

December 31st, 2009
Posted in elections . national polls . new features . news . politics and governance . public office and ethics . youth and students' issues
By Noel Barcelona

Even as he cheered the first time voters for 2010, Kabataan Rep. Raymond “Mong” Palatino appealed anew to the Commission on Elections (Comelec) to continue uphold the Supreme Court ruling that extends the voters’ registration until 09 January 2010. The statement came as voters’ registration closes today, December 29th[ READ MORE ]

2010 education budget not enough—Kabataan solon

September 24th, 2009
Posted in education and development . graft and corruption . new features . public office and ethics . United Nations . women and children's issues . youth and students' issues
By Noel Barcelona

The government spends too little for education. And what is more saddening, corruption and misspending eat up the bulk of the measly budget[ READ MORE ]

Distressed OFWs in Jeddah ask for food, repatriation

September 23rd, 2009
Posted in business and trade . international/foreign relations . labor . migrants and itinerant people . migrants' rights and welfare . new features . public office and ethics . women and children's issues
By Noel Barcelona

More than 100 overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) awaiting deportation at the Hajj Airport Deportation Center in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia has renewed their appeal to the Philippine government to provide them food and medicines, as well as to immediately repatriate them[ 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 ]

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