Archive for February, 2008

Power Play for a Power Grab of the Power Sector?

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In an effort to appease a public in Metro Manila crushed by unstable jobs and livelihoods, constantly increasing prices of basic commodities and ever rising power and water bills despite tightly managed consumption, Mrs. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo called on [...]

Bad omen at People Power monument

More police than civilians
A broken flagpole pulley
Confetti dropped still inside a bag
Sound system gone wild
Wrong song lyrics
After seeing this one I could only imagine that what lies ahead is not good for Gloria. The video shows a ceremony at People Power monument marking the 22nd anniversary of People Power.

Ref : Inquirer.net

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Debt activists to Ombudsman Gutierrez: Too late the hero

“Too late for heroic acts.”
 
This was the statement issued by the Freedom from Debt Coalition (FDC) and the Youth Against Debt (YAD) concerning Ombudsman Merceditas Gutierrez’s decision to inhibit herself from the investigation of alleged anomalies surrounding the government’s aborted $329.48-million National Broadband Network project with China’s ZTE Corp.
 
Describing [...]

Arroyo urged not to veto debt service cuts

Debt and environmental watchdogs ask government to prioritize health and environment over debt service payments in 2008 budget
13 February 2008, Quezon City.   As the Senate inquiry on the NBN-ZTE scandal sizzles, civil society groups assembled in front of a government hospital in Quezon City to draw attention to another illegitimate [...]

Visayas green groups denounce communist-tagging by military, call on city officials to condemn Army statement

In a statement sent to the media, Iloilo environmental and citizens groups opposed to the proposed coal plant strongly denounce the statements made by Captain Lowen Gil Marquez of the Philippine Army for branding them communist front organizations.
“While we do not want to give credence to this shallow red-baiting reminiscent [...]