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We hope the news that another military man has been appointed by President Arroyo to an important post is untrue. According to a spokesperson of the Department of Transportation and Communications, retired Rear Admiral Abraham Abesamis (shown in the photo from the AFP website) has purportedly been handpicked by Mrs. Arroyo to replace resigned National […]
MoreOver the weekend, top officials of the Arroyo administration announced that foreign activists attending the counterpoint activities to the Asean Leaders’ Summit in Cebu City will be barred from entering the Philippines as soon as they arrive at any of the country’s international airports. Justice Sec. Raul Gonzalez even went so far as pledging that […]
More(I wish to dedicate this post to my two friends who are in the picture here. They are both ordinary and extraordinary — they’re just like any mother, but like all mothers, they are doing everything to find justice for their daughters victimized by Mrs. Arroyo’s evil regime. More about the photo at the end […]
MoreTime Magazine is unconvinced by the Arroyo administration’s empty pronouncements condemning the killings of activists — simply because the killings continue, and the body supposed to investigate the incidents miserably fail to win the trust and confidence of victims’ families and witnesses. The Time article is the latest expression of the international uproar over the […]
MoreAccording to his religious beliefs, Baptist Bishop Bienvenido Abante detests gays and pledges to move heaven and earth to stop the Philippines from granting homosexuals (be they lesbians, gays, bisexuals or transexuals) equl rights to form marital unions. Nobody is stopping him from holding such beliefs, however antiquated and inhuman. What takes the cake is […]
MoreNearly a year after the 19th Infantry Batallion of the Philippine Army massacred scores of peasants in San Agustin, Palo, Leyte, those who they falsely accused before the courts were freed after two judges dismissed the fabricated charges Bayan Muna swiftly welcomed the news, praising the farmers for their vigilance. The San Agustin Farmer Beneficiaries […]
MoreNo surprises with today’s bout. As expected, Manny Pacquiao demolished his foe Eric Morales with a technical knockout at the end of round three of the two pugilists “The Grand Finale” bout in Las Vegas. The omens were too many. Pacman was at his peak, while El Terible continued to struggle with being overweight. Pacman […]
MoreSolid performance is among House Deputy Minority Leader and Bayan Muna Representative Satur C. Ocampo‘s best defense against the purveyors of the politics of hate who work day and night demonizing him and his political party. I wish to add that Ka Satur served as the first chairman of the House Special Committee on Peace, […]
MoreThe Senate last week passed on third and final reading Senate Bill 1972 proclaiming May 7 as Health Workers Day. We in Bayan Muna applaud this development and thank the Senate for this service to our nation’s doctors, nurses and other health professionals. Bayan Muna Rep. Satur C. Ocampo is the principal author of House […]
MoreEveryday, subscribers of Smart, Globe and Sun Cellular have to contend not just with cellphone thieves who prowl with impunity across the country. But daily and quietly, a specter haunts almost each and every prepaid subscriber: that specter is cellphone load theft. Many people have experienced loading up their phones with loads of 30 to […]
MoreThe Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism posted on its blog a short feature on the Permanent People’s Tribunal and its Second Session on the Philippines that has accepted a petition from Philippine organizations for the court to try President Arroyo and other entities for wholesale violations of the Algiers Declaration. The PPT opened its second […]
MoreLast Saturday, Ka Satur victorious passed through the NAIA immigration counter, virtually stepping on Justice Sec. Raul Gonzalez with his militant assertion of his constitutional rights. For this, I offer Ka Satur a bunch of beautiful chrysanthemums (?) for showing Pinoys how to stand up and step on such a horrible beast that operate under […]
MoreEarly this morning, I was woken up from deep slumber by a call on my cellphone. Twas a colleague from Bayan Muna who informed me that our esteemed Congressman Satur Ocampo was being harassed at the NAIA as he was making his way to boarding the Northwest Airlines flight that will take him to Tokyo. […]
More“I know they are going to kill me next, but never will I abandon my duty to God and my ministry to the people.” — Bishop Alberto B. Ramento D.D., ninth supreme bishop of the Iglesia Filipina Independiente, who was found murdered Oct. 3, 2006 inside his rectory in Tarlac. I last saw and heard […]
MoreBayan Muna, the most prominent progressive political party in the Philippines, chose a very apt symbol — the rising sun — to dramatize the unstoppable rise of New Politics as the long term alternative to traditional politics that has kept this country in the rut for what seems to be an eternity. A rising sun […]
MoreTwas like a scene from the movie War of the Worlds. Tree branches and leaves, and whole trees uprooted from the earth, litter the streets and highways, creating countless traffic chokepoints. Hundreds of billboards were also torn down, with not a few killing pedestrians who happened to be under them when these ugly objects came […]
MoreHermogenes Esperon Jr. deserves the treatment he got from activist UP students. Makapal kasi ang mukha ng duwag na heneral na ito. Sinungaling pa, at saksakan ng sipsip kay Gloria. Why should any Filipino respect a military chief whose name was mentioned in the unresolved Hello Garci scandal? Why should we give special treatment to […]
MoreMy boss, Satur Ocampo, did not go straight to today’s rallies marking the 34th year of martial law. He went online — chatting with journalists and guests here and abroad in what Yehey.com argues could be considered the first online press conference to be held in the country. Ka Satur arrived minutes before the 10:00 […]
MoreLast Monday, the League of Filipino Students marked its 29th anniversary. The LFS has come a long way. Many students, past and present, salute the LFS for being an outstanding exponent of student activism, for providing students a productive and patriotic outlet for their many talents and immense energies. Contrary to the tsismis of tsismosos […]
MoreVeteran labor leader-turned-lawmaker Crispin Beltran of Anakpawis, gets a brief furlough on Monday, Sept. 8, after Judge Elmo Alameda granted motion by Atty. Romeo T. Capulong to permit him to go to Sandiganbayan to file appropriate charges against police personnel who illegally arrested him last Feb. 25. *** Ka Bel’s detention has caught the ire […]
MoreThe National Democratic Front explains revolutionary taxation viz. the many false claims against it: The revolutionary movement is building a new society to replace the present semi-feudal and semi-colonial society characterized by widespread poverty and economic backwardness. The new society that is being built promotes the interests of the overwhelming majority of the Filipino people […]
MoreFr. Joe Dizon blamed Ferdinand Marcos for the shortage of pro-people, righteous and progressive leaders today. “Pinagpapatay ni Marcos ang isang henerasyon ng mga lider gaya nina Edgar Jopson at Bobby dela Paz, kaya kakaunti ang mga lider ngayon na maaaring mamuno,” said Fr. Joe. “Ngayon, dapat tayong magalit din at ipatigil ang mga pagpaslang […]
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