Petitioners today filed a new impeachment complaint against President Arroyo, with several legislators immediately endorsing it. This will be the fourth attempt to hold Arroyo accountable for several impeachable offenses.…
This weekend, several citizens and legislators will file and endorse a flurry of complaints against President Arroyo, seeking to remove her from office through the constitutional process of impeachment. The…
Sixteen senators — including four presidential and vice presidential aspirants in 2010 — voted last night to ratify the Japan-Philippines Economic Partnership Agreement (JPEPA). Bayan and the No Deal! Movement…
In Bacolod City, farmers who launched a daring lightning protest during President Arroyo’s recent visit, have been frivolously charged in court, while in Southern Tagalog, prominent activists are being tagged…
As expected, the Philippine government rushed to save the reputation of our country’s overseas Filipino workers after news broke out about the racist, anti-Filipino comedy skit on BBC. High officials…
Had the British comedians poked fun instead on President Arroyo, nobody would have cared or — I suspect — Filipinos themselves would have given them ringing applause. But the “Harry…
Yes, folks, the Philippine government wants to be known as such, according to a GMANews.tv report. But what the government did not say is that this future health and wellness…
Gays and lesbians are pitching their colorful tent and claiming their rightful places in the Philippine blogosphere.
This is a heads up to all journalists, bloggers and pundits. Much has been said about overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) being “modern-day heroes” but perhaps mostly because of the billions…
Minimum wage earners already work very hard only to get paid lowly pay. But this one just makes anyone angry. Workers at Bleustar Manufacturing & Marketing Corp., the company making…
Love Kowloon Restaurant’s siopao? The workers at popular Kowloon Restaurant have a small request: Let us stop going there for the moment as they press the company to treat them…
A few hours ago, this blog you are reading — tonyocruz.com — received the trophy for Best News and Media Blog in the 2nd Philippine Blog Awards held at the…
Ian Bell of The Herald declared: Capitalism has proven Karl Marx right again. With news continuously dominated by stock crashes and US government efforts to rescue AIG, we have yet…
17 years ago, the Philippine Senate voted to reject a treaty that would have prolonged the existence of US military installations in the Philippines, notably the Clark and Subic bases.…
Dr. Carol P. Araullo, chair of the progressive multisectoral alliance Bayan, has this to say about the issue of renewed US military presence in the country, an issue which rightly…
The League of Filipino Students (LFS), arguably the country’s most well-known activist student organization, marks its 31st year today. On its anniversary, the LFS’ clarion call to its members can…
Executive Secretary Eduardo Ermita has announced the dissolution of the government peace panel in peace negotiations with the Moro Islamic Liberation Front. Again, the militarists have gained the upper hand…
As expected, the court freed the Tagaytay 5 after finding the rebellion charges without merit and spurious. I am so very happy for the family of poet and activist Alex…
Blogging today has become an intellectual outlet for the more articulate Filipino middle class. In my view, this rage is a cumulative product of the following: (1) the explosion of…
The President’s Office of the Press Secretary today faxed to media outlets copies of letters/statements from Smart, Globe and Sun about the P0.50 text rate announced by the President. In…
Mabuhay to all Filipino journalists as we celebrate the 22nd anniversary of the national union. Check out the announcement/invitation for two commemorative events: To all our beloved friends, The National…
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Nanay Mameng, Ka Bel: Choosing hope over despair in fight vs. poverty
Poor Filipinos have always been caricatured so badly, with some of the well-off and well-to-do deceiving themselves that the “masang Pilipino” are individually and collectively ignorant, pathetic, gullible, indolent and…