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In her SONA, GMA announced the start of a “great debate” on charter change and entirely skirted on the prevailing political crisis centered on her lack of moral, political and legal basis to govern and to lead in instituting reforms. No one, except FVR and JDV, has bought the invitation to do this dance of […]
MoreIn the public interest, here is a PDF copy of the 54-page amended impeachment complaint versus Gloria Macapagal Arroyo. To obtain a copy, please click here. Hosting of the file courtesy of Indymedia QC. File obtained from the Office of Bayan Muna Rep. Satur Ocampo and lawyer Neri Colmenares, one the private counsels serving the […]
MoreAs we continue to search for good government, Bayan Muna and its allied political parties and organizations stand out today as the bearer of good news and a practical program to replace the bankrupt rule of the elite. Barring the senseless anti-communist tirades, there are sound reasons to support and adhere the Bayan Muna viewpoint, […]
MoreThe most hated and most despised Gloria Macapagal Arroyo would soon be the subject of an amended impeachment complaint before the House of Representatives. According to reliable sources, the Minority and the Progressive blocs have started cooperating towards the filing of such an amended impeachment complaint. I have read a draft that has come my […]
MoreRaul, my bayaw who married my sister Anne, was the butt of private jokes in the family. Referring to him occasionally, we all laugh when we say “si Raul ‘o” as if we were consigning him to the National Institute for Mental Health the next day. The phrase “si Raul ‘o” came to my mind […]
MoreFantastic! Although the rally was capped by a rather distressing personal experience, everyone (except perhaps the likes of GMA) are on the whole happy over the turnout, color, breadth and scope of today’s protests. The crowd estimate was at 80,000. This may be a bit off the mark, as the headcount may have been even […]
MoreFitch and S&P are threatening to downgrade their ratings on Philippine debt papers purportedly due to political uncertainties and the failed implementation of the expanded VAT. In so many words, the two rating agencies of this debt-ridden world are saying that Mrs. Gloria Macapagal Arroyo has lost their confidence. True-blue seguristas, Fitch and S&P are […]
MoreArchbishop Oscar Cruz and Bishops Deogracias Iñiguez, Antonio Tobias and Julio Labayen, would surely dissociate themselves with the pro-GMA statement of the Catholic Bishops Conference, and would rather minister to the growing movement to oust GMA. The weak, ineffectual statement was welcomed only by the weak, ineffectual GMA. The CBCP missed the point of the […]
MoreSome said that GMA bought herself some reprieve, perhaps even a second chance, by surviving the catastrophic events of Friday. Not really, because her political coffin has already been readied by a growing number of people and political forces who have since demanded her resignation. Right now, these forces are leaving it to her to […]
MoreThis is the new symbol or seal of the Philippine presidency. But a small correction. In the case of GMA, the title around the seal should read this way: Sagisag ng Pekeng Pangulo ng Pilipinas. Protest visual comes from the creative women of Gabriela. Photo courtesy of Arkibong Bayan
MoreToday’s chorus was spectacular: Former President Cory Aquino, the Makati Business Club, the Liberal Party and ten members of the Cabinet have joined the growing movement for Mrs. Arroyo’s resignation. Across the capital, rallies erupted in Welcome Rotunda, Ayala Avenue and elsewhere in order to celebrate the growing national consensus for a GMA-free presidency. The […]
MoreCory became president in defiance of the Marcos Constitution. She was catapulted to the presidency by a nationwide uprising now dubbed People Power 1 that rendered irrelevant the results of the snap elections. Through that revolt, Filipinos clearly expressed their direct political power as the supreme sovereign in our country. If not for this uprising, […]
MoreThe soon-to-be deposed Arroyo administration is suffering from an acute lack of rationality and respect to the intelligence of the Filipino as its sycophantic spinners are hard put controlling the widening damage wrought by the Gloriagate tapes. In the House, GMA’s equally-desperate partisans seem to have just the nearest cave when they speak about the […]
MoreAt the rate things are going, it would be prudent for GMA to quit now. If she relents tonight or tomorrow, the entire nation would be spared the sad spectacle of a plummeting peso and plunging stocks. If she gives up her kapit-tuko stance on the presidency, she would at the least reap some some […]
MoreMore than 500,000 folks have visited the TXTPower website since we first made available the scandalous Hello Garci ringtone. Filipinos continue to have fun with the now 27 remixes of Mrs. Gloria Macapagal Arroyo’s “a lapse of judgment”, a grossly inaccurate term she has used to describe no less than 16 calls she made to […]
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