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  • Millionaires, Allies of GMA, Lead Nominees of Dubious Party-list Groups
    Many party-list groups that have successfully made it to Comelec's accredited list have questionable nominees and strong links to Ms. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, said election watchdog Kontra Daya (Against Cheating) and Kabataan (Youth) Party-list. For nominees, these party-list groups teem with millionaires, former government officials, former police and military officials, even incumbent government officials. Many are proven allies of Mrs. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo.
  • Groups Suggest Ways to Make Automated Elections Work Credibly

    MANILA -Will your vote count? Can a new president and a new set of officials be credibly elected on May 10? With less than two months before the election, doubts persist as to whether the Commission on Elections (Comelec) is adequately prepared to make the first ever automated elections system (AES) in the Philippines reliable, accurate and trustworthy.

  • Progressives on Warpath Vs Partylist Groups Allied with Arroyos

    MANILA - Makabayan senatorial candidates Satur Ocampo and Liza Maza have filed a petition before the Commission on Elections (Comelec) seeking to disqualify Pampanga Rep. Juan Miguel 'Mikey' Arroyo as a nominee of party list group Ang Galing Pinoy (AGP).

  • 15 Years After Death of Flor Contemplacion, OFWs Remain Vulnerable as Ever
    OFWs and domestic helpers are still going through the same nightmare that Flor Contemplacion suffered. Many rot in jail. Several have been sentenced to death. Thousands suffer abuse from their employers and neglected by their government.
  • Still a Long Struggle Ahead for Women and the Oppressed

    MANILA - It has been a century since over 100 women from 17 countries representing unions, socialist and communist parties, working women's clubs, and the first women elected to the Finnish parliament gathered in Copenhagen for the second International Conference of Working Women and declared International Women's Day. Next year would mark the 100th year of the first International Women's Day commemoration when more than a million women and men held simultaneous rallies in Austria, Denmark, Germany, and Switzerland to campaign for women's right to work, vote, be trained, and to hold public office, and for an end to discrimination.

  • Pagkutkot sa mga Laman-ng-Lupa

    Nangyari ang panayam noong Disyembre ng nakaraang taon (2009) sa isang restaurant sa kahabaan ng Katipunan. Plano ko sana itong ilabas sa pagbukas ng bagong taon, ngunit may ibang mga kahingian sa pag-aaral ko rin ang kinailangan kong harapin.

  • Government Violates Election Laws by Fielding Own Partylist Groups

    MANILA - Catholic priest Fr. Joe Dizon, convener of the anti-fraud and election monitoring group Kontra Daya, raised hell earlier this week over the Commission on Elections' (Comelec) accreditation of a partylist group that is, by its own declaration, a project initiated by an official of the Arroyo administration and a prominent ally of President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo.

  • 2010 Poll Watchdog Urges People's Action in Worst-Case Scenario

    MANILA - A 2010 election watchdog group launched yesterday is geared not only to monitor the upcoming elections, but also to rally the public to respond accordingly should the electorate's will be frustrated.

    Kontra Daya 2010, which was launched yesterday morning in Intramuros, Manila, has this early raised several fears about the May elections. These include the possibility of massive fraud and failure of elections.

  • Oralidad sa Panahon ng Edad-Twitter, YouTube, Facebook at Ilan Pang www.com

    Habang tinatangka kong sumulat ng papel na ito, pumasok ang "bagong balita" sa aking email mula sa isang yahoogroup na hindi man ako aktibong nakikisangkot , bahagi pa rin naman akong maituturing ng pangkat sapagkat patuloy pa rin akong tumatanggap ng mga balita, mensahe at kung anu-ano pang impormasyon na bumabaha sa worldwide web o sa internet.

  • Normatibong Estetikang Bading

    May kaganyakan na ang kultura sa pagtanggap ng estetikang bading sa pananamit (fashion). Una, tila may umaalagwang sektor sa ekonomiya-partikular ang call center at BPO (Business Process Outsource)-na nagpapaariba rin sa estetika ng bading. Ikalawa, ang mismong estetikang ito ay magkaalinsabay na may dating na kosmopolitan at sterile na hitsura, kaya nagpapaugnay sa metropoles ng bansa sa aspirasyong wanna-be First World ng estado.