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  • 2010 elections, Economy

    Notes on the 7.3 percent GDP growth

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    Arnold Padilla

    on

    May 28, 2010

    The good news, according to Malacañang spokesperson Gary Olivar, is that Noynoy Aquino will be taking over a “booming economy”. “It’s obviously a great note to end the President’s term with”, Olivar said. The country’s chief statistician agrees. “This is a glorious ending for the Arroyo administration and a good…

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  • 2010 elections

    Noynoy’s Cabinet of recycled bureaucrats

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    Arnold Padilla

    on

    May 26, 2010

    Based on stories coming out in the media, apparent President-elect Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III will likely have a recycled Cabinet. But Aquino will use a second-hand Cabinet not as a cost-cutting measure in anticipation of the gargantuan budget deficit to be left behind by now Pampanga Congresswoman-elect Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo. Aquino’s recycling…

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  • 2010 elections, Agrarian reform, Poverty

    Kung walang corrupt, walang mahirap: How Noynoy obscured the link between Hacienda Luisita and poverty

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    Arnold Padilla

    on

    May 13, 2010

    “The basic premise of Noynoy’s advocacy conceals the structural roots of poverty. It hides the universal truth that the working people are poor because a very small minority monopolizes ownership over production means and the wealth society produces.” Save for  the official proclamation, the presidential elections is now over with…

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  • 2010 elections, Human rights

    Red-baiting: ang maruming laban ni Risa Hontiveros

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    Arnold Padilla

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    April 26, 2010

    Hindi naman daw red-baiting ang ginagawa ni Risa Hontiveros ng Akbayan/Liberal Party (LP) sa senatorial candidates na sina Satur Ocampo at Liza Maza ng Makabayan. “Nowhere in my press statement did I call them communist,” ani Hontiveros. Ano exactly ang sinabi ni Hontiveros? Nasa ibaba ang portion ng isang direct…

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  • Human rights, Photo slideshow

    “Parade of coffins”, march against Oplan Bantay Laya: a photo slideshow

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    Arnold Padilla

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    April 14, 2010

    April 14, 2010 (MANILA) – A protest march in Manila was held today highlighted by a parade of mock coffins draped in flags of different people’s organizations whose leaders and members had been assassinated or abducted by elements widely believed from the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP). Human rights…

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