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| Filipino people should resist the Arroyo regime’s repressive measures and persevere in the fight for change |
On the birth anniversary of the great hero Andres Bonifacio, the Bagong Alyansang Makabayan (Bayan) calls on the Filipino to wage resistance against the repressive measures of the Arroyo regime in its desperate bid to stay in power and ignore popular clamor to resolve issues hounding the Arroyo presidency.
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| 30 Nov 2007 - 13:40 by bayan |
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| Statement on the latest Makati stand-off |
The stand-off in Makati is the result of the continuing and festering problems involving the Arroyo regime. The issues raised by the rebel soldiers have been long standing problems of the country; these include the absence of legitimacy of the president, massive corruption and human rights abuses.
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| 29 Nov 2007 - 17:31 by bayan |
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| Groups to press for justice for rights victims in tomorrow's Bonifacio Day rally |
Protesters gearing up for the big November 30 rally tomorrow will highlight the issue of extra-judicial killings and abduction as among the “many crimes of the Arroyo regime” says the umbrella group Bagong Alyansang Makabayan.
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| 29 Nov 2007 - 12:59 by bayan |
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| Guingona, opposition groups to lead protest on November 30 |
Various groups led by former Vice President Teofisto Guingona, Jr. are expected to converge at the Liwasang Bonifacio and march to Mendiola on November 30, Friday, the birth anniversary of Filipino revolutionary Andres Bonifacio. Organizers say that the rally will come out with the call for the “rejection of a morally bankrupt government.”
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| 29 Nov 2007 - 12:35 by bayan |
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| The Alston report clearly shows Arroyo gov’t policy in killings |
There are no if’s and but’s about it.
The final report of United Nations Special Rapporteur Philip Alston on the extrajudicial killings in the Philippines clearly points to a national policy of the Arroyo administration through its Armed Forces of the Philippines and other agencies such as the Inter-agency Legal Action Group (IALAG) of Norberto Gonzales.
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| 28 Nov 2007 - 13:44 by bayan |
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| Consumer groups assail tainted Transco bidding |
The consumer group POWER and the militant group Bagong Alyansang Makabayan both slammed what they described as “another tainted privatization deal brought to us by Malacañang, at great cost to the consumers.”
This developed after two opposition senators exposed an alleged conflict of interest in the sale of the government-owned National Transmission Corporation or Transco. Senators Aquilino Pimentel and Jamby Madrigal have exposed that Public Sector Assets and Liabilities Management President Jose Ibazeta is a former business associate of two of the bidders in the Transco sale, the Aboitiz and Razon groups.
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| 26 Nov 2007 - 13:26 by bayan |
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| Dutch Judge Commissioner Closes the Investigation of Prof. Sison |
Utrecht, The Netherlands – The International Committee DEFEND and all its members and supporters applaud the decision of C. M. Derijks, the Judge Commissioner of the Court of The Hague, to formally close the preliminary investigation of the allegation of inciting murder against Prof. Jose Maria Sison filed by the Office of the Prosecution in The Netherlands. The Judge Commissioner earlier ordered the investigation of Prof. Sison based on initial evidence presented by the prosecutor.
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| 22 Nov 2007 - 15:15 by bayan |
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| Noise barrage set on Friday as world oil prices reach $99/barrel |
Militant groups will hold a noise barrage tomorrow at the España Boulevard to protest what has become weekly oil price increases as world crude prices reach $99/barrel.
Umbrella group Bagong Alyansang Makabayan called on the government to enforce price controls on petroleum products while it investigates allegations of price manipulation stemming from the cartelized character of the oil industry.
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| 22 Nov 2007 - 14:12 by bayan |
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| Decision of Dutch Judge-Commissioner on Sison case |
COURT AT THE HAGUE
Decision pursuant to Art. 237 Law on Criminal Procedure (WvSv)
Public Prosecutor’s Office no.:09/750006-06
RC no.: 06/2285
Decision of the judge-commissioner in criminal cases at the Court at
The Hague against the suspect: Jose Maria Canlas SISON
Born in Cabugao, 08 February 1939
Residing in Utrecht, Rooseveltlaan 778
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| 21 Nov 2007 - 16:57 by bayan |
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| Arroyo government addicted to foreign loans, infra projects |
The umbrella group Bagong Alyansang Makabayan today urged the Philippine Senate to look into alleged irregularities in bidding processes for infrastructure projects being funded by the World Bank. The call stems from allegations of both the Philippine government and the World Bank of irregularities in the bidding processes.
“The bottom line here is that at the end of the day, it is the Filipino people who will pay for the loans. If projects are overpriced, we have to shell out more in debt payments, to the great detriment of other social services that badly need government funding,” said Bayan secretary general Renato M. Reyes, Jr.
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| 21 Nov 2007 - 14:09 by bayan |
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| Resign call justified: Arroyo government pushing threshold of corrupt practices |
Cause-oriented groups are not surprised over the freezing of $232 million worth of infrastructure loans from the World Bank to the Philippine government on the basis of corruption allegations.
“The move of the World Bank merely affirms what we already know, that many public works projects in the Philippines are tainted with corruption. If a foreign multilateral lending agency like the World Bank can take notice of these shady deals then the Arroyo administration must really be pushing the threshold of corrupt practices,” said Bayan secretary general Renato M. Reyes, Jr.
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| 20 Nov 2007 - 15:19 by bayan |
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| COMMITTEE-DEFEND WELCOMES FINDINGS THAT EU “TERRORIST LIST” VIOLATES BASIC HUMAN RIGHTS OF PROF. JOSE MARIA SISON AND OTHERS |
The Netherlands-based International Committee-DEFEND welcomes the official report of the Council of Europe human rights investigator Mr. Dick Marty declaring that the European Union’s so-called anti-terror list “violates basic human rights”, including those of Prof. Jose Maria Sison who has been serially and indefinitely blacklisted since 28 October 2002 by the Council of the European Union.
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| 15 Nov 2007 - 17:16 by bayan |
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| Statement of the Bagong Alyansang Makabayan (BAYAN) on the Batasan Bombing |
The Bagong Alyansang Makabayan condemns in no uncertain terms the bombing of the Batasang Pambansa which resulted in the death of Comrade Marcial Taldo and the injury of Rep. Luzviminda Ilagan of Gabriela Women’s Party. The explosion also claimed the lives of Rep. Wahab Akbar of Basilan and Maan Bustalino.
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| 14 Nov 2007 - 14:49 by bayan |
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| Groups to file new impeach raps tomorrow |
Undeterred by the rejection of several amended and supplemental complaints, cause-oriented groups led by the Bagong Alyansang Makabayan and the human rights group Karapatan are set to file a new and comprehensive impeachment complaint against President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo tomorrow at the House of Representatives.
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| 11 Nov 2007 - 15:12 by bayan |
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| Statement of Solidarity for the People of Pakistan Against the Emergency Rule of Musharaff |
The Bagong Alyansang Makabayan ( New Patriotic Alliance ) , the largest multisectoral alliance in the Philippines, condemns in the strongest terms the emergency rule recently imposed on Pakistan by Prime Minister Pervez Musharaff.
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| 7 Nov 2007 - 16:24 by bayan |
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| After US Senate move, Bayan urges countries to review military, counter-terror and other aid to RP |
The umbrella group Bagong Alyansang Makabayan today urged big foreign donors such as the European Union, Japan, Canada and Australia to review their military, counter-terror and other aid to the Philippines in light of continuing human rights abuses.
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| 7 Nov 2007 - 15:05 by bayan |
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| ILPS condemns Musharraf's declaration of emergency rule and supports the just struggle of the people of Pakistan |
The International League of Peoples’ Struggle (ILPS) condemns the declaration of emergency rule by Pakistan’s military ruler Gen. Pervez Musharraf and the further entrenchment of barefaced fascist dictatorship on the people of Pakistan. We support the just struggle of the people of Pakistan for national and social liberation against the Musharraf fascist regime and its US imperialist master.
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| 7 Nov 2007 - 13:57 by bayan |
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| Arroyo-de Venecia reconciliation: Palace pushing panic button vs impeachment |
Cause-oriented groups pushing for the impeachment of President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo today held a protest action in front of the Batasang Pambansa as Congress resumes its session.
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| 5 Nov 2007 - 14:37 by bayan |
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| Protests to mark resumption of Congress, Groups to press for bribe probe, Arroyo impeachment |
Cause-oriented groups under the Bagong Alyansang Makabayan will hold a protest action tomorrow in front of the Batasang Pambansa as Congress resumes its session amidst political in fighting and scandals.
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| 4 Nov 2007 - 13:49 by bayan |
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