Archive for August, 2007
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The deteriorating education system and worsening poverty situation
ANALYSIS | By Benjie Oliveros
Consistent with its policies of deregulation and privatization, and limiting government spending, the Arroyo administration has been reducing its budget for education, leading to the deterioration of the educational system and the decreasing access of the poor to education. And yet it is wondering why more and more people, including college graduates are not able to get jobs?
In a speech on Monday, President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo said “urgent talks with the MILF under the Malaysian auspices” is needed in order to “to contain and resolve the Basilan/Sulu situation, making it clear that the government has to secure its forces and areas as part of peace efforts and law enforcement, but will not overrun MILF areas.”
It will now be a lot harder for tax evaders to cheat on their taxable income following the formal launching today of the Revenue Watch Dashboard (RWD) and the Local Government Unit-Revenue Assurance System (LGU-RAS) of the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR).
President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo ordered today military troops pursuing Abu Sayyaf terrorists and renegade members of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) in Basilan and Sulu to minimize collateral damage on the civilian population, even as she sought heightened initiatives for a peaceful end to the Mindanao conflict.
MANILA, Philippines — President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo warned today terrorists from harming a team of medical doctors who are in Basilan to beef up the medical practitioners conducting a medical mission in the area.
President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo wants to fasttrack the creation of regional heart, kidney and lung centers in the country to allow a larger number of Filipinos access to world-class medical and hospital benefits, an integral part of her social services payback to the people.
Believing that business generally abhors filthy surroundings, the Metro Manila Development Authority (MMDA) has launched “Metro Gwapo, Pook Na Bulok, Negosyo Hindi Papasok,” a two-pronged project to clean up and draw investors to key areas of the metropolis.
The Filipinos thought they were flying to Dubai. One of them told a fellow passenger how excited he was about his new job as a telephone repairman at a hotel in the emirate. It was only after liftoff from Kuwait, when the captain made an announcement, that they learned their destination was, in fact, Baghdad. Then all hell broke loose.
At the end of the open forum, somebody in the audience suggested a game. The audience will give Ninotchka Rosca a word or phrase and then she should say the first word that comes to mind. Vagina. “Beautiful.” GMA. “Boring.”
Mrs. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo’s net satisfaction rating has dropped from its previous negative 46.7 percent in January, says Ibon databank; it is now negative 62 percent. A July Ibon survey showed that only 10 percent of those surveyed were satisfied with Mrs. Arroyo’s performance, while a huge 72 percent were not.
Reds seek activation of NPA hit squads in cities After Ampatuan Massacre, 2009 a Record Year for Journalist Killings Worldwide CHR to military: Respect and protect human rights during martial law in Maguindanao Maguindanao, its political elite and a culture subservient to corruption U.S. Must Improve Responsiveness to Mass Atrocities; Absent UN Action, Make Clear Willingness to Act on Its Own, Says New CFR Report Martial law dilutes the Philippines’s human rights and democratic gains Martial law in Maguindanao sets ‘most dangerous precedent’ Lawyers will wear black armbands, ribbons in courts Law group shall file plunder cases against President Arroyo et al. UN Experts: Maguindanao massacre must be the start of a major reform process
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