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Text | An Act Abolishing the Pork Barrel System

Editor’s Note: We are publishing in full the proposed bill to abolish the pork barrel system through the people’s initiative, ratified in a People’s Congress held last August 23. Carol Araullo, convenor of Abolish Pork Movement, described the bill as a product of a “long, painstaking, and democratic discussion by experts and non-experts alike.” The […]

Indigenous leader arrested after presscon on campaign vs pork barrel

Human rights advocates cried foul over the arrest of Genasque Enriquez, an indigenous Manobo leader and activist, in Surigao City after attending a press conference calling on people’s support for a people’s initiative to abolish the pork barrel system. Three counts of frustrated murder have been filed against him by the Philippine Army, according to […]

‘Palparan duwag, sinungaling’

Nagpupuyos sa galit ang mga biktima ni dating heneral Jovito Palparan sa “espesyal na pagtrato umanong tinatamasa nito mula nang mahuli siya noong Miyerkules. Sa kabila ng commitment order ng korte na ilipat siya sa Bulacan Provincial Jail, nanatili pa rin ang tinaguriang “berdugo” sa kustodiya ng National Bureau of Investigation (NBI). Naghain si Palparan […]

Taludtod at drama ng api

Ilang tala hinggil sa Kleptomaniacs: A Rap Musical ng Tanghalang Pilipino at pelikulang Barber’s Tales (Mga Kuwentong Barbero) na dinirehe ni Jun Lana Mas mainam, palagay natin, na simulan ang pagsuri sa Kleptomaniacs: A Rap Musical ng Tanghalang Pilipino (dinirehe ni Tuxqs Rutaquio) mula sa puntong ito: hindi nanggaling sa kawalan (o hindi “nahulog na […]