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list of "partylist groups" that are Arroyo fronts

Apr 29, '07 3:15 PM
for everyone

Below is a list of "partylist groups" that are fronts of the Arroyo
regime and the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP). This list was
prepared by KONTRA DAYA (a broad-based election watchdog formed to

expose the very possible repeat of wholesale election fraud in the May
2007 Philippine elections). Please circulate widely to expose these
groups. REJECT these groups in the coming elections!!!

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1. AT (Aangat Tayo) connected to PITC Usec. Teddie Elson Rivera

2. Abono connected to House Speaker Jose De Venecia

3. Agbiag! Timpuyog Ilocano, Inc. connected to Office of External
Affairs Asec. Marcelo Farinas II

4. Aging Pinoy (Aging Pilipino Organization, Inc.) connected to

Norberto Gonzales

5. Ahon (Ahon Pinoy) Dante "Klink" Ang II (1st nominee)

6. Ahonbayan connected to
Norberto Gonzales

7. APOI (Akbay Pinoy OFW-National, Inc.) DILG
Usec. Melchor Rosales
(1st nominee), DILG NCR Dir. Rodolfo Feraren (2nd nominee)

8. AKSA (Aksyon Sambayanan) connected to
Norberto Gonzales

9. ANAD (Alliance for Nationalism and Democracy) supported by the AFP

10. ANAK (Angat Ating Kabuhayan Pilipinas, Inc.)
Supt. Eduardo
Octaviano, NCRPO-PNP (1st nominee)

11. ANC (Alliance of Neo-Conservatives)
Usec. for Presidential
Appointments Liel Cordoba

12. Ang Kasangga
member, Sigaw ng Bayan

13. ARC (Alliance of Rural Concerns) Archie Santiago (son of Sen.
Miriam Santiago)

14. ATS (Alliance Transport Sector)
Ariel Lim, Presidential Assistant
for Public Transport Affairs

15. ABA-AKO Percy Chavez, chairperson, Presidential Commission for the
Urban Poor

16.
Babae Ka (Babae para sa Kaunlaran) member, Sigaw ng Bayan; Sally
Dagami (1st nominee), Ruth Vasquez (2nd nominee)

17. BANAT (Barangay Association for National Advancement of

Transparency) Raul Lambino (1st nominee)

18. Bantay Ret. Maj. Gen. Jovito Palparan (1st nominee)
[pucha, kapal ng mukha talaga!!!]

19. Bigkis (Bigkis Pinoy Movement) connected to PAGCOR Chair Ephraim
Genuino

20. BP (Biyaheng Pinoy) Dr. Arsenio Abalos, Jesus Cruz (vice-mayor of

Mandaluyong)

21. Kalahi (Advocates for Overseas Filipinos) Poe Gratela, former
Office of External Affairs coordinator for OFW concerns (1st nominee)

22.
VFP (Veterans Freedom Party) supported by the AFP

--
"But the most beautiful of all doubts is when the downtrodden and the despondent raise their heads and stop believing in the strength of their oppressors" -Bertolt Brecht

[the list above was from an e-mail.

the reason why I'm posting election matters, even if I've never voted (and never registered for that matter) is because of what my sister said: kukunin ng mga flying voters yung slot mo sa barangay. she' s volunteering for the Gabay Halalan Call Center and involving the whole family in it (well, at least, the catering part for the co-volunteers).

over lunch, my parents and aunt were debating about how it has become a matter of choosing the lesser evil, rather than a conscious choice to confer a mandate on someone they trust. case in point, my mother's tiny town of Lucban in Quezon province. the contentious point? choosing between a druglord (the opposition) and the juetenglord (the incumbent). my father even shared a little story on how he accidentally discovered the linkages between the shabu shipments from China via a certain town in Quezon and the campaign kitty of the governor (former congressman).

worse, when I was wailing out my refusal to join LENTE at the AHRC last Friday, Grip Bueta, bless his soul, who was also cutting out LENTE hotlines beside me, suddenly said that I should visit www.iVote.ph as a means to electoral enlightenment. nakakahiya, diba?

shame on me for voicing out my apathy.

shame on me for choosing to forego my right to suffrage.

it's because of people like me, who love the political ads on TV yet refuse to cast their bids, that imbeciles get to warm their greedy asses on the august seats of Congress.]

Tags: lucban, politics, als, gma

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maligayang pasko (1 photo)

Dec 17, '06 1:52 PM
for everyone

Pakitingnan ang picture bago basahin ang nasa baba.

Caption 1: "Judas comes early to betray Jesus."

Caption 2: "The shepherds had sheep and a goat as well."

Caption 3: "One of the three wise men rode on a dwarf camel on his
way to Jerusalem."

Caption 4: "If any of the gifts are missing, you know who to blame."

Caption 5: "And Mary says to Baby Jesus, 'Mary Magdalene is okey.
It's her you have to look out for.'"

Caption 6: "Herod was a queen, not a King."

Caption 7: "The one wearing trousers was a Roman Centurion out to kill babies."

Caption 8: Joseph—"Quick, Mary! My walking stick! A snake came slithering in!"

Caption 9: Mary—"That smiling donkey you made me ride on is an ass!"

Caption 10: "And the devil laughed upon seeing Jesus suffering His
first humiliation."

Pick your favorites, folks!

Tags: gma, humor, politics

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Behind the Arroyo Regime’s Iron Curtain

Dec 9, '06 5:40 PM
for everyone

Letter to the Editor

Behind the Arroyo Regime’s Iron Curtain

The recent deportation of Atty. Brian Campbell reveals the Arroyo government’s extreme fear of the escalating global condemnation of its culpability in the continued political killings in the Philippines. Campbell is a lawyer and labor rights activist and works for the International Labor Rights Fund (ILRF) based in Washington D.C., USA. He was a delegate to the International Labor Solidarity Mission that investigated the extrajudicial killings in the country last May 2006. He is an active campaigner for workers’ rights and human rights not just in the Philippines but throughout Asia and the world.

Officers of the Bureau of Immigration detained Atty. Campbell upon his arrival at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport last July 6, detained and interrogated him for nearly five hours, and finally deported him back to the U.S. via Hong Kong. He was due to attend the “Jobs and Justice Conference” in Cebu, a forum of labor rights advocates and a parallel activity to the ASEAN Business and Investment Summit. He was also scheduled to meet the relatives of the late Bishop Alberto Ramento who was executed by suspected agents of the Philippine military two months ago, as well as workers on strike at the Cavite Export Processing Zone.

In his email to ILRF partners in the Philippines, Atty. Campbell said that he saw a list containing the names of other human rights advocates who, like himself, participated in the International Labor Solidarity Mission and other similar fact-finding missions that have investigated the rash of extra-judicial killings and human rights violations under the Arroyo regime. Indeed, despite being denied an explanation for his expulsion by Philippine authorities, Atty. Campbell views it as but “a small part of the government's concerted long-standing campaign to silence the critics of the Arroyo regime and the political killings.” The Department of Justice’s blacklist of foreign activists is another frantic attempt to hide the ugly truth of summary executions and political repression from the rest of the world, and added proof that the Arroyo regime has no intention of allowing justice to see the light of day in the Philippines.

The regime appears to be particularly paranoid these days about allowing the international community a first-hand glimpse of the real political situation in the Philippines. The 12^th ASEAN Summit has even been postponed on the preposterous excuse that an impending typhoon is a threat to the participants. But the real threat that the Arroyo regime does not wish foreign observers to witness up close is the political storm created by her administration’s most recent attempt to change the constitution in order to perpetuate her fascist rule.

Blinded by fear of her probable removal from power through impeachment by a Congress whom surveys predict would be dominated by anti-Arroyo candidates in the forthcoming elections, President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo is now maneuvering to change the Constitution through an illegal “constituent assembly” called for by her allies in the lower house of Philippine Congress even after the Supreme Court rebuked as grossly illegal and dubious their former scheme to change the Constitution through a “people’s initiative”.

This gross and naked attempt to trample upon the will of the people -- the majority of whom oppose charter change according to every independent survey recently conducted -- is once again reinvigorating the broad Anti-Arroyo mass movement to mobilize against the rule of tyranny. Massive rallies are already scheduled for next week. Hence, apart from her paranoia about the unceasing condemnation her government is receiving from the international community due to the unabated political killings, Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo is going to extreme lengths to prevent foreign eyes from confirming her political isolation from the people and witnessing her tyrannical but wobbly rule.

Sgd.

Paul Quintos

Executive Director

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Ecumenical Institute for Labor Education & Research, Inc.

90-C Scout Delgado Street,

Brgy. Laging Handa, Quezon City

1103 Philippines

Telefax: +632 4115229

Email: info@eilerinc.org

www.eilerinc.org

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Tags: politics, gma

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Googling: "pekeng pangulo"

Sep 11, '06 10:22 PM
for everyone

1- Magpunta sa www.google.com < http://www.google.com/>

2- I-type ang salitang "pekeng pangulo"

3- Pindutin ang " Sinuswerte Ako" or "Im feeling lucky"

4- I-send mo ito sa iba habang di pa ginagalaw ng Google

(this was e-mailed to me via the Solidaridad yahoogroup)

Tags: politics, gma

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toilet discomforts and GMA

Aug 9, '06 12:03 AM
for everyone

12:47pm 09/08/2006

mood:

cranky

music: Il Divo - Nella fantasia

rushed to the Powerplant mall comfort room and experienced one of the greatest discomforts of this technologically-dependent world: i lost my phone! nevermind that it's an old beat-up unit that comes free with a Globe post-paid subscription, nevermind that it's been dropped in a rain gutter, dropped from the balcony to the basement, dropped in all manner of free-falling gadgets -- the point is, there's no way that one could salvage the bazillions of phone numbers and meticulously stored messages in its burgeoning memory.

the other discomforting feeling was the fact that I shared the same breathing space with no less than the President of the Philippines herself and I wasn't able to tell her how much her government sucked. she was just two feet away from me as I was in front of the mirror as the Powerplant restroom aides scrambled to unlock the special cubicle reserved for her. you know how sometimes you'd see "out of order" signs hung on the lock/handles of restrooms? turns out, they aren't really malfunctioning, just reserved for VIPs. susmaryosep! why can't she endure filthy floors and the risk of catching germs from the toilet bowl like the rest of us mortals??

since I was phoneless, I ran distraught to the Ateneo building's frontage to see if

bwenja was there. he wasn't. so I went straight to the Rockwell tent to check the guestbook if he'd already signed in. good thing, my classmate, Rommel, was there to accompany me since I was beginning to hyperventilate. Rommel left when I finally saw

bwenja beside the buffet table.

congratulations to Poklong Anading who won the Ateneo Art Awards 2006 Sydney grant. had a short chat with Raffy Lerma, PDI photojournalist, and discussed how the elitist character of art was heightened by such an event. i liked how the tables were set: long glass vases and wiry twigs with white Vanda orchids. the food? just the cheese. the other canapés weren't that interesting (compared to the Isa Lorenzo show). the bad part was that it was such an anti-climactic production (the business card on the tables said "Ben Calderon" of Fuego de Cinco Creative Communications, Inc.). in other words, bitin! the audience weren't applauding wildly when the grand prize winner was called. there was a general feeling of, "um, what the hell just happened?" i wonder why...

after AAA, we went to Starfucks so we'd have an open vantage point of GMA dining with gusto at Crustasia. we counted the Presidential entourage (10 vehicles), checked out her ride (Mercedez Benz S600) and wondered what kind of natural disaster could make her stop eating and call in the DND. hehe. so, i wonder, are the taxes of the Filipino people paying for that?

Tags: lost phone, gma

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