 ISSUE
ANALYSIS No. 10
Series of 2008
Turning
palms into clenched fists
Putting the imperatives of the elite-dominated state
supreme over the fundamental rights of the people is a dangerous
doctrine. In interpreting the law, the court’s mandate is
to be on the side of basic rights – expand them if need be
– and make justice more accessible to those who have less
in life.
ISSUE ANALYSIS
No. 09
Series of 2008
Crisis
Management, Arroyo Style
Long
queues of people wait for their turn to buy NFA rice; gas prices
shoot up every week as the country faces unprecedented high inflation;
parents are uncertain whether they will be able to send their children
to school; the rate of unemployment is highest in decades; and the
number of victims of disease epidemics and calamities is mounting
by the year.
 ISSUE
ANALYSIS No. 08
Series of 2008
Crispin
Beltran: Most Outstanding Legislator
In
session, Beltran stood tall and dignified among many, untainted
by the corruption that soiled many multimillionaire-congressmen's
seats.
 The
Price of Hunger
The Los Angeles Times
We know
the cost to end world hunger. What's the cost of neglect?
What would it really cost to end global hunger? The United Nations
estimates that it would take at least $30 billion per year to solve
the food crisis, mainly by boosting agricultural productivity in
the developing world. Over the decade that it would take to make
sustainable improvements in the lives of the 862 million undernourished
people, that amounts to $300 billion.
 Fraud
and violence tackled in Party List round table discussion
Marred by electoral fraud and violence: This was how
the participants of CenPEG’s Assessment of the Party List System
Roundtable 2 described the May 2007 Elections. Part 2 of the series
of Roundtable discussions organized by CenPEG was held last April
15, 2008 at the Sarmiento Hall of the University of the Philippines
College of Law in Diliman, Quezon City.
 WHAT
THEY SAY ABOUT THE CORRUPTIONARY© BOOK:
“The Corruptionary compiles hundreds of terms
that refer to corrupt acts…showing a mixture of humor, disgust
and anger toward corrupt persons and their acts. Many…reflect
the Pinoy talent for puns and a hilarious dig at the corrupt official/s…The
Corruptionary shows that corruption in our society…has become
endemic, and is an actual sub-culture.”
(Ramil Digal Gulle, “The Corruptionary will make you laugh
till it hurts,” ABS-CBNnews.com)
Corruptionary©
now off the press CORRUPTIONARY©,
a glossary of corruption-related words, was launched for the media
and public on April 7, 2007, 10 – 11:30 a.m. at the Popular
Bookstore, T. Morato Ext. corner Timog Avenue, Quezon City.
Demonstration
Elections and the Subversion of Democracy
By Kenneth
Bauzon
Posted by CenPEG, this is an excerpted version of a paper first
published in 2005 at the 14th annual meeting of the Global Awareness
Society International held in Rome, Italy. Bauzon is a Political
science professor of the St. Joseph's College in New York City
U.S.
Politics
June
27 , 2008
(Posted by CenPEG)
Sources:
www.ipsnews.net,
www.ipsnorthamerica.net,
www.globalresearch.ca,
www.truthout.org,
www.democracynow.org,
www.yahoo.com,
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