Readings
on Warlordism:
Dissecting the system of warlordism and political dynasties in the
Philippines, in the light of the recent massacre of 57 civilians
in Maguindanao province reportedly by the private army members of
the Ampatuans.
CenPEG
chair receives Dangal ng Lahi medallion UP
reaps awards in this year’s literary contests
By Francis Paolo M. Quina and
Ynna Abuan
Posted by CenPEG, Oct. 20, 2009
The season for literary awards has come and gone,
and once again UP alumni, faculty members, and workshop fellows
have cornered the lion’s share of the medals for 2009.
Philippines:
Corruption Timeline
The Global Integrity Report (report.globalintegrity.org)
Posted by CenPEG
Oct. 21, 2009
Can
we learn from Cuba's lesson?
The tiny country is known for its hurricane planning that
keeps its people prepared and fatalities low.
By SUSAN TAYLOR MARTIN, Times Senior Correspondent
Published September 9, 2005
Before Hurricane Ivan whipped Cuba last year with 160
mph winds, the government evacuated nearly 2-million people. The
result: not a single death or serious injury.
CenPEG,
other volunteers bring relief to
Montalban typhoon victims 
Children refugees of
Montalban
(CenPEG,
Oct. 6, 2009) - Volunteers from the Center for People Empowerment
in Governance (CenPEG) became one with the victims of Typhoon Ondoy
in remote barangay (village). San Jose Montalban, Rizal as they
conducted a relief million for hundreds of displaced families last
September 31.
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Scientists probe into the recent flood of Metro Manila
Learning
Lessons Carrying On after ONDOY
A
disaster waiting to happen It was a sight never
seen in the Philippines in recent decades: Whole villages under
water, human corpses lying along drainages and tunnels, vast swathes
of fields and highways inundated. The human toll was high, scores
of persons remain missing, property losses total PhP8.3 billion
at the latest count.
Issue Analysis No. 23
October 6, 2006
DISASTERS
AND FAULTY GOVERNANCE
CenPEG is reposting this Issue Analysis on disasters and weak government
response which first appeared on October 6, 2006.
Urban
Floods and the Marginalized Estero Spaces of Manila
By
Trina Go Listanco
Department of Geography
University of the Philippines
COMMENTARY
What went wrong? Like sound of 1 hand
clapping
By Raul Lejano, Chinie Canivel
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 05:13:00 10/08/2009
More
typhoons! Hilarious and serious
A moderate dig at presidents and presidentiables
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STAR
SCORECARD
(System
Trustworthiness, Accountability & Readiness)
An assessment of COMELEC’S readiness for the country’s
first automated polls
AES
Watch launched
COMELEC is NOT prepared, prepare contingency plan NOW!’
– Conveners’ of AES Watch call at the launch and press
conference. Among them are Josefina Lichauco (CCM), Judge Dolores
Espanol (TI-Philippines), National Artist Bien Lumbera, Mae Paner
(aka Juana Change, Artists Revolution), Catholic Bishop Deogracias
Yniguez, Ernie Ordonez (MGG), Mano Alcuaz, Sr. Mary John Mananzan,
OSB (AMRSP), Einstein Recedes (NUSP), Rick Bahague (CPU), and Gus
Lagman (transparentelections.org).
 What
is AES Watch?
aesWatch
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
STAR Scorecard (as of January 15, 2010)
Comelec’s
poll automation is endangered
Appraisal
Report No. 01
The
aesWatch’s STAR (System Trustworthiness, Accountability
and Readiness) Scorecard presents the group’s rating on
the 20 areas of concern for the 2010 automated elections.
PRESS
STATEMENT
AES Watch
January 18, 2010
Comelec
is not ready for AES;
prepare contingency plan NOW!
The
citizens’ appraisal of the Comelec’s preparations
for the first automated elections in the Philippines has been
presented by the AES Watch based on the paramount concern of holding
and ensuring clean, transparent and credible elections on May
10.
Pulse
Asia is pleased to share with you some findings on Election-Related
Probes from the October 2009 Ulat ng Bayan national survey.
MANILA, Philippines—A newly
formed poll watchdog has given the Commission on Elections (Comelec)
a rating of “danger” on the agency’s preparedness
and trustworthiness to conduct the country’s first automated
elections in May.
Election
watchdog gives
Comelec ‘danger rating’
THE Commission on Elections was
given a "danger rating" by a newly formed poll watchdog
for its lack of preparedness and trustworthiness in conducting
the first automated election in May.
Comelec
delayed by 3 months in poll automation
Dec.
18, 2009 - Comelec officials confirmed on Dec. 17 that if preparations
for the first full automated election in May 2010 are insufficient
the contingency plan is to go manual.
Deterring
Automated Fraud
CenPEG kicks off AES voters’ education nationwide
Six months
away from the May 10, 2010 elections a voters’ education conducted
by the Center for People Empowerment in Governance (CenPEG) has been
underway nationwide.
Filipinos
Think Poll Automation won't solve Electoral Vote
IBON Foundation
November 2, 2009
Posted by CenPEG
As voters' registration ended over the weekend, results
of the latest IBON nationwide survey showed that majority of Filipinos
believes poll automation will not address the problem of alleged electoral
fraud.
Reform
Group Holds Talks with Comelec, Urges Transparency
26 weeks to go before 2010 polls, doubts
on automation remain
With only 26 weeks left before the May 2010 elections, leaders of
a change movement today held a dialogue with the Comelec to urge the
poll body to disclose details of the automated election system (AES)
and resolve controversial aspects in its programming.
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Red
Alert: The Second Wave of The Financial Tsunami
The Wave is gathering force & could hit between
the first & second quarter of 2010
U.S.
Backs Illegal Elections in Honduras
Uruguay
Elects Former Guerrilla as Next President
The
Role of America's Financial Elite in the Obama Regime
"The
True Story of the Bilderberg Group" and What They May Be Planning
Now, A Review of Daniel Estulin's book, by Stephen Lendman
Trilateral
Commission; Obama appointed no less than eleven members
By CFR
09 November 2009
by: Julie R. Butler, t r u t h o u t | Op-Ed
The international headlines all read something
to this effect, "In Uruguay: Ex-Guerrilla Fighter Headed for
Runoff Vote in November." Attention-grabbing as it is, that headline
doesn't do justice to the complex story behind this ex-guerrilla fighter
being on the verge of becoming Uruguay's next president.
War
is Peace, Freedom is Slavery, Ignorance is Strength, and Debt is Recovery
By Andrew Gavin Marshall In
light of the ever-present and unyieldingly persistent exclamations
of ‘an end’ to the recession, a ‘solution’
to the crisis, and a ‘recovery’ of the economy; we must
remember that we are being told this by the very same people and
institutions which told us, in years past, that there was ‘nothing
to worry about,’ that ‘the fundamentals are fine,’
and that there was ‘no danger’ of an economic crisis.
Afghanistan
Election Fraud and the High Price of Empire
Posted by John
Nichols on 09/10/2009 @ 8:50pm It
is amusing, if remarkable, that there are still some players in
Washington who try to maintain the fantasy that Afghan President
Hamid Karzai
governs with anything akin to legitimacy.
Nuclear
Noh Drama: Tokyo, Washington and the Case of the Missing Nuclear Agreements
The
Obama Deception
A
video documentary of Barack Obama’s first months as US President
What
Reforms Will The United States Have as a Result of This Recession?
September
18, 2009
By Mark Weisbrot
ZMag
Afghanistan
Election Fraud and the High Price of Empire
Hamid Karzai was given the presidency of Afghanistan under US occupation
in 2004. The latest elections in Afghanistan re-elected Karzai but
they are said to be fraudulent. The United States claims to be promoting
democracy, but its worldwide interests drive policy, not purported
concerns about freedom, human rights and fair elections.
Entering
the Greatest Depression in History
More Bubbles Waiting to Burst
By
Andrew Gavin Marshall
Globalresearch
August 7, 2009
Is
America Hooked on War?
by: Tom Engelhardt | TomDispatch.com
On the recent Iran elections 
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ANALYSIS No. 02
Series of 2010
The
farce about disbanding the private armies
Presidential
aspirants should be probed about their possible connections to private
armies. They should be willing to stake their presidency to the
disbandment of private armies.
ISSUE
ANALYSIS No. 01
Series of 2010 2010:
Signs of hope and disquiet
A
priority agenda of the new government is to restore faith in government
by mending the institutions that were undermined by the outgoing
regime.
ISSUE
ANALYSIS No. 14
Series of 2009 The
Maguindanao Massacre and Politics of Violence
Wherever there are powerful dynasties and
warlords one can be sure these co-exist – nay, these perpetuate
- deeply-entrenched poverty and social injustice.
ISSUE
ANALYSIS No. 13
Series of 2009
The
Bane of Development Illusion
Persons displaced by disasters to leap from 2.6M in 2005 to 10M
by end-2009
 In
the years ahead, the number and magnitude of disasters will increase
with colossal human and economic losses. The task of rescue, recovery,
relief and rehabilitation will have to fall more and more on the
people themselves as they have in fact done in recent years.
ISSUE
ANALYSIS No. 12
Series of 2009
The
Presidential Race and Accountability
The current
row in the presidential race regarding preference ratings and the
alleged use of public funds for election infomercials has been expected,
as in past elections. Sorely missed is accountability that should
be raised as an issue in the coming national election – a
benchmark for choosing who among the aspirants deserves to become
the next President.
ISSUE ANALYSIS No. 11
Series of 2009
How
the Politics of Reform Lost and Re-claimed Cory
(Corazon C. Aquino, 1933-2009)
 There
may be icons and there may be symbols but real transformation can
only take place by giving flesh and blood to people power. Only
the masses can truly represent “people power” and it
is high time that it is re-claimed by the people themselves.
ISSUE
ANALYSIS No. 10
Series of 2009
GOLLUM
IS HERE!
Keeping Power at the Expense of the People and our Institutions
 This
is not just about bad governance. It is about mass poverty inflicted
by a corrupt and greedy regime. This is the sad and despicable state
of the Presidency today.
ISSUE
ANALYSIS No. 09
Series of 2009 Poll
automation: Make or break for Comelec
Whether modernized or not, no election system will
bring democracy to the people and a just government elected unless
the systemic problem of fraud which is run by powerful politicians
in and out of government is addressed decisively and comprehensively.
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