Distorting history
Analysis | The president's offer of reconciliation was made at the wrong place, at the wrong time ? and by the wrong source.
Analysis: Postscript to a fraudulent elections
All in the family: Ampatuans, Garcias, other reigning lords
Political dynasties are a product of a society riven by income inequalities and lack of opportunities for social and economic uplift of the majority of the people.
(Last of two parts)
By the Policy Study, Publication and Advocacy (PSPA)
Center for People Empowerment in Governance (CenPEG
MANILA — Widely believed to have ensured Gloria M. Arroyo’s victory in the 2004 rigged elections is Datu Andal Ampatuan, who is now said to be at the center of alleged cheating in the Autonomous Region of Muslim Mindanao (ARMM). The Ampatuan dynasty based in Maguindanao province is Arroyo’s present conduit in helping ensure her influence over the whole of Mindanao, which hosts many of the country’s grizzled but otherwise powerful political clans. Datu Andal used to be a member of the House until he became governor of Maguindanao in 2004, a post which he expects to retain this year.
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Pork barrel, perks helped pro-Arroyo clans to dominate House, LGUs
China: The hard facts on ?soft power?
by Alex Berkofsky
?China has not started any wars lately,? Financial Times columnist Gideon Rachman wrote in February, pointing to Beijing?s competitive advantage over the U.S., whose Iraq misadventure is making sure that Washington?s international image deteriorates on a daily basis.
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