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Llamas murder stirs grief, outrage By JEANETTE ANDRADE and SAM MEDIAVILLA The Manila Times Reporters Cries of outrage and grief on Monday greeted news of the ambush murder of Sotero "Ka Nognog" Llamas, a peace-talks consultant of the National Democratic Front and former commander of the New People Army. He was also one of the 51 persons accused in the Department of Justice rebellion charge that alleges the existence of an alliance between the leftist and rightist forces resolved to bring down the Arroyo administration. Llamas was killed in a populated area Monday morning by motorcycle-riding men. Radio and TV stations all over the country spoke disparagingly of the military, and some commentators cast innuendoes against Malacanan in connection with Lamas murder. Malacanan, through the Presidential chief of staff, Secretary Michael Defensor, immediately denied having anything to do with Llamas murder. Defensor labeled allegations against the palace as unfair. ...

KASAMA  Vol. 17 No. 3 / July–August–September 2003 / Solidarity Philippines Australia Network WITH ELECTIONS IN THE PHILIPPINES SCHEDULED FOR 10TH MAY 2004, AND FOR THE FIRST TIME ABSENTEE OVERSEAS CITIZENS WILL BE ABLE TO EXERCISE THEIR CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT TO VOTE, WE ASKED IRYNN ABANO OF THE AKBAYAN! TASK FORCE ON ABSENTEE VOTING TO GIVE US AN UPDATE ON THE PARTY-LIST SYSTEM. A PARTY-LIST system is any system of proportional representation in which voters choose among parties rather than among candidates. Votes are awarded to parties in proportion to the votes they receive. Most countries in Europe, as well as Russia, South Africa and Israel favor some form of party-list system because it opens up the political process beyond one or two dominating political parties. A party-list system can help create a healthy democracy, providing a citizens’ voice in Congress and in local government. The Philippine party-list system aims to increase the representation, particularly of “margin...

Ronald Llamas Ronald Llamas, current Presidential Adviser on Political Affairs Ronald Llamas  is a prominent Filipino activist and the current political adviser of President  Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III . He is also the president of the  Akbayan Citizen's Action Party , which is a coalition partner of the  Liberal Party  (LP). Prior to his appointment in his current position, he was already a key adviser of President Aquino and LP president and former senator  Mar Roxas . Aquino also earlier appointed Llamas as member of the board of directors of the  Development Bank of the Philippines . Contents   [ hide ] 1   As student activist 2   In the labor movement 3   Akbayan 4   Interesting anecdotes 5   Reactions from the left 6   Reference 7   Citation [ edit ]   As student activist Llamas took up journalism at the  University of Santo Tomas  (UST) Faculty of Arts and Letters (AB) ...

dinggol a.divinagracia (INM Founder) Ang Republika Federal sg Kabisay-an (The Federal Republic of the Visayas) Historical Facts obviously omitted or deliberately hidden in our School History Books (Source: History Reborn"The Federal Republic of the Visayas" -by: dinggol a.divinagracia*June 12, 2007) *That Spain had already formally surrendered to the Federal Republic of the Visayas even before Gen. Emilio Aguinaldo was proclaimed Philippine President in Malolos, Bulacan on January 23, 1899. That our Independent Visayan Republic, had never been under the authority and jurisdiction of Aguinaldo's "Katagalogan" Republic in Luzon. excerpted: "...A paper written by Jose Manuel Velmonte, a research associate at the UP Third World Studies Center, found that the Visayan revolutionary elites not only had sophisticated political ideas but also resented attempts by Malolos to assert its authority. A Tagalog military expedition sent by Malolos to Panay to asser...