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Lily Cavanagh | 03.10.2008
Gambling addiction, increased crime in the city, strain on small businesses and loss of jobs are just a few of the hidden costs of casinos that Casino-Free Philadelphia wants exposed to public with our campaign, Operation Hidden Costs. Join Casino-Free Philadelphia Meet-and-Greet, as part of the newly launched Operation Hidden Costs.
Tuesday, March 11th
6:30 PM, Panel begins at 7:00 PM
Casino-Free Headquarters, 230 N. 2nd Street
 This “meet and greet” puts a face and a story to some of these hidden costs.
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Rodel Rodis | 01.21.2012
Ignoring a constitutional ban against making “midnight” appointments in the last months of her presidency, Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo (GMA) went ahead and appointed her personal manicurist, Nitz Carpon, as director of a government housing agency, and her personal gardener, Armando Macapagal, as Deputy Director of the Luneta Park Administration. For good measure and insurance, she also appointed her former legal counsel, Associate Justice Renato Corona, as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. GMA had previously appointed Corona’s wife, Cristina, as CEO of the John Hay Management Corporation (JHMC), after firing all the other members of the JHMC Board who opposed Mrs. Corona’s appointment. According to a recent government audit of her JHMC income, Mrs. Corona received a monthly salary of 78,000 pesos ($1,857), in addition to 10,800 monthly representation allowance, 20,000 monthly communication expenses, and 40,000 pesos per board meeting appearance. In her last six months in office, Mrs. Corona received a total of 972,148.30 pesos ($23,146), down from the P1.915 million pesos ($45,595) she received the year before.
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Bantay Gloria Network / Akbayan | 01.17.2012
The Bantay Gloria Network today said that with Chief Justice Renato Corona hounded by serious charges of amassing ill-gotten wealth, he should follow the example of former Ombudsman Merceditas Gutierrez who opted to resign rather than face a prolonged impeachment trial. Akbayan Spokesperson Risa Hontiveros said that with the recent revelation by Rep. Niel Tupas, head of the House prosecution panel, that Corona had bought a 300-square meter penthouse worth P14.5 million in an exclusive enclave in Taguig City as well as other high-end properties, “the Chief Justice can no longer ignore allegations that he has enriched himself in office way beyond his legal salaries and allowances as a member and now head of the Supreme Court.”
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PJ | 12.18.2011
TWO days after a "court holiday" was declared in support of impeached Chief Justice Renato Corona, Bantay Gloria Network (BGN) responded with a "national day of action" to press for the removal of Corona from his post. Dubbed the "people's holiday from injustice and impunity," around 3,000 anti-corruption advocates trooped to the high tribunal to "reclaim" the Supreme Court from the hands of a "midnight chief justice." Akbayan Party Spokesperson Risa Hontiveros said Corona’s removal from public office is necessary to “restore integrity to the high court and remove Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo’s last defenses.”
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J. Phelan | 11.07.2011
Expand #OWS to include Occupy the courts! The impetus behind #OWS is to bring together the 99% who do not own the world and to provide a venue to address the greed and corruption which has brought America to its knees. By focusing the attention on Wall Street and the financial institutions, #OWS may be missing a prime target for the corruption that has taken over our country—the courts.
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J. Phelan | 11.07.2011
Summary: Expand #OWS to include Occupy the courts! The impetus behind #OWS is to bring together the 99% who do not own the world and to provide a venue to address the greed and corruption which has brought America to its knees. By focusing the attention on Wall Street and the financial institutions, #OWS may be missing a prime target for the corruption that has taken over our country—the courts.
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resistencia | 09.05.2011
Political activist detained illegally in norway, fearing for his life and freedom Andre is a Norwegian comrade, our loyal and good friend who had the
Andre is a Norwegian comrade, our loyal and good friend who had the
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Freedom from Debt Coalition (FDC) | 09.02.2011
MANILA, Philippines – On the last few days of the budget committee hearings, a debt watchdog has asked the House Committee on Appropriations to follow President Benigno S. Aquino III’s example by suspending interest payments for “corrupted debts and deals” in the proposed 2012 national government budget. The Freedom from Debt Coalition (FDC) stressed that the move will bolster the drive towards more efficient infrastructure spending in the future. “If the President himself is willing to use his political capital to suspend anomalous debt-financed deals, I cannot see why the Congress will not be able to hold its other end of the stick and withhold payments for these deals until they are investigated or renegotiated”, said FDC vice president Emmanuel Hizon.
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Citizens Action Party (AKBAYAN) | 07.03.2011
Akbayan Party’s Statement on the First Year of the Aquino Government The country just marked the first year of President Benigno Simeon Aquino III’s administration, a government put into power by the Filipino’s hope for a better future, an administration that the people hoped would be radically different from the despotic nine-year reign of Gloria Macapagal Arroyo. The people’s expectation for this new administration to perform is naturally high, since the previous government systematically stripped us of our political, civil, and economic rights, that horrid experience taught us to value democratic entitlements all the more. It also reminded us how to hope, leading us to recover our collective desire for change. 
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