August 1, 2006
Environmental group lobbies to UK Parliamentarian Clare Short to help stop rights violations in mining communities
United Kingdom Member of the Parliament and Human Rights advocate Clare Short met with the environmental activist group Kalikasan-People's Network for the Environment (Kalikasan-PNE) and Batasan 5 legislators today to discuss the mining situation and debilitating human rights situation in the country.
Clare Short is visiting the country to get first hand information on the operation of foreign mining companies in the country. She is currently a United Kingdom Member of the Parliament for Birmingham Ladywood and was the Secretary of State for International Development from 1997 to 2003. She is also known as an advocate for peace and women's rights.
Clare Short gained international prominence when she resigned as international department secretary of the Blair Government in May 2003 over broken promises of British Prime Minister Tony Blair on the future of Iraq. She similarly led calls for the British Prime Minister to step down.
"The participation of Clare Short in the mining campaign will greatly help in educating the people in United Kingdom and Europe on the social impacts, economic dislocations and environmental destruction brought about by the operations of transnational mining companies (mining TNCs) in here," says Clemente Bautista Jr., national coordinator of Kalikasan-PNE.
There are at least four European mining companies involved in the 24 priorities large-scale mining projects of the Arroyo administration. Three of these are from UK, namely, BHP Billiton, Toledo Copper Plc. of London, Queensland Nickel Inc, and Crew Minerals AS Norway.
"One of the negative social impacts of mining TNCs operations is the high incidence of human rights violations in mining-affected communities. Particular cases include the forced dislocation of Subanon families, an indigenous people in Siocon, Zamboanga del Norte to clear the way for the operation of Canadian-owned Toronto Venture Inc., and the killings of environmental activists in Mindoro Oriental which is related to the nickel mining project of Crew Minerals."
"Our records show that already 13 anti-mining activists and leaders have been killed under the Arroyo administration. Eight of them were killed in 2005 to 2006. In addition to these are the forced disappearance of Joey Estriber of Aurora Province and the attempted murder of Fr. Allan Caparro of Leyte Province, who at that time of the incidents, are both active in the campaign against foreign large-scale mining."
"These human rights violations are results of the Arroyo administration's all out support to foreign mining TNCs. Military and the police act to protect the investments of mining TNCs. Mining companies are encouraged to employ private armies by the government."
"We hope that through Ms Short's watchful concern on the local mining issues, the affected communities may get a reprieve on the problems they face and the struggle in the country will gain more supporters from the international community," Mr. Bautista ends. ###
Wednesday, August 02, 2006
Ang ‘Pinakamasipag’ na Pasyente ng Heart Center
Ang ‘Pinakamasipag’ na Pasyente ng Heart Center
Si Crispin “Ka Bel” Beltran na ata ang “pinakamasipag” na pasyente ng Philippine Heart Center. Siya rin marahil ang detenidong pinaka-“busy” ngayon. Sa kabila ng kanyang pagkakasakit (“Nadiskubre ang imbalance sa red at white blood cells ko…”), di magawang iwan ni Ka Bel ang kanyang tungkulin bilang kinatawan ng partidong Anakpawis sa Kamara. Sa kanyang kuwarto sa ospital, nakatambak ang sangkatutak na dokumento na may kinalaman sa halos lahat ng isyung pambayan.
“Paano po kayo nagrerelaks sa ganyang kalagayan ng kalusugan ninyo?” tanong namin.
“Nagbabasa ako ng mga dyaryo…Lalo na yung tungkol sa political killings.”
Nakakabilib ang enerhiya ni Ka Bel. Sa kabila ng pagkakasakit, patuloy siyang nakikisangkot sa mga deliberasyon sa Kamara ngayong pagbubukas ng ika-13 regular na sesyon nito. Sa pamamagitan ng kanyang masisipag na istap at kapwa kinatawan ng Anakpawis na si Rafael Mariano, nagagawa pa niyang magsumite ng mga resolusyon, manipestasyon at panukalang batas.
Hindi rin matatawaran ang lalim at lawak ng kaalaman ni Ka Bel hinggil sa mga isyung bumabagabag ngayon sa taumbayan. Sa usapin, halimbawa, ng nawawalang pondo ng Overseas Filipino Workers sa Owwa (Overseas Welfare Workers Administration) na ginamit diumano ni Arroyo sa halalang 2004, mistulang encyclopedia ng datos si Ka Bel. Sa aming panayam, hinugot ni Ka Bel mula sa memorya (walang kodigo) ang kronolohiya ng naturang kontrobersiya:
“Orihinal talaga tayong tumutol diyan. Nagsumite tayo sa Kamara noong Agosto 20, 2003 ng House Resolution No. 1280. Pagkatapos sinundan iyan ng House Resolution No. 1360, kasama pa namin si Kongresman Roseller Barinaga, at sinundan ng House Resolution No. 1018 authored by Barinaga at Ruben Torres saka Victor Sumulong. Lahat ng ito kumukuwestiyon sa pagkuha sa P4.5-Bilyon mula sa Owwa fund tungo sa Philhealth, certified noong June 30, 2003, March 12, 2003, at February 28, 2003…”
“Kaya pala, Ka Bel, galit na galit sa inyo si Gloria,” sabi namin. Napatawa lang siya.
Mahigit limang taon nang nasa kustodiya ng PNP (Philippine National Police) si Ka Bel. Inaresto siya nang walang “mandamyento de aresto” noong Pebrero 25 ng mga armadong tauhan ng PNP Criminal Investigation and Detection Group sa pangunguna ng isang Maj. Rino Corpus habang paalis sa kanyang bahay sa Lungsod San Jose del Monte, Bulacan. Deklarado na noon ni Presidente Arroyo ang State of National Emergency.
Kung anu-anong kaso ang isinampa sa kanya. Nauna na ang inciting to sedition noon pang panahon ng Batas Militar. Ngunit di umubra dahil sa immunity ni Ka Bel bilang mambabatas. Isinunod naman ang kasong rebelyon. Sa kabila ng mahinang kaso ng DOJ (Department of Justice), nanatili ang kaso. Nakapiit pa rin si Ka Bel.
“Ang pumipigil na lang sa akin na huwag nang tuluyang maniwala sa sistema ng hustisya ay ang Korte Suprema…”
Noong Hunyo 5, naglabas ang Korte Suprema ng Status Quo Order sa DOJ na itigil ang preliminary investigation laban kay Ka Bel at sa tinaguriang Batasan 5 habang di pa ito nagdedesisyon sa pagsampa ng kaso laban sa anim. Ayon pa kay Ismael Khan, tagapagsalita ng Korte Suprema, sakop ng naturang order ang mga pagdinig sa kasong rebelyon sa sala ni Judge Reinato Quilala ng Makati Regional Trial Court Branch 146.
Ngunit nilabag ito ni Quilala sa pamamagitan ng kanyang order noong Hunyo 222 na pumapayag sa mosyon ng DOJ na ikonsolida ang kaso ng Batasan 5 at ni Ka Bel. Ngayong Agosto 2 naman, nag-iskedyul si Judge Elmo Alameda ng MRTC Branch 150 ng clarificatory hearing kaugnay ng kaso ng anim.
Sa kabila nito, nananatiling mataas ang loob ni Ka Bel. Lalong nakakapaglakas ng loob niya ang laksa-laksang tagasuporta. Siyempre, lalong nakakapagpataba ng loob, aniya, ang lumalaking bilang ng mga mamamayang nananawagan na ngayon ng pagpapatalsik kay Arroyo.
“Kung di man siya mapatalsik ngayong taon, sa 2007 sigurado na siya. Basta nagkakaisa lang tayo,” sabi ni Ka Bel.
Mula sa piitan, pansamantalang nahihiwalay sa mga mamamayang walang sawa niyang pinaglilingkuran, si Ka Bel ay nananatiling inspirasyon.
pangkulitan.motime.com
Si Crispin “Ka Bel” Beltran na ata ang “pinakamasipag” na pasyente ng Philippine Heart Center. Siya rin marahil ang detenidong pinaka-“busy” ngayon. Sa kabila ng kanyang pagkakasakit (“Nadiskubre ang imbalance sa red at white blood cells ko…”), di magawang iwan ni Ka Bel ang kanyang tungkulin bilang kinatawan ng partidong Anakpawis sa Kamara. Sa kanyang kuwarto sa ospital, nakatambak ang sangkatutak na dokumento na may kinalaman sa halos lahat ng isyung pambayan.
“Paano po kayo nagrerelaks sa ganyang kalagayan ng kalusugan ninyo?” tanong namin.
“Nagbabasa ako ng mga dyaryo…Lalo na yung tungkol sa political killings.”
Nakakabilib ang enerhiya ni Ka Bel. Sa kabila ng pagkakasakit, patuloy siyang nakikisangkot sa mga deliberasyon sa Kamara ngayong pagbubukas ng ika-13 regular na sesyon nito. Sa pamamagitan ng kanyang masisipag na istap at kapwa kinatawan ng Anakpawis na si Rafael Mariano, nagagawa pa niyang magsumite ng mga resolusyon, manipestasyon at panukalang batas.
Hindi rin matatawaran ang lalim at lawak ng kaalaman ni Ka Bel hinggil sa mga isyung bumabagabag ngayon sa taumbayan. Sa usapin, halimbawa, ng nawawalang pondo ng Overseas Filipino Workers sa Owwa (Overseas Welfare Workers Administration) na ginamit diumano ni Arroyo sa halalang 2004, mistulang encyclopedia ng datos si Ka Bel. Sa aming panayam, hinugot ni Ka Bel mula sa memorya (walang kodigo) ang kronolohiya ng naturang kontrobersiya:
“Orihinal talaga tayong tumutol diyan. Nagsumite tayo sa Kamara noong Agosto 20, 2003 ng House Resolution No. 1280. Pagkatapos sinundan iyan ng House Resolution No. 1360, kasama pa namin si Kongresman Roseller Barinaga, at sinundan ng House Resolution No. 1018 authored by Barinaga at Ruben Torres saka Victor Sumulong. Lahat ng ito kumukuwestiyon sa pagkuha sa P4.5-Bilyon mula sa Owwa fund tungo sa Philhealth, certified noong June 30, 2003, March 12, 2003, at February 28, 2003…”
“Kaya pala, Ka Bel, galit na galit sa inyo si Gloria,” sabi namin. Napatawa lang siya.
Mahigit limang taon nang nasa kustodiya ng PNP (Philippine National Police) si Ka Bel. Inaresto siya nang walang “mandamyento de aresto” noong Pebrero 25 ng mga armadong tauhan ng PNP Criminal Investigation and Detection Group sa pangunguna ng isang Maj. Rino Corpus habang paalis sa kanyang bahay sa Lungsod San Jose del Monte, Bulacan. Deklarado na noon ni Presidente Arroyo ang State of National Emergency.
Kung anu-anong kaso ang isinampa sa kanya. Nauna na ang inciting to sedition noon pang panahon ng Batas Militar. Ngunit di umubra dahil sa immunity ni Ka Bel bilang mambabatas. Isinunod naman ang kasong rebelyon. Sa kabila ng mahinang kaso ng DOJ (Department of Justice), nanatili ang kaso. Nakapiit pa rin si Ka Bel.
“Ang pumipigil na lang sa akin na huwag nang tuluyang maniwala sa sistema ng hustisya ay ang Korte Suprema…”
Noong Hunyo 5, naglabas ang Korte Suprema ng Status Quo Order sa DOJ na itigil ang preliminary investigation laban kay Ka Bel at sa tinaguriang Batasan 5 habang di pa ito nagdedesisyon sa pagsampa ng kaso laban sa anim. Ayon pa kay Ismael Khan, tagapagsalita ng Korte Suprema, sakop ng naturang order ang mga pagdinig sa kasong rebelyon sa sala ni Judge Reinato Quilala ng Makati Regional Trial Court Branch 146.
Ngunit nilabag ito ni Quilala sa pamamagitan ng kanyang order noong Hunyo 222 na pumapayag sa mosyon ng DOJ na ikonsolida ang kaso ng Batasan 5 at ni Ka Bel. Ngayong Agosto 2 naman, nag-iskedyul si Judge Elmo Alameda ng MRTC Branch 150 ng clarificatory hearing kaugnay ng kaso ng anim.
Sa kabila nito, nananatiling mataas ang loob ni Ka Bel. Lalong nakakapaglakas ng loob niya ang laksa-laksang tagasuporta. Siyempre, lalong nakakapagpataba ng loob, aniya, ang lumalaking bilang ng mga mamamayang nananawagan na ngayon ng pagpapatalsik kay Arroyo.
“Kung di man siya mapatalsik ngayong taon, sa 2007 sigurado na siya. Basta nagkakaisa lang tayo,” sabi ni Ka Bel.
Mula sa piitan, pansamantalang nahihiwalay sa mga mamamayang walang sawa niyang pinaglilingkuran, si Ka Bel ay nananatiling inspirasyon.
pangkulitan.motime.com
GMA’s 10 week deadline may mean 30 more lives lost
August 1, 2006
‘We need actions, not words’
GMA’s 10 week deadline may mean 30 more lives lost
Reacting to Pres. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo’s order for the authorities to solve 10 killings in 10 weeks, Bayan Muna Rep. Teddy Casiño said that at the rate the killings are occuring, 30 more deaths would have happened before the President’s deadline.
At present, three killings are documented every week under the Arroyo administration, as per records with the human rights group KARAPATAN. Militants say figures are likely to get worse with the President’s declaration of an all-out war and her exaltation of Maj. Gen. Jovito Palparan during her SONA.
“It is one thing to call for an investigation and arrest of suspects, and another to act now to stop the killings. The President has condemned the killings but she has not done anything to stop it,” stressed Casiño.
For starters, Casiño said the President should issue a general order to all men and women in the AFP and PNP not to engage, directly or indirectly, in any extrajudicial killing on pain of suffering the harshest penalty. “That would send the strong message that government is really out to stop such practices,” he said.
“Second, she should immediately investigate and put under preventive suspension all commanders where the killings are most rampant, starting with Maj. Gen. Jovito Palparan in Central Luzon.”
Third, Casiño said the President should certify as urgent Joint Resolution No. 17 filed in Congress which aims to create an independent commission to investigate the systematic and widespread extrajudicial killings.
“These three practical steps can be done by the President tomorrow and will have more effect than empty condemnations and declarations about deadlines.” ###
‘We need actions, not words’
GMA’s 10 week deadline may mean 30 more lives lost
Reacting to Pres. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo’s order for the authorities to solve 10 killings in 10 weeks, Bayan Muna Rep. Teddy Casiño said that at the rate the killings are occuring, 30 more deaths would have happened before the President’s deadline.
At present, three killings are documented every week under the Arroyo administration, as per records with the human rights group KARAPATAN. Militants say figures are likely to get worse with the President’s declaration of an all-out war and her exaltation of Maj. Gen. Jovito Palparan during her SONA.
“It is one thing to call for an investigation and arrest of suspects, and another to act now to stop the killings. The President has condemned the killings but she has not done anything to stop it,” stressed Casiño.
For starters, Casiño said the President should issue a general order to all men and women in the AFP and PNP not to engage, directly or indirectly, in any extrajudicial killing on pain of suffering the harshest penalty. “That would send the strong message that government is really out to stop such practices,” he said.
“Second, she should immediately investigate and put under preventive suspension all commanders where the killings are most rampant, starting with Maj. Gen. Jovito Palparan in Central Luzon.”
Third, Casiño said the President should certify as urgent Joint Resolution No. 17 filed in Congress which aims to create an independent commission to investigate the systematic and widespread extrajudicial killings.
“These three practical steps can be done by the President tomorrow and will have more effect than empty condemnations and declarations about deadlines.” ###
Tuesday, August 01, 2006
Kalinga Bayan Muna head wounded, wife killed in death-squad ambush
31 July 2006 3:45pm
Northern Dispatch Info Service
Kalinga Bayan Muna head wounded, wife killed in death-squad ambush
BAGUIO CITY, 31 July (NORDIS) – Dr. Constancio "Chandu" Claver, chairperson of the Kalinga chapter of Bayan Muna was seriously wounded and his wife Alice Omengan Claver killed in an ambush by two gunmen at 6:45 am this morning (Monday July 31) in Bulanao, Tabuk, Kalinga.
Mrs. Claver, 42, expired at around 12:30 pm, despite efforts to save her life by attending physicians at the Kalinga Provincial Hospital, where the couple was rushed after the shooting. Dr. Claver was declared out of danger earlier this morning.
The Clavers had just come out from St. Toni's College, where they dropped off their their older daughters for classes, and were taking a U-turn at the Bulanao junction when the armed men, reportedly riding on two Delica vans, fired on their car.
Claver suffered multiple gunshot wounds in the left arm and chest, while Alice was shot four times in the head, neck and shoulders. Their 7-year-old daughter, who was with them, was dazed but unhurt. Janice Ewag, 23, a student bystander, was also hit by stray bullets. Local police said they recovered M16 rifle shells at the site.
Claver, a medical doctor who is more popularly known by his native Igorot name Chandu, is a scion of a prominent Cordillera clan that includes former Kalinga congressman William Claver and Bontoc mayor Louis Claver.
The 49-year old Chandu has been long active in community-based health initiatives and indigenous peoples' concerns since the Marcos era. He is also the vice chairperson of the Kalinga chapter of the Cordillera Peoples Alliance.
In an interview by nationwide radio station dzRH, PNP Kalinga chief Pedro Ramos claimed that Claver was a member of the communist-led National Democratic Front (NDF).
Interviewed by phone, relatives and colleagues denied this police allegation as totally unfounded. They alluded to earlier incidents where Chandu reportedly received veiled warnings from local authorities that "he would be next if he did not get out of Kalinga soon."
This, they presumed, was in reference to the earlier killing of Rafael Markus Bangit, another militant CPA leader and elder of the Kalinga Malbong tribe. Bangit was shot dead on June 8 at a bus stopover in Isabela, also by van-riding masked men, on his way from Kalinga to Baguio City.
According to a CPA fact sheet on the incident, Dr. Claver noticed intensified surveillance and harassment after Bangit's killing. Alice also received a harassing text message from an anonymous cellphone caller that said, "Matapang si Doc. Hindi niya kayo mahal." ("Doc is brave. He doesn't love you.")
Alice herself was an active member of the CPA as a college student in Manila. She remained a staunch supporter of the indigenous people's organization when she returned to Tabuk, married Chandu, and raised three daughters, the CPA said.
Regional PNP authorities denied that there is a pattern of political killings in Kalinga, amidst widespread allegations by human rights groups that the province was turning into a "killing fields" and that locally-based death squads were being coddled by certain military and police officials. #
Northern Dispatch Info Service
Kalinga Bayan Muna head wounded, wife killed in death-squad ambush
BAGUIO CITY, 31 July (NORDIS) – Dr. Constancio "Chandu" Claver, chairperson of the Kalinga chapter of Bayan Muna was seriously wounded and his wife Alice Omengan Claver killed in an ambush by two gunmen at 6:45 am this morning (Monday July 31) in Bulanao, Tabuk, Kalinga.
Mrs. Claver, 42, expired at around 12:30 pm, despite efforts to save her life by attending physicians at the Kalinga Provincial Hospital, where the couple was rushed after the shooting. Dr. Claver was declared out of danger earlier this morning.
The Clavers had just come out from St. Toni's College, where they dropped off their their older daughters for classes, and were taking a U-turn at the Bulanao junction when the armed men, reportedly riding on two Delica vans, fired on their car.
Claver suffered multiple gunshot wounds in the left arm and chest, while Alice was shot four times in the head, neck and shoulders. Their 7-year-old daughter, who was with them, was dazed but unhurt. Janice Ewag, 23, a student bystander, was also hit by stray bullets. Local police said they recovered M16 rifle shells at the site.
Claver, a medical doctor who is more popularly known by his native Igorot name Chandu, is a scion of a prominent Cordillera clan that includes former Kalinga congressman William Claver and Bontoc mayor Louis Claver.
The 49-year old Chandu has been long active in community-based health initiatives and indigenous peoples' concerns since the Marcos era. He is also the vice chairperson of the Kalinga chapter of the Cordillera Peoples Alliance.
In an interview by nationwide radio station dzRH, PNP Kalinga chief Pedro Ramos claimed that Claver was a member of the communist-led National Democratic Front (NDF).
Interviewed by phone, relatives and colleagues denied this police allegation as totally unfounded. They alluded to earlier incidents where Chandu reportedly received veiled warnings from local authorities that "he would be next if he did not get out of Kalinga soon."
This, they presumed, was in reference to the earlier killing of Rafael Markus Bangit, another militant CPA leader and elder of the Kalinga Malbong tribe. Bangit was shot dead on June 8 at a bus stopover in Isabela, also by van-riding masked men, on his way from Kalinga to Baguio City.
According to a CPA fact sheet on the incident, Dr. Claver noticed intensified surveillance and harassment after Bangit's killing. Alice also received a harassing text message from an anonymous cellphone caller that said, "Matapang si Doc. Hindi niya kayo mahal." ("Doc is brave. He doesn't love you.")
Alice herself was an active member of the CPA as a college student in Manila. She remained a staunch supporter of the indigenous people's organization when she returned to Tabuk, married Chandu, and raised three daughters, the CPA said.
Regional PNP authorities denied that there is a pattern of political killings in Kalinga, amidst widespread allegations by human rights groups that the province was turning into a "killing fields" and that locally-based death squads were being coddled by certain military and police officials. #
OWWA funds are treated as discretionary funds by Malacañang
July 31, 2006
Ongoing Lebanon evacuation fiasco
OWWA funds are treated as discretionary funds by Malacañang; US$293,500 missing since 2003
Melbourne, Australia – Bayan Muna Representative Joel Virador encouraged senior colleagues in the House of Representatives “not to succumb to Malacañang pressure to either shelve or water down a comprehensive and thorough investigation on high officials of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) on the ongoing fund mess on the evacuation of distressed OFWs in war-torn Lebanon.”
“The House Committees on Foreign Affairs and Overseas Workers Affairs should take the side of overseas Filipino workers who are being shell-shocked in Lebanon. Among the things that Congress should consider is the alleged systematic depletion of the OWWA trust funds by the current administration that got worse in 2003. This has affected the evacuation efforts in Lebanon and the already paltry services that OWWA gives to all the OFWs,” said Rep. Virador, who is on official business in Australia until August 7.
“It is also essential for Congress to look into government’s so-called contingency and preparedness plan on OFWs in the Middle East and other countries threatened by war. Also, Congress must oblige Mr. Roy Cimatu to explain how he spent the US$293,500 (P15.56 million) support fund from the OWWA when not one OFW was evacuated from Iraq in 2003. Please note that this is just the tip of the iceberg,” Virador said.
“An open and complete accounting of the P8.1 billion OFW funds held in trust by the OWWA is in order. It is urgent that the House investigation look into how much has been collected by the OWWA since its inception, how much was disbursed and how many employees are actually in its plantilla since they are funded by the OFWs’ US$25 annual membership dues,” Virador added.
It is public knowledge that that before the 2004 elections, Mrs. Macapagal-Arroyo ordered the illegal transfer of health funds of the OFWs to PhilHealth, which then issued cards, similar to her her campaign posters, showing her cradling an infant.
Ongoing Lebanon evacuation fiasco
OWWA funds are treated as discretionary funds by Malacañang; US$293,500 missing since 2003
Melbourne, Australia – Bayan Muna Representative Joel Virador encouraged senior colleagues in the House of Representatives “not to succumb to Malacañang pressure to either shelve or water down a comprehensive and thorough investigation on high officials of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) on the ongoing fund mess on the evacuation of distressed OFWs in war-torn Lebanon.”
“The House Committees on Foreign Affairs and Overseas Workers Affairs should take the side of overseas Filipino workers who are being shell-shocked in Lebanon. Among the things that Congress should consider is the alleged systematic depletion of the OWWA trust funds by the current administration that got worse in 2003. This has affected the evacuation efforts in Lebanon and the already paltry services that OWWA gives to all the OFWs,” said Rep. Virador, who is on official business in Australia until August 7.
“It is also essential for Congress to look into government’s so-called contingency and preparedness plan on OFWs in the Middle East and other countries threatened by war. Also, Congress must oblige Mr. Roy Cimatu to explain how he spent the US$293,500 (P15.56 million) support fund from the OWWA when not one OFW was evacuated from Iraq in 2003. Please note that this is just the tip of the iceberg,” Virador said.
“An open and complete accounting of the P8.1 billion OFW funds held in trust by the OWWA is in order. It is urgent that the House investigation look into how much has been collected by the OWWA since its inception, how much was disbursed and how many employees are actually in its plantilla since they are funded by the OFWs’ US$25 annual membership dues,” Virador added.
It is public knowledge that that before the 2004 elections, Mrs. Macapagal-Arroyo ordered the illegal transfer of health funds of the OFWs to PhilHealth, which then issued cards, similar to her her campaign posters, showing her cradling an infant.
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