Archive for July, 2007
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Philippines to launch info campaign on terror law
MANILA — To allay public concerns over the Human Security Act (HSA) of 2007, the government is preparing a full-blown campaign to inform the public on the pros and cons of the new law also known as Republic Act (RA) 9372, Executive Secretary Eduardo Ermita said today.
MANILA — A total of 301 officials, mostly from government-owned and controlled corporations and financial institutions, have tendered their courtesy resignations to President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo in time for the June 30 deadline set by Malaca�ang.
MANILA — President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo has cited the franchising industry as a big boost to the country’s economic growth and development.
Tourism and commerce are expected to surge once peace and prosperity in the countryside is restored with the implementation of the Human Security Act of 2007, Malacanang said today.
The term “biofuels” suggests renewable abundance: clean, green, sustainable assurance about technology and progress. But in reality, biofuel draws its power from cornucopian myths and directs our attention away from economic interests that would benefit from the transition, while avoiding discussion of the growing North-South food and energy imbalance.
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY— National Security Adviser Norberto Gonzales reiterated here today that Republic Act No. 9372, otherwise known as the Human Security Act, is meant to protect the rights of the innocent against terrorism and not to stifle leftist organizations or even the opposition
MANILA — While expressing appreciation for the efforts of various groups, including the Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines (CBCP), to keep the people informed about the Human Security Act (HSA), Malaca�ang said today any delay in the implementation of the law could only embolden terrorists at the expense of public welfare.
For the longest time, I thought the comedian Jimmy Santos, famous for his carabao English (”I love you three times a day!”), was just being funny. Then Antonio Calipjo Go, academic supervisor of the Marian School in Quezon City, sent PinoyPress a copy of his ad that appeared yesterday in the Inquirer. In it, he listed dozens of errors in several books being used in public schools in the Philippines. Here are some of them. I laughed out loud while reading this crap but it’s no laughing matter, of course. Still, enjoy — and weep.
There is some degree of discrimination here against those who hail from Manila, which is most probably something Cebuanos and other Bisaya feel (and even fear) when they get to the capital. On several occasions, I found myself defending my lineage, pointing out that though I was born in Manila (in Mandaluyong City, specifically), my parents both come from Iloilo, and in our household, Kiniray-a is the tongue of choice.
Terrified. Students in Davao City take to the streets against the Human Security Act(Photo by Tyrone Velez/davaotoday.com)
The Philippines’s landmark anti-terrorism law, the Human Security Act of 2007, could pose grave dangers to ordinary Filipinos if wrongly applied by a government that has habitually shown disregard for human rights, Senator Aquilino Pimentel Jr. said today. Pimentel identified five provisions of the law that “may be abused by the powerful and used as instruments of state terrorism against the powerless.”
The Philippines already has the lowest tariffs in Asia, and this endangers government’s revenue program and its goal of achieving a balanced budget by next year, according to independent think-tank Ibon Foundation.
“The Arroyo regime is setting up a very dangerous scenario here. The troops are back and the terror law is set to take effect. All these evoke an atmosphere of state terror aimed at the people. This government is bent on escalating repression,” said Bayan secretary general Renato M. Reyes, Jr.
“DENR Sec. Reyes an avid supporter of anti-terror legislation”
MANILA — In addition to the opposition aired by the Catholic bishops, environmental advocates are now assailing the Palace’s green light on the Human Security Act (HSA), Kalikasan People’s Network for the Environment (Kalikasan PNE) said today.
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