Archive for December, 2007
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Life Without Word
Damon Darlin, writing in The New York Times, marvels at the fact that he has been able to survive a month without using Microsoft Word, that de rigueur word-processing software that comes with most PCs.
I’m going to top his claim: I have not used Microsoft Word for about five months now.
My disaffection with Microsoft [...]
By Marilou M. AguirreDavao Today
DAVAO CITY – Mayor Rodrigo Duterte said he is going to seek executive pardon for Alexander “Lex” Adonis, the Davao broadcaster jailed for libel for reporting on the “Burlesque King” scandal involving Duterte’s political rival, first district Congressman Prospero Nograles.
“I’m asking President (Gloria Macapagal) Arroyo to pardon Adonis,” Duterte said in [...]
Stacy (Mental Floss): I like movie endings that are unexpected. After doing a little research, though, I realized that maybe fairy tales and I are a perfect match: those Disney endings where the prince and the princess end up blissfully married don’t really happen in the original stories. To make sure kids go home happy, not horrified, Disney usually has to alter the endings. Read on for the original endings to a couple of Disney classics (and some more obscure tales). Read the story
By Carlos H. Conde
PinoyPress
MANILA — Negotiations between the Philippine government and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front suffered a serious setback over the weekend after the separatists accused Manila of unilaterally changing the essence of the draft for a key agreement — a move that pushed the decade-old negotiations back to square one, officials of the [...]
The National Statistical Coordination Board (NSCB) this week claimed that the country’s rich-poor gap was narrowing, citing the thinning ratio between the incomes of the top 30% and the bottom 30% of Filipino families. But independent think-tank IBON Foundation says that this does not mean that the Philippines’ broad income inequalities are improving.
Data from the [...]
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) today says an end to the legal persecution of journalists is an essential step towards providing human rights protection around the world.
The IFJ, which is the world’s largest journalists’ group, says that governments who use criminal defamation and other legal restrictions to silence critical reporting undermine the role of [...]
A statement of the Philippine Center of the International PEN [Poets and Playwrights, Essayists and Novelists] on the November 29, 2007 incident
THE CHARTER of the International PEN upholds freedom of expression and free access to public information, to wit:
“PEN stands for the principle of unhampered transmission of thought within each nation and between all nations, [...]
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) today called on the Israeli authorities to abandon plans to prosecute journalists who visited Lebanon and Syria, countries with which Israel has no formal relations, in the course of their work.
“At a time when key players in the region are talking peace it is grotesque that journalists should be [...]
14 December 2007, Makati City – The National Committee for Intellectual Property Rights (NCIPR) reports today that member agencies engaged in IPR enforcement have seized P5.25 billion worth of pirated items since its creation in 2005. Seized goods for the year (as of November) contributed P2.75 billion to the total value. [...]
Senate Minority Leader Aquilino “Nene” Q. Pimentel,
Jr. (PDP-Laban) today criticized the Office of the
Ombudsman over the mounting backlog of cases that are
unresolved and pending with the agency despite the
fact that its budget and complement of investigators
have been substantially increased.
Pimentel said official records from the Ombudsman
showed that the total number of cases pending with the
anti-graft body [...]
Deputy Minority Leader and Bayan Muna Rep. Satur C. Ocampo today advised President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo to drop her “mindless support” for reviving the Anti-Subversion Law. At the same time, he urged the people to oppose such move because it is a throwback to martial law.
Ocampo said the revival of the anti-subversion law will not solve [...]
Religious leaders, faith-based organizations and cause-oriented groups gathered today along Baywalk, Roxas Boulevard for an Interfaith Prayer Assembly with the call of “rejecting a morally bankrupt Arroyo government.”
The interfaith activity was endorsed by respected religious leaders including Jaro Archbishop Angel Lagdameo, Lingayen Archbishop Oscar Cruz, Bishop Teodoro Bacani, Caloocan Bishop Deogracias Iniguez, Bishop Dan Balais [...]
How can the Arroyo administration claim to champion the cause of climate change at the Bali Conference when it is in fact rushing to build more coal power plants and sell these to foreign firms, Philippine environmental activists today noted.
“There is growing consensus particularly among the peoples organizations, environmentalists, NGOs and experts that nothing concrete [...]
The militant Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas (KMP) lambasted Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo for once again engaging in double talk, trying to fool and threaten the Filipino people at the same time, by pushing for the reimposition of the Anti-subversion law.
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Greenpeace demands urgent solutions
Manila — Greenpeace today demanded urgent climate
solutions from the Philippine government, following the release of an
international report citing the country as world’s top climate change
victim in 2006. The report “Global Climate Risk Index 2006″ was
presented earlier this week by development organization Germanwatch at
the UN climate meet in Bali and ranks how intensively [...]
Reds seek activation of NPA hit squads in cities After Ampatuan Massacre, 2009 a Record Year for Journalist Killings Worldwide CHR to military: Respect and protect human rights during martial law in Maguindanao Maguindanao, its political elite and a culture subservient to corruption U.S. Must Improve Responsiveness to Mass Atrocities; Absent UN Action, Make Clear Willingness to Act on Its Own, Says New CFR Report Martial law dilutes the Philippines’s human rights and democratic gains Martial law in Maguindanao sets ‘most dangerous precedent’ Lawyers will wear black armbands, ribbons in courts Law group shall file plunder cases against President Arroyo et al. UN Experts: Maguindanao massacre must be the start of a major reform process
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