Archive for February, 2008
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WHO: Asian nations pledge campaign against twin disease threat (TB/HIV co-infection)
Phnom Penh, Cambodia, 20 February 2008—Health officials from nine Asian countries today undertook to step up efforts to curb the growing numbers of TB-HIV co-infections and deaths among TB patients infected with HIV.
The action came at a four-day meeting here of experts on the World Health Organization’s revised strategy to control TB-HIV co-infection.
Based on the [...]
The umbrella group Bagong Alyansang Makabayan today announced that there will be nationally coordinated protests on Monday, the 25th anniversary of the EDSA 1 People Power uprising that toppled the Marcos dictatorship.
The group said that actions will be held from Baguio to Mindanao as the nation observes the EDSA 1 anniversary amid fresh allegations of [...]
Cagayan de Oro – Thousands of people in Mindanao marched in key cities to protest the opening of the US-RP Balikatan exercises and denounced the Arroyo government’s puppetry to US interests.
Cagayan de Oro became a central point of the Mindanao anti-Balikatan protest, as 5,000 people joined the Peoples’ March for Sovereignty, Peace and Justice including [...]
by Tetsuya Endo
http://www.jiia.or.jp/en_commentary/200802/21-1.html
Nuclear Renaissance
The world now faces two major challenges for the sustainability of growth: energy security and global warming.
According to an estimate by the International Energy Agency, world demand for primary energy will increase 53% by 2030. For example, it is predicted that meeting the demand for energy in Asia will pose serious challenges [...]
Minority Leader Aquilino Q. Pimentel, Jr. (PDP-Laban)
today told Malacañang and its legislative lackeys to
stop telling the Senate to discontinue its
investigation into the national broadband controversy
and to entrust this task instead to the Office of the
Ombudsman which has already started its probe on the
same case.
Pimentel said there is no reason to scuttle the Senate
inquiry into the [...]
From PNP Chief Razon down to SPO2s, lies spread like manure
The families of victims of enforced disappearance said they expect more lies from state security officers who are set to take a stand at today’s hearing of a petition for a writ of amparo at the Court of Appeals (CA).
“The lies continue, from the statement [...]
Statement of Joey de Venecia
21 February 2008, Makati
The conversation I was supposed to have made with Jun Lozada and
posted in the YouTube shows how people like you and me can be
bugged, harassed and threatened by this government.
First, they abducted Jun Lozada and when they failed at it, they are
now trying to demolish him by coming [...]
Lawyer Aquilino “Koko” Pimentel III today asked the Commission on Elections to look into the proliferation of fake ballots in Maguindanao and other provinces in Mindanao during the May 14, 2007 senatorial election which cast doubts on the integrity of the results of such political exercise.
The bogus ballots were discovered during the ongoing recount of [...]
Deputy Minority Leader and Bayan Muna Rep. Satur C. Ocampo today said that Commission on Higher Education Chair Romulo Neri’s declaration of a “web of corruption” in government shows that crony capitalism under President Macapagal-Arroyo has become worse since the time of late dictator Ferdinand Marcos.
Ocampo issued the statement after Rodolfo Lozada Jr. in his [...]
By Fr. Shay Cullen
Anna Maria, 15, is recovering at the Preda Center. She goes to school and loves to learn. She travels to school with 35 other children who are also recovering and overcoming the trauma of abuse. Given care, affirmation support and good therapy, victims are not damaged forever. They can recover and make [...]
LA SALLE GYMNASIUM, GREENHILLS
17 FEBRUARY 2008
On this Second Sunday of Lent, during which we are asked to reflect on the Transfiguration of Jesus Christ, I wish to touch on three themes that have to do with our moral transformation as a people: first, Ascertaining Credibility; second, Rediscovering our Humanity; and third, Witnessing to the [...]
Environmentalist group ACCESS – PANALIPDAN criticized the deployment of more security troops in the province, amid calls by evacuees from Cateel and Baganga towns to stop the military operations in their communities.
“This arrogant show of force by the military supported by the local government is a reflection of sheer callousness; of utter disregard for its [...]
“Leftists and political activists are not the only targets of the Arroyo regime’s political repression. Even former allies and those who served its administration have become targets of political repression.” This was the statement made by the human right alliance Karapatan as it joined the rally for good government today in Ayala [...]
by Ralph A. Cossa
The Feb. 25 inauguration of Lee Myung-bak as the Republic of Korea’s new president opens the door for a revitalization of the ROK-U.S. alliance, a relationship that has been severely tested and strained in recent years as a result of policy differences and more fundamental “vision” differences between Washington and Seoul. An [...]
BAMBAN, Tarlac – This once sleepy agricultural town will soon become a major supplier of raw materials to the booming natural ingredients industry in the world market with the launching of a government program which promotes the massive cultivation of the lowly Malunggay.
Agriculture [...]
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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