Archive for February, 2008
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ZTE Execs Slammed for ‘Arrogance’
Senate Minority Leader Aquilino Q. Pimentel, Jr.
(PDP-Laban) today said the refusal of China’s ZTE
Corp. to present its side in the $329 million national
broadband contract is not contributing to the
resolution of the controversy.
Pimentel said the ZTE’s continued disregard for the
summons issued by the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee
only tends to fuel the claims that the deal is
overpriced [...]
The past two weeks, activities of Out Now Mindanao have been subject to military surveillance and intimidation in Marawi, Cagayan de Oro and Bukidnon, showing the military’s desperate attempt to suppress the people’s protest against the Balikatan exercises.
The latest of these incidents is last night’s harassment and dispersal of our volunteers who were posting anti-Balikatan [...]
Activists were harassed and shot by two military agents as they were posting anti-Balikatan posters last night in Cagayan de Oro City.
In a blotter filed at the PNP Divisoria station, Jun Lopez, a member of the US troops Out Now Mindanao, said they were conducting their ‘operation dikit’ at Osmeña Street around 9 in the [...]
Deputy Minority Leader and Bayan Muna Rep. Satur C. Ocampo today linked arms with thousands of protesters in a Mindanao-wide protest greeting the opening of the RP-US Balikatan exercises dubbed Balikatan 2008.
“In a span of only seven years since 2002, Balikatan 2008 is the 24th in a series of joint military exercises held in the [...]
By Prof. Jose Maria Sison
Chief Political Consultant
National Democratic Front of the Philippines
15 February 2008
Gloria M. Arroyo, the fake president, is ripe for ouster by the broad
mass movement of the Filipino people as a result of her record of moral
bankruptcy, subservience to foreign interests, brazen corruption and
systematic human rights violations.
The flagrant use of bribery to remove [...]
Recent corruption scandals besetting the Arroyo administration have led most Filipinos to call for President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo to step down, according to the results of the latest IBON survey.
Asked if they were aware of calls made recently by members of the Church and other sectoral groups for Pres. Arroyo to resign from office and face [...]
There is a story going around about how Secretary Ermita was fuming mad at Mike Defensor. The budgeted hush money for a scandal of this scale was P5.0M. And so, the story goes, the envelop was passed from Ed to Mike. But as the money exchanged hands through the bureaucracy, only P50,000 reached [...]
U.S. Troops Out Now! – Lanao Coalition (Out Now! – Lanao) condemned the intimidation tactics employed by the Armed Forces of the Philippines earlier today at Mindanao State University – Iligan Institute of Technology in Iligan City.
Maj. Benedicto Manquiquis, PA and several cohorts infiltrated a student educational forum on Balikatan exercises organized [...]
Four days before the joint Philippines and United States military exercises, dubbed Balikatan 2008, kicks off on Monday, militant lawmakers in the House of Representatives filed a resolution seeking the abrogation of the Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA).
Balikatan 2008 will be the 24th joint military exercises under the auspices of the Mutual Defense Treaty and the [...]
Alarmed by persistent reports that the US military is involved in combat
and is building military facilities in Mindanao and dismayed by the
government’s lack of transparency on the issue, a group of concerned
citizens will be going to Zamboanga City and Sulu just as the Balikatan
military exercises this February 18.
Called the Citizens’ Peace Watch, the group plans [...]
Manila, 14 February 2008–Greenpeace today accused ISAAA (International
Service for the Acquisition of Agri-biotech Applications) of spreading
false propaganda about benefits of genetically modified organisms
(GMOs) on the behest of its transnational corporate sponsors, in its
recently released report ‘Global Status of Commercialized Biotech/GM
Crops: 2007′ and rubbished ISAAA’s claim that GMO crops will help
achieve the UN Millennium Developing Goals [...]
Minority Leader Aquilino “Nene” Q. Pimentel, Jr.
(PDP-Laban) today called Senate probe witness Rodolfo
Lozada, Jr. to remain steadfast in unraveling the
truth behind the ZTE-National Broadband Network
transaction in the face of intense administration
efforts to intimidate him and to destroy his
credibility.
“Lozada should brace himself for more acts of
harassment that the morally bankrupt and illegitimate
Arroyo administration will throw his [...]
PHILIPPINE ARMY CHIEF Lieutenant General Alexander B. Yano issued his official statement to the members of the Defense Press Corps in a press conference at the PA Museum earlier today amidst the current issue besetting the government.
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Calls on Mrs. Arroyo to step down
“Enough of gov’t lies! The people deserves to know the truth.” said health workers who trooped to the Senate today to express support for Mr. Rodolfo “Jun” Lozada and denounce the systematic ploy to discredit Mr. Lozada and cover-up the massive corruption exemplified by the NBN-ZTE scam.
Amidst Lozada’s politically [...]
Senator Ma. Ana Consuelo A. S. Madrigal, assisted by counsels from the
Public Interest Law Center, will file on Friday (Feb. 15), 11:00 am,
before the office of the Ombudsman a complaint for “obstruction of
justice” or violation of Presidential Decree 1829 and Article 144 of
the Revised Penal Code in connection with the abduction and/or
kidnapping of Rodolfo “Jun” [...]
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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