Archive for March, 2008
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Philippines: AO Capital Closes US$ 1.5 M Pre-IPO Round for Morph Labs
(Manila, Philippines, March 31, 2008) — AO Capital Partners Ltd. (AO Capital) today announced the close of a US$ 1.5 million pre-IPO investment in Morph Labs, the leading enabler of Software as a Service (SaaS) that leverages virtual infrastructure and open source technologies based in Cebu City, Philippines. As lead investor, AO Capital has [...]
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) is appalled by an attack on Radio Zafar, an independent radio station close to Kabul, on March 28.
The Afghan Independent Journalists’ Association (AIJA), an IFJ associate, received reports from the head of the radio station that four unidentified gunmen illegally entered the station at 1am and tied up two [...]
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) demands the immediate release of journalist J.S. Tisseinayagam, who has been held without charge by Sri Lanka’s Terrorism Investigation Division (TID) for 24 days.
According to the Free Media Movement (FMM), an IFJ affiliate, Tisseinayagam, the editor of www.outreachlk.wordpress.com and a columnist for the Sunday Times, was detained by five [...]
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) welcomes a pledge by Pakistan’s new Prime Minister, Yusuf Raza Gillani, to end restrictions on media by abolishing the amended Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA) Ordinance 2007 and to implement the Seventh Wage Award.
Pakistan’s leading journalists’ organisation, the Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ), an IFJ affiliate, issued [...]
Bayan says that high prices of rice and fuel belie the government’s repeated claims of economic growth.
The Philippine Army has begun the pre-trial investigation on Major General Jose T. Barbieto on allegations of personnel and resource mismanagement. Following an order from the Ombudsman to suspend the general, he was previously relieved as the commander of the Army’s 4th Infantry Division effective March 6, 2008 to give way to a just and [...]
A new order allegedly aimed at eradicating the black market of kidneys may yet result in the exact opposite: the legalization and facilitation of the sale of human organs.
Of the 18,269 suspicious transactions the Anti-Money Laundering Council flagged for the past six years, none were linked to earnings by OFWs.
FBI Should Revive Probe of Alleged Perpetrators Promoted by Hun Sen
(New York, March 30, 2008) – The US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) should reopen its long-stalled investigation into the grisly grenade attack on an opposition party rally in Phnom Penh 11 years ago that left at least 16 dead and more than 150 injured, [...]
“The private sector that will benefit from liberalized rice importation is the same unscrupulous trader suspected of repacking NFA rice that are mixed with the commercial rice and sold at a higher price. Giving them ample liberty to import rice will lead to more abuse of their discretion and the opportunity to dictate the prices [...]
The current rice crisis facing the country should convince the Senate not to ratify the Japan – Philippines Economic Partnership Agreement (Jpepa) because the deal threatens to aggravate the country’s food insecurity, the NO DEAL! coalition said today.
NO DEAL! spokesperson Arnold Padilla noted that under the Jpepa, the Philippines is expected to export larger volumes [...]
SPECIAL REPORT | By Jeremaiah M. Opiniano | Reliance on money from Filipinos overseas hasn’t helped the country get out of the poverty rut. In fact, according to an economist, remittances may be contributing to the persistence of high inequality in the Philippines.
The National Democratic Front in Mindanao today claimed that the Communist New People’s Army in Mindanao launched 350 offensives against the government last year.
The series of negotiations between the Sumilao farmers and San Miguel Corporation ends today in the signing of a Memorandum of Agreement which gives the farmers a total of 144 hectares of land in Sumilao, Bukidnon.
Under the agreement, the farmers will gain 50 hectares within the contested 144-hectare property through a deed of donation by [...]
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"Sampayan ng Bayan". During its Third Congress on March 27-28, 2009, members of Bagong Alyansang Makabayan-US Chapter staged protest actions against RP-US Visiting Forces Agreement through a "Sampayan ng Bayan" where a clothesline with painted shirts spelling out "JUNK VFA" was wrapped around General MacArthur's statue in Los Angeles, California. (Photo courtesy of Bayan-US)
CANDLES FOR BILLANES Members of Kalikasan People’s Network for the Environment (Kalikasan-PNE) and other multisectoral groups held a candle lighting activity on March 13, 2009 at the Bantayog ng mga Bayani to denounce the increasing number of extrajudicial killings in the country; the most recent was environmentalist and anti-mining activist Eliezer Billanes. (Photo by Kalikasan-PNE)
Goodbye, Rebelyn Thousands joined the funeral march for Rebelyn Pitao, the daughter of a top Communist leader, in Davao City on Saturday. The protesters demanded justice for the schoolteacher, who was brutally murdered allegedly by military agents. (Photo by Barry Ohaylan)
PROTEST OVER REBELYN. Hong Kong human rights groups condemn the abduction, torture, rape and killing of Rebelyn Pitao in a picket protest held on March 11, 2009 at the Philippine Consulate General. (Photo courtesy of BAYAN-Hong Kong)
BERDUGO. Posters accusing the 10th Infantry Division of the Armed Forces of the Philippines as "berdugo" (butcher) are posted in major streets in Davao City. The New People's Army (NPA) accused the 10th ID to be behind the killing of 20-year old Rebelyn Pitao, daughter of NPA rebel leader Leoncio Pitao. (Photo by Ruby Thursday More/AKP Images)
Around 10,000 members of the Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) gathered at the football field of Agro-Industrial Foundation College of the Philippines in Davao City on Saturday, March 7, 2009 for their 3rd Grand Summit Gathering with MNLF founding chair Prof. Nur Misuari. Some of the MNLF members traveled from as far away as Zamboanga provinces just for the half day gathering. (Photo by Keith Bacongco/AKP Images)
Teachers Demand Better Wages. Dozens of public-school teachers take to the street of Manila to demand better wages. They also criticized a proposed law that would give soldiers better salaries than those in the civilian bureaucracy. (Photo by arkibongbayan.org)
Beach Boy. A taho (soybean custard) vendor plies his trade in a seemingly desolate landscape, which is actually a beach in Opol, Misamis Oriental. (Photo by Ayi Muallam/PinoyPress)
Lumad Protest. Some 200 indigenous peoples coming from different parts of Mindanao staged a protest at the gate of the Armed Forces of the Philippines’ Eastern Mindanao Command in Panacan, Davao City, on Monday, March 2, 2009, to denounce the human-rights abuses allegedly perpetrated by the military in the indigenous communities. They also called for the repeal of the Mining Act. (Photo by Keith Bacongco/AKP Images)
Ban Balikatan. Activists from the group BAN Balikatan in Bicol held protest rallies on Feb. 25 to denounce the holding of the US-Philippine Balikatan exercises in the region. They criticized President Arroyo for being a "puppet" of Washington. (Photo courtesy of arkibongbayan.org)
NO to BNPP. Members of the Network Opposed "NO" to Bataan Nuclear Power Plant Revival ask members of the House of Representatives not to support House Bill 4631 which calls for the revival of the mothballed nuclear plant. Environmental and Civil society groups question the safety of nuclear power plants and instead call for the full implementation of the recently passed Renewable Energy Bill. (Photo by Gigie Cruz/AKP Images)
