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 [...]
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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