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Archive for August, 2008

    Peace Process and Purgatory

    Reuters reported this afternoon that the Moro Islamic Liberation Front has threatened to altogether abandon the peace process if the Arroyo regime does not sign the Memorandum of Agreement on Ancestral Domain.
    “We’re not only disappointed and frustrated over government’s decision to turn its back on the ancestral domain deal, we’ve completely lost trust and [...]

    8/31/08 05:31 PM   Full Story
    Imelda Marcos’s Presence Too Much for F. Sionil Jose

    “In honoring the plunderers of this nation and letting them off easy without any punishment (like Erap) we not only condone their infamy; other rapists of this nation will also feel redeemed, convinced that they did no wrong. Then, they pave the way for future criminals to do the same, sure that, like Imelda and her gang, they will not be punished and that after their foul deeds, they can even preen in the limelight before a people without memory.”

    8/31/08 08:41 AM   Full Story
    US Anti-Tobacco Group Hails Philip Morris’s Withdrawal from Eraserheads Concert

    Statement by Matthew L. Myers, President, Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids
    WASHINGTON, Aug 29, 2008 — For the second time in a month, Philip Morris International has had to withdraw sponsorship and promotion of a concert in a developing country after coming under international criticism for engaging in cigarette marketing that appeals to children.
    This time, Philip [...]

    8/30/08 11:24 AM   Full Story
    Major US Gov’t Report Concludes Tobacco’s Media Promotion Leads to Smoking

    The report provides powerful scientific evidence and guidance to governments around the world on how the tobacco industry uses and manipulates the media to encourage tobacco use and effective steps governments can take to protect the health of their citizens.

    8/30/08 11:16 AM   Full Story
    ‘Shorts’ to Compete in Thailand

    “Shorts,” a short film about a young copywriter/production designer who seems to have gone crazy, will compete in the 12th Thai Short Film and Video Festival, which will run from August 29 to September 14 at the Bangkok Art and Culture Center, Pathumwan Junction.
    Seymour Barros Sanchez’s “mockumentary” will vie for the award in the festival’s [...]

    8/29/08 10:16 AM   Full Story
    ‘Tagaytay 5′ Freed, ‘Trumped-Up’ Charges Dropped

    Karapatan said it welcomed Tagaytay 5 to their newfound freedom and urged them to file criminal charges against state security forces that abducted them, kept them incommunicado and detained them despite their innocence.

    8/29/08 09:38 AM   Full Story
    ‘Disarm, Dismantle Ilaga Vigilantes Now,’ Solon Dares Arroyo

    Anakpawis party-list Representative Rafael Mariano today dared President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo to immediately disarm and dismantle the armed vigilante group Reform Ilaga Movement in the province of North Cotobato saying “the resurrection of the dreaded armed group will only escalate the armed conflict in the region and lead to massive human rights abuses.”
    “We demand Ms Arroyo [...]

    8/28/08 06:54 PM   Full Story
    Pro-coal Atienza wasting time and energy

    Greenpeace calls for immediate passage of Renewable Energy Bill
    Manila, 28 August 2008–Greenpeace today slammed Secretary Lito
    Atienza’s implicit support for a dirty coal plant in Iloilo despite
    local opposition, and criticized the government’s two-faced energy
    policy which continues to invest in coal even as the passage of
    Renewable Energy bill remains in a limbo in the Senate.
    “Secretary Atienza could [...]

    8/28/08 06:53 PM   Full Story
    Bayan joins Metro-wide protest action calling for a substantial rollback in oil prices

    The umbrella group Bagong Alyansang Makabayan joined labor and transport groups today in demanding a substantial rollback in oil prices after world crude prices significantly went down over the past few weeks.
    Various groups staged simultaneous noise barrage actions in different protest centers to air their call for a rollback and for the removal of [...]

    8/28/08 06:53 PM   Full Story
    North Korea Policy – If It Ain’t Broke, Don’t Fix It…

    by Hazel Smith
    Dr. Hazel Smith (Hazel.Smith@warwick.ac.uk) is Professor of International Relations at the University of Warwick, UK. She spent nearly two years living in North Korea while working for the UN’s World Food Programme and UNICEF. Currently a Visiting Fellow at the East-West Center in Hawaii, her recent books on North Korea include Hungry [...]

    8/28/08 06:52 PM   Full Story
    Thailand: Political Turmoil and the Southern Insurgency

    Bangkok/Brussels, 28 August 2008: Despite its political woes, Thailand’s embattled government needs to give more attention to tackling the bloody insurgency in the Muslim-dominated Deep South.
    Thailand: Political Turmoil and the Southern Insurgency,* the latest policy briefing from the International Crisis Group, examines recent political developments in Bangkok and their implications for the conflict in the [...]

    8/28/08 06:50 PM   Full Story
    Health Advocates Hail Pullout of Philip Morris from Eraserheads Concert

    Health advocates led by the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control
    Alliance Philippines (FCAP) hailed as victory for the health sector
    the pull-out of a tobacco company from the much-awaited Eraserheads
    reunion concert this weekend.
    Amidst this, FCAP lauded the Department of Health for standing firm in
    its position against the involvement of Philip Morris Phils.
    Manufacturing Inc. (PMPMI) in the concert.
    [...]

    8/28/08 04:23 PM   Full Story
    CHR’s De Lima: ‘Civilians Are Suffering Immensely’

    By Leila M. de Lima
    At the heart of this conflict really isn’t the failure of the BJE to materialize, or the breakdown of the negotiations of the MOA-AD. It is not the rogue armies that the AFP must hunt. These are causes. The heart, the heart — bled profusely — of this conflict is the civilian.

    8/28/08 08:26 AM   Full Story
    MILF Counts the Cost of War

    In a post at the MILF’s official website, the front lists the damage caused by the military offensive, both in terms of actual cost and lives lost/affected.

    8/28/08 08:22 AM   Full Story
    Moro Youth Leaders Push for Peace and Justice

    Bangsamoro Youth Leaders Forum
    Press Statement
    August 19, 2008
    MORO YOUTH LEADERS PUSH FOR PEACE AND JUSTICE
    The Philippine government is once more trying to dupe the Bangsamoro people in its persistent desire to suppress the Moro’s inherent and legitimate right to govern themselves in accordance with the prescriptions of the Holy Qur’an. Still not contented with giving us [...]

    8/28/08 08:15 AM   Full Story

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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)
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