Archive for September, 2008
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CHR Incensed at Military’s Refusal to Allow Its Team To Visit Detained Officers
“Time and again, the CHR has persistently and consistently asserted that the constitutional mandate of the CHR is completely clear in its meaning and intention and, hence, no amount of preconditions or restrictions may be imposed to bring to life its powers. The CHR’s powers, as expressly enshrined in the 1987 Constitution, are self-executory, requiring no enabling law or compliance with prior conditions.”
A Statement by the Asian Human Rights Commission
WORLD/PAKISTAN: Pakistani and US State authorities must release
information on the two children of Dr. Aafia who remain missing
The alleged US arrest in July of Pakistan-US national Dr Aafia
Siddiqui has left a series of unanswered questions about her missing
children. With Dr Siddiqui now in US custody it is suspected [...]
Unsuccessful in blocking the plenary sponsorship of the controversial Reproductive Health and Population Development bill (House Bill 5043) in the House of Representatives, the bill’s oppositors had intensified their scare tactics – from pressuring lawmakers to spreading misinformation targeting the general public.
Ramon San Pascual, Executive Director of the Philippine Legislators’ Committee on Population [...]
Activists spanning several generations converged at the foot of the Mendiola Bridge today to commemorate the 36th anniversary of the declaration of martial law by Ferdinand Marcos. The groups are demanding justice for the victims of the Marcos dictatorship.
On the 36th anniversary of the declaration of Martial Law in the Philippines under the US-backed dictatorship of Ferdinand Marcos, Filipino-Americans under BAYAN USA are vowing to support the current movement to remove the current “undeclared dictator” Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo from her presidential seat.
“In many ways, she is worse than Marcos,” states BAYAN USA Chair Chito [...]
TheCARE Nederland , the Corporate Network for Disaster Response (CNDR) and the Agri-Aqua Development Coalition (AADC) will launch a new community-based disaster risk management project dubbed ACCORD-2.
HE Alistair MacDonald, Head of Delegation of the European Commission to the Philippines, CNDR board officials led by Mr. Alberto Lim and Dr. Kenneth Hartigan-Go and AADC [...]
By Fr. Shay Cullen
When I asked 13 year old Jonathan to draw a picture of himself in jail he drew a stick like figure of a small boy hanging half way up the bars of a prison cell. Behind him a bigger figure was hitting him with a stick. That was his punishment every time [...]
Greenpeace has been actively campaigning against the commercialization of GMOs in the country and is currently questioning the Department of Agriculture’s (DA) regulation process for GMO crops, which, aside from being unconstitutional, lacks transparency and appears to be heavily influenced by corporate interests rather than the protection of consumers and farmers.
New legislation adopted on September 15, 2008 will permit the United States to prosecute foreign military commanders who recruit child soldiers abroad, Human Rights Watch said today. The Child Soldiers Accountability Act passed the House of Representatives unanimously on September 8 and was adopted by the Senate today.
MANILA, PHILIPPINES – The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has downgraded its economic growth forecasts and raised its inflation projections for the Philippines in 2008 and 2009.
The Asian Development Outlook 2008 Update (ADO Update) forecasts that the economy will expand by 4.5% this year and 4.7% next year, down from 6.0% and 6.2% projected in April. [...]
HONG KONG, CHINA – Developing Asian countries must implement structural reforms that support the agricultural sector or else face another dramatic rise in food prices, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) warns in a new major report.
The Asian Development Outlook 2008 Update (ADO Update), released today, says that even though the price of food staples, like [...]
HONG KONG, CHINA – Developing Asia will face a prolonged period of high and volatile oil prices that will temper growth and force governments around the region to make painful adjustments to policy to encourage increased energy efficiency among consumers, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) says in a new major report.
The Asian Development Outlook 2008 [...]
Developing Asian economies will revert to a more moderate growth outlook of 7.5% this year and 7.2% next year after posting its fastest growth of 9% in nearly two decades in 2007, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) says in a new major report.
International and national non-government organizations urge the government to ensure a strong Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR) of the Universally Accessible Cheaper and Quality Medicines Act of 2008 to ensure that the real intents of the law to uphold public health interests will prevail.
The proposed IRR that seeks to prevent abuses by pharmaceutical companies of [...]
By Robert Sutter
Robert Sutter (sutterr@georgetown.edu) teaches at the School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University. These findings are explained in The United States in Asia (Rowman and Littlefield 2008), where Sutter reviews interviews and consultations with 175 officials from 10 Asia-Pacific countries. He writes the chapter on China-Southeast Asia relations in Comparative Connections, the [...]
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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