Archive for January, 2009
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36 More OFWs Retrenched in South Korea
Migrante International, a global alliance of Filipino migrant organizations, criticized the Philippine embassy in South Korea for allegedly offering job referral letters as the only form of assistance it can give to laid off OFWs in the said country.
“This is the height of callousness! The 36 retrenched OFWs were illegally dismissed from their jobs [...]
The global financial and economic crisis is estimated to push as much as 50 million workers worldwide jobless by yearend, according to the International Labor Organization (ILO). In the Philippines, it is estimated that almost one million jobs are directly and immediately vulnerable as major markets of its manufacturing and agricultural exports and overseas Filipino [...]
Scientists and environmental activists picketed in front of the House of Representatives this morning to denounce plans of reviving the Bataan Nuclear Power Plant (BNPP). The protesters brought an effigy of a coffin to symbolize their contention that the BNPP is long dead and should be permanently put to the grave.
The bill seeking the plant’s [...]
Senate Minority Leader Aquilino Q. Pimentel, Jr. (PDP-Laban) today warned that retired Army Gen. Jovito Palparan will end up being a liability to the anti-illegal drug campaign by assigning him to either the Dangerous Drugs Board or Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency as he rejected a Malacañang justification that giving him this role will serve as [...]
If Jovito Palparan is appointed to Dangerous Drugs Board, it would suggest, to borrow a phrase from US President Barack Obama’s inauguration address last week, that the Philippine government is sitting “on the wrong side of history.”
As the peasant movement in the country continues to call for the immediate release of Randall “Ka Randy” Echanis, deputy secretary general of Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas (KMP) who has been detained for exactly a year today, the Katipunan ng mga Samahang Magbubukid sa Timog Katagalugan (Kasama-TK) is joining the leaders of KMP, friends and [...]
The Alliance of Concerned Teachers today called for the scrapping of a government plan to subject teachers and students to random drug testing.
The Department of Education and the Commission on Education have announced that they will implement the drug testing program in highs schools and universities and colleges nationwide in response to Pres. Gloria Arroyo’s [...]
Environmentalists held a press conference today to rail against the proliferation of landfills in provinces adjacent Metro Manila. These two projects are the Rizal Sanitary Landfill in Rodriguez, Rizal and Wacuman Sanitary Landfill in Norzagaray, Bulacan located in La Mesa Dam watershed and Ipo Dam watershed, respectively.
In addition to the landfill projects being socially unacceptable, [...]
“Growth in the Philippines is slowing, which is likely to have adverse impacts on the labour market and, more directly, on people’s lives and livelihoods. Large reserves and a fiscal surplus provide space for addressing the problems of the crisis, but policymakers should not be complacent. Appropriate policies must be designed and implemented. It is important to identify ways to create jobs amidst the crisis and to ensure that the poor and most vulnerable do not slip further behind. This will help to ensure that a recovery occurs sooner rather than later.”
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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