ENVIRONMENT The news of a United Kingdom firm, Pacific Bio-Fields Holdings Plc., acquiring 400,000 hectares of land in northern Luzon which it can use for 50 years for free may be staggering but not surprising, according to green groups.
Bangkok/Brussels, 22 June 2009: Unless the Thai government can give more attention to tackling the Muslim insurgency in the South, moving from a military toward a political solution, the violent conflict will intensify as the recruitment of young militants will accelerate.
Recruiting Militants in Southern Thailand,* the latest report from the International Crisis Group, warns that [...]
ENERGY & OIL Due to continued overpricing, oil firms collect about P167.03 million in extra profits daily from consumers, according to the latest study released by the multisectoral group Bagong Alyansang Makabayan (Bayan) as it questioned the latest round of oil price hikes that oil firms implemented last midnight.
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adopt stringent procedures on dumpsite closure following a blockade by
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repository located on the banks of Laguna Lake.
Early this morning, volunteers from Greenpeace shut the gates of the
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HUMAN RIGHTS So-called intelligence reports that there will be a big rally on Monday is no excuse for the House and the PNP to resort to the violent dispersal of the camp-out.
Reporters Without Borders
www.rsf.org
22 May 2009
PHILIPPINES
A journalist on army target list, another shot, possibly by soldier
Reporters Without Borders is alarmed to learn that a journalist and two human rights groups were on an armed forces “order of battle” list of surveillance targets in the south of Mindanao Island in 2007 because of their alleged links to [...]
Below is the statement of the Center for Media Freedom and Responsibility on the inclusion of journalist Carlos Conde in the Order of Battle of the Armed Forces of the Philippines.
For additional information, please contact CMFR Press Alerts officer Melanie Pinlac at (+632) 894-1314 / (+632) 840-0903 / (+632) 840-0889 (telefax).
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TARGETING JOURNALISTS
THE INCLUSION of anyone [...]
New York, May 20, 2009—The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on the Philippines government and the Armed Forces of the Philippines to clarify an accusation made by freelance journalist Carlos Conde that his name appeared on a 2007 official Armed Forces “order of battle” document.
Conde said he is concerned that the official document amounts to [...]
PRESS STATEMENT
20 May 2009
AFP ‘HIT LIST”: The cat is out of the bag
That the Armed Forces of the Philippines remains a principal suspect in the killing of Filipino journalists and activists, has once again been given credence when Filipino journalist Mr. Carlos Conde recently discovered his name in the “order of battle” of the [...]
“Why my name is included in the “order of battle” is a mystery. Unless, that is, the armed forces considers my and NUJP’s advocacy for press freedom, as well as pressuring the government to end the killings, as the work of enemies of the state. Unless the armed forces views my job and my writing as threats to this nation.”
CMFR/PHILIPPINES—A journalist from Bangued was unharmed after gunmen fired at her family’s house last 14 May 2009. Bangued is the capital of Abra, a province approximately 408 kms northwest of Manila.
Marjorie Bandayrel-Trinidad, news editor of the weekly community newspaper Abra Today, said she and her husband were awakened by the sound of breaking glass at [...]
PRESS CONFERENCE TRANSCIPT (SENATE LOUNGE)
SENATOR MANNY VILLAR
21 MAY 2009
Q: On the Committee of the whole decision to proceed with the C-5 hearings
Villar: Kanina po ay ginanap nila ang hearing. Hindi naman ako nagugulat sa resulta. Ito ay inaasahan natin. Ito na rin naman ang inaasahan ng lahat na magiging resulta. Pagkahaba-haba nga ng prusisyon, sa [...]
Press Release
May 22, 2009
Karapatan slams military’s arrogance, above the law posturing
Karapatan slammed today the military’s arrogant posturing during the hearing set by the Commission on Human Rights. The military’s intelligence officials refused to face the CHR panel and instead sent their lawyers who also claimed that Sgt. Helvin Bitang, one of the suspects to the [...]

HUMAN RIGHTS The Philippine government should investigate alleged “death squads” responsible for hundreds of targeted killings in Davao City and other in Mindanao, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today.
Clarita Alia, whose four sons were murdered by the Davao Death Squad, joins the Human Rights Watch in a press briefing today about extrajudicial killings in Mindanao. (File photo by Carlos H. Conde)
Related story: Inside the Davao Death Squad
BUSINESS Despite external factors that had most food and beverage businesses reeling from slower-than-anticipated growth in consumer demand, San Miguel Corporation today announced its full-year consolidated sales revenue of P168.0 billion, 14% higher than 2007 levels of 148.0 billion.
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