http://www.pinoypress.net Philippines news, breaking news, features, reports, commentary, opinion, blogs. Fri, 25 Dec 2009 04:56:53 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 en hourly 1 http://www.pinoypress.net/2009/11/13/heres-why-oil-companies-in-philippines-are-scared-shitless-about-eo-839/ http://www.pinoypress.net/2009/11/13/heres-why-oil-companies-in-philippines-are-scared-shitless-about-eo-839/#comments Fri, 13 Nov 2009 02:05:59 +0000 PinoyPress http://www.pinoypress.net/?p=4885 http://www.pinoypress.net/2009/11/13/heres-why-oil-companies-in-philippines-are-scared-shitless-about-eo-839/feed/ 1 http://www.pinoypress.net/2009/11/10/is-china-ready-to-challenge-the-dollar/ http://www.pinoypress.net/2009/11/10/is-china-ready-to-challenge-the-dollar/#comments Tue, 10 Nov 2009 07:25:49 +0000 PinoyPress http://www.pinoypress.net/?p=4864 GEOPOLITICS   In recent months, speculation has focused on the future of the U.S. dollar, due largely to comments by senior Chinese officials that have led some commentators to conclude that the Chinese are ready to ditch the dollar and usurp its role as the world’s reserve currency with the renminbi.]]> http://www.pinoypress.net/2009/11/10/is-china-ready-to-challenge-the-dollar/feed/ 0 http://www.pinoypress.net/2009/11/10/fr-shay-cullen-a-child-safe-internet-is-what-we-want/ http://www.pinoypress.net/2009/11/10/fr-shay-cullen-a-child-safe-internet-is-what-we-want/#comments Tue, 10 Nov 2009 07:20:58 +0000 PinoyPress http://www.pinoypress.net/?p=4860 BIO   |   MORE POSTS
I learned that there are softwares that can really filter and block access to terrible web sites that show children being abused. Every image of child abuse is evidence of a terrible crime being committed. ]]> http://www.pinoypress.net/2009/11/10/fr-shay-cullen-a-child-safe-internet-is-what-we-want/feed/ 0 http://www.pinoypress.net/2009/10/23/class-and-ondoy-the-philippine-daily-inquirer%e2%80%99s-ideological-distortions/ http://www.pinoypress.net/2009/10/23/class-and-ondoy-the-philippine-daily-inquirer%e2%80%99s-ideological-distortions/#comments Fri, 23 Oct 2009 09:02:13 +0000 CC Hidalgo http://www.pinoypress.net/?p=4843 ONDOY   By seeking to convince its readers that the effects of Ondoy were “felt equally by rich and poor” and that it was a “great equalizer,” the Philippine Daily Inquirer, the most influential newspaper in the Philippines, was attempting to bolster the view that the Filipino class system had nothing to do with the disaster, and that the lives of all Filipinos are shaped by the same forces of nature, even by fate or by God.]]> http://www.pinoypress.net/2009/10/23/class-and-ondoy-the-philippine-daily-inquirer%e2%80%99s-ideological-distortions/feed/ 0 http://www.pinoypress.net/2009/10/22/fr-shay-cullen-death-squads-and-democracy/ http://www.pinoypress.net/2009/10/22/fr-shay-cullen-death-squads-and-democracy/#comments Thu, 22 Oct 2009 10:21:27 +0000 CC Hidalgo http://www.pinoypress.net/?p=4823   BIO   |   MORE POSTS
Why would Philippine judges hamper a human rights investigation into a killing field where many human remains are found in Davao, victims allegedly of the infamous death squad?]]> http://www.pinoypress.net/2009/10/22/fr-shay-cullen-death-squads-and-democracy/feed/ 0 http://www.pinoypress.net/2009/06/23/what-are-1109-9006-and-9369-in-arroyo%e2%80%99s-agenda/ http://www.pinoypress.net/2009/06/23/what-are-1109-9006-and-9369-in-arroyo%e2%80%99s-agenda/#comments Tue, 23 Jun 2009 15:07:03 +0000 PinoyPress http://www.pinoypress.net/?p=4784 CENPEG   BIO   |   MORE POSTS
“Self-preservation” lurks in the shadow of the Arroyo agenda. Stepping down voluntarily at the end of her term will unleash a deluge of lawsuits to make her pay for the alleged crimes she had committed while in office since 2001. She must stay in power to shield herself against any lawsuit even if some observers believe being House speaker or prime minister does not necessarily give her legal immunity.]]> http://www.pinoypress.net/2009/06/23/what-are-1109-9006-and-9369-in-arroyo%e2%80%99s-agenda/feed/ 0 http://www.pinoypress.net/2009/05/23/will-the-who-waiver-diplomatic-immunity-of-suspected-child-rapist/ http://www.pinoypress.net/2009/05/23/will-the-who-waiver-diplomatic-immunity-of-suspected-child-rapist/#comments Fri, 22 May 2009 22:54:40 +0000 PinoyPress http://www.pinoypress.net/?p=4745 FATHER SHAY CULLEN   BIO   |   MORE POSTS
The Philippine government under President Macapagal-Arroyo is very reluctant to prosecute foreigners or even to uphold the convictions of foreigners who rape Filipinos, national dignity and pride as a sovereign nation notwithstanding.]]> http://www.pinoypress.net/2009/05/23/will-the-who-waiver-diplomatic-immunity-of-suspected-child-rapist/feed/ 1 http://www.pinoypress.net/2009/05/23/order-of-battle-malicious-forgery-or-conspiracy-to-murder/ http://www.pinoypress.net/2009/05/23/order-of-battle-malicious-forgery-or-conspiracy-to-murder/#comments Fri, 22 May 2009 22:51:39 +0000 PinoyPress http://www.pinoypress.net/?p=4743 HUMAN RIGHTS   By Alan Davis  |  Philippine Human Rights Reporting Project  |  The Army’s reputation is either being maliciously attacked here and the document is a forgery – or it is genuine but its contents have been misinterpreted – or the claims made by those who have presented it are true. Either way, the story needs following up and is a matter of concern for us all -- including the entire diplomatic and donor community.]]> http://www.pinoypress.net/2009/05/23/order-of-battle-malicious-forgery-or-conspiracy-to-murder/feed/ 0 http://www.pinoypress.net/2009/04/16/cha-cha-proponents-clinging-to-an-obsolete-ideology/ http://www.pinoypress.net/2009/04/16/cha-cha-proponents-clinging-to-an-obsolete-ideology/#comments Thu, 16 Apr 2009 11:10:57 +0000 PinoyPress http://www.pinoypress.net/?p=4715 POLITICS   As administration allies push for amendments of economic provisions in the Constitution, research group IBON Foundation says that the resolution seeking to allow corporations to own land and land-based resources in the Philippines are based on an outmoded ideology which believes that liberalizing the economy to greater foreign investment will lead to development.]]> http://www.pinoypress.net/2009/04/16/cha-cha-proponents-clinging-to-an-obsolete-ideology/feed/ 27 http://www.pinoypress.net/2009/04/07/death-squads-scared-me-too/ http://www.pinoypress.net/2009/04/07/death-squads-scared-me-too/#comments Tue, 07 Apr 2009 02:18:51 +0000 PinoyPress http://www.pinoypress.net/?p=4709 FATHER SHAY CULLEN   BIO   |   MORE POSTS
There are brave and courageous people in Davao, defenders of the human rights and children who have protested the killings for many years but they have received warnings and death threats and some of them have been assassinated on the street.]]> http://www.pinoypress.net/2009/04/07/death-squads-scared-me-too/feed/ 3