A noted Filipino agriculture scientist says the country’s salvation from hunger comes in the form of the lowly seed.
In an article to be published later this month, Dr. Calixto M. Protacio, [...]

Times are getting harder and life has become more difficult. Too many indicators point to the fact that life is not getting better for Filipino families. In fact, the number of people going hungry has risen that the Philippines is now among the list of countries with the highest incidence of hunger.
A global hunger survey, [...]

The human rights alliance Karapatan is outraged by the recent legal offensive of the Macapagal-Arroyo administration against the legal democratic organizations particularly in Southern Tagalog, including two of its officials namely Karapatan-Southern Tagalog Secretary General Doris Cuario and Karapatan-Batangas Coordinator Dina Capetillo among those falsely accused.

Based on the monitoring and documentation of the NUPL and the Counsels for the Defense of Liberties (CODAL) from 2001 to 2008, at least 13 lawyers and a judge have been subjected to surveillance by suspected state agents and 11 received death threats.

The US Chapter of Bagong Alyansang Makabayan, or BAYAN USA, an alliance of 12 Filipino organizations across the US, joins the rest of the American people and beyond in celebrating the historical significance of having the first Black president elected into the executive office of the White House. It is overwhelming and appropriate that [...]

“Courage-Prize” for print- and online journalists will be awarded for the first time in 2009. Announcement starts.
ESSEN / BRUSSELS / SOFIA, 06.11.2008. The WAZ Media Group and the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) promote courageous journalism with a new Prize. Both founders, who agreed in 2007 on a “Framework Agreement to defend and promote [...]

A group of anthropologists, social scientists and university professors from United States of America, France, Italy, Japan, United Kingdom and Australia who have been engaged in various studies and researches on the environment and culture of Palawan issued a statement (dated September 15, 2008) calling the Arroyo government and local government officials to stop [...]

Senate Minority Leader Aquilino Q. Pimentel, Jr. (PDP-Laban) today urged the Senate to disapprove the administration bill granting a 25-year congressional franchise to a consortium financed by a Hongkong-based company which won the bidding to operate the country’s power transmission system.
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The Armando Dumandan Command-Front 33 Operations Command of the New People’s Army in Southern Mindanao admits that a grievous lapse was committed by a team of its Red fighters in the conduct of the arrest and killing of an AFP intelligence asset which unintentionally resulted in the death of five year-old Kyle Manegro last October [...]

Senator Loren Legarda, in a statement delivered at the United Nations General Assembly in New York last November 3, said that the UN Economic and Social Council’s focus on sustainable development coincides with the Philippines’ position on cross-cutting issues such as climate change, the gender gap and the food crisis —aspects of which add to [...]

NUJP expresses concern over the arrest of human rights lawyer Remigio Saladero Jr.
The National Union of Journalists of the Philippines views with concern the arrest and continuing detention of Atty. Remigio Saladero Jr., veteran human rights, labor and media lawyer. He also writes a column for Pinoy Weekly.

San Miguel Corporation today announced a September year-to-date consolidated net income of P20.9 billion, nearly 200% higher than the same period last year.

MANILA — Members of the Philippine press are entitled to a 10-percent discount on all books at Bound Bookshop, a bookstore in Quezon City owned and operated by journalists.
“All our colleagues have to do is present their press cards to us and we will give them discounts,” said Carlos Conde, one of the owners of [...]

With the worsening crisis of the US and global economy expected to further aggravate poverty in the country, independent think-tank IBON Foundation today said that it has become more crucial for government to ensure enough resources are spent for the poor.

The Vietnamese government should immediately release Roman Catholics arrested for holding peaceful prayer vigils in Hanoi and hold accountable police and others responsible for attacking Catholic parishioners, Human Rights Watch said today. The protesters have been calling for the return of church properties confiscated by the government.

SEATCA is calling on the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) Health Ministers who will be meeting this week to pressure their governments into adopting policies that will make it more difficult for people—adults and minors—to buy cigarettes.

“We are not surprised that the JPEPA has been approved while the rest of the country is not watching. This treaty has been negotiated by Malacanang and signed by Ms Gloria Arroyo in virtual secrecy. The undemocratic and non-transparent manner with which the deal has been conceived has resulted in a seriously flawed agreement that threatens to further destroy the jobs and livelihood of Filipino workers, farmers and fishers and further destroy local industries and stunt long-term economic development.”

Migrante International, the largest global alliance of Filipino migrants and the families, warned that more Filipino domestic helpers could become targets of sexual exploitation and abuses because of the racist depiction of a Filipina domestic helper as a sex object in an episode of a BBC comedy show “Harry & Paul.”