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- Human Rights Watch alarmed by Carlos Celdran conviction
- ‘KKK’ again?: Group challenges Aquino to fire government officials implicated in Pagcor scam
- Cojuangco-Aquinos are the real outsiders, troublemakers, says farmers group
- P325M ‘intel fund’ could have built 474 more classrooms — ACT Teachers solon
- Farmers expose Cojuangcos’ bribery, coercion in Luisita
- DAR must not push through with referendum — farmers group
- Farmers slam Cojuangco-Aquinos’ divide and rule tactics
- Groups outraged at persisting environmental crime in Payatas
- Pangilinan meets with NDFP peace panel in Utrecht
- DAR, OSG in collusion with Aquino on Luisita, says peasant group
- No excuses for the ‘Pajero Bishops’
- Mothers of missing UP students: “We want Palparan behind bars”
- Saudization, Omanization, Emiratization: OFWs threatened with more displacement
- The Philippines: A state of insecurity
- Philippines: Aquino’s first year falls far short on rights
- Philippines: Falling far short
- Pimentel questions costly PPA projects
- Runway OFWs seek assistance from Saudi welfare agency
- ADB, Swiss Re sign agreement to boost trade in Asia
- ‘Art 2 Art’ bares July episodes
- Angara to PNoy: Shed light on ICT plan to dispel doubts
- Legarda urges upgrading of drainage Systems
- Urban poor to Robredo: Stop demolition in Davao, probe abuses by PNP, demolition team
- Kidapawan City radio commentator threatened
- Worker’s death in Megaworld condo project ‘sign of impunity in construction sites’
- Response to Saudi maid ban shows Philippines gov’t has no long-term plan of creating decent jobs – KMU
- Groups from 40 countries tackle global crisis in Manila confab
- International conference to form global movement of artists and writers
- With Luisita decision, ‘SC missed historic chance to correct grave injustice’
- Global women resist neoliberal landgrabbing
- SC decision on Luisita legalizes theft of farmworkers’ lands – KMU
- Farmers condemn SC decision on Hacienda Luisita as ‘biggest betrayal’
- Only DFA should speak on Spratlys issue – Pimentel
- Legarda: Jose Rizal, a hero of the environment
- Human Rights Council passes first resolution on sexual orientation and gender identity
- Murder complaint against former governors, four others dismissed
- Torture victims speak out — “The evidence is suppressed to weaken a case”
- Legarda wants human rights subject in schools
- On the Peaceful Settlement of Disputes in the West Philippine Sea
- Quezon City loses 4 billion a year to ghost employees
- 250,000 Filipino families reeling from high cost of health care: WHO
- Why the US is attacking Libya
- Schools, family are teens’ most trusted sources of info about contraception, repro health
- IIRC on hostage crisis: ‘No one was in charge’
- Tyrant Marcos hailed as ‘defender’ of democracy
- Protests fan Hongkong anger over Manila killings
- Starbucks crashes instant-coffee market in Philippines with Via
- Aquino urged to address root cause of PAL crisis
- ‘Do not make Pag-IBIG membership compulsory,’ migrants ask Noynoy
- Bill seeking to revive mandatory ROTC opposed
- Release of all political prisoners sought
- End water crisis, groups urge MWSS
- Don’t evade land reform in your SONA, Aquino told
- Probe ‘overprice’ in passport fees, Aquino urged
- Bill seeks to decriminalize libel in the Philippines
- NGOs call for protection of Filipinos from black-market trade of human organs
- Leftist reps to Noynoy: Stop killings of activists
- Severe rich-poor income gap a cause for concern for Noynoy
- Groups oppose entry of foreign mining firms to Diwalwal
- Ending killings should top Aquino agenda: HRW
- Speed up probe of cases vs. Arroyo, de Lima told
- Peasant leader slain in front of family; 2nd slain activist under Aquino
- Reds say US troops in RP involved in combat
- Withdraw tax incentives to foreign investors, gov’t urged
- IFJ slams ABS-CBN for firing of workers who refused to accept ‘retrograde working conditions’
- Aquino denounced for dispersal of protesting farmers
- Radio journalist shot, first to die under Noynoy
- HRW to Aquino: Investigate killing of massacre witness
- Release of education emergency funds sought
- Duterte daughter is Davao’s first woman mayor
- Sweeping reforms, beginning with small things
- President Aquino hits the right notes except on land reform
- In inaugural speech, Aquino promises sweeping reforms
- African countries overtake Philippines in MDG campaign
- CHR’s de Lima describes Arroyo human-rights record as dismal
- Ampatuan massacre witness killed, probe urged
- South Cotabato government bans open-pit mining
- “‘Permanent contractual’ status of ABS-CBN workers illegal”
- ABS-CBN workers decry ‘union-busting’
- DOLE approval of outsourcing at PAL irks workers
- Without accountability, the killings will never stop
- Approval of SLEx toll rate hike hit
- Surface abducted farmers, Noynoy urged
- AFP’s commitment to human rights, a big lie
- Act on media killings, int’l watchdog tells Noynoy
- Fire officials involved in human trafficking, Noynoy told
- Dark legacies: The economy under Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo
- Foreign monitors shocked by ‘chaos, fraud’
- CHR to military: Respect human rights in Maguindanao
- Maguindanao, its political elite and a culture subservient to corruption
- Martial law dilutes the Philippines’s human rights and democratic gains
- 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
- Journalists to march vs impunity, Ampatuan massacre
- ‘Outrage over massacre not only understandable it is essential’
- Ampatuan massacre: A challenge of conscience
- Maguindanao massacre: Why Andal Ampatuan Jr. thought he could get away with it
- FFFJ Mission: The 30 Media Martyrs of Maguindanao
- Government must dismantle Ampatuan power base
- Arroyo officials should also be held accountable for Ampatuan massacre: CHR’s de Lima
- Widespread condemnation of Maguindanao massacre
- Comelec deprives millions of OFWs with genuine representation
- Mrs. Burgos in Europe to plead for justice for son, desaparecidos
- Greenpeace to Bayer: ‘Hands off our rice!’
- CHR slams police for using firearms during Baclaran demolition
- 2009 Palanca hall-of-famer Eugene Evasco: Writing for the child within
- Pacquiao hailed as symbol of true ‘Mindanawon Filipino’
- Priests, ethnic minorities go on hunger strike to protest operation in Philippines of Norwegian mining firm
- Estrada: ‘I am not backing out and I am not endorsing Noynoy’
- Develop Mindanao rice paddies instead of importing rice, Amin urges DA-NFA
- Gonzales as defense chief is hell on earth
- Blue ribbon report on NBN-ZTE scam not yet final: Pimentel
- Mindanaoans to Hillary Clinton: Pull out US troops now
- US think tanks report may reveal true goals of Clintons Philippine visit
- Green groups call on Hillary to urge US to pay for its environmental crimes vs. Filipinos
- Arroyo’s oil-price control a publicity stunt, cries Ibon
- Abortion and unintended pregnancy decline worldwide as contraceptive use increases
- Europe must act on human rights 20 years after the Berlin wall
- Hundreds of tribal folk troop to Davao for Katribu partylist convention
- Clinton asked to explain permanent presence of troops, additional US military aid
- Philippine health NGO slams tobacco expo; warns more tobacco-related deaths among Asians
- Clinton should press Arroyo on killings — Human Rights Watch
- Class and Ondoy: The Inquirers Ideological Distortions
- Ex-Bayan Muna congressman to run for Davao council seat
- Migrante partylist ‘smells a rat’ in exclusion by Comelec
- Typhoons ‘have not dampened the great spirit and resilience of Filipinos’
- Philippines urged to access Asean rice reserve
- As Philippines reels from calamity, Big Three hike oil prices; greed denounced
- Photojournalist held at provincial governors house
- Environmentalists Slam Arroyo’s Sellout of Lands to Foreigners
- New Round of Oil Price Hikes Hit
- Its Battle of Good Vs Evil, Church Leaders Say of Cha-cha Fight
- Satur: Nograles to Blame for Dispersal of Peasant Camp-Out
- Journalist Finds Name in Military ‘Hit List’
- Denying Womens Reproductive Rights: An Executive Privilege or Human Rights Abuse?
- Excited, Anxious First-Time Voters
- Why Olalias Are Not Considered Heroes by Bantayog Foundation
- Removing Restrictions on Foreign Troops on Cha-cha Agenda: Troops from 12 Countries Set to Enter RP
- Death of an Anti-Mining Activist: Impunity Lives On
- Is the Writ of Amparo Effective?
- Cha-Cha Proponents: Clinging to an Obsolete Ideology
- New Wave of Protests Against Charter Change Set in April
- Reproductive Health Bill Misses the Point
- Majority of Filipinos Reject Economic Revisions to Charter
- Comelec’s Automation to Worsen Election Fraud — Watchdog
- Political Killings Up Again; 16 Assassinated in Past 3 Months
- James Balao: Still Missing Almost 200 Days On
- 2008: Another Bad Year for the Philippine Press
- DENR Pressed to Revoke San Mateo Landfill Permit
- Most Filipinos Believe Term Extension Real Motive Behind Cha-cha
- Two of Three Filipinos Are Against Charter Change — Survey
- CPJ to Philippines: Convict Killers
- Survey Reveals Decline in Arroyo’s Satisfaction Rating
- Getting Away With Murder: Philippines Ranks 6th in Index
- Arroyo Told: Stopping Killing of Journalists Could Be Your Legacy
- Fil-Am Women to Obama: Revoke VFA, Prevent a Thousand ‘Nicoles’
- Bayan Belittles Blair Role in Philippines Peace Process
- Four Years on, Mastermind of Esperat Murder Still Out There
- ‘Unemployment Figures Wrong; Number of Jobless Higher’
- NSO Touts Employment of 34 Million Filipinos
- Most Filipinos Think Postponing 2010 Polls Would Mean Trouble
- Progressive Solons Might Support Panlilio-Padaca Tandem
- Victims File Nearly 200 Human-Rights Violations Cases
- ‘Nicole Is Not the Enemy’
- ‘Nicole’: ‘My Conscience Bothers Me’
- Farmers’ Group Slam Cojuangco Over Luisita Plan
- Angara Calls for ‘Overhaul’ of Labor Code
- Arroyo Signs Adoption Law That Gives More Teeth to DSWD
- Solon Alarmed Over Rise of Domestic Abuse
- Photo Essay: Filipino Women Rail Vs Abuses, US Troops
- Migrant Group Calls MECO Advisory a Sellout
- Is the Call Center Industry a Bright Spot for New Graduates?
- Rebelyn Pitao: Murder Most Foul
- A Bloody Milestone: 100 Journalists Killed in the Philippines since 1986
- Peasant Group Denounces DuPont and IRRI Partnership
- President Arroyo Urged to Scrap Counter-Insurgency Plan
- As Crisis Hits US Private Health Sector, Quality Jobs at Home for Healthcare Workers Urged
- Costs of Balikatan in Bicol: A Childs Death and US Troops
- Three Women: Struggling to Survive While Fighting for Change
- Public Hearings On Summary Killings in Davao: Will They Help Turn The Tide?
- Everybody Loses: Kidnappers in Sulu, Basilan Hurt Own Communities Most
- Shot Radioman Received Death Threats, Incurred Ire of Gambling Lords
- Francis Magallona’s Serious Effort Comment on Social Ills
- ‘Magna Carta of Women’ Bill Only a Signature Away
- Pilgrims, Trekkers Banned from Mounts Banahaw, San Cristobal
- Trust Fund Set Up to Allow More Filipino Authors to Write Books
- Cagayan de Oro Radioman Shot, in Critical Condition
- Oil Firms Earn P289 Million a Day Due to Overpricing: Bayan
- Move to Hike Pay of Soldiers, Cops Upsets Underpaid Teachers
- Pimentel Trains His Gun on Nude Men
- Congress Defers Approval of Libel Bill
- ‘Ombudsman Ignoring Big Fish’
- Party-List Bloc Endorses Impeachment Bid vs Ombudsman
- Solon Wants Arroyo to Create Corruption Commission
- ‘Insolent, Ruthless’ Prosecutor Hit for Denying Surgery to Activist
- Group Renews Call to Respect Law on Landmines
- Distrust, Disapproval Remain Strong Vs Arroyo in New Poll
- Solons Decry ‘Bastardization’ of Bill Meant to Decriminalize Libel
- Congress OKs Human-Rights Bills
- ASEAN Told: Make Human Rights a Regional Concern
- A Bargain for US Tourists: Explore the Philippines for Only $999
- Digos Radioman Survives Attack as Gunman’s Weapon Jams
- Journalists, Lawmakers Debate ‘Right of Reply’ Bill
- Crisis Hits Hard Women OFWs
- Obama Urged to Withdraw Military Aid to Philippines Due to Human Rights Abuses
- ‘Most Filipinos Want Arroyo Out’
- Journalists to March Vs Killings
- Women’s Rights Advocates Urge Congress to Pass Reproductive Health Bill Into Law
- Farmers Group: Spirit of EDSA 1 is Dead
- The World Wont Accept Another Gloria — Opposition Solon
- Journalists Unite vs. Right of Reply Bill
- Migrante: Probe POEA on Illegal Recruitment Charge
- Another Broadcaster Shot Dead; First Media Killing in 2009
- Manila’s Political Will Too Weak for Mindanao Peace Settlement: Experts
- Amid Crisis, a Perilous Reliance on OFW Remittances
- The Economic Folly of Charter Change
- Struggling Through Tough Times
- MWSS Urged to Suspend Water Rate Hikes Amid Crisis
- DAR Misleading Public on Arroyo Lands, Says TFM
- Arroyo Presence at US ‘Prayer Breakfast’ Draws Attention to Human Rights in Philippines
- Bayan Slams Nograles Cha-cha Resolution
- Contractors Blacklisted by International Agencies Face Ban From Local Projects
- IBON: Number of Poor Filipinos Likely to Rise by 4 Million in 2009
- Revival of Bataan Nuclear Power Plant a Source of Corruption?
- Burn After Reading: Error-Filled Textbooks Resurface
- NUJP Expels Chairman for Allegedly Soliciting Money from Source
- Plain Boasts, Empty Rhetoric, Solon Says of GMAs Davos Talk
- DFA Imposes Unreasonable Increase in Consular Service Fees in Eurozones
- Arroyo Gives Self Pat On the Back, Denies Gravity of Crisis in Philippines
- 36 More OFWs Retrenched in South Korea
- Massive Job Loses in Philippines to Shadow Arroyos Trip to Davos — Bayan
- Palparan Appointment ‘Alarming’
- Q&A with ILO Economist: ‘Issue in Philippines Is Quality of Jobs, Not Job Creation’
- Red Cross Workers in Good Shape
- President Arroyo’s Assistance Package a Hoax – Migrante
- Green Groups Wary of Atienza’s Landfill Probe; Fear of Moro-Moro Investigation
- 10.7 M Jobless Filipinos in ’08
- US Government Must Stop Aiding Human Rights Violators — Bayan
- Nuclear Myths Used to Hurry Bataan Operation Greenpeace
- 22 Years After Massacre, Mendiola Still Smolders
- Scientists Caution Solons on Move to Reopen Bataan Nuclear Plant
- The ‘First Quarter Storm’ Redux
- Gov’t Told: Instead of Appointing Palparan, Prosecute Him
- Propriety of Appointing Ex-General as Arroyo’s PMS Chief Questioned
- Court Says Arroyo and Her Men Liable for Abduction, Disappearance of Activist
- Rustom, aka Bebe Gandanghari, Talks About Gay Rights
- 22 Years After Mendiola Massacre, Landlessness Worsens, Farmers Remain Victims
- Whos Afraid of Sarah Raymundo?
- Communists in Mindanao: A Growing or Declining Force?
- Red Cross Demands Safe Return of Abducted Staff
- 2009 World Report: Obama Should Emphasize Human Rights
- Capital Punishment, The Media, State and Society
- ‘Philippines Now in Recession’
- Moro Advocate to Puno: You Have Blood in Your Hands
- CEGP Slams Suspension of Quezon City Students Over Blog
- Fil-Ams Set Shoe-Throwing Party Vs. Bush, Arroyo
- Street-Level Air Pollution in Asian Cities Worse Than Thought
- World Bank Blacklists Chinese, Filipino Firms for Graft
- Can Philippine Economy Withstand Crisis in 2009?
- Why Rizal Did Not Deserve to Be the Philippines’s National Hero
- Farmers, Advocates Push for Land-Reform Extension
- CARP Extension to Worsen Landlessness Problem
- Mindanao Killings: Unrelated or an Undeclared War?
- A Killing Puzzle: The Life and Death of a Radio Commentator
- Selling People Overseas to Save the Economy At Home
- Arroyo Survives as House Allies Junk New Impeachment Case
- In Major Rebuke, UN Faults Philippines for Killings
- Arroyo Dissolves Gov’t Peace Panel
- Major US Gov’t Report Concludes Tobacco’s Media Promotion Leads to Smoking
- Waiting Game for North Cotabato Refugees
- Critics Hit US ‘Intervention’ in Peace Talks
- Probe Sought Vs Philip Morris for ‘Organizing’ Eraserheads Concert
- Eraserheads Reunion Concert: US Anti-Tobacco Group Slams Philip Morris’s ‘Devious’ Ploy
- Why MOA on Ancestral Domain Doesn’t Mean Much
- GenSan Broadcaster Dies, First of 2 Journalists Murdered in a Week
- A Tribute to Lorenzo Taada, ‘Street Parliamentarian,’ Freedom Fighter
- ‘Ambulancia’ Is First Filipino Entry in ‘Woodstock of Short Films’
- Bangsamoro Homeland: A Long Way to Go
- ‘Festival of Lies’: Thousands Protest SONA
- Arroyo Fails to Meet Own Targets — Study
- ‘Amparo Dismissals Encourage More Killings’
- 9 of 10 Metro Residents Want Oil VAT Scrapped
- Voices from Sulu: An Audio Report
- Despite Claims of Losses, ‘Big 3′ Rake in Billions in Oil Profits
- The Sacred VAT
- Australia May Exploit Drilon Kidnapping to Push for Military Pact in Mindanao
- Young, Poor and Unschooled
- Drilon Kidnapping: A Case of Gauging Risks for a Story
- WHO Warns of ‘Tobacco Offensive’ Vs. Youths
- Groups Decry Gov’t Refusal to Free Davao Broadcaster Despite Court Order
- Is Leila de Lima, New CHR Chair, for Real?
- Death Squad-Style Murders Rise in GenSan
- Fetal, Maternal Deaths in Philippines ‘Alarming’
- Luis V. Teodoro: The Regime of Mockery
- SC Urged to Intervene in Case of Murdered Journalist
- Credit-Card Scam in Malls Bared; 9 Ways to Protect Yourself
- Arroyo Regime Blamed for Beltran’s Death
- Ka Bel: Not a Senseless, Silly Death
- Wage Increases, Inflation, and Factory Closures
- MILF: Hopes of Peace Diminishing by the Day
- Leader of Farmers’ Group Shot Dead in Davao City
- Philippines ‘Confused’ in War Vs. Terror, Separatism
- Meralco, Gov’t Pocketed Billions from ‘System Loss’
- Meralco Fleeces Consumers with ‘Tong-pats’
- Malaysia’s Pullout and Its Implications for Mindanao
- Meralco Takeover Wont Lower Power Rates
- Who Is Afraid of Price Control for Medicines?
- Block Voting for President, VP Proposed
- Impunity Inhibits Journalism in the Philippines
- Smuggled Peking Ducks Pose Avian Flu Threat to Philippines
- Deported OFWs Urge Replacement of Philippine Officials in Saudi
- UN Rights Body Tells Philippines to ‘Completely Eliminate’ Torture
- Davao Mayor Slams “God’s Antiquated Policy” on Population
- ‘Like Misuari, Trillanes Should Be Freed on Bail’
- Dropping Spratlys from RP Map ‘Treasonous’
- 8 Reasons Why JPEPA Is Bad for the Philippines
- Humiliation of Patient at Cebu Hospital Result of ‘Poor’ Training of Philippine Medical Workers
- Cebu Hospital Scandal: Justice for ‘Sottoed’ Man
- To Hell and Back: A Stranded OFW’s Nightmare
- Jun Lozada Reflects on His 2 Months of ‘Calvary’
- Why Brian Gorrell Story Is Not Fit to Print
- Jun Lozada Should Stop His Antics, ‘Ka-OA-han’
- 9 Magdalo Officers Sentenced, Expect Pardon
- Pinoy ‘Washington Post’ Reporter Wins Pulitzer
- Cavite Columnist Murdered in Pasig
- By Lifting Rice Quota, ‘Arroyo Has Gone Mad’
- Price Controls Pushed to Ease Burden on Poor
- Breaking Monopolies, Reversing Liberalization Can End Rice Crisis in Philippines
- ‘Pro-Cartel’ Policies Blamed for Rising Prices
- Weak Global Economy, Inflation to Undermine Growth in Philippines — ADB
- Philippine Economy to Slow Down This Year
- NPA Threatens Ex-Secretary, Mining Execs
- Noise Barrage Vs High Prices Set on April 2
- Is DOH Regulating or Legalizing Organ Trade?
- No Dirty Money from OFWs Yet — Watchdog
- OFW Money Fails to Bridge Income Gap
- 350 Attacks in ’07, Mindanao Reds Claim
- Human Rights Watch Urges UN to ‘Carefully Review’ Failure by Arroyo to Prosecute Killings
- Aid Donors Told: Stop Loaning Money to Arroyo
- Rice Crisis to Worsen, Prices to Soar: Farmers
- Oil Price Hikes More Frequent Under Arroyo
- 2006 Official Poverty Stats: Worse Than It Looks
- Ex-President Cory Aquino Has Colon Cancer
- After Surviving Stroke, Bank Exec Spreads the Word on Healthy Lifestlye
- Corruption and Cynicism in the Philippines
- Vidal Is Arroyo’s ‘Puppet Solon in a Cassock’
- ‘US Should Help Avert Crisis in Philippines’
- Call centers reel from world’s highest turnover
- In wake of scandal, a stronger de Venecia bind
- US on Human Rights in Philippines: Unsolved Cases, Unpunished Perpetrators
- Jobs Created Under Arroyo ‘Low-Paying, Poor Quality,’ Contribute to Growing Poverty
- Spratly Deals Cover 6 Philippine Islands
- Struggling and Surviving in Kuwait: Another Tale of OFW Woes
- ZTE Scandal: The Spratlys Connection
- Philippines’s Problems With Aid Go Beyond Lack of Transparency, Accountability
- 4 Million Filipinos Grew Poorer Between 2003 and 2006, Say Gov’t Data
- Former Top Officials to Arroyo: Government Should Serve the Truth
- Major Corruption Scandals Under Arroyo Cost Filipinos Over P7 Billion
- ABS-CBN Barred from Aerial Coverage of Anti-Arroyo Rally
- Former Senior Gov’t Officials Set to Speak on Political Crisis
- Thousands Demand Arroyo Resignation
- Jemaah Islamiyah’s Publishing Industry
- More Damning Disclosures on ZTE Emerging, Says Solon
- Roxas Seeks Swift Justice for Filipina Rape Victim in Japan
- Satur Slams ‘ZTE-Style Operations’ in Manila Communities
- Arroyo’s Defense in ZTE Mess Weak, Says Pimentel
- Arroyo: The World Will Not Forgive Another ‘People Power’
- ‘No Midnight Cabinet in Palace’ — Bunye
- Neri Calls for One Year of ‘Social Peace,’ End to ‘Politics of Hate’
- An Open Letter to Arroyo: Help Distressed OFWs
- Survey: 7 Out of 10 Filipinos Consider Themselves Poor
- ‘People Power Pa Rin!’: Nationally Coordinated Protests Set for EDSA 1 Commemoration
- Mindanao Rallies Call for Ouster of US Troops, Arroyo
- Joey de Venecia Slams ‘Tampered’ YouTube Recording
- Neri’s ‘Web of Corruption’ Shows Post-Marcos Crony Capitalism: Satur
- ZTE Execs Slammed for ‘Arrogance’
- Arroyo Is Ripe for Ouster — Joma
- Ibon Survey: Most Filipinos Want Arroyo to Step Down Due to Corruption
- Arroyo: Lesser Evil No More?
- As Balikatan Begins, Citizens Group to Probe US Military in Sulu
- Lozada Told: Be Strong in Face of Harassment
- ‘I Have Faith in Our Soldiers’ — Army Chief
- Want to Oust Arroyo? Here Are Some (Green) Tips.
- Int’l Media Group Slams Western Countries for ‘Cowardice,’ Cites Constant Threats, Physical Attacks Vs Filipino Journalists
- Ibon Warns of Fiscal Crisis
- Uncut Cersions of Controversial Films to Be Shown in UP
- 2 Peasant Activists Remain Missing in Negros Weeks After Abduction by Soldiers
- Valentines Day Noise Barrage Vs. Arroyo All Set
- Cha-Cha Roadshow: “A Worn-Out Ploy”
- Charter Change Should Not Be a Ploy to Allow Arroyo to Run Again
- Lozada More Credible Than Joker Arroyo — Pimentel
- Economists to Arroyo: Resign Now!
- Here’s Why Call Centers Can Be Bad for Philippine Economy
- In Tagum Forum, Soldiers Enjoy Porn While National Security Adviser Gonzales Speaks
- What Neri Is Too Afraid to Tell the Public, and Why
- JPEPA Economic Invasion: Who Among the Senators Will Be the Collaborators and Patriots?
- Gov’t Should Help Convicted Sentosa Nurses in New York — Pimentel
- TxtPower Says Bomb Rumors Related to Lozada Testimony
- Arroyo Should Resign Over ZTE ‘Cover-Up’, Lozada Abduction
- Migrante Slams Arroyo Administration Over Criminal Neglect
- Philippines Phasing Out Incandescent Bulbs to Cut Greenhouse Gas Emissions
- ‘Out Now Coalition’ Condemns US-RP Forces’ Atrocities in Sulu
- Military Should Account for Sulu Massacre — Moro Group
- Strong International Pressure Behind Decrease in Killings, Says Karapatan
- The Rise of Prospero Nograles
- Bloodbath in Congress
- Zero Oil VAT Is Better Stimulus Package, Roxas Insists
- Farm Chemicals a Major Source of Water Pollution in Philippines — Greenpeace
- 2008 Report: Democracy Charade Undermines Human Rights
- Green Group Slams ‘Guns for Hire’ by Mining Firms
- The ‘Strong Peso’ and the Folly of OFW Export
- GDP Growth Hype Cannot Hide Philippines’s Economic Failures
- More Blood Will Be in Esperon’s and GMA’s Hands Satur
- Bill Gates Gives $20M for Rice Research in Philippines
- Migrante Tags Arroyo’s OFW Hedge Funds ‘Parasitic’
- Two Moro Clans Sign Peace Accord After 6 Years of Bloody War
- Reporters Without Borders Slam Detention of Butuan Radio Journalist
- Burma/Myanmar: After the Crackdown
- Removing Oil VAT to Give Relief to Greater Number of Filipinos — Ibon
- IFJ’s “Deadly Stories 2007″ Confirms Pattern of Greater Risk for Journalists
- Chemical Fertilizer Use Linked to Climate Change
- Call Centers in Philippines, OFWs to Be Hit Worst by US Recession
- Lifting of Oil VAT to Benefit Millions — Bayan
- Charter Is Key for Asean Revitalization
- Community Doctors Urge Implementation of Generics Law
- Detained Journalists Call For ‘Amparo’ Protection
- Gov’t Jobs Data Excludes 1.4 Million Jobless Filipinos
- OFWs May Lose Over P3,000 Per Month Due to Strong Peso
- Gov’t Left with Nothing More to Sell; More Taxes, Budget Deficit Likely This Year
- Philippine Education to Worsen Due to Budget Cuts, Loren Warns
- Carpenter, Ex-Political Detainee Latest Victims of Extrajudicial Killings
- ‘Malunggay’ Eyed as Potential Biofuel Source
- Davao Lumads Flee as Military Heightens Operations
- Class Suit Vs Arroyo Husband to Continue
- Philippine Consumer Group Slams Doctors for Spreading ‘Generic’ Myths
- The Arroyo Imbroglio in the Philippines
- NUJP to Hold Forum on Gonzalez Threat Vs. Media
- Arroyo Bats for an Energy-Independent Philippines
- Philippines Slams Freedom House for Democracy Downgrade
- Internet Banking: 10 Simple Ways to Protect Yourself from Online Scams, Fraud and Identity Theft
- Unions to Step Up Campaign for P125 Wage Hike
- DOJ Warning to Media a Clear, Shameless Attempt to Criminalize Press Freedom
- Due to Strong Peso, OFWs Lose P70 Per $100 Remitted
- Killings in Philippines Leave Deeply Entrenched Fear, Distrust
- Bayan’s Worst-Case Scenario: P50 Per Liter Gasoline, P700 LPG
- Workers in Japanese Firms Slam JPEPA
- More Troops Won’t Solve Mining Woes in Cotabato
- Two Philippines Suspects Arraigned in 2001 Media Killing
- As Oil Price Hikes Continue, Filipinos Face Higher Cost of Living, Eroded Wages and Income
- Senate’s Investigative Power in Danger of Being Undermined due to Arroyo Gag Order — Pimentel
- Bayan Slams Revival of National ID System
- Arroyo Should Exercise ‘Political Will’ to Salvage GRP-MILF Talks: Expert
- OFWs Get Less Funding Share in AIDS Program
- Cooperative Finds Ways to Force OFWs to Save
- Philippine Village Profits as OFWs Snap Up Squash Noodles
- To Address Shortage of Maritime Officers, Industry Turns to PR
- Loren Says All This Talk on 2010 Are Premature, a Distraction
- Japan Loan to Philippines Seen to Sweeten JPEPA
- Reduced Fee for Filipino Migrant Workers Sought
- Recurrence of Threats Vs Church Leaders Belies ‘Improvement’ in Human Rights Condition in Philippines
- Esperon Rebuked for Claiming a New Coup Is Afoot to Justify Term Extension
- Journalist Deaths Highest Since 1994; Iraq, Somalia Drive 2007 Toll to 65
- Federalism the Only Way to Break Deadlock in Peace Talks — Pimentel
- ‘Tragedy Unlimited’: Killings of Journalists in 2007 Maintain Record Levels
- Living Dangerously in 2007; More of the Same in 2008
- Contractualization Main Culprit in Decline of Unionism in the Philippines
- 2 Years Later, Justice Remains Elusive for Leyte Massacre Victims
- Another Turbulent Year for the Arroyo Presidency
- Land to the Tillers Remains an Elusive Dream
- Visayans Unite! (Or Why They Should Boycott ‘Sakal Sakali Saklolo’)
- Davao Death Squad and the Murder of ‘Batman’
- Surigao Lumads Return to Ransacked Homes
- Malunggay Ice Cream, Anyone?
- Satur Warns of Arroyo-Danding Collusion Vs Sumilao Farmers
- Davao’s Duterte Seeks Arroyo Pardon for Broadcaster Jailed by Nograles
- Talks Break Down in KL; MILF Rejects Gov’t Draft on Ancestral Domains
- Rich-Poor Gap Remains High in Philippines
- IFJ Says End to Persecution of Journalists Is Key to Protection of Human Rights for All
- Anti-Subversion Law Revival a Throwback to Martial Law Satur
- Philippines Tops List of Climate-Change Victims Worldwide
- Are Funds for Human Rights Victims Still Intact? Pimentel Wants to Know
- Reds Say Military Abducts Kids to Tell on NPA Parents
- Across Asia, a Year of Historic Struggles for Human Rights
- Study Finds Wide Disparities in Living Standards in Asia-Pacific
- Arroyo to Plead with Kuwait Emir Today for OFW’s Life
- Lucio Tan Scores Victory Before Supreme Court
- Moro Groups Renew Call for Independent Probe of Batasan Blast
- Jailed Broadcaster Too Poor to Afford a Lawyer Asks for Help
- Migrante Slams Arroyo’s ‘Inaction’ on Effects of Strong Peso
- NDF Denies CPP-NPA Involvement in Manila Pen Siege
- CMFR Alert: Philippines Threatens to Arrest Journalists Who Defy Police Orders
- Burma: Crackdown Bloodier Than Government Admits
- NUJP Urges Authorities to Ensure Safety of Quezon Journalist
- Rights Award for Arroyo Slammed; Spanish University ‘Ignorant’ of Situation in Philippines
- 2007 Human Rights Report: Only Arroyo Ouster Can Improve Human-Rights Situation
- Pimentel Questions Transparency of BIR’s ‘Resibo’ Raffle Promo
- Greenpeace Demands Immediate Passage of Philippines’s Renewable Energy Bill
- Militarization Related to Mining Displaces Thousands in Surigao
- Prospects for Change Rest on Peoples Action, Activist Leaders Say
- MTRCB Bans Indie Film Critical of Arroyo
- Philippines’s Land Reform Program a Failure, Study Shows
- Arrest of Journalists Covering Peninsula Standoff: An Unprecedented Outrage
- Arroyo Under Siege: Makati Standoff Ends, Regime Declares Curfew
- In Survey, Most Filipinos Doubt Hype on Economy
- In Wake of Alston Final Report, Heads Should Roll, Militarist Policies Scrapped — Solons
- As Millions Are Denied Medicines, Big Pharma Buries Its Head in the Sand
- Gaming Consoles Among Least Environment-Friendly Gadgets
- Bayan Muna Seeks Probe on Arrest of Infant, Activists
- Asias Health Care Is in Need of Overhaul — WHO
- Relatives, Activists to Pursue Campaign to Save Marilou Ranario
- Kuwaiti Court Affirms Ranario’s Death Sentence
- UN Report: Philippine Military Follows ‘Deliberate Strategy’ to Hunt Down Activists
- Ranario Family Hopes for Release, Not Commutation
- Witness Says 2 Missing UP Students Tortured, Raped Inside Military Camp
- CPJ Launches ‘Global Campaign Against Impunity’ in Philippines, Russia
- Battling a Preference for Boys
- Millions in Asia Bearing Brunt of Climate Change
- Migrante Hopes Philippines Appeal Not Too Late for OFW on Death Row
- Cebu Girl, 8, Recounts Ordeal in the Hands of Philippine Military
- The Other Story of Luisito Bustamante
- HRW to Asean: Set Timetable for Human Rights Mechanism
- Suffer the (Lumad) Children
- Wahab Akbar: ‘I Am Basilan’
- Arroyo Says Politics Drove Girl to Commit Suicide
- Strong Peso Meaningless Amid High Oil Prices — Ibon
- BREAKING NEWS: Congress Blast Kills Solon, Driver; Several Others Hurt
- Angie’s Story: Letters from Prison
- WHO Warning: Measles May Again Threaten to Kill 6,000 Kids Each Year in Philippines
- Groups Raise ‘Serious Issues’ on Urea Dumping in Sulu Sea
- Abuses, Killings, Disappearances Highlighted in 3rd Impeach Raps vs Arroyo
- Philippines: Groups to File New impeach Raps vs Arroyo on Monday
- OFW Still on Death Row Despite Pardon from Victims Family
- Review of GRP-MNLF Peace Pact a Long-Standing MNLF Demand
- How Kitkat, Pringles and Other International Brands Are ‘Cooking the Climate’
- From Advocates to Victims: 2 Human Rights Workers Live the Nightmare
- Manaoag: The Mecca of the North
- Amid High Oil Prices, Ibon Urges Repeal of Oil Deregulation Law
- Satur Demands Release of ‘Tagaytay 5′
- The Fugitive of Talaingod
- Tondo’s Tribes
- Estrada’s pardon and the siege of May 2001
- Unmollified Palace slams Inquirer for missing ‘not’
- In UN report, Philippines’s counter-insurgency program blamed for killings
- Another TV slur vs. Philippines? ‘Daily Show’ labels Cory Aquino as ‘slut’
- Philippines’s health services among world’s worst
- Here’s why ’08 Philippines budget is anti-poor
- Burma: Foreign companies finance brutal regime
- This Palanca winner writes for the poor
- Deadly AFP ‘test missions’ during Ramadhan slammed
- Mindanao journalists push for freedom of information law
- Here’s how ZTE scam can nail Arroyo
- 504 gov’t critics in Philippines’s immigration blacklist
- Corruption in the Philippines: A 1-2 punch
- Philippines Supreme Court justice received payoff?
- Mindanao investments surge to record high
- In aftermath of Estrada verdict, a focus on Arroyo
- Arroyo’s days of reckoning
- Video: Short films on human rights in Philippines banned
- Journalists slam AFP ban on Inquirer reporter
- 11 years after peace pact, Muslim Mindanao is worse than ever
- Across Mindanao, Lumad vs. Lumad
- Philippines’s watchlist and its effect on international solidarity
- Marcos family returning to the limelight in the Philippines
- Alyssa Milano au naturelle
- English getting lost in translation in Philippines
- Abu Sayyaf in Basilan: A deadly redux
- With JPEPA, Philippines ushers in era of ‘unparalleled defeatist policymaking’
- Bangsamoro self-rule key to ending conflict in Mindanao
- An eyewitness to Quentin Tarantino’s Manila adventure
- Defective election computers in US traced to Philippines
- Poor planning, troop burnout caused military debacle in Sulu, Basilan
- Human Security Act: An unnecessary law
- Woman activist held, two others in immigration watchlist
- Assessing change in Asia
- The deteriorating education system and worsening poverty situation
- Arroyo calls for ‘urgent talks’ with MILF
- Philippines tightens noose on tax evaders
- AFP told: Minimize civilian casualties in Sulu, Basilan
- Abu Sayyaf warned: Do not harm doctors on medical mission to Basilan
- Arroyo wants more hospitals in regions
- Manila beautification part of investor come-on
- Workers from Philippines: Kidnapped into forced labor?
- OFWs in revolt due to peso rise, mulling cut in remittances
- Enforced disappearances: An act of terror
- Over 1,700 civilians killed or wounded in terror attacks in Philippines since 2000: Human Rights Watch
- Arroyo pleads for support of terror law
- Were US weapons used to kill Philippine Marines?
- Terror law puts rights at risk, says Human Rights Watch
- Palace assures protection of human rights, civil liberties as terror law takes effect
- Gov’t to hunt marines’ killers, won’t junk peace talks
- Protests mount vs anti-terrorism law
- Joma slams Dutch embassy, Arroyo for ‘denigrating’ EU court’s decision
- To avert fiscal crisis, Arroyo likely to impose new taxes
- Euphoria over foreign investments raises false hopes for jobs — Ibon
- Bacolod City welcomes electric jeepneys
- Philippines’s Communist leader remains on EU terror list
- In war vs youth offenders, Davao mayor reaches for the shotgun
- Basilan beheadings: Dishonoring the dead
- ‘Tourism, commerce to surge once terror law takes effect’
- The biofuels myths: Here’s why biofuels are bad
- Terror law dangerous in hands of abusive gov’t
- Philippines’s missed fiscal targets not surprising — Ibon
- Troops are back in Metro Manila communities
- SC upholds dismissal of raps vs Batasan 6
- Another Anakpawis leader shot dead in Philippines
- Burat: Textbook learnings for make benefit glorious nation of Philippines
- Marcoses are recovering their wealth, revising history
- 7 years after Payatas tragedy, Philippines still mired in trash
- Global solution needed to eradicate human trafficking, says expert
- ‘Wholesale cheating’ in 10 Mindanao towns favored Zubiri?
- Senators file bill requiring registration of SIM cards
- Palace bares ‘action plan’ to improve tax collection
- Philippines’s second-highest peak is getting bald
- Command responsibility: Can Arroyo evade it?
- All set for summit on extrajudicial killings
- Philippines Supreme Court suspends 4 Cebu judges in ‘marriage scam’
- Terror law can’t compel journalists to reveal sources
- The changing landscape of Philippine television
- Intruding into everyones privacy: The Human Security Act ushers in Big Brother
- Foreign chambers welcome hike in Philippines tourist arrivals, cite problems
- Philippines remains committed to P63-billion deficit goal, P1.1-trillion revenue target
- Metro Manila suffers shortage of qualified labor
- Philippines’s anti-terror law ‘like gun in hands of homicidal maniac’
- Terror law a serious threat to Philippines press freedom — NUJP
- Gonzalez says he can have journalists wiretapped
- Citing need for ‘permanent peace,’ Arroyo orders P5-billion worth of new attack helicopters
- Reds say collapse of peace talks imminent
- Philippines urged to rebid broadband project with Chinese firm
- ADB in new program to combat HIV/AIDS in Philippines
- 1,234 Filipinos repatriated from Middle East
- Whale sharks transforming sleepy town of Donsol
- ARMM elections should be held in advance — Pimentel
- Philippines capable of moving forward — WB exec
- Even though defense chief for only a month, Norberto Gonzales gives human-rights groups the creeps
- ‘I accuse the Army of kidnapping my son Jonas’
- US creates new breed of bounty hunters in Philippines
- Misuse of privatization earnings endangers Philippine economy, group warns
- EU ends mission in Philippines, offers help on killings
- Rise in child labor in Philippines tied to CARP’s failure
- In scathing report, Human Rights Watch details government’s ‘dirty war’ vs Leftists in Philippines
- How to use credit wisely? Citibank book provides the answers
- The anti-terror law and state terrorism: Two sides of the same coin?
- Strong peso to drive call centers, BPOs to Philippine countryside
Friday 24th, May 2013 /
