http://www.pinoypress.net Philippines news, breaking news, features, reports, commentary, opinion, blogs. Wed, 24 Jun 2009 03:38:44 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en POLITICS   Various religious, youth, cause-oriented and civil society groups are set to hold a march throughout the city of Manila on June 30 to sustain efforts opposing the Constituent Assembly being planned by allies of the President. The protest action has also been billed as a countdown to the State of the Nation Address of President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo on July 27.]]> http://www.pinoypress.net/2009/06/24/martsa-kontra-cha-cha-set-june-30/ 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/ 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.]]> http://www.pinoypress.net/2009/06/23/environmentalist-slam-arroyos-sellout-of-lands-to-foreign-firms/ http://www.pinoypress.net/2009/06/23/recruiting-militants-in-southern-thailand/ 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.]]> http://www.pinoypress.net/2009/06/23/latest-round-of-oil-price-hikes-questioned/ http://www.pinoypress.net/2009/06/23/greenpeace-water-patrol-dismantles-blockade/ POLITICS   Several religious leaders have vowed to never abandon the Filipino people in their struggle to defeat the regime’s attempt to change the Constitution. Arroyo, they say, “has surpassed the brutality and evilness of martial law.]]> http://www.pinoypress.net/2009/06/10/it%e2%80%99s-battle-of-good-vs-evil-church-leaders-say-of-fight-against-arroyos-cha-cha/ 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.]]> http://www.pinoypress.net/2009/05/23/satur-nograles-to-blame-for-dispersal-of-peasant-camp-out/ http://www.pinoypress.net/2009/05/23/philippines-a-journalist-on-army-target-list-another-shot-possibly-by-soldier/ http://www.pinoypress.net/2009/05/23/in-the-philippines-targeting-journalists/