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Duterte stays loyal to Arroyo but says T...
Posted by DAVAO TODAY in Breaking News, Davao City, Latest Posts, Military, Philippines on 11 30th, 2007 | No Comments
By Cheryll D. FielDavao Today DAVAO CITY — At the height of the stand-off at the Manila Peninsula Hotel, Mayor Rodrigo Duterte gave President Gloria Arroyo his all out loyalty but said, in a separate interview, that he understood the exasperation of Senator Antonio Trillanes. ...
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Philippines: Expert says Philippines mig...
Posted by DAVAO TODAY in Inbox, Latest Posts on 11 30th, 2007 | 1 Comment
The top biotechnology expert of the Department of Agriculture said the Philippines may soon find itself planting genetically engineered trees if it is to meet the countrys timber, pulp and paper requirements and save its remaining forests from extinction. ...
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Philippines: BALLOT BOXES CONTAINING DIS...
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BALLOT BOXES CONTAINING DISPUTED VOTES RETRIEVED FOR KOKO PIMENTELS ELECTORAL PROTEST All the ballot boxes needed for the electoral protest of lawyer Aquilino Koko Pimentel III against Sen. Juan Miguel Zubiri have already been retrieved. ...
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Philippines: NERI LACKS ACADEMIC CREDENT...
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NERI LACKS ACADEMIC CREDENTIALS TO CHAIR CHED — PIMENTEL Senate Minority Leader Aquilino Nene Q. Pimentel, Jr. (PDP-Laban) has questioned anew the qualifications of Romulo Neri to chair the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) in the face of his apparent efforts to evade questions by the senators...
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Philippines: Arroyo should stop Oplan Ba...
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Press Release November 29, 2007 International Women Human Rights Defenders Day Arroyo should stop OBL II now Human rights advocates and victims of human rights violations and their families today paid tribute to martyred women human rights workers, activist and leaders, as they hold the Arroyo regime...
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Philippines: SEN. LOREN LEGARDA’S ...
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SEN. LOREN LEGARDA’S STATEMENT ON THE MAGDALO WALKOUT The still developing events in Makati City are a cause for grave concern as, God forbids, the violence and upheaval that may result may prove very disruptive of our country, to say the least. Recent history should have taught us now that the...
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Arrest of Journalists Covering Peninsula...
Posted by DAVAO TODAY in Breaking News, Latest Posts, Philippines on 11 30th, 2007 | No Comments
Statement of the Center for Media Freedom and Responsibility on the Arrest of Members of the Media Covering the Peninsula Hotel Incident Never in the turbulent recent history of the Philippines has any government, including that of Ferdinand Marcos, ever taken into custody members of the media who were on...
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CPJ Denounces Arrests of Journalists in ...
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Committee to Protect Journalists 330 Seventh Avenue, New York, NY 10001 USA Phone: (212) 465?1004 Fax: (212) 465?9568 Web: www.cpj.org E-Mail: media@cpj.org Contact: Bob Dietz Telephone: (212) 465-1004 http://www.cpj.org e-mail: bdietz@cpj.org Journalists detained in Manila New York,...
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Philippines: Filipino people should resi...
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References: Carol Araullo, chairperson Renato Reyes, Jr., secretary general Filipino people should resist the Arroyo regimes repressive measures and persevere in the fight for change On the birth anniversary of the great hero Andres Bonifacio, the Bagong Alyansang Makabayan...
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Philippines: NDFP CONDEMNS ABDUCTION OF ...
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PRESS STATEMENT 30 November 2007 NDFP CONDEMNS ABDUCTION OF NDFP CONSULTANT ELIZABETH PRINCIPE By LUIS G. JALANDONI Chairperson, NDFP Negotiating Panel The NDFP vigorously condemns the abduction of NDFP Consultant Elizabeth Principe in broad daylight at 11:20 a.m. on 28 November 2007 in Cubao, Quezon City by...
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Philippines: Manila Peninsula ‘ass...
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NEWS RELEASE November 29, 2007 Manila Peninsula ‘assault’ an overkill; arrests of media people unprecedented and condemnable – KMU The Labor Center Kilusang Mayo Uno(KMU) today condemns in highest terms possible the “excessive force’ used against Sen. Trillanes, Brig. Gen....
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Philippines: PCPR Condemns Malacaang As...
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The continuous firing, the rain of tear gas and forcible entry of one APC truck at the Manila Hotel Peninsula yesterday sent strong signals that the combined special forces of the police and military were given orders to launch all-out assault even at the risk of civilian lives including Bishop Julio...
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Philippines: Sumilao farmers pin hopes o...
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Ref. Heidi Fernandez0920-9005087 PRESS RELEASE November 30, 2007 Sumilao farmers pin hopes on Pangandaman Farmers from Sumilao, Bukidnon said they now have great hopes that their demand for issuance by the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) of a cease-and-desist against San Miguel Foods Inc. (SMFI) will be...
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Philippines: MEDIA ARRESTS AND CURFEWS: ...
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For Reference: REP. LIZA L. MAZA 0920-9134540 Jang Monte (Public Information Officer) 0915-6463009 MEDIA ARRESTS AND CURFEWS: REGIME WITH PENCHANT FOR DICTATORIAL POWERS SENDS OUT CHILLING EFFECT “Yesterday, the Arroyo regime lost no time in implementing measures worse than what was imposed during...
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Philippines: The Center Must Hold...
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For Immediate Release The Black & White Movement Contact: Vicente R. Romano III, 0920.961.5610 Leah Navarro. 0917.898.1857 29 November 2007 THE CENTER MUST HOLD Once more, our country is at a crossroads. Time and again, the administration has said there is no...
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Philippines: Lumad confederation reitera...
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PASAKA Confederation of Lumad Organizations in Southern Mindanao c/o Diakonia Center, IFI Compound, F. Torres St., Davao City; Contact telephone #s: 305-0824; CP #: 0929-2658967 PRESS RELEASE November 30, 2007 Lumad confederation reiterates call for GMA’s ouster Amidst the political turmoil faced by...
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Flowers for the hero...
Posted by DAVAO TODAY in Latest Posts, Photographs on 11 30th, 2007 | No Comments
On Bonifacio Day, militants in Davao belonging to the Bagong Alyansang Makabayan (Bayan) offered flowers for the Philippine revolutionary leader, Andres Bonifacio. They charge President Gloria Arroyo for the worsening corruption, hunger and fascism in the country today, and vowed to continue to press for...
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Philippines: GABRIELA SEEKS PROBE ON P14...
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Gabriela Women’s Partylist Representative Liza Largoza Maza today led the filing of a resolution seeking to look into P14.1B C5 North Extension project that is expected to demolish the homes of over 40,000 families in 10 barangays in Quezon City, including those in the University of the Philippines, in...
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Congo: IFJ Calls on DRC Prime Minister t...
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The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) today urged the new government of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) to order an immediate investigation into a minister after he reportedly ordered police officers to beat two journalists in his office in retaliation for a critical news report. ...
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Philippines: FDC to Senate: Take bold st...
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The Freedom from Debt Coalition (FDC) today expressed its serious disappointment over the decision of Senate Committee on Finance Chair Sen. Juan Ponce Enrile to restore P12.1-billion worth of repayments for questionable loans and slash P4.2 billion from the House approved budget for health services in the...
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IFJ Condemns Censorship, Detention of Jo...
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The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) today condemned the recent waves of attacks on media in Somalia which have included arrests and censorship. On Monday two journalists were arrested by forces in the self-proclaimed state of Somaliland for their work in a disputed town. The same day, the mayor...
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Philippines: HUMAN RIGHTS LAWYERS CONDEM...
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The National Union of Peoples’ Lawyers (NUPL) condemns the imposition of the curfew by Pres. Gloria Arroyo as oppressive, unconstitutional and an arbitrary overkill intended only to instill fear on the people. Article III, Section 6 of the Constitution states that “Neither shall the right to...
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The other story of Luisito Bustamante...
Posted by GERMELINA A. LACORTE in Breaking News, Davao City, Human Rights, Insurgency, Latest Posts, Military on 11 20th, 2007 | No Comments
By Germelina A. LacorteDavao Today DAVAO CITY— Luisito Bustamante, the youth earlier reported missing when militiamen held him in a Task Force Davao checkpoint in barangay Malabog last month, had two stories to tell. The first one, he told the Court in a writ of amparo hearing that freed him from his...
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Duterte says rape, not poverty, could be...
Posted by CHERYLL D. FIEL in Breaking News, Children/Youth, Crime & Public Safety, Davao City, Latest Posts on 11 17th, 2007 | 4 Comments
By Cheryll D. FielDavao Today Mayor Rodrigo Duterte suspected the 12-year-old Mariannet Amper could have been raped, based on the findings bared by the medico legal officer who conducted the autopsy. ...
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Duterte backs decriminalization of libel...
Posted by DAVAO TODAY in Breaking News, Davao City, Latest Posts, Politics, Press Freedom Watch on 11 16th, 2007 | No Comments
By Germelina A. LacorteDavao Today DAVAO CITY—Mayor Rodrigo Duterte vowed to help the Davao broadcaster jailed for libel now that a full blown war has erupted between him and close administration ally Congressman Prospero Nograles over what people perceive as the first salvo of their fight for the...
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