The League of Filipino Students (LFS) joined thousands of youth, typhoon victims and survivors, and other organizations in a mobilization from Mendiola today. The said protest marks the commemoration of the 5th month since super typhoon Yolanda’s (Haiyan) devastation of Eastern Visayas. According to LFS, this day also marks the 5th month of the derelict disaster response and criminal neglect of the Aquino government.
The defense failed to present its witness for the 5th time in yesterday’s hearing at Malolos Regional Trial Court in Bulacan. Atty. Jose Cruz, lawyer of M. Sgt. Edgardo Osorio, did not show up “because of an emergency matter in the family.”
Government officials have assured business leaders here that flight operations at Cotabato (Awang) Airport willl resume normal operations in August this year, with the expected completion of runway and taxiway expansion project earlier than the original target.
The national democratic movement must stand firm for national sovereignty and territorial integrity, and should not give a chance be misrepresented as pro-China on the issue at hand… It should assert that the islands in question belong to the Filipino people in accordance with the UNCLOS.
Two hundred barangays in Mindanao will soon engage in massive reforestation activities aimed to generate at least 2 million seedlings of forest trees to be planted among typhoon-prone and perennially flooded areas in the island-regio
Official agreements had already been signed by both parties, the GPH and the NDFP, after 21 years (NDFP’s version) or 27 years (GPH version) of formal peace negotiations. In our own reckoning, from 1988 to the present, the 26 years-talks yielded eighteen major written agreements, unity on nineteen outstanding Issues, and five items of the work of the Joint Monitoring Committee. All these are leading towards forging a lasting peace. Agenda of the talks have been identified in their order, processes to ensure that the talks will go on unhampered have been defined, way of addressing violations by either side were put in place, the safety and immunity of participants to the talks in any capacity were mutually agreed upon, and various rules and regulations were signed for the smooth and efficient flow of the talks.
Speaking at the Kapehan sa SM City, Dr. Cleofe Tabada, head of the Regional Epidemiology Surveillance Unit (RESU) of the Department of Health 11 said that regardless of the season, Davao Region experiences extreme temperatures, a primary factor in the occurrence of illnesses like respiratory infection, gastro-intestinal problem and low immune system.
Lighting is undeniably the most important electrical device in any structure. Whether it may be a bedside lamp, a chandelier or a hanging bulb, it is protocol to keep each in its best working condition. Unfortunately, as much as we need light, most of us don’t know a thing or two about how to safely fix or even just to replace light bulbs.
We, the New Zealand members of the International Coalition for Human Rights in the Philippines (ICHRP) are dismayed over latest developments defining the 3-D Aquino legacy: “Disappointing, Disastrous and Deadly Human Rights Record.”
Bayan Muna Rep. Neri Colmenares today assailed China’s newest provocative actions in Ayungin shoal saying that this does not foster a conducive atmosphere for multilateral or bilateral talks.
