Philippines: The Center Must Hold

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 alternative to it, but more of the same: government by intimidation, bribery, and perversion of the rules. Time and again, the transactional, cynical, brazen methods of this administration have pushed every sector and institution to the wall.
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Philippines: Lumad confederation reiterates call for GMA’s ouster

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 the Arroyo administration, highlighted by the Trillanes-Lim ? led action at Makati city yesterday, some sectors of the civil society which have long called for the ouster of President Arroyo raise their own demands.
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Flowers for the hero


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 her ouster. (davaotoday. com photo by Barry Ohaylan)

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Philippines: GABRIELA SEEKS PROBE ON P14.1B C-5 NORTH EXTENSION PROJECT; DISPLACEMENT OF 40,000 FAMILIES LOOM

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 Diliman.
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Congo: IFJ Calls on DRC Prime Minister to Investigate Minister after Beating of Journalists

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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