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Protest in Gensan vs abductions

Members of the party-list group Bayan Muna stage a protest rally in General Santos City on Thursday evening, calling on the military to release their colleague Gilbert Rey Cardi?o, who was abducted Wednesday by men believed to be government agents in Koronadal City. Related stories: Bishop Calang on abductions: ?We cannot allow the tragedy of silence to continue to befall us? | Bayan Muna leader cried ?Pulis! Pulis!? | Davao Today's coverage of human rights issues

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Failure to pass US immigration bill puts on hold as well Filipino Veterans Family Reunification Act

WASHINGTON D.C. –In a series of procedural votes today that required the approval of sixty members, the U.S. Senate was unable to end debate on the substitute amendment to the comprehensive immigration reform bill (S.1348). U.S. Senator Daniel K. Akaka (D-HI) released the following statement in response:

?I am disappointed that the immigration reform our country needs is on hold for now. The bill?s momentum was killed by opponents who could not agree on what amendments to offer and vote upon. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid did indicate that we will revisit this important legislation at a later time.

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Issuance of permits for huge commercial logging mocks tree-planting projects in Philippines

MANILA — Planting seedlings to combat global warming is useless if the Arroyo administration continues to promote the plunder of our forests with commercial logging permits, environmental activist organization Kalikasan Peoples Network for the Environment (Kalikasan PNE) stressed.
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