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Militant peasants to help in CHR probe

?AFP systematically delaying investigation on Jonas? case!?-KMP

MANILA — The militant Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas (KMP) together with church people from different denominations gathered today at the Miriam College for the Interfaith Rural Congress to call for genuine land reform and to demand that those who were abducted by military forces be surfaced immediately to be with their friends and family. Relatives of the disappeared are also present at the congress.

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Information at your fingertips: a giant leap for Philippines education

DAVAO CITY, Philippines — A few months from now, the long queues of complaining teachers who cannot find their records will be history. No more going to and fro the different offices in search of those elusive documents. All information will be readily available through a fully-automated Human Resource Information (HRI) System, a brainchild of the BEAM Project and DepEd.
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IP Philippines inaugurates IP Research and Training Institute

MANILA — ? The Intellectual Property Office of the Philippines (IP Philippines) today unveils the Intellectual Property Research and Training Institute (IPRTI). The institute is envisioned to be the center of intellectual property education in the country and in the region.

?Education is one of the drivers of national development. Integrating intellectual property education in the consciousness of Filipinos will help foster a creative Philippines that uses IP as a strategic tool for national development,? Atty. Adrian S. Cristobal, Jr., Director General of IP Philippines, said.
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Philippines: Malacanang dismisses rumors of Cabinet revamp

MANILA — Executive Secretary Eduardo Ermita dismissed today as the product of “curious minds” rumors of an impending revamp of President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo?s Cabinet following the May 14 mid-term elections.

In his weekly press briefing in Malaca?ang this afternoon, Ermita surmised that speculations on possible changes in the Cabinet were being floated by people curious to know who would be appointed to replace Cabinet members who ran in last month?s polls.
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