IFJ Report Highlights Middle East Press Freedom Crisis
The International Federation of Journalists? World Congress in Moscow has launched a detailed report on the problems facing media and journalists in the Middle East with a call for an…
IFJ Condemns Sacking of Journalists Defending Union Rights in Serbia
Today the International Federation of Journalists, meeting at its Congress in Moscow, strongly condemned the harassment of journalists defending trade union rights in Serbian paper Narodne Novine, accusing the management…
Philippines: Activists picket Australian embassy, assail signing of military agreemnet
MANILA — The Bagong Alyansang Makabayan ( Bayan ) today picketed the Australian Embassy in Makati. The group was protesting President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo?s visit to Australia and the impending signing of a Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) which allows the entry of Australian troops to the Philippines.
The protesters carried signs saying ?No to SOFA? and ?Stop Aid to a Dictator?.
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PAL exec sees better business prospects for Davao
DAVAO CITY — This city will continue to be a haven for new investments especially in the field of tourism-related business ventures.
Lawyer Domingo Duerme, Senior Assistant Vice-President for Mindanao Sales of the Philippine Air Lines (PAL), express this optimism Wednesday morning at the launching of the PAL photo exhibit at SM Mall highlighting the Asian first airliner’s “rich historical legacy of PAL to the Filipino nation.”
Davao City promotes breastfeeding
By Rose Palacio
City Health Officer Dr. Josephine Villafuerte said the city government, as instructed by Mayor Rodrigo R. Duterte, has been monitoring nutrition implementation in all district of Davao and promotes breastfeeding as a vital component of the President?s hunger mitigation program.
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