US Filipinos get involved in Philippines election through text messaging

Hundreds of Filipino-Americans started a massive campaign of sending
cell phone text messages containing the message:

“KUNG MAHAL MO ANG BAYAN
PANDARAYA LABANAN.
POL KILINGS TUTULAN!
SA TRAPO WAG PALOKO
PROGRESIBO IBOTO.
VOTE KABATAAN PARTY!
PLS FWD TO 10 PPL.
FROM TEXT BACK-USA”
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IFJ joins global campaign for an independent Radio Television Hong Kong (RTHK)

The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) has given its full support to an international campaign aimed at ensuring popular broadcaster Radio Television Hong Kong (RTHK) remains free from government interference and is transformed into a truly independent public broadcaster.

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2007 Philippine Elections: What?s at Stake (4)

In this fourth installment of Davao Today’s series of Q&As on the 2007 elections, Julkipli Wadi, political science and Islamic studies professor at the University of the Philippines, argues that both the administration and the opposition have offered nothing new to Filipinos in this election.

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Maasim: Gearing up towards agroforestry and sustainable agriculture

Maasim, Sarangani Province, Philippines –This third class municipality in the province of Sarangani in Southern Mindanao is home to some 39,000 Christians, Muslims and B?laans. About 90% (46,600 hectares out of the total land area of 51,107 hectares) of Maasim?s land area is forestlands, but only about 2,000 hectares remain forested.
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