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Arroyo urged: Admit there are ghost child prisoners in Philippines

MANILA — The Coalition to Stop Child Detention Through Restorative Justice
debunks claims by President Arroyo that children no longer suffer
imprisonment with adult crime suspects in filthy police jails in
violation of international human rights law (PGMA wants youth
offenders to continue studies, engage in livelihood, Office of the
President, released May 7, 2007). The President should officially
acknowledge the existence of these ghost children prisoners who lurk
in the shadows of police dungeons especially in Metro Manila and major
urban centers, without official acknowledgment, transparency and
accountability.

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Philippines’s Economic Growth At Par With Asian Countries: NEDA Chief

MANILA — Socioeconomic Planning Secretary Romulo L. Neri said that the Philippines is growing at a respectable rate compared with its Asian neighbors, and not losing out to the economies of Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, and Bangladesh as claimed by a May 4 advertisement in a daily newspaper.

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Philippines’s Economic Growth At Par With Asian Countries: NEDA Chief

MANILA — Socioeconomic Planning Secretary Romulo L. Neri said that the Philippines is growing at a respectable rate compared with its Asian neighbors, and not losing out to the economies of Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, and Bangladesh as claimed by a May 4 advertisement in a daily newspaper.

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Philippines: Kin of Jonas Burgos Still Face Blank Wall 9 Days After Abduction

MANILA — Nine days since Jonas Joseph ?Jay-jay? Burgos, son of press freedom icon Jose ?Joe? Burgos disappeared; his family remains clueless of his whereabouts. His family and friends put up posters today at major points in the city in an effort to gather help from ordinary citizens and authorities as well.

The group put up posters at the vicinity of Ever Gotesco Commonwealth, Philcoa, Camp Aguinaldo and Camp Crame with basic details about Jonas and where citizens of good heart could give helpful details

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Philippines: Escudero Endorsement of Honasan to Further Hurt Opposition, says TU

MANILA — More cracks are plaguing the fractious Genuine Opposition coalition following the startling move by GO bet Francis Escudero to publicly endorse the senatorial bid of his fellow Bicolano candidate Gregorio Honasan, in violation of an earlier unity accord between the United Opposition (UNO) and the Liberal Party (LP) faction of Sen. Franklin Drilon.

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