Congo: IFJ Calls for Government Action to Stop Abuse of Workers Rights by Media Group

The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) today protested against the dismissal of ten employees of Global FM in Kananga (Central Democratic Republic of Congo) following months of unpaid wages with no prospect of compensation.
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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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