MANILA — Bayan Muna Representative Satur Ocampo today denounced the Armed
Forces of the Philippines over an assault at Bro. Eddie Villanueva’s
residential compound in Bocaue, Bulacan by soldiers in civilian
clothes.
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MANILA — The anti-fraud watchdog group Kontra Daya today called on the Commission on Elections to investigate elements of the Armed Forces of the Philippines involved in a shoot out with policemen in Bocaue, Bulacan. The shoot out was believed to be the result of an attack on mayoralty candidate Jon-Jon Villanueva Jr.
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PIMENTEL IDENTIFIES MOST DANGEROUS PROVISIONS OF
ANTI-TERROR LAW
MANILA– Senate Minority Leader Aquilino Q. Pimentel, Jr.
(PDP-Laban) today described the Human Security Act of
2007 as a dangerous piece of legislation, as he cited
at least five sections of the law which ?may be abused
by the powerful and used as instruments of state
terrorism against the powerless.?
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MANILA — A total of 267 reelectionist municipal and city mayors running unopposed or virtually unopposed have vowed to work double time for a landslide Team Unity victory by delivering most of the combined 5.6 million votes in their constituencies for the senatorial ticket, as part of their commitment to help President Arroyo fulfill her “social payback” agenda of accelerating economic growth and spreading its gains among the masa.
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MANILA — Ambassador Alistair MacDonald, Head of Delegation of the European Commission to the Philippines, and Commission on Human Rights Chair Purificacion Quisumbing signed a memorandum of agreement on 4 May 2007 to launch a new EC-funded human rights project. The project, which will be implemented by the Philippine Commission on Human Rights together with its sister institutions in Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand is intended to help pave the way for the development of an ASEAN Human Rights Mechanism.
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