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Philippines: Escalating poll violence symptoms of a corrupted, rotten

As the campaign period is ongoing and elections will be held on May
14 there is also an increasingly alarming trend of election-related
violence. Targeted killings and ambushes of sectoral and local
candidates, either a result of fierce political rivalry or threats,
had since been taking place–a cycle of violence that has become a
subconsciously acceptable fact of life in the Philippines’
electoral process. These are among the many instances of how the
country’s system had become corrupted and rotten, in particular
on security, investigation and prosecution matters.
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Sudan: War crimes suspects must be brought before International Criminal Court

MANILA — Amnesty International welcomed today?s decision by the International Criminal Court to issue arrest warrants for two suspected Sudanese war criminals, and urged the Sudanese government to immediately arrest the two men and hand them over to the Court in The Hague.
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Philippines: Kontra Daya slams Comelec ban on cell phones, cameras

MANILA — The anti-fraud watchdog group Kontra Daya slammed as the recently announced ban on cell phones and cameras in precincts as ?another ridiculous concoction of the discredited Comelec.? The group believes that the ban on these digital devices is meant to ensure another cover-up of massive fraud even at the precinct level.

Fr. Jose Dizon, Kontra Daya convenor branded the move as ?ridiculous and stupid? and said that it would not in any way prevent vote-buying as the Comelec claims.
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Greenpeace tells one of Asia?s leading energy lenders to ?honor Kyoto?

Kyoto, Japan?On the eve of the Asian Development Bank?s
(ADB) Annual Meeting in Kyoto, Greenpeace called on the Bank to put its
financial resources and policy capacity fully behind an energy
revolution in Asia based on renewable energy and energy efficiency. Ten
years after the Kyoto Protocol on reducing greenhouse gas emissions was
agreed, another decisive step to protect the climate must be taken in
Kyoto, argued Greenpeace. The recent landmark reports from the
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), predict cataclysmic
impacts if the world does not reduce carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions. The
ADB has recognized the dangers of climate change and that it is caused
largely by burning fossil fuels. However, a huge portion of the ADB’s
energy financing is still being channeled towards fossil-fueled energy
across Asia.
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Philippines: It’s Not Yet Over, Newsbreak Tells Mike Arroyo

Statement on the First Gentleman?s plan to drop the libel suits versus journalists, including two he filed against Newsbreak:

We?re glad that Mr. Jose Miguel ?Mike? Arroyo has seen the light. He should never have filed these libel cases in the first place.

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