MANILA — Anakpawis Representative and political detainee Crispin Beltran decried the attack on the son of Jesus is Lord Movement leader Brother Eddie Villanueva, Bocaue mayoralty candidate Jon Jon Villanueva.
MANILA — To sustain economic growth and help the government solve the global-wide menace of poverty, senatorial candidates of Team Unity will push in the next Congress an array of programs designed to create more jobs throughout the country.
MANILA — Senate Minority Leader Aquilino Q. Pimentel, Jr.
(PDP-Laban) was elected May 2 at the 116th IPU
assembly in Bali, Indonesia as a member of the Inter
Parliamentary Union Human Rights Committee based in
Geneva.
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The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) today called on the Nigerian authorities to launch an independent investigation into the ?inhumane? beating of Dare Folorunso, a cameraman with the state-owned Ondo State Radiovision Corporation, by police officers who accused him of shooting ?offensive? video of female police officers.
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In the early hours of May 3rd delegates from around Colombia finalized the launch of a new national union ? a landmark event in one of the world?s most dangerous regions for journalists.
The foundation of the Colombian Federation of Journalists, the country?s first national union, was welcomed by the International Federation of Journalists at United Nations celebrations for World Press Freedom Day held in the city of Medellin in Colombia, a notorious centre of crime and drug-running, which has seen dozens of attacks on journalists over the past decade.
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