Senator Launches Book on How Philippines’s Anti-Terror Law Was Crafted

MANILA –Senate Minority Leader Aquilino ?Nene? Q. Pimentel,
Jr. (PDP-Laban) will launch a book on how the Senate
crafted the Human Security Act of 2007, the country?s
version of the anti-terrorism legislation which was
approved after more than six years of deliberations.
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Philippines Senator Slams ‘Inept’ Napocor Execs Over Coal

MANILA — Senate Minority Leader Aquilino Q. Pimentel, Jr.
(PDP-Laban) scored top officials of the state-owned
National Power Corporation (Napocor) for their failure
to stock up enough coal to meet higher fuel demand
power generation during the summer months when its
hydroelectric plants are shut down due to low water
levels in dams, lakes and rivers.
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Philippines Congressman tells AFP: Surface Joe Burgos’ son now

manila — Bayan Muna Rep. Satur C. Ocampo today expressed grave concern that a
son of press freedom icon Joe Burgos has become the latest casualty of
military-instigated abductions of social activists.

Ocampo urged the military abductors to surface Jonas Joseph Burgos who
has been missing since Saturday April 28.
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Make Some Noise: Green Day to release single from forthcoming Amnesty International album

U2 confirmed to contribute exclusive track to album

Green Day will release a cover version of John Lennon?s ?Working Class Hero? on Tuesday 1 May. The track, which features a sample of Lennon?s original vocal, was recorded exclusively for the forthcoming Make Some Noise album for Amnesty International and will be available as a download from the iTunes store and other music sites.

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And now to trilateralism

by Brad Glosserman and Bonnie Glaser

NANJING — How good are China-Japan relations today? So good that the museum here to commemorate the 1937 massacre by Japanese Imperial Army soldiers is closed for renovation. That?s remarkable since this is the 70th anniversary of the massacre and criticism of historical revisionism of Japan has been a staple of Chinese diplomacy for the past few years.
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