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Death penalty: Executions fall as pressure grows for universal moratorium

ROME — A death penalty free world is possible if key governments are willing to show political leadership, said Irene Khan, Amnesty International’s Secretary General.

“Amnesty International is calling for a universal moratorium on executions. Only six countries — Iran, Iraq, Sudan, Pakistan, the USA and China — were responsible for 90 percent of all executions carried out in 2006. These hard core executioners are isolated and out of tune with global trends,” said Ms Khan.
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EU Parliament Says Political Killings in Philippines a Growing Problem

In a resolution on the Philippines, adopted by 68 votes to 0 with 0 abstentions, Parliament draws attention to the number of politically motivated killings in the country, which it says has risen dramatically in recent years, as well as the general human rights situation in the country.

The local human rights organisation Karapatan has recorded 180 forced disappearances and over 800 killings, most of them by unidentified gunmen, since 2001. Most of those killed, such as opposition party members, church people, community leaders, peasants, journalists, lawyers, human rights activists, trade unionists, have been accused by the government of being front organisations for illegal armed groups and ‘terrorists’.
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Marco Polo Hotel Davao Gets Child Labor Free Award

DAVAO CITY — Marco Polo Hotel Davao was awarded ?Child Labor Free? title besting other top companies all over the country. The search was organized by the Employers? Confederation of the Philippines (ECOP).

During the Club 888 business and tourism forum last Wednesday, Marco Polo Hotel general manager Stanley Lao of Davao disclosed that they bested the award against other big multi-national companies around the Philippines like Johnsons & Johnsons and Globe Telecom.
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Industrial Peace in Davao Cited

DAVAO CITY — Davao City and Region XI’s industrial peace and zero-strike labor condition manifests strongly the harmony and unity of these two economic sectors in the region, according to former CSC Regional Director Leticia Competente, who now heads the Regional Tri-Partite Industrial Peace Council committee on Labor Education.

Competente, made the comments as the region prepares for the May 1 Labor Day celebration Monday.

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Philippines: Satur Questions SWS poll Results

MANILA — Two days after the release of the latest Social Weather Stations
survey showing support for Bayan Muna dropping by about seventeen
points even as it kept the lead among 91 partylist aspirants, House
Deputy Minority Leader Satur C. Ocampo today questioned the poll
results which he described as “mismatched with political realities”.
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