MANILA — Dead rivers full of debris and poisonous industrial waste, faulty and inadequate sewers, and lack of cheap potable water systems are making the extreme heats spells hitting Metro Manila even more unbearable for ordinary Filipinos, an environmental activist group said today.
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MANILA — Bayan Muna Rep. Satur Ocampo today challenged Justice Sec. Raul
Gonzalez not to oppose any new motion to grant temporary release on
bail for detained Anakpawis Rep. Crispin Beltran in the wake offormer
Sen. Gringo Honasan’s release yesterday.
MANILA — The militant Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas (KMP) and the ANAKPAWIS party list group raised a howl and expressed their dismay on the apparent feet dragging of the Commission on Election (COMELEC) on the electioneering cases they filed against the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) and high officials of the Macapagal-Arroyo regime while railroading cases against them.
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) today condemned ?threats to independent journalism and free expression? in Senegal after a politician threatened radio journalists and a judge sentenced the director of a newspaper to jail for slander.
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) today called on Nigerian authorities to put an end of media intimidation ahead of tomorrow?s presidential elections after the recent raid of a television station in Abuja by intelligence service and the shut down of two other media outlets in the last 10 days.