MANILA — Senate Minority Leader Aquilino ?Nene? Q. Pimentel,
Jr. (PDP-Laban) today denounced a reported order of
Interior and Local Government Secretary Ronaldo Puno
authorizing provincial governors and city/municipal
mayors to release and utilize intelligence funds from
their respective local budgets in excess of the limit
prescribed under the Local Government Code.
MANILA — Senate Minority Leader Aquilino ?Nene? Q. Pimentel,
Jr. (PDP-Laban) today said the war against corruption
will continue to falter for as long as the country is
led by a president whose legitimacy is under question
and whose hold on power is shaky.
MANILA — Militant environmental activists from Kalikasan Peoples Network for the Environment capped Earth Day 2007 today with a stern reminder that dangerous and large-scale commercial mining continues to damage the island of Rapu-Rapu in Albay and the surrounding waters of Sorsogon.
MANILA — The militant Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas (KMP) and the ANAKPAWIS party list group condemned the latest attack on one of its leader in Central Luzon by forces of the military late last night as armed men looking for Ka Joseph Canlas, chairman of the ALyansa ng Magbubukid ng Gitnang Luzon (AMGL), a regional chapter of KMP and ANAKPAWIS-CL coordinator forcibly entered his home in Barangay Balite, Arayat, Pampanga..
As we observe Earth Day, the country?s leaders should be reminded of the
damage that large-scale mining has done to the environment and livelihood
of residents in mining communities such as Rapu-rapu.