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Canadian Embassy Organizes Davao Forum on Media and Elections

davao city — As part of its advocacy on media responsibility, the Embassy of Canada, in partnership with the Ateneo de Davao University?s Humanities department, is sponsoring a forum on media reporting and the elections. Entitled ?Who?s Watching Whom?? the forum will be held on Friday, April 27, 2007, 9:30-11:30 am at the Ateneo de Davao University main campus on C.M. Recto Street, Davao City. Registration starts at 9:00 a.m. Admission is free.

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Sri Lankan government official threatens editor, as political interference in media worsens

BRUSSELS — The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) has slammed the actions of Sri Lanka?s defence secretary, who threatened a newspaper editor, as a shocking example of increasing political interference in Sri Lankan media.

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IFJ Calls on Philippines President to Stop the Bloodshed

BRUSSELS — The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) demands the Philippines president Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo act immediately to protect media safety, following this week?s distressing news of the murder of journalist Carmelo Palacios, and attempted murder of journalist Delfin Mallari Jr.

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Philippines Expects to Seal Hefty Deals at Boao Forum

BOAO, China — Deals amounting to close to $2 billion in Chinese investments in the Philippines are expected to be signed during President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo?s short and abbreviated attendance at the 2007 Boao Forum for Asia (BFA) which kicked off Friday in this scenic coastal town off China?s southernmost province of Hainan.

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Philippines President Involved in New Electoral Fraud — Migrante

MANILA — Migrante International today presented to media copies of a Confidential Memo
and Partylist Campaign Proposal addressed to the President detailing how
Malacanang will ?bastardize? the Partylist system to massively cheat in the
2007 elections.

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