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Philippines: Abducted Activist Files Cases Vs Military

Press STATEMENT
20 APRIL 2007

“WE WILL FIGHT TILL THE END!”

Two decades of unwavering struggle for peoples’ rights of Lourdes Rubrico, the abducted urban poor leader in Dasmari?as who surfaced seven days after her captors freed her in the middle of the night in a shopping mall of the said municipality, made her what she is today after she decided to go after her abductors by filing a criminal and administrative suit today at 11 o’ clock in the morning before the Office of the Ombudsman in Quezon City.

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Environment Groups Grade Philippines’s Senate Bets from Green? to ?Grey?

MANILA ? Greenpeace, EcoWaste Coalition, and Kaisampalad
today announced the results of their 2007 Green Electoral Initiative
(GEI) in a press conference in Quezon City. The GEI, launched last March
5, assessed the ?greenness? of senatorial aspirants based on their
stance and track record on key environmental issues.

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Philippines Wins in Quran Reading Competition

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MANILA — Philippine Ambassador to Brunei Darussalam Virginia H. Benavidez reported to the Department of Foreign Affairs that two Filipinos won prizes at the 4th Southeast Asian Youth Al-Quran Reading Competition on 11-13 April 2007 at Brunei Darussalam.

Ms. Monaifah Amen Alawi and Mr. Javier Minalang were declared 1st Runner-Up and 3rd Runner-Up respectively.

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Philippines: Gabriela Bares Gov’t Plan Against Progressive Party List Groups

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MANILA — “There is a grand scheme to prevent our party list from winning and/or adding more seats in Congress and Malaca?ang’s dirty hands are behind it. This is the biggest travesty of the partylist system.”

This was the statement of Rep. Liza Maza of Gabriela Women’s Party during a press conference this morning exposing an alleged campaign plan against Gabriela, Bayan Muna, Anakpawis, Kabataan, Suara Bangsamoro and other partylists.

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Philippines: OIC Urged to Convene Tripartite Meeting

Press Statement
April 20, 2007

CONVENE THE TRIPARTITE COMMITTEE NOW!

The Initiatives for International Dialogue together with its allied
networks in Mindanao and Sulu welcomes the timely call of the
Organization of Islamic Conference (OIC) for an immediate ceasefire
between the AFP and MNLF in Sulu. Indeed, the ceasefire is a rational
step if only to save thousands of innocent civilian lives who might
again have to pay a high price for this pointless war. Sadly, this is
happening amidst what the OIC, the Philippine Government and the MNLF
proudly claim “the feat of peace” in the 1996 peace agreement.
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