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Poor in Philippines to Suffer Most from Extreme Heat Due to Climate Change

MANILA — Environmental activist group Kalikasan Peoples Network for the Environment (Kalikasan PNE) today warned that the recent incidents of extreme heat and Napocor power shortages affecting Luzon were just the beginning of more climate change-related phenomena that would affect the Filipino poor the most.

Temperatures recently hit 36.8 degrees Centigrade, which PAGASA recorded the hottest temperatures in the Philippines for this year and which triggered scattered brownouts due to the sudden surge in power demands. The weather forecasting agency also warned that extreme heat spells would persist until next month.

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A Week After Abduction, 2 Activists in Philippines Remain Missing

MANILA — The umbrella group Bagong Alyansang Makabayan today assailed the Arroyo government?s inaction over the enforced disappearance of two leading activists in Panay, Nilo Arado, the chair of Bayan-Panay and SELDA leader Luisa Dominado.

The two activists were amubshed along with Liboy Garachico, Karapatan-Panay leader last Thursday, April 12 in Oton town in Iloilo. Garachico survived gunshot wounds and is now in stable condition. Arado and Dominado were taken by unidentified men on board two vehicles.

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Philippines: Various Groups Demand End to Mindanao Clashes, Pullout of US Troops

STOP THE WAR IN MINDANAO
Proof of MNLF coddling JI and ASG must be presented; US Troops Out

As hostilities between the Philippine military and the Moro National
Liberation front escalate in Mindanao, we from the Stop the War
Coalition – Philippines, a broad coalition of social movements, NGOs,
and other organizations, join the call for an immediate ceasefire, a
return to the negotiating table, and full, substantive, and meaningful
self-determination for the Moros, indigenous, and other oppressed
peoples in Mindanao.

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Philippines: Shooting of Inquirer Journalist Denounced

MANILA –Anakpawis Representative and political detainee Crispin Beltran expressed condemnation for the shooting of Philippine Daily Inquirer correspondent in Southern Tagalog Delfin Mallari, saying that the shooting could very well be politically-motivated.

“Sonny is a journalist with a firm sense of social justice and an advocate of human rights. His reports and commentaries reveal his humane and humanitarian advocacies even as they are objectively written and delivered. There is strong basis to allege that his shooting was politically motivated and intended to either discourage his espousal of activist causes or completely silence him. We are much relieved to hear that he survived the attack and pray for his recovery. We extend a hand in comfort to his wife and family,” said Beltran.

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