Groups Launch Bid to Seek Justice for Grecil Buya
Justice for Grecil Buya. The family and friends of Grecil Buya, the nine-year-old girl from New Bataan, Compostela Valley, who was killed by soldiers last month, launched a movement this…
Philippines: Where Is Luisa?, Gabriela Asks AFP
NEWS RELEASE
17 April 2007
Reference: Rep. Liza Maza, Gabriela Women?s Partylist (09209134540)
Emmi de Jesus, Gabriela Secretary General (09173221203)
GABRIELA to AFP: WHERE IS LUISA?
?Almost two decades ago, we took up the fight for Ma. Luisa Posa-Dominado?s freedom from the detention cells of the Armed Forces of the Philippines. It is logical to come again to the doorstep of Luisa?s former captors, with her recent abduction, and ask: Where is Luisa now?? said Rep. Liza Maza, representative of Gabriela Women?s Party.
Philippines: Unemployment Woes Keep Filipinos Under Extreme Poverty
ALLIANCE OF PROGRESSIVE LABOR
Press Release
Unemployment woes keep Filipinos under extreme poverty
April 17, 2007
It is the inability of the government, pursuing economic liberalization and unabated deregulation that is causing more and more people to fall below the poverty line and unable to live on more than $1 a day, the Alliance of Progressive Labor said today.
Reacting to the annual World Bank funded World Development Index study, the APL said that the focus shouldn’t just be on those who live on S1 or about P50 a day but on the 43 million who live on just $2 or less than P100 according to the WB study.
IFJ Demands Release of Guantanamo Cameraman after 100 Days of Hunger Strike
Media Release
17 April 2007
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) called on the US government to release Al-Jazeera cameraman, Sami al-Haj, who this morning started his 100th day of hunger strike after almost five-years of detention at the Guantanamo Bay Detention Centre.
Sulu Clashes Could Disrupt Philippines Elections
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY — Senate Minority Leader Aquilino
?Nene? Q. Pimentel, Jr. (PDP-Laban) today expressed
concern that renewed clashes between government
soldiers and Muslim rebels in Sulu could disrupt the
May 14 elections unless it is stopped immediately.
Pimentel urged the government and military authorities
to look into the cause of the latest outbreak of
fighting between Armed Forces of the Philippines and
the Moro National Liberation Front in Sulu,
particularly the group of a Habier Malik, to prevent
their recurrence.