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Philippines: Gabriela Solon to IPU: ?We are being harassed?

NEWS RELEASE
18 April 2007

Reference: Rep. Liza Largoza-Maza, Gabriela Women?s Partylist (09209134540)
Cristina Palabay, GWP Secretary General (09175003879)
Gabriela Women?s Partylist Headquarters (9284007)

Gabriela solon to IPU: ?We are being harassed?

“The Arroyo administration is out to persecute and kill us and members of our political parties. It is out to disenfranchise our constituents by harassing and demonizing political parties that are gaining the support of the people as part of the political opposition.” This was the statement of Rep. Liza Maza of Gabriela Women’s Party during a meeting with members of the Inter- Parliamentary Union (IPU) this afternoon at the Westin Philippine Plaza in Manila.

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Philippines: Employers Oppose 75-Peso Wage Hike

MANILA, April 18 (PNA) – The Employers Confederation of the Philippines (ECOP) yesterday opposed the move by the Trade Union Congress of the Philippines (TUCP) to press for a P75 across-the-board pay hike for private sector workers in the metropolis via petition before the National Capital Region (NCR) wage board.

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Mining Investments in Davao Region on the Rise

DAVAO CITY, April 18 (PNA) – Mining investments in the Davao Region remarkably increased in 2006 compared to previous year, data from the Mines Geosciences Bureau (MGB) Davao showed.

In 2006, mining companies that applied for exploration operations in the region?s mineral-rich deposit areas totaled to 26 with a paid up capital amounting to P872,952,278.91 compared to 2005 with 14 companies and corresponding paid up capital of P799,063,920.00.

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Philippines: Did US Peace Corps Volunteer Slip, Or Was She Murdered?

MANILA, April 18 (PNA) – Government forces on Wednesday morning found the body of United States peace corps volunteer Julia Campbell who had been reported missing since last week in Ifugao province, military officials reported.

Maj. Gen. Rodrigo Maclang, commander of the Army?s 8th Infantry Division, said the Campbell?s body was recovered by Army soldiers participating in an inter-agency effort to search and rescue the American.

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Pimentel Cites Need to Correct Flaws in Philippines’s Absentee Voting Law

NEWS RELEASE Ref: Mr. Shiegfred Roxas
18 April 2007 Tel. No.: 0922-7288044

PIMENTEL CITES NEED TO CORRECT FLAWS IN ABSENTEE VOTING LAW

Genuine Opposition senatorial candidate Aquilino Pimentel III today cited the need to correct legal flaws in the Overseas Absentee Voting Law that prevent or discourage overseas Filipinos from availing of the right to vote for national government officials of their homeland.

Unless these flaws are rectified, Pimentel said expatriate Filipinos, particularly those who have migrated to the United States, will remain indifferent to the exercise of their voting right.

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