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Philippines: Domestic Workers Push for Fixed Assistance Policy from DFA, POEA, OWWA

Reference: Lorena Sanchez & Shirley Cuyugan-O’Brien, Coordinators, Philippine Forum-KABALIKAT, email: pf_kabalikat@yahoo.com

Consulate’s Partial Repatriation Concession for Fely Garcia Marks Victory for Domestic Workers Campaign
Domestic Workers Push for Fixed Assistance Policy from DFA, POEA, OWWA

New York– In a Filipino community townhall meeting held yesterday in Elmhurst, members of the domestic workers support network Philippine Forum-KABALIKAT and others realized the result of weeks of community-based campaign when a pinned-down Philippine Consulate announced it would offer $4900 in financial assistance towards the repatriation of Felisa “Fely” Garcia, a 58 year old Filipina domestic worker found dead in her home last March 14, 2007 in the Bronx. Philippine Forum-KABALIKAT members and their supporters also continued to pressure for a second round of investigation in a case that the New York Police Department has already dismissed as suicide with no sign of foul play. The said townhall was also attended by Philippine Vice Consul Leandro Lachica.

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Indian government shutters Burmese exile-run news Web site

Committee to Protect Journalists
330 Seventh Avenue, New York, NY 10001 USA Phone: (212) 465?1004 Fax: (212) 465?9568 Web: www.cpj.org E-Mail: media@cpj.org
http://www.cpj.org
Contact: Bob Dietz
e-mail: bdietz@cpj.org
Telephone: (212) 465-1004

Indian government shutters Burmese exile-run news Web site

New York, April 17, 2007?After the forced closure of the New Delhi-based Mizzima News, an exile-run Web site popular for hard-hitting reports on neighboring Burma?s military-run government, the Committee to Protect Journalists calls on Indian authorities to fully explain the move.

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WB Poverty Measures for Philippines Unreliable: Ibon

MEDIA RELEASE
IBON Foundation, Inc., IBON Center 114 Timog Ave., Quezon City, Philippines
Tel. (632) 927-7060 * Fax (632) 929-2496 * E-mail: media@ibon.org * www.ibon.org
Reference: Mr Sonny Africa (IBON research head)
April 18, 2007

Press statement

WORLD BANK POVERTY MEASURE UNRELIABLE ?IBON

Recently released poverty estimates by the World Bank are unreliable and grossly underestimate the extent of poverty in the country, according to independent think-tank IBON Foundation.

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Protection against H5N1 avian influenza

For Immediate Release
Contact: Evan Lipstein
Tel: +1-212-688-5600
E-mail: Info@HylineSafety.com

NEW YORK CITY, NY- April 17, 2007- HYLINE SAFETY COMPANY today announced it has established a new distributorship with Safe Life Corporation based in San Diego, CA. Starting on March 1, 2007, HYLINE SAFETY COMPANY will be responsible for product sales of The SAFE LIFE CORPORATION www.safelifecorp.com line of disposable respirators designed to provide increased protection against airborne viruses, including avian flu.

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Philippines: Mother, Child Victim of Another Military Atrocity

KARAPATAN ? CARAGA
Alliance for the Advancement of People?s Rights
4th St. Guingona Subd., Brgy. J.P. Rizal, Butuan City
Telefax: (085) 3421459; email ad: karapatan_caraga@yahoo.com
Reference: Analyn Lumawag; Deputy Sec. Gen.
(0918) 7984512
Press Release
18 April 2007

INAHAN ug ANAK BIKTIMA SA MILITARISASYON
Militarisasyon! Usa na usab ka kaso sa pagpatay. Niadtong Abril 2, 2007, sa may alas 10:00 kapin kun kulang sa kabuntagon, didto sa bukid sa Brgy. Caromata, San Miguel, Surigao del Sur, usa ka gi-alegahang kampo sa mga NPA ang gikatahong gi-raid sa mga kasundaluhan nga sakop sa 58th Infantry Battalion, Philippine Army, mga sakop sa Special Civilian Active Auxilliary (SCAA) ug CAFGU ubos sa 4th Infantry Division. Kalit nga gipabuthan sa mga kasundaluhan ang walo ka mga babaye nga dunay kuyog nga tulo (3) ka bata nga ilang mga anak. Ug diha-diha dayon naigo-patay ang usa ka batang lalaki nga si DANDAN A. QUILLANO, 12 anyos ang pangidaron, lumulupyo sa Sitio Banahaw, Maitum, Tandag, Surigao del Sur. Tungod sa kalisang sa mga biktima nanagan kini aron luwason ang kaugalingon apan nasakpan ang usa ka babaye nga si BETTY A. QUILLANO, 37 anyos ang pangidaron, inahan sa batang lalaki. Gidala kini sa mga sundalo balik sa nahimutangan sa patay?ng lawas sa iyang anak.
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