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KMP Affirms Mass Evacuation in Philippines Village

News Release
April 16, 2007
References: Danilo ?Ka Daning? Ramos, secretary general, KMP
Diane Ragub, campaign officer SAGUPA-SB
Carl Anthony Ala, public information officer

?Mass evacuation in Samar village true!?-KMP
Military and police further harassing peasants

The militant Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas (KMP) and its regional chapter SAGUPA-SB lambasted the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) particularly the 34th Infantry Battalion and Mayor Mateo Biong of Giporos town in Eastern Samar for lying to the media that there was no mass evacuation of at least 80 families from Barangay Huknan.
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Philippine Farmers Want to Make Own Choices Toward Sustainable Farming

Farmers’ Conference: Making our own choices towards sustainable farming

Fersal Place, Malakas St.,
Brgy. Central District, Diliman, Quezon City
April 17, 2007, Tuesday, 9:00 AM-5:00 PM

The rice program of the Department of Agriculture is pinning all its
hopes on the hybrid rice technology to attain rice sufficiency in the
Philippines. The government has allotted a large slice of its budget
to this technology that was touted to be the breakthrough to improve
rice productivity. However, the country continues to rely on rice
importation to meet the domestic needs and the government has
constantly blamed the typhoons that hit the country to the sorry state
of the rice farming sector.

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Philippines: Group Urges Candidates to Include Family Planning in Platform

THE FORUM FOR FAMILY PLANNING & DEVELOPMENT INC.
Room 305, Ang Bahay ng Alumni, Magsaysay Street, UP Diliman Campus, Quezon City
Website: www.forum4fp.org E-Mail: forum4fp@yaho.com / info@forum4fp.org
Tel No. +632-426-5484 Telefax +632-436-3269

April 14, 2007
Press Release

?Heed the people?s call, include family planning in your platform of government or lose in the election!? ? The Forum

This was the strong statement of population advocacy The Forum for Family Planning and Development as the latest result of Ulat ng Bayan Pulse Asia survey indicates 8 out of 10 Filipinos deems it important for candidates to include family planning in their program of action.

?The data from the latest survey of Pulse Asia will speak for itself, the people deems it important that candidates makes a stand on the issue of population. The candidates should not just shrugged off their shoulders and ignore the peoples? clamor for such measures,? said Benjamin de Leon, President of The Forum for Family Planning and Development.

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Philippines: Probe on $6 Million DENR Air Monitoring Network Project Sought

KALIKASAN-PNE
KALIKASAN? PEOPLES NETWORK FOR THE ENVIRONMENT
26 Matulungin St. Central District, Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines
Tel./Fax; +63 (2) 924-8756; E-mail: kalikasan.pne@gmail.com

PRESS RELEASE
April 14, 2007

Probe on $6 million DENR Air Monitoring Network Project sought
Re-electionist administration solon among those in hot water

Environmental activists today urged a government probe on a $6 million air pollution monitoring project between the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) and a private joint venture, expressing grave concern over highly-questionable transactions and suspicious actions of senior government officials, including DENR Secretary Angelo Reyes and a prominent administration congressman.

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