Philippines: ‘Banish the Anger in Our Hearts’ (Arroyo’s Lenten Message)
President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo’s Lenten Message, Heroes’ Hall, Malacanang, April 2-7, 2007
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Philippines: Increasing Rice Imports Endangers Food Security and Sufficiency
MANILA — The Philippines is now Asia?s largest rice importer as a result of agricultural trade liberalization coupled with state neglect, and this threatens the country?s food security and sufficiency, according to independent think-tank IBON Foundation.
Take Responsibility for Worsening Poverty, Arroyo Urged
MANILA — The clear indictment of the Permanent People?s Tribunal (PPT), which proclaimed the Arroyo government guilty of abandoning the poor due to its economic policies, should now push the administration to urgently address poverty.
Philippines: 4 Injured Seafares in Australia Safe
MANILA — Consul General Maria Theresa P. Lazaro of the Philippine Consulate General in Sydney, Australia reported to Foreign Affairs Secretary Alberto G. Romulo that the four injured Filipino seafarers of the bulk carrier ?Shirane? are confirmed safe based on the information gathered from the John Hunter Hospital, the Royal North Shore Hospital (Burns Unit), and the NYK Line Australia.
Killed 9-Year-Old Girl Was Not NPA: Karapatan
DAVAO CITY — Karapatan-Southern Mindanao Region lambasted today the 10th Infantry Division of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) for sowing lies about the killing of a nine-year-old girl, Grecil Buya, claiming that she was a New People?s Army fighter who died in a clash last March 31 in Baragay Kahayag, New Bataan, Compostela Valley Province.