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.
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.
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.
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.
Bayan Muna General Counsel Neri Colmenares today scored Justice Secretary Raul Gonzales for criticizing the Supreme Court ?for giving Rep. Satur Ocampo special treatment? in its decision to grant his release on bail.
?It is quite dishonest for Justice Sec. Gonzales to say that the High Court gave special treatment to Rep. Ocampo in its decision to temporarily release him on bail. Ocampo only exercised his constitutional right to go to the Supreme Court and seek justice,? Colmenares said.