A Tribute to Bananas (with a Heart)
The Davao region being the Philippines’s banana capital, we thought we should share with you this funny movie trailer about the fruit — with Mark Lapid in the supporting role. Enjoy!
SC Frees Bayan Muna’s Ocampo
MANILA — Bayan Muna Representative Satur C. Ocampo today walks out of his detention cell, the Manila Police District headquarters, after the Supreme Court granted his petition for release upon payment of a P100,000 cash bond.
?I went to the Supreme Court with clean hands and with a clear conscience. I am now vindicated,? said Ocampo, upon being informed of the court?s ruling.
Philippines on Road to Climate-Change Catastrophe: Greenpeace
Greenpeace demands urgent action as costs to threaten millions of Filipinos
MANILA — The Philippines is on its way to a major climate
change catastrophe–that is, unless the government takes urgent and
ambitious action to avert a disaster that will put millions of Filipinos
at risk. Greenpeace issued the warning today during the release of
never-before seen maps that illustrate the extent of climate change
impacts on the archipelago. The group additionally called for strong
measures to mitigate the worst effects of climate change to help the
country avoid certain disaster.
Experts to Arroyo: Respect Rights of Poor, Stop Forced Evictions
Mass human rights violations such as forced evictions and the destruction of
housing continue unabated in the Philippines, warns the Geneva-based Centre on
Housing Rights and Evictions (COHRE), and its team of international human
rights experts.
Conflicts, Human-Rights Abuses Displace 100,000, Mostly in Mindanao
The Geneva-based Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC) has released a report that says an estimated 100,000 people were displaced from their homes in the Philippines due to armed conflicts and human-rights violations. The main displacement movements occurred in Mindanao, the report said.