Today?s Updates
• Davao Plantations Blamed for Alarming Condition of Rivers • Military Launches ‘Combat Journalism’ in Northern Mindanao • Bishop Hosts Caraga Conference for Peace and Development • Gabriela Calls for…
Molotov Bomb Attack on Cagayan de Oro Radio Station, ‘Alarming Twist in Targeted Violence’
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) is shocked by the latest violent attack on the media in the Philippines, which involved a Molotov bomb strike on a radio station in the early hours of Tuesday morning.
According to IFJ affiliate, the National Union of Journalists of the Philippines (NUJP), at around 2am on March 13 a lone motorcycle rider lobbed a Molotov bomb (also known as a petrol bomb) at dxCC radio station in Cagayan de Oro City, before speeding off.
Gabriela Calls for Full Protection of Women in Workplaces as High Court Favors Case of Fired Pregnant Woman
DAVAO CITY?Gabriela Women?s Partylist called today all institutions and offices to implement full protection for women in their workplaces after the Supreme Court recently decided in favor of the fired woman due to her pregnancy in 1995.
Davao Plantations Blamed for Alarming Condition of Rivers
DAVAO CITY -- Agricultural developments in Davao City?s third district were blamed for the alarming condition of the rivers as awareness for the protection of the environment against destructive development…
Ibon to Arroyo: Stop Economic Propaganda, Reality Bleak on the Ground
MANILA -- The Arroyo administration?s hype machine will undoubtedly work overtime to further bombard the public with news of a supposedly strengthening economy, all in the name of securing a…