Search Is on for Mutya ng Dabaw ?07
DAVAO CITY -- The search is on for the Mutya ng Dabaw 2007 as the city celebrates its 70th founding anniversary. The search for the City?s Ambassaddress of Goodwill is…
RP’s Anti-Terrorism Bill ‘Most Terrifying Piece of Legislation’
In the wake of the signing earlier this month of an Asean Convention on Counter-Terrorism, the Arroyo administration has been pushing for the passage of the anti-terrorism bill now pending in the Philippine Senate, arguing that it would strengthen the country’s war against terror and would serve as a model for other Asean nations. But Senate minority leader Aquilino Pimentel Jr. argues that Senate Bill No. 2137 (pdf) is “the most terrifying piece of legislation ever submitted for the consideration of the Senate.”
?A Cause for Alarm?: RP World?s Most Dependent on Overseas Remittances ? Ibon
MANILA — Remittances from overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) have become the country’s biggest source of dollars, and this has made the country among the most dependent on such inflows in the world. This was revealed during independent think-tank IBON Foundation’s Birdtalk, the organization’s year-end economic and political briefing.
Oh Please, Not the Moro People Again
If the accusation that the Arroyo administration was behind the bombings in Mindanao earlier this month turns out to be true, then this has got to be the worst scenario ever cooked up by President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo?s military intelligence experts to justify their agenda of convincing the public of a need to pass an anti-terror measure.
Filipinos in Europe Join Call for Foreign Poll Observers
Filipinos in Europe, through Migrante, welcome the call in the Philippines to encourage independent foreign observers to monitor the mid-term elections this year.