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According to officials from the mining inudstry, the Philippines’s potential for growth in the sector remains good. In fact, BHP Billiton, the world’s biggest miner, is interested in investing up to a billion US dollars in a nickel mine project in Mati, Davao Oriental, according to Benjamin Philip Romualdez, president of the Philippine Chamber of Mines. Romualdez said at the Asia-Pacific Mining Conference in Makati City this week that foreign companies have invested nearly $700 million in the Philippines in the past three years as a result, he said, of the Supreme Court’s decision to uphold the Mining Act of 1997 that opened the industry to foreigners. But environmentalists, who protested the conference, have warned of environmental destruction. (Photo: arkibongbayan.org)

The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) is gravely disturbed by the June 6 murder of Zakia Zaki, head of the…

Three groups file lawsuit seeking information about �ghost� detention Amnesty International, Cageprisoners, the Center for Constitutional Rights, the Center for…

There’s little to do for scientists locally without national industries, says AGHAM MANILA — “Even with the nominal increase of…

MANILA — President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo arrived this afternoon from a successful six-day, three-country official and working visits to the Vatican…

MANILA – Laos Prime Minister Bouasone Bouphavanh is arriving in Manila tonight (Thursday, June 7) for a three-day official visit…

The United States embassy in Manila today gave a $10 million (at least 450 million pesos) reward to four Filipinos who provided information that led to the deaths of Abu Sayyaf leaders Khadaffy Janjalani and Abu Sulaiman. It was the second-largest reward the US has given in its anti-terrorism campaign in the Philippines. Read the full story.

CHENGDU CITY, China (via PLDT) — “We came not only for your delicious spicy food but also to build a…

In Solidarity. Filipinos in New York take to the streets this week to express support for the so-called “Sentosa 27++,” who were victims of alleged illegal recruitment by a major healthcare management company in New York that recruits nurses from the Philippines. Read the story.

Commentary | That the House leadership traces its roots to the US-created Philippine Assembly of 1907 and not to the first Malolos Congress of 1898 is a testament to the colonial mindset that has characterized the institution for the last century. From 1907 till this day, Congress’s role has been to protect the narrow foreign and elite interests. Thus, it is one of the biggest hindrances to social reform and political modernization.