The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) has expressed its disgust at Cambodian authorities? flippant attitude to journalist safety, after a General said his threat to shoot a journalist was only…
KYOTO: The People?s Forum on Asian Development Bank, a coalition of Japanese civil society organisations and groups from across Asia, was inaugurated with a public symposium at the Doshisha University here today. Over 300 representatives from the student community, worker?s and women?s groups, and NGOs participated in the event that put the spotlight on the adverse impacts of the ADB in Asia. The Forum is the people?s counter to the ongoing 40th Annual Governors Meeting of the ADB being held at Kyoto International Convention Center (KICC).
Kalahi, the group of Karlo Nograles, the son of Davao City Rep. Prospero Nograles, has been accused of allegedly using Lumads to discredit Anakpawis and its allied partylist groups, calling these groups, as well Jeppie Ramada, who is running for councilor of the third district under Mayor Rodrigo Duterte’s party, of being communists.
In this third installment of Davao Today’s series of Q&As on the 2007 elections, Glenda Gloria, managing editor of Newsbreak magazine and one of the country’s most respected political journalists, explains why electoral reform (or the absence of it) is key in this election and beyond.