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MANILA, Philippines — Team Unity has welcomed the government’s release of P1 billion funding for both the National Irrigation Administration (NIA) and the National Electrification Administration (NEA) for the repair and rehabilitation of typhoon-damaged irrigation systems and distribution lines, respectively, nationwide.
MANILA, Philippines — Team Unity senatorial candidates are confident the Philippine economy will soar high this year on the heels of a long list of new, huge foreign investments coming into the country, the latest of which is from Texas Instruments Inc., the Dallas-headquartered world’s largest maker of mobile phone chips.
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The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) today welcomed the recent conviction in the Dominican Republic of Edri Vladimir “Vla” Pujols for the 2004 murder of journalist Juan And?jar as a sign that the government would not allow journalist to be easy targets of violence and that their attackers would face prosecution.
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Government Uses RELA Force on Migrant Workers
(New York, May 9, 2007) ? The Malaysian government should immediately take steps to dissolve the People?s Volunteer Corps (Ikatan Relawan Rakyat or RELA), responsible for numerous cases of illegal detentions, unlawful use of force, and extortion, Human Rights Watch said today.
The Malaysian government has authorized almost half a million RELA volunteers to help maintain public order, primarily through the apprehension of undocumented migrant workers, most of whom come to Malaysia to augment Malaysia?s insufficient labor force. In carrying out their duties, RELA volunteers often employ unnecessary force and illegal policing practices. Fully uniformed, armed, and unaccompanied by police or immigration officers, they break into migrant lodgings in the middle of the night without warrants, brutalize inhabitants, extort money, and confiscate cell phones, clothing, jewelry, and household goods, before handcuffing migrants and transporting them to detention camps for ?illegal immigrants.?
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New York City & Los Angeles?In nationally-coordinated events in California and New York last April 28, 29 and May 4, over 350 Filipino youth gathered to show unwavering support for KABATAAN Partylist, the leading and only partylist representing the youth sector in the upcoming elections in the Philippines. Using rock and acoustic music, hip hop, poetry, and shadow theater, Filipino youth used their creativity to show how their local issues are connected with the issues of youth in the Philippines addressed by the KABATAAN Partylist.
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