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As the campaign period is ongoing and elections will be held on May
14 there is also an increasingly alarming trend of election-related
violence. Targeted killings and ambushes of sectoral and local
candidates, either a result of fierce political rivalry or threats,
had since been taking place–a cycle of violence that has become a
subconsciously acceptable fact of life in the Philippines’
electoral process. These are among the many instances of how the
country’s system had become corrupted and rotten, in particular
on security, investigation and prosecution matters.
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Kyoto, Japan?On the eve of the Asian Development Bank?s
(ADB) Annual Meeting in Kyoto, Greenpeace called on the Bank to put its
financial resources and policy capacity fully behind an energy
revolution in Asia based on renewable energy and energy efficiency. Ten
years after the Kyoto Protocol on reducing greenhouse gas emissions was
agreed, another decisive step to protect the climate must be taken in
Kyoto, argued Greenpeace. The recent landmark reports from the
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), predict cataclysmic
impacts if the world does not reduce carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions. The
ADB has recognized the dangers of climate change and that it is caused
largely by burning fossil fuels. However, a huge portion of the ADB’s
energy financing is still being channeled towards fossil-fueled energy
across Asia.
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Statement on the First Gentleman?s plan to drop the libel suits versus journalists, including two he filed against Newsbreak:
We?re glad that Mr. Jose Miguel ?Mike? Arroyo has seen the light. He should never have filed these libel cases in the first place.
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MANILA -- Senate Minority Leader Aquilino Q. Pimentel, Jr. (PDP-Laban) today rebuked the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) for its instant denial that soldiers have nothing to do with…
MANILA -- Mobile activist group TXTPower denounces the Commission on Election's purported ban on the use of cellphones and digital cameras inside voting precincts on Election Day. "Most Filipinos use…
