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INFORMATION AND ASSISTANCE SOUGHT REGARDING MISSING U.S. PEACE CORPS VOLUNTEER, REWARD OFFERED
The United States Embassy in the Philippines is seeking information on the welfare and whereabouts of Ms. Julia Campbell, a U.S. Peace Corps Volunteer missing since April 8, 2007.
Julia Campbell has served as a college teacher in Legazpi, Southern Luzon since she began her Peace Corps service in the Philippines in March 2005.
Reference: Lorena Sanchez & Shirley Cuyugan-O’Brien, Coordinators, Philippine Forum-KABALIKAT, email: pf_kabalikat@yahoo.com
Consulate’s Partial Repatriation Concession for Fely Garcia Marks Victory for Domestic Workers Campaign
Domestic Workers Push for Fixed Assistance Policy from DFA, POEA, OWWA
New York– In a Filipino community townhall meeting held yesterday in Elmhurst, members of the domestic workers support network Philippine Forum-KABALIKAT and others realized the result of weeks of community-based campaign when a pinned-down Philippine Consulate announced it would offer $4900 in financial assistance towards the repatriation of Felisa “Fely” Garcia, a 58 year old Filipina domestic worker found dead in her home last March 14, 2007 in the Bronx. Philippine Forum-KABALIKAT members and their supporters also continued to pressure for a second round of investigation in a case that the New York Police Department has already dismissed as suicide with no sign of foul play. The said townhall was also attended by Philippine Vice Consul Leandro Lachica.
MEDIA RELEASE
IBON Foundation, Inc., IBON Center 114 Timog Ave., Quezon City, Philippines
Tel. (632) 927-7060 * Fax (632) 929-2496 * E-mail: media@ibon.org * www.ibon.org
Reference: Mr Sonny Africa (IBON research head)
April 18, 2007
Press statement
WORLD BANK POVERTY MEASURE UNRELIABLE ?IBON
Recently released poverty estimates by the World Bank are unreliable and grossly underestimate the extent of poverty in the country, according to independent think-tank IBON Foundation.
KARAPATAN ? CARAGA
Alliance for the Advancement of People?s Rights
4th St. Guingona Subd., Brgy. J.P. Rizal, Butuan City
Telefax: (085) 3421459; email ad: karapatan_caraga@yahoo.com
Reference: Analyn Lumawag; Deputy Sec. Gen.
(0918) 7984512
Press Release
18 April 2007
INAHAN ug ANAK BIKTIMA SA MILITARISASYON
Militarisasyon! Usa na usab ka kaso sa pagpatay. Niadtong Abril 2, 2007, sa may alas 10:00 kapin kun kulang sa kabuntagon, didto sa bukid sa Brgy. Caromata, San Miguel, Surigao del Sur, usa ka gi-alegahang kampo sa mga NPA ang gikatahong gi-raid sa mga kasundaluhan nga sakop sa 58th Infantry Battalion, Philippine Army, mga sakop sa Special Civilian Active Auxilliary (SCAA) ug CAFGU ubos sa 4th Infantry Division. Kalit nga gipabuthan sa mga kasundaluhan ang walo ka mga babaye nga dunay kuyog nga tulo (3) ka bata nga ilang mga anak. Ug diha-diha dayon naigo-patay ang usa ka batang lalaki nga si DANDAN A. QUILLANO, 12 anyos ang pangidaron, lumulupyo sa Sitio Banahaw, Maitum, Tandag, Surigao del Sur. Tungod sa kalisang sa mga biktima nanagan kini aron luwason ang kaugalingon apan nasakpan ang usa ka babaye nga si BETTY A. QUILLANO, 37 anyos ang pangidaron, inahan sa batang lalaki. Gidala kini sa mga sundalo balik sa nahimutangan sa patay?ng lawas sa iyang anak.
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PRESS RELEASE
Department of Foreign Affairs
2330 Roxas Blvd., Pasay City, Philippines ? Tel. No. 834-4000 ? www.dfa.gov.ph
Response of the hon. Alberto G. Romulo Secretary of Foreign Affairs To the Statement of the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) on the situation in the southern Philippines
17 April 2007
The Philippine Government appreciates the commitment of the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) to the peace process in the Southern Philippines and to the 1996 Peace Agreement between the Government of the Republic of the Philippines and the Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF).