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Philippines: Esperon Should Order AFP Command in Panay to Surface Abducted Activists

Anakpawis Party-List
From the Office of Rep. Crispin Beltran
He can be contacted via his cellphone number 09278711080,
or through his phone line in the Philippine Heart Center, 925-2401 loc 2432
http://masanganakpawis.blogs.friendster.com/my_blog/
Ina Alleco R. Silverio, chief of staff 931.6615, 09195065269

News Release Friday, April 13, 2007

AFP chief of staff Esperon should order AFP command in Panay to surface and release abducted activists

Anakpawis Representative and political detainee Crispin Beltran today demanded that the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) local command in Panay island immediately surface and release alive and unharmed the leaders of Anakpawis Party-list they abducted yesterday. He challenged AFP chief of staff Hermogenes Esperon to surrender the officials and commanders of the AFP command in Panay and have them take account for the shooting and abduction of the activists.

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Philippines: Ornusa Cadness, Borgy Manotoc Turn Into Tigers in New PETA Anti-Captivity Ad

For Immediate Release:
April 13, 2007
Contact:
Jason Baker 0919 531 8314; JasonB@peta.org
Rochelle Regodon 0920 497 4679; RochelleR@peta.org

ORNUSA CADNESS AND BORGY MANOTOC TURN INTO ?TIGERS? IN NEW PETA ANTI-CAPTIVITY AD
Sexy Models Want Fans to Know That Wild Animals Don?t Belong in Zoos

Manila ? Posing in a jungle setting with their naked bodies covered only with painted-on tiger stripes next to the tagline ?Even the Wildest Animals Don?t Belong in Zoos,? top Filipino models Ornusa Cadness and Borgy Manotoc appear together in the first of a series of three ads for People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) Asia-Pacific. Local postcard advertising company YOCard has printed 10,000 postcards of the ad and is now offering them at various restaurants, bars, bookstores, and cultural areas around the metro free of charge. The couple also stars individually in print ads with the tagline ?Keep Wild Animals Free?Boycott the Zoo.? The ads were shot by ace photographer and PETA volunteer Xander Angeles. Indie film luminary Dante Mendoza donated his services to create the amazing set, and Leo Posadas was behind the makeup for the shoot.

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Philippines: Bayan slams Panay ambush and abduction, say no end in sight for activist killings

News Release
April 13, 2007

Bayan slams Panay ambush and abduction, say no end in sight for activist killings

The umbrella group Bagong Alyansang Makabayan today condemned in the strongest terms the ambush and abduction of three activists in Panay island in the Visayas.

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Philippines: Political Violence Continues; Three Activists Leaders Ambushed in Iloilo

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
April 13, 2007

Political violence continues: Three activists leaders ambushed in Iloilo

Bayan Muna Rep. Satur C. Ocampo strongly condemned the ambush on three
Iloilo activists at 9:30 pm yesterday (April 12) that left one of them
seriously injured and two others missing.

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Philippines: Exempt OFWs from Passport Fee — Pimentel

CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY — Genuine Opposition senatorial candidate Aquilino Pimentel III today proposed that overseas Filipino workers be exempted from the payment of the P700 passport fee to ease their financial burden before going to their foreign destination.

Pimentel said the free passport scheme is privilege that should be extended to the OFWs to reward them for their role in stabilizing the economy in the form of foreign exchange or dollar remittances that have propped up the peso and boosted the country?s international dollar reserves.

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