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Philippines: Wealthiest Grew Richer Under Arroyo

The gap between the unimaginable wealth of the country?s richest families and the poorest households highlights the yawning income inequalities that further widened under the Arroyo administration, according to independent think-tank IBON Foundation.

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Pacific Internet Announces Plan for WiMax Rollout in the Philippines

Pacific Internet Announces Plan for WiMax Rollout in the Philippines

SINGAPORE, April 10 /Xinhua-PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Pacific Internet
Ltd., the largest telco-independent Internet Communications Service
Provider by geographic reach in the Asia Pacific region, today announced a
major investment and expansion plan for Pacific Internet Philippines (PI
PH). PI PH will invest over US$12 million in building a wireless broadband
infrastructure, initially in the Greater Metro-Manila area.

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Philippines: Cases of Enforced Disappearances Rising

Karapatan (Alliance for the Advancement of People’s Rights)
2/F Erythrina Bldg., #1 Maaralin cor. Matatag Sts., Bgy. Central, Quezon City 1101 PHILIPPINES

Telefax: (+632) 4354146

Email: karapatan@tri-isys.com karapatan.pid@gmail.com

Press Statement
April 9, 2007
Reference: Marie Hilao-Enriquez, Secretary General, No. 0917-8176274

” ?the military and many key officials have buried their collective heads in the sand and announced that business will continue as usual?” ? Prof. Philip Alston, referring to the Philippine military in his initial report to the UN Human Rights Council of his visit to the Philippines, March 27, 2007

RISING CASES OF ENFORCED DISAPPEARANCES, EXTRAJUDICIAL EXECUTIONS COMMITTED AFTER THE UN SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR REPORT TO THE UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL

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