Elections and Poverty: Will Arroyo Beat the Odds?
The Arroyo administration consistently asserts that voting for its candidates will mean an improvement in the economy. But will this election really put an end to poverty?
Philippines Activists Condemn Attack on Journalist
MANILA — Kalikasan-Peoples Network for the Environment today condemned the assassination attempt against Philippine Daily Inquirer Southern Luzon correspondent Delfin Mallari, Jr., saying that the Arroyo administration was doing nothing to prevent human rights violations against journalists and environmental activists.
Philippines: Bayan condems shooting of Inquirer correspondent
Press Statement
April 19, 2007
Bayan condems shooting of Inquirer correspondent
The Bagong Alyansang Makabayan condemns the ambush try on Inquirer correspondent Delfin Mallari, Jr.
A Week After Abduction, 2 Activists in Philippines Remain Missing
MANILA — The umbrella group Bagong Alyansang Makabayan today assailed the Arroyo government?s inaction over the enforced disappearance of two leading activists in Panay, Nilo Arado, the chair of Bayan-Panay and SELDA leader Luisa Dominado.
The two activists were amubshed along with Liboy Garachico, Karapatan-Panay leader last Thursday, April 12 in Oton town in Iloilo. Garachico survived gunshot wounds and is now in stable condition. Arado and Dominado were taken by unidentified men on board two vehicles.
Philippines: Various Groups Demand End to Mindanao Clashes, Pullout of US Troops
STOP THE WAR IN MINDANAO
Proof of MNLF coddling JI and ASG must be presented; US Troops Out
As hostilities between the Philippine military and the Moro National
Liberation front escalate in Mindanao, we from the Stop the War
Coalition – Philippines, a broad coalition of social movements, NGOs,
and other organizations, join the call for an immediate ceasefire, a
return to the negotiating table, and full, substantive, and meaningful
self-determination for the Moros, indigenous, and other oppressed
peoples in Mindanao.