Politics

Pimentel Cites Need to Correct Flaws in Philippines’s Absentee Voting Law

NEWS RELEASE Ref: Mr. Shiegfred Roxas
18 April 2007 Tel. No.: 0922-7288044

PIMENTEL CITES NEED TO CORRECT FLAWS IN ABSENTEE VOTING LAW

Genuine Opposition senatorial candidate Aquilino Pimentel III today cited the need to correct legal flaws in the Overseas Absentee Voting Law that prevent or discourage overseas Filipinos from availing of the right to vote for national government officials of their homeland.

Unless these flaws are rectified, Pimentel said expatriate Filipinos, particularly those who have migrated to the United States, will remain indifferent to the exercise of their voting right.

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Philippines’s Arroyo Welcomes Manny Pacquiao

MANILA — Although without the usual pomp and fanfare, President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo welcomed warmly today the People?s Champ and boxing idol Manny “Pacman” Pacquiao by personally greeting him at the foyer of Malaca?ang?s Rizal Hall before proceeding to the Music Room for a closed-door meeting.

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Philippines Welcomes OIC Appeal for Ceasefire in South

MANILA — Malacanang welcomed today the appeal of the Organization of Islamic Conference (OIC) for a halt to renewed fighting between government forces and the secessionist Moro National Liberation Front, saying it has consistently worked with international allies and stakeholders for peace in the south.

Press Secretary and Presidential Spokesperson Ignacio R. Bunye stressed however that the government couldn?t have a peace hostaged to the victims of lawless.

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Indian government shutters Burmese exile-run news Web site

Committee to Protect Journalists
330 Seventh Avenue, New York, NY 10001 USA Phone: (212) 465?1004 Fax: (212) 465?9568 Web: www.cpj.org E-Mail: media@cpj.org
http://www.cpj.org
Contact: Bob Dietz
e-mail: bdietz@cpj.org
Telephone: (212) 465-1004

Indian government shutters Burmese exile-run news Web site

New York, April 17, 2007?After the forced closure of the New Delhi-based Mizzima News, an exile-run Web site popular for hard-hitting reports on neighboring Burma?s military-run government, the Committee to Protect Journalists calls on Indian authorities to fully explain the move.

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Philippines: Mother, Child Victim of Another Military Atrocity

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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