Philippines: ‘Banish the Anger in Our Hearts’ (Arroyo’s Lenten Message)
President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo’s Lenten Message, Heroes’ Hall, Malacanang, April 2-7, 2007
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Take Responsibility for Worsening Poverty, Arroyo Urged
MANILA — The clear indictment of the Permanent People?s Tribunal (PPT), which proclaimed the Arroyo government guilty of abandoning the poor due to its economic policies, should now push the administration to urgently address poverty.
Killed 9-Year-Old Girl Was Not NPA: Karapatan
DAVAO CITY — Karapatan-Southern Mindanao Region lambasted today the 10th Infantry Division of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) for sowing lies about the killing of a nine-year-old girl, Grecil Buya, claiming that she was a New People?s Army fighter who died in a clash last March 31 in Baragay Kahayag, New Bataan, Compostela Valley Province.
Gonzales, Not Supreme Court, Is Guilty of Special Treatment: Bayan Muna
Bayan Muna General Counsel Neri Colmenares today scored Justice Secretary Raul Gonzales for criticizing the Supreme Court ?for giving Rep. Satur Ocampo special treatment? in its decision to grant his release on bail.
?It is quite dishonest for Justice Sec. Gonzales to say that the High Court gave special treatment to Rep. Ocampo in its decision to temporarily release him on bail. Ocampo only exercised his constitutional right to go to the Supreme Court and seek justice,? Colmenares said.
Can a Small Girl, 9, Engage Troops in a Firefight?
Mindanews editor Carolyn Arguillas has a compelling story on Grecil Galacio, a nine-year-old Grade Two pupil from New Bataan, Compostela Valley. The military claimed that Grecil, who was described in…