After ZTE scandal, Bayan expects protests to swell

Bayan said it expects the protest actions to swell in the wake of the ZTE exposes at the Senate, linking the administration to the bloated NBN-ZTE deal. "We know that the sentiment against the President in Davao is strong. We can see initiatives from different sectors coming," it said.

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Reporters Without Borders Criticizes Lack of Public Commitment to Press Freedom

Reporters Without Borders/Reporters sans fronti?res - www.rsf.org 13 February 2008 Annual Press Freedom Report 2008 REPORTERS WITHOUT BORDERS CRITICISES LACK OF PUBLIC COMMITMENT TO PRESS FREEDOM AND FEARS ANTI-MEDIA VIOLENCE…

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Government insists on ceasefire before talks with NDF can resume

"There must be a cessation of hostilities first," Gonzales said during the Local Peace and Security Assembly (LPSA) for Davao Region. He said the government panel already relayed its stand to Prof. Jose Ma. Sison, the NDFP chief political consultant, in one of their meetings in Utrecth, The Netherlands.

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Communists can be defeated if Arroyo term is extended, national security adviser says

Short of admitting the failure of the Arroyo administration to stamp out the Communist rebellion, Gonzales told local peace executives there are only two choices left: either craft a really good local government counter-insurgency strategy or extend the term of the President. He said Arroyo wishes to finish the Communist rebellion when her term ends in 2010, but with only two and a half years left in her term, he doubts if the government can achieve it.

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