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Philippines confident in solving revenue shortfalls

MANILA — The administration of President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo is “confident that it will succeed” in addressing the revenue-generation shortfall recorded by the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) and the Bureau of Customs (BOC) for the first half of this year.
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Terror law spooks neophyte Davao councilor

By CHERYLL D. FIEL | davaotoday.com

Newly elected Davao City councilor Karlo Bello, who was recently selected as the chairman of the City Council's Committee on Civil, Political and Human Rights, has expressed reservations about the Human Security Act, saying it might result in more human-rights abuses. "The same people who are already committing human-rights violations could be given authority to commit the same acts," he said.

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Duterte urged to lobby for review of terror law

Bayan Muna today urged Mayor Rodrigo Duterte, the presidential security adviser for regions 11 and 12, to lobby for a thorough review of the anti-terror Law or the Human Security Act, saying ?the mayor?s objectives in keeping peace and order" should be consistent with the protection of human rights and the upholding of democracy.

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Terror law to intensify militarization inside campuses — CEGP Davao

DAVAO CITY ? Nearly ten days before the implementation of RA 9372 also known as the Human Security Act (HSA) , youth and students are joining with other progressive forces calling to scrap the said law which would only set precedent for more anti-student policies.

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