REGIONAL OVERVIEWS: ASIA-PACIFIC 2006 was a year of dramatic events and much change in Asia and the Pacific. Political upheavals…
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES Head of state and government: Gloria Macapagal Arroyo Death penalty: abolitionist for all crimes International Criminal…
Protesters greeted President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo as she visited Japan this week. These Japanese activists in Tokyo denounced the continued killings…
The first polls of the Social Weather Stations for party-list showed Kabataan (Youth) Party-List with only 1.2 percent. At that…
MANILA — A vote for Bayan Muna is a vote for justice, a vote against abuse. Bayan Muna aired this…
MANILA — House Deputy Minority Leader and Bayan Muna Rep. Satur C. Ocampo today urged Congress to immediately pass a…
Concerned citizens led by former DOST Undersecretary Josie Lichauco, Bettina Legarda, Marilyn Orosa, national artist Bienvenido Lumbera, Nini Quezon-Avancea, and…
MANILA — The Philippine human rights organization KARAPATAN, joins the families of victims of human rights violations and concerned Filipinos…
MANILA — The American people are proud to support efforts against trafficking in persons in the Philippines and most…
MANILA — The umbrella group Bagong Alyansang Makabayan slammed the Armed Forces of the Philippines for spinning blatant lies about…