Quezon City, March 31, 2009—More than 80 percent of the Philippine populace does not want the economic provisions of the current Constitution be revised. This was the result of the latest IBON…
Month: March 2009
Rights violation cases piling up vs IPs, says international group
Quezon City, the Philippines — Piles of cases about human rights violations against tribal communities have been deliberated March 28, this city, as part of the International Expert Workshop on Indigenous Peoples’…
NGO’s 3-day seminar on occupational health, labor rights kicks off today
The International Seafarers’ Action Center (ISAC) Philippines Foundation, Inc., a non-governmental organization (NGO) here in Manila, is preparing for a three-day seminar on occupational health and safety at sea and labor rights…
Cebu creates pro-RH network; to intensify RH bill passing campaign
Cebu residents are pro-Reproductive Health (RH), unlike what the Roman Catholic Church wants to convey. This was the message of the Reproductive Health Advocacy Network (RHAN)-Cebu chapter as they are into the…
Majority is not always right
It challenges reflection how almost on a periodic basis, survey results are being published by polling circuits following a similar theme and coming out at about the same time over the same…
Gov’t Rakes Billions of Pesos Annually on OFW Processing Charges
Aling Rose (real name withheld upon request), 47, a single mother of four, has been working in Oman for almost six years now. As in the case of other Filipinos who go…
AFP ignores Abu Sayyaf demand despite captive’s plea for help
PHILIPPINE NEWS SERVICE — ARMED Forces chief General Alexander Yano yesterday stood firm on his decision not to pull out troops in Sulu despite the Abu Sayyaf’s threat that it will behead…
We won’t yield Sulu — Tan
PHILIPPINE NEWS SERVICE — SULU Gov. Abdusakur Tan yesterday said that despite the threat of the Abu Sayyaf to behead one of the three International Committee of the Red Cross workers by…
Will GMA choose Noli or Teodoro?
PHILIPPINE NEWS SERVICE — IT’S a toss-up between Vice President Noli de Castro and Defense Secretary Gilbert Teodoro for the administration’s standard bearer for the 2010 elections. Thus bared Press Secretary Cerge…
AFP, PNP vows justice for Rebelyn Pitao
PHILIPPINE NEWS SERVICE — THE Armed Forces and the Philippine National Police yesterday jointly expressed their commitment to bring justice to Rebelyn Pitao, the daughter of New People’s Army commander Leoncio Pitao…
Gov’t backtracks, agrees to Sulu pullout
PHILIPPINE NEWS SERVICE — THE government yesterday backtracked on its earlier decision not to pull out forces in Jolo, Sulu, saying it is ready to pull out troops to save one of…
He ordered our father killed — Dacer daughters
PHILIPPINE NEWS SERVICE — THE daughters of Salvador “Bubby” Dacer yesterday charged Sen. Panfilo Lacson with the kidnapping and murder of the public relations man and his driver Emmanuel Corbito before the…
Will Fr. Panlilio be president?
Will Fr. Panlilio be president? It is more a case of ‘neither here nor there’ this whole idea being floated around that Governor Panlilio throws hat into the ring as alternative presidential…
Unemployment insurance?
NEDA director general explains over radio interview the instant program of government to parcel out from the Social Security System or through some other source of subsidy such as the stimulus package…
A step towards Sustainability – L&O as a Corporate Member of USGBC
23 March, Hong Kong – Leigh & Orange is pleased to announce that they have become a corporate member of the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC). Fully committed to sustainable design, the…