Monthly Archives: September 2009
UN told: Climate policies should be responsive
UN told: Climate policies should be responsive By Vince Cinches in Bangkok, Thailand Bangkok, Thailand- Philippine based rural groups under the People’s Action on Climate Change appealed to officials of the United Nations, who are gathering here for the intersessional … Continue reading
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Termination of VFA pressed after Jolo incident
Termination of VFA pressed after Jolo incident The left-leaning fisherfolk alliance Pambansang Lakas ng Kilusang Mamamalakaya ng Pilipinas (Pamalakaya) today urged President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo to immediately terminate the Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA) a day after an explosion incident occurred in … Continue reading
Filed under foreign relations, politics, US intervention
Donor countries on storm Ondoy victims told: No strings attach please
Donor countries on storm Ondoy victims told: No strings attach please The left-leaning fisherfolk alliance Pambansang Lakas ng Kilusang Mamamalakaya ng Pilipinas (Pamalakaya) said donor countries who gave financial assistance to the Philippine government for the victims of tropical storm … Continue reading
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RP activists bring fight for climate justice in Bangkok
RP activists bring fight for climate justice in Bangkok by Vince Cinches in Bangkok, Thailand and Gerry Albert Corpuz in Manila, Philippines. About thirty Filipino activists from the Philippine Climate Watch Alliance (PCWA) joined thousands of international participants in the … Continue reading
Filed under Breaking News, environment
Government, private hospitals told: Send doctors to evacuation centers
Government, private hospitals told: Send doctors to evacuation centers The left-wing fisherfolk alliance Pambansang Lakas ng Kilusang Mamamalakaya ng Pilipinas (Pamalakaya)on Tuesday urged government and private hospitals to dispatch doctors and other health personnel to evacuation centers and other areas … Continue reading
Filed under Breaking News, disaster
Public urged to monitor “Ondoy funds”
Public urged to monitor “Ondoy funds” Manila, Philippines- Highly aware of the high crimes of corruption of the Macapagal-Arroyo administration, the activist peasant group Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas (KMP, Peasant Movement of the Philippines ) urged the Filipino public to … Continue reading
Filed under Breaking News, corruption
Employers urged to give typhoon worker victims 5-day break with pay
HUMANITARIAN CAUSE Employers urged to give typhoon worker victims 5-day break with pay Leftwing militants belonging to the fisherfolk alliance Pambansang Lakas ng Kilusang Mamamalakaya ng Pilipinas (Pamalakaya) on Monday urged private employers to give workers affected by typhoon Ondoy … Continue reading
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Lawmakers urge to donate pork to flood victims
Lawmakers urge to donate pork to flood victims The left-leaning fisherfolk alliance Pambansang Lakas ng Kilusang Mamamalakaya ng Pilipinas (Pamalakaya) urged senators and congressmen to donate if not all, at least substantial portions of their respective pork barrels to victims … Continue reading
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Health group scores “Euthanasia” like health budget in 2010
Health group scores “Euthanasia” like health budget in 2010 Manila, Philippines- If the 2010 national budget for health is a measure of government priorities, then the Arroyo administration is more interested in killing rather than saving Filipinos, an activist health … Continue reading
