BY NOEL SALES BARCELONA Bulatlat.com Posted 4:17 p.m., September 2, 2008 PASAY CITY — Members of the Confederation for the Unity, Recognition and Advancement of Government Employees (Courage) condemned the issuance of a warrant of arrest for Ferdinand R. Gaite, Courage’s national president, due to the libel case filed against him by Government Service Insurance…
Month: September 2008
CHR Resolution on Manila Pen Standoff Wanting – NUJP
BY Bulatlat.com September 1, 2008 – 3:16 p.m. While the National Union of Journalists of the Philippines (NUJP) welcomed the Commission on Human Rights’ (CHR) resolution on the Manila Peninsula standoff, the group also found the said resolution wanting. In its resolution, the CHR found violations in the “arrest, detention and processing” of journalists who…
MMDA’s Claim of Cleaner Air, Pure Air – Environmentalists
BY Bulatlat.com September 1, 2008 – 6:21 p.m. An activist environmental group is not convinced at all in the Metro Manila Development Authority’s (MMDA) claim of cleaner air. Clemente Bautista, national coordinator of the Kalikasan People’s Network for the Environment (KPNE) branded MMDA Chairman Bayani Fernando’s claim as pure air. Fernando declared that there was…