An independent international mission comprised of lawyers and judges said that while the Philippine government claims to have taken firm measures to address the problem of extrajudicial killings, including the establishment of various Task Forces, there have been no visible results.
Day: November 15, 2008
JdV Endorsement Could Boost Impeach Rap – Satur
‘He knows GMA’s involvement because he was there’
Will the endorsement by former House Speaker Jose de Venecia, Jr. boost the chances of this year’s impeachment complaint against President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo? Deputy House Minority Leader and Bayan Muna (People First) Rep. Satur Ocampo, one of the original endorsers of the complaint together with fellow Bayan Muna Rep. Teddy Casiño and Gabriela Women’s Party Rep. Liza Maza, believes so.
GSIS Chief is at It Again: Leader of Teachers’ Group Slapped with 4 Libel Raps
Unmoved by the libel case filed against him, Prof. Antonio L. Tinio, national chairperson of the Alliance of Concerned Teachers (ACT) vows that teachers will win the fight for better services and benefits from the Government Service Insurance System (GSIS). BY NOEL SALES BARCELONA Correspondent Bulatlat Prof. Antonio L. Tinio, national chairperson of the teachers’…
Lawyers’ Groups to Seek UN’s Help to Curb Attacks vs Lawyers, Judges
Frustrated with the lack of government measures to address the problem of killings and other rights abuses, lawyers’ groups resolved to seek the help of the United Nations to curb the continuing attacks against Filipino lawyers and judges. BY RONALYN V. OLEA HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH Bulatlat Frustrated with the lack of government measures to address…
EARLY BIRD
EARLY BIRD. . Long before joining and winning the reality television show Celebrity Duets, Metro Manila Development Authority chairperson Bayani Fernando appears to be campaigning already. (Photo by EDNA CAHILOG-VILLANUEVA)
Charges vs. 72 Southern Tagalog Activists Baseless – Lawyer
One of the lawyers of the 72 activists charged with murder in relation to an ambush incident in Mindoro Oriental said the accusations are baseless. BY RONALYN V. OLEA HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH Bulatlat One of the lawyers of the 72 activists charged with murder in relation to an ambush incident in Mindoro Oriental said the…
Indigenous Asian Lawyers Urge Gov’t to Surface Balao
Lawyers from various Asian countries added their voices to the call for the government to surface James Balao in a conference held at the Club John Hay in Baguio City. BY ARTHUR L. ALLAD-IW HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH Northern Dispatch Posted by Bulatlat BAGUIO CITY (246 kms north of Manila) – Lawyers from various Asian countries…
Heart Ailment
‘Gold Rush’ in Benguet Mining Town Endangering Lives
Rather than bringing life, the teeming “gold rush” in the mining town of Itogon in Benguet has instead brought danger. BY ACE ALEGRE Contributor Bulatlat Itogon, Benguet (197 kms north of Manila)– Rather than bringing life, the teeming “gold rush” in the mining town of Itogon in Benguet has instead brought danger. Disasters have kept…
Crisis Talks to Confront Dueling Demands*
Leaders of the world’s 20 biggest economies will confront dueling demands for action when they gather here Saturday in the highest-level acknowledgement so far that the global economy is in crisis. The most spectacular and damaging financial crisis in more than half a century has spurred a flurry of measures and proposals to stabilise markets,…
Heading for the First Hundred Days
Each week brings a terrifying lurch, like a house on the edge of some cliff being pounded into slush by a Pacific storm. On the Doppler radar, we can see financial storm after financial storm lined up out there. Next to burst: the credit card overhang, of some $2.8 trillion in consumers’ plastic debt, much…