Press release April 9, 2010 Katribu Partylist slams today government’s “Pantawid” program in rural barangays and plans to file electioneering charges against local government units to the Commission on Election. Jomorito Goaynon, Katribu regional coordinator for Northern Mindanao, said rural barangays in the region the past months are in full-swing in giving “dole-outs” amounting to…
Day: April 9, 2010
Gabriela Condemns Health Workers’ Return to Camp Capinpin
News Release 09 April 2010 GABRIELA, a national alliance of women’s organizations in the country, strongly condemns the return of the 38 health workers to Camp Capinpin despite the court’s decision granting the transfer of the detainees to Camp Crame. Majority of the detained health workers are women. “Returning them to Camp Capinpin right after…
As OAV Starts: Migrants Vow to Guard Vote and Frustrate Arroyo Party-list Bids
As the month-long Overseas Absentee Voting starts on April 10, Migrante International, together with families of distressed OFWs and ex-OFWs, urged their loved ones and kababayans abroad to exercise their right to vote and tightly guard their votes against “imminent” fraud, amid the first use of the Automated Elections System and the plans of President…