By Northern Dispatch CPA Release Posted by Bulatlat.com BAGUIO CITY—“No to market-based mechanisms!” This was the resounding position of delegates to the International Conference on Indigenous Peoples Rights, Alternatives and Solutions to the Climate Crisis as they criticized the proposed solutions of the United Nations Framework on Climate Change Convention (UNFCCC). Market-based mechanisms would not…
Day: November 15, 2010
International Conference of Indigenous Peoples Praised Empowered IP villages for Protecting Environment vs. Climate Crisis
By Northern Dispatch CPA Release Posted by Bulatlat.com BAGUIO CITY, Philippines — “Climate change is a matter of social justice,” said a report of the Ibon International, a non-profit economic research outfit based in the Philippines. “Two centuries of increasing Green House Gas (GHG) emissions have coincided with colonial and neocolonial subordination of the Southern…
Anakbayan Paintbombs DSWD, Dares Agency to Prove Claims on CCT
PRESS RELEASE November 15, 2010 Youth group Anakbayan hurled paint bombs at the gate of the Dept. of Social Work and Development (DSWD) national office, daring proponents of the much-maligned Conditional Cash Transfer (CCT) program to substantiate their claims regarding the program. Anakbayan spokesperson Charisse Bañez twited CCT supporters, saying “They shouldn’t wonder why everyone…
Youths Join Manila-wide Pedicab Strike, Decries Planned Pedicab Ban ‘Death to the Poor’
PRESS RELEASE November 15, 2010 Youth group Anakbayan took to the streets of Manila today in support of the one-day strike by the city’s pedicab and ‘kuliglig’ (motorized pedicab) drivers. The strike was launched by the Alyansa ng Nagkakaisang Kuliglig at Pedicab Driver-Manila (ALNAPEDKU-Manila) to protest plans by Manila City Hall to ban pedicabs and…
NDFP Calls for Immediate Implementation of the JASIG (PR)
Press Statement 14 November 2010 Chairperson Luis Jalandoni of the Negotiating Panel of the National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) is at grave risk if he goes to Manila while the regime of President Benigno Aquino III has not rectified the grave violations of the Joint Agreement on Safety and Immunity Guarantees (JASIG), such…