“After all the attempts to block the passage of the Magna Carta of Women, the Filipino women have finally emerged victorious. This is a by-product of women’s continuous struggle for equality and serves as a gateway in support of women’s legitimate concerns.” This is the statement of Representative Liza Maza of Gabriela Women’s Party as…
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Global Oil Prices Fell 5X Faster Than Local Pump Prices in 2008 – Bayan
Multisectoral group Bagong Alyansang Makabayan (Bayan) disclosed today that global crude prices fell five times faster than retail pump prices in 2008, resulting in overpricing that reached as high as P12.60 per liter for kerosene and P9.56 for diesel last year. The group released its latest study amid a fresh wave of oil price hikes…
ON THE RESUMPTION OF THE GRP-NDFP FORMAL PEACE TALKS
The Philippine Ecumenical Peace Platform (PEPP) welcomes the recent announcements made by the Government of the Republic of the Philippines (GRP) and the National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) that the GRP-NDFP formal peace talks will resume next month, August 2009. The PEPP commends the negotiating panels of the two parties, as well as…
Letter to Pres Luis Alfonso Alba to the UN Human Rights Council
September 26, 2006 Honorable Luis Alfonso d Alba President United Nations Human Rights Council C/o ONCHR-UNORG, 8-14 Avenue de la PAIX, 1211, Geneva 10 SWITZERLAND Dear President Alfonso d Alba: I am Roland G. Simbulan, Full Professor at the University of the Philippines (U.P.) where I have taught for the past 25 years. I am…