By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO
Migrante Japan deplored the decision of Ambassador Manuel Lopez to evacuate embassy personnel in japan when a lot of Filipinos are still needing assistance.
Embassy Officials in Japan ‘Inutile’ – Migrants Group
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Migrants Group Pushes Gov’t To Act Swiftly To Save OFWs in Japan
By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO
“We call on Ambassador Manuel Lopez to act swiftly to determine the conditions of our compatriots living in the areas affected, to secure their safety and to extend all necessary support and assistance to them,” Migrante-Japan
Tomgram: Self-Portrait in a Tortured World American Gothic: Self-Portrait with Shackles for the Year 2005
By Tom Engelhardt Here we are, because time has some of the qualities of a tsunami, deposited in 2005, whether we like it or not. As the year changed, nature trumped the Bush administration in an appropriately, if horrifyingly Biblical way, with a preemptive strike against shorelines jammed with rich tourists and poor peasants alike.…
In the wake of tsunami calamity: Indonesian army steps up war in Aceh
By John Roberts wsws 5 January 2005 Bulatlat.com There are growing signs that the Indonesian military (TNI) is exploiting the current catastrophe in northern Sumatra to crush the separatist Free Aceh Movement (GAM) and establish its unchallenged control over the resource-rich province of Aceh. So far the death toll from the earthquake and tsunami that…