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(This statement is issued by MIGRANTE Australia On the Illegal Arrest, Detention and Torture of 43 Health Workers in Morong, Rizal, Philippines) H.E. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo President of the Republic Malacañang Palace JP Laurel St., San Miguel Manila Philippines Re: Immediate and unconditional release of the 43 illegally arrested, detained and tortured health workers in Morong, Rizal President Arroyo, Migrante ... Full story

As if to flaunt the continuing disregard for the rule of law, the Armed Forces of the Philippines defied the writ of habeas corpus ordered by the Supreme Court and refused to show the 43 health workers in court today. Health Alliance for Democracy (HEAD) scored the ... Full story

The Social Weather Station (SWS) October 2009 National Survey was conducted from October 24-27, 2009 using face-to-face interviews of 1,200 adults in Metro Manila, the Balance of Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao (sampling error margins of ±3% for national percentages, ±6% for area percentages) . The ... Full story

Times had changed so are our sayings. Nestor Palugod Enriquez shared this quotes via Bisayan Yahoogroups. 1. A day without sunshine is like night. 2. On the other hand, you have different fingers. 3. 42.7 percent of all statistics are made up on the spot. 4. 99 percent of lawyers give the rest a bad name. 5. Remember, half the ... Full story

The official campaigning period for any national position is set at least 90-days before the National Election as prescribed by Art. I, Sec. 3, Batas Pambansa Blg. 881 and implemented by the Philippine's Commission on Elections (COMELEC) . Unfortunately or fortunately, ads promoting Presidentiables and Vice Presidentiables is pretty much evident in the giprime hours of the day. ' Despite Rico Blanco's ... Full story

POLITICAL PERSECUTION AT THE UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES, QUEZON CITY, PHILIPPINES In the global North, the plight of academics being fired or denied tenure scarcely merits attention in the media. This is so starkly banal today when teachers’ salaries are either drastically frozen or cut back (as at Harvard University, University ... Full story

There are so many things that happened around us that we tend to ignore. It's high time that we highlight them too. We started with BURJ DUBAI's launching, now we bring you 10 Top Ten Good News Stories from the Muslim World in 2009 that You Never Heard About for 2009 courtesy of Delia Aguilar <deliadaguilar@yahoo.com> who ... Full story

There are ‘good’ and ‘bad’ leftists. ‘Good’ leftists must belong to a partylist group. They demand the inclusion of civil society groups in government transactions. They participate in tripartite meetings, they attend UN conferences, they hate Joma Sison, and they endorse the candidacies of Noynoy Aquino and Mar Roxas. The ‘bad left’ is always wrong. ... Full story

The Makabayan Coalition today slammed the disqualification case filed against its senatorial candidate Satur Ocampo, calling it another attempt by the Arroyo administration to silence one of its most consistent critics. The COMELEC's second division is scheduled to hear the case tomorrow at 2:00 pm. Rep. ... Full story

For those who are like me, first time to practice the right to vote in a local and national election, we are responsible together with the rest of the voters to elect a candidate into a government position that will give us security, help us to grow and the community, keep us free and protect our rights as humans and people of this land. Therefore, ... Full story