Welcome to the Philippine News Digest 2007 Page. This
contains news items, articles or issues around the Philippines during the
year 2007.
| Digest Issue |
Date |
Contents |
|
News Digest 137 |
11-23-07 |
Guards in ‘hot water’ over escape of 7 minors
Student leaders defend rights of indigenous people
Nitrates in drinking water found |
|
News Digest 136 |
11-16-07 |
Parents warned not to let children beg
Girl in alleged suicide act might have been
raped--doctor
RP second in Asia, fourth worldwide in child porn |
|
News Digest 135 |
11-09-07 |
Saving the youth from risks
Organic food is safer, better
All Saints’ Day rapist nabbed |
|
News Digest 134 |
10-24-07 |
China closes door to Filipino domestics
American gets 5 years in jail for sex tourism in
RP
Cops see white slavery gang behind abductions |
|
News Digest 133 |
10-18-07 |
3 million expected to ‘Stand Up, Speak Out’
against poverty
Sustainable agri practices could amply feed the
world
Atienza suspends tree-cutting permits of Sibuyan
mine firms |
|
News Digest 132 |
10-11-07 |
Cases of abandonment of OFW families rising
Prosecution of security forces in political
killings sought
2 abducted UP students alive? |
|
News Digest 131 |
10-05-07 |
Anti-mining activist shot dead by guard
Pampanga mayors’ spouses push project to assist
women earn extra family income
Cordillera farmers learn how to grow organic
coffee |
|
News Digest 130 |
09-28-07 |
2 girls freed from abductor-rapist
Sex abuse vs kids up in Mountain Province
Mining firm extends educational aid, other
services to Mangyans |
|
News Digest 129 |
09-21-07 |
Tarlac solon seeks Internet curbs on porn
Printer accused of producing porn
Abandoned kids find hope in foreign homes
11-year-old admits killing 2-year-old in Palawan |
|
News Digest 128 |
09-14-07 |
Court convicts man for rape of 9-year-old
Rights group helping farmer seek son accused of
abduction
DENR inks Sierra Madre agreement |
|
News Digest 127 |
09-06-07 |
BI moves anew vs human trafficking
Girlie shows, prostitution rampant in Subic
Green groups, bishops slam coal-fired power plant
in Iloilo |
|
News Digest 126 |
08-30-07 |
DENR to probe tribe’s complaint vs mining firm
Priest shot dead in Ilocos Norte town
Scam seen in P18-M Zambales relocation plan |
|
News Digest 125 |
08-24-07 |
Locally-developed organic fertilizer boosts rice
yield
Stiffer penalties urged for sex workers in Iloilo
Mayors support plan for mining firms to pay tax
directly to LGUs |
|
News Digest 124 |
08-17-07 |
Arroyo pushes anew for cheap medicine bill passage
Family driver charged with rape of employer’s
daughter
More Mattel toys pulled out of local shelves due
to hazards |
|
News Digest 123 |
08-09-07 |
Bill for mandatory drug tests in schools filed
Organic farmers battle skepticism
Water supply cutback harder on Central Luzon
farmers |
|
News Digest 122 |
07-27-07 |
Free all kids in jail, Arroyo orders police
Mining out of DENR; now under President’s office
CHEd to undertake tree planting program |
|
News Digest 121 |
07-09-07 |
Pool champ charged with sexual abuse
‘Garbage project won’t keep environs safe’
7 years after Payatas tragedy, Philippines still
mired in trash |
|
News Digest 120 |
07-06-07 |
27 Davao students downed after eating stale
crackers
Network of medicine vendors proves health care
affordable
DepEd resumes medical, dental checkup for schools |
|
News Digest 119 |
06-29-07 |
Philippine military accused of `dirty war' vs
leftists
It’s time govt gave small miners a break
NY-based rights group indicts military in
political killings
|
|
News Digest 118 |
06-22-07 |
Fish cages blocking flow of river
Oil exploration worries environmentalists
Health secretary airs warning on rainy-day
diseases
|
|
News Digest 117 |
06-18-07 |
Cheers for increased agriculture dept budget
Arroyo to media: Gov’t to end killings, libel
suits
Bishops divided on Pope’s visit |
|
News Digest 116 |
06-12-07 |
Priest kidnapped in Philippines
Canadian Parliament train sights on RP rights |
|
News Digest 115 |
06-04-07 |
Time to look beyond election
‘No student should be refused enrolment’
Education crisis deepens |
|
News Digest 114 |
05-25-07 |
Woman drops rape complaint vs Iloilo priest
Dulmatin's children to be deported to Indonesia
RP reelected to UN human rights council
|
|
News Digest 113 |
05-18-07 |
Bomb kills child in Philippines
Two youth party-list watchers abducted, slain
PGMA awards Presidential Citation to SOS
children's community |
|
News Digest 112 |
05-11-07 |
3,000 law students join anti-poll fraud network
Troops in ‘child warrior’ case restricted; probe
continues
Canadian arrested, says its embassy in RP |
|
News Digest 111 |
05-04-07 |
RP remains in US watchlist for IP violations
Filipinos join protest vs US immigration laws
DepEd extends Food-for-School program |
|
News Digest 110 |
04-26-07 |
General admits girl killed in clash no child
warrior
'Chairman' reveals seedy world of trafficking
Filipino sex prisoner thought she was in France |
|
News Digest 109 |
04-20-07 |
Davao Today -- Philippines: ‘Child Soldiers’ Label
Used by Military to Escape Accountability
Family of ‘child warrior’ files criminal charges
vs Army
Anti-poverty group: Govt, WB estimates
ridiculously low |
|
News Digest 108 |
04-16-07 |
Rights group says military 'child warrior' yarn
untrue
Kin, friends of slain girl say she's no communist
rebel
Rights group to bring 'child warrior' case to UN
|
|
News Digest 107 |
04-04-07 |
Girl, alleged 'child warrior,' slain in clash with
troops
Suffering children
Indonesian Catholic priest killed in Kalinga
Stripping blinders |
|
News Digest 106 |
03-30-07 |
Pool champ faces child abuse charge
Alston report to UN slams AFP, Palace for killings
Govt told to step up AIDS fight |
|
News Digest 105 |
03-23-07 |
Bayan Muna coordinator killed in Bataan; military
blamed
UN expert calls for ratification of treaty on
migrants
Aetas join fight to stop violence against women
Native women participate in Subic forum marking Women’s Day
RP bans four foreigners for alleged illegal
recruitment |
|
News Digest 104 |
03-16-07 |
'Bantay-Bugaw' in Olongapo, Bontoc to protect
women, kids
DSWD rescues 185 trafficked women, kids in Eastern
Visayas
Left-wing activist gunned down in Digos City |
|
News Digest 103 |
03-09-07 |
Church group calls for end to US aid to Philippine
military
12-year-old girl raped, killed in Cebu
American accused of molesting four girls in
Tacloban |
|
News Digest 102 |
03-02-07 |
Sex slave for 4 days
UN: AFP in denial on killings
Another journalist shot dead |
|
News Digest 101 |
02-23-07 |
Senate slams House for slow action on medicine
bill
UN official in RP to check on rights of indigenous
tribes
RP human rights situation 'tragic' -- UN
rapporteur
|
|
News Digest 100 |
02-16-07 |
25 girls rescued from cyber sex dens in Angeles
American pedophile awaits deportation
RP mission to UN to host international talks on
women trafficking |
|
News Digest 99 |
02-09-07 |
NBI nabs American pedophile
Solon warns porno anime 'inching way into living
rooms'
Anti-pornography drive set in Camanava |
|
News Digest 98 |
02-02-07 |
Deported Irish priest on mine panel wants RP to
explain
Bishops call for credible, violence-free elections |
|
News Digest 97 |
01-26-07 |
EU assails unabated killing of activists
Another Bicol militant killed
Marines' return sparks fears of rights abuses |
|
News Digest 96 |
01-19-07 |
2006 'bloodiest year' for journalists, says group
RP elected VP of UN social council
Japanese gov't pressure sought on RP over human
rights
|
|
News Digest 95 |
01-17-07 |
Arroyo is 'truly the region's angel of death'
SC orders Palace to justify Smith transfer |
