Topic: Philippines
Philippine News Digest 97
January 22, 2006 ·
Contents: =EU assails unabated killing of activists =Another Bicol militant killed =Marines’ return sparks fears of rights abuses EU assails unabated killing of activists Philippine Daily Inquirer by: Michael Lim Ubac 01/24/07 THE EUROPEAN UNION yesterday assailed the unabated killing of political activists in the Philippines and called on the Arroyo administration to put a […]
Read More...Children in jail: What has happened to GMA’s order?
November 17, 2005 · , editorial
Children in jail: What has happened to GMA’s order? SUPREME Court Justice Reynato S. Puno, in a speech to the Fourth Annual Conference of the Child Protection Unit Network 10 days ago, said: “According to the Juvenile Justice Network, 10,515 Filipino children are being arrested and detained each year. The Philippine Bar Association has reported […]
Read More...Childhoods lost in Philippine jails
October 12, 2005 · By JOHN O'CALLAGHAN, ABS-CBN NEWS
CALOOCAN CITY – At age 14, Christian was taken to a city jail in the Philippines on charges of selling and using a powerful methamphetamine known as “shabu”. Nearly three years later, he is still in a cell, smaller than a boxing ring, with 28 other youths awaiting a verdict in court. But Christian and […]
Read More...END SUMMARY EXECUTIONS NOW!!!
September 3, 2004 ·
United Movement Against Summary Killings (UNMASK) Alarmed with the phenomenon of extra judicial killings particularly in Davao, the United Movement Against Summary Killings (UNMASK) rallies the Filipino nation in calling to end extra-judicial executions in all parts of the country. Murder, in whatever angle it is seen, is unjustifiable. It becomes more deplorable when installed […]
Read More...Human Rights Groups Cry Justice
August 25, 2004 ·
A human rights defender, Rashid Manahan, was killed in broad daylight yesterday infront of Ponce Suites, Bajada, Davao City. Manahan was with Prof. Nymia Simbulan, Executive Director of Philrights and Ms. Martha Alvarez, a representative of the European Union. The three were to attend a forum against the death penalty and salvaging at UP Mindanao. […]
Read More...Philippine News Digest 79
July 2, 2004 ·
Contents: -Death squad strikes anew -Group to sue cops for failure to stop summary killing -Indigenous kids suffer racism in schools Death squad strikes anew Unidentified gunmen, believed to be members of the Davao Death Squad, killed two men last Wednesday barely 12 hours after Mayor Rodrigo Duterte delivered his inaugural speech where he declared […]
Read More...Philippine News Digest 77
June 1, 2004 ·
Contents: -Death squad strikes anew -Indigenous kids suffer racism in schools -School woes the same year in, year out Death squad strikes anew Four persons, including a 12-year old boy were killed by motor-cycle riding gun-men over the weekend in Davao City even as city police chief Conrado Laza stood firm on his earlier pronouncement […]
Read More...Philippine News Digest 76
May 28, 2004 ·
Contents: -Philippine economy up 6.4 percent -UN: China faces AIDS time bomb -700,000 asians killed yearly by bad food, water Philippine economy up 6.4 percent The Philippines’ gross domestic product (GDP) grew by 6.4 percent in the first three months of the year, the highest since 2001, according to the National Statistical Coordination Board. This […]
Read More..."Code of Conduct" on Sex Tourism
May 24, 2004 ·
NTTR May 24 – 30, 2004 Striking a blow against the sex tourism industry that entraps tens of thousands of children, UNICEF on May 12, 2004 joined the World Tourism Organization (WTO) and the international advocacy group ECPAT (End Child Prostitution, Child Pornography and the Trafficking of Children for Sexual Purposes) in launching a new […]
Read More...Philippines city flourishes under rule of the gun
May 20, 2004 · By KATHY MARKS
DAVAO – In the Philippines and beyond, the southern island of Mindanao is a byword for civil war, anarchy and violence. Its mountains and jungles harbour separatist guerrillas locked in a struggle for an independent Muslim state. Kidnappings are rife, and a Communist insurgency has raged for decades. Tribal warlords backed by private militias rule […]
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