IIRC on hostage crisis: ‘No one was in charge’ on Sep 20, 2010 in Headline LATEST ENTRIES Media & Journalism NEWS & FEATURES Politics Special Reports - Main The Noynoy Presidency hongkong IIRC leila de lima manila hostage taking rolando mendoza In its first report on the Manila hostage crisis, the Incident Investigation and Review Committee provides a detailed reconstruction of what happened at the Quirino Grandstand on Aug. 23. Although this report does not contain the committee's conclusi...
Tyrant Marcos hailed as ‘defender’ of democracy on Sep 12, 2010 in Corruption Featured Human Rights LATEST ENTRIES NEWS & FEATURES Politics The Military and Police ferdinand marcos martial law philippine army This poster hangs outside the army base along a busy road leading to The Fort and to the airport, for all the public to see, a few days before the commemoration of Marcos’s declaration of martial law on Sept. 21. It is offensive. It dishonors not...
Protests fan Hongkong anger over Manila killings on Aug 29, 2010 in Crime Featured LATEST ENTRIES NEWS & FEATURES Top Stories - Main hongkong manila hostage noynoy aquino rolando mendoza A rift between China and the Philippines deepened Saturday, with protests and rallies planned for the weekend to demand an investigation into the hostage standoff in Manila that left eight tourists from Hong Kong dead.
Indie filmmakers lead Philippine cinema’s rebirth on Aug 20, 2010 in Arts & Culture Entertainment Featured LATEST ENTRIES Movies NEWS & FEATURES TOPICS brillante mendoza jim libiran pepe diokno philippine cinema A new breed of Philippine film makers is using the country's social ills as inspiration, transforming real-life tales of corruption, violence and abuse into award-winning movies internationally. Filipino indie directors have become a staple on the wo...
Starbucks crashes instant-coffee market in Philippines with Via on Aug 19, 2010 in Business Featured Food & Dining LATEST ENTRIES NEWS & FEATURES Press Releases starbucks “We know there is a significant opportunity in the Philippines marketplace for Starbucks VIA® Ready Brew since nearly 100 percent of retail coffee sales come from instant coffee*,” said Howard Schultz, chairman, president and ceo, Starbucks Coff...
Mandatory ROTC will mean more campus repression, military abuses against the youth – Anakbayan on Aug 3, 2010 in NEWS & FEATURES Press Releases anakbayan rotc “ROTC: salot sa kabataan! Tutulan at labanan!” This was the call of youth group Anakbayan as it expressed its outrage today over a proposal to make ROTC (Reserve Officers Training Corps) mandatory again for college and university students. The R...
The detrimental role of biased policies: Framework and case studies on Aug 3, 2010 in NEWS & FEATURES lucio tan philippine airlines This paper, written by Dr. Joseph Y. Lim and Clarence G. Pascual, cites the Philippine Airlines case as a case study of patronage politics. Despite perceptions that the CAB had been biased in its policies in favor of Philippines Air Lines (PAL) ever...
Aquino urged to address root cause of PAL crisis on Aug 2, 2010 in Business Featured LATEST ENTRIES NEWS & FEATURES Top Stories anakpawis contractualization kilusang mayo uno noynoy aquino philippine airlines “Mr. Aquino must clearly distinguish who are the aggrieved parties in this case before throwing insensitive remarks against the pilots,” Anakpawis Rep. Rafael Mariano said. (At left, Philippine Airline workers during a recent picket. They'v...
The 39th IB trains and uses minors as action agents on Aug 2, 2010 in Insurgency LATEST ENTRIES NEWS & FEATURES Politics Press Releases The Military and Police 39th IB Philippine Army child combatants NPA Dencio Madrigal Commander Valentin Palamine Command Regional Operational Command, NPA-Far South Mindanao Region May we express our deepest concern over the recent events in FarSouth Mindanao on the unconscionable exploitation of minors by the 39th In...
‘Do not make Pag-IBIG membership compulsory,’ migrants ask Noynoy on Aug 2, 2010 in LATEST ENTRIES NEWS & FEATURES OFWs & Migration - Main Top Stories migrante noynoy aquino pag-ibig fund An alliance of Filipino migrant workers in the Middle East called on President Benigno Simeon C. Aquino III to immediately revoke a memorandum requiring overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) compulsory membership to PAG-IBIG.
