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An organization of US-based Filipino activists has criticized the passage, by the Democrat-led US House of Representatives, of House Bill No. 6897 or the Filipino… 09/26/2008
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News
Fil-Am Activists Slam One-Time Lumpsum Payment for Filipino WWII Vets
Groups Stage Protest vs Global Forum on Migration
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The Philippines will host the 2nd Global Forum on Migration and Development (GMFD) this October. Filipino migrant workers, however, deem that the forum will only… 09/26/2008
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More Violence Feared
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DAVAO CITY –The Moro partylist group Suara Bangsamoro (Voice of the Moro People) fears that the dissolution of the peace panel would result in an… 09/26/2008
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Detained Pastor Ordered Released by CA
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Detained Pastor Berlin Guerrero was ordered released to the custody of his lawyers this morning by the Court of Appeals (CA). A United Church of… 09/16/2008
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Peace Advocates Hold Dialogue with NDFP Panel
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A delegation of the Philippine Ecumenical Peace Platform (PEPP) held a dialogue with the negotiating panel and consultants of the National Democratic Front of the… 09/16/2008
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Terrorizing Communities: Oplan Bantay Laya II in Guihulngan
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As the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) noted a decline in the incidence of extrajudicial killings in the country, another face of the government’s counter-insurgency… 09/16/2008
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Domestic workers’ deaths in Lebanon mostly from suicides or botched escapes
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———————- “Domestic workers are dying in Lebanon at a rate of more than one per week. All those involved – from the Lebanese authorities, to… 09/04/2008
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OFW Group Calls for Sacking of Embassy Officials Forcing OFWs to Admit to Trumped-up Raps
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An alliance of Middle East-based overseas Filipino workers’ (OFW) groups demanded that Philippine embassy officials who are forcing OFWs to admit to trumped-up charges filed… 09/03/2008
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Protestant Bishops Appeal for Release of Detained Pastor
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Members of the Council of Bishops of the United Church of Christ in the Philippines intensified their campaign for the release of Pastor Berlin Guerrero… 09/03/2008
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JRU Students Suspended, Condemn ‘Campus Repression’
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Nineteen students of Jose Rizal University (JRU) in Mandaluyong were suspended after organizing a snake rally on the afternoon of July 17. These students are… 09/03/2008
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