![[In the news] Activist group: Slow progress since Earth Summit 20 years ago -GMA News](http://hronlineph.files.wordpress.com/2012/04/gmanewsonline2.jpg?w=144&h=111&crop=1 "[In the news] Activist group: Slow progress since Earth Summit 20 years ago -GMA News")
Activist group: Slow progress since Earth Summit 20 years ago GMA News May 26, 2012 PARIS — Twenty years after the Earth Summit in Rio pledged to save the environment for future generations, observers and policy makers agree swifter action is required to avert climate catastrophe. But even as new warnings were issued this week … Continue reading »
![[In the news] Parents group in San Luis, Pampanga opposes K 12 implementation | Sun.Star](http://hronlineph.files.wordpress.com/2012/04/sunstar-network-copy1.jpg?w=160&h=65&crop=1 "[In the news] Parents group in San Luis, Pampanga opposes K 12 implementation | Sun.Star")
Parents group in San Luis, Pampanga opposes K 12 implementation | Sun.Star. By Herbert P. Mapiles May 25, 2012 SAN LUIS — A group of parents here has expressed disagreement with the impending implementation of the K+12 basic education curriculum (BEC) by the Department of Education (DepEd) in June. The group said the additional two … Continue reading »
![[Press Release] Three-year imprisonment for killing environmental activist – Not enough! -ATM](http://hronlineph.files.wordpress.com/2012/04/atm-logo1.png?w=160&h=93&crop=1 "[Press Release] Three-year imprisonment for killing environmental activist – Not enough! -ATM"){kind=logo}
Three-year imprisonment for killing environmental activist – Not enough! Case is over with no justice, laments Marin family and supporters Sibuyan, Romblon – Armin Marin, a staunch environmental activist in Sibuyan, Romblon and was then a member of the municipal council was shot dead on October 3, 2007 while leading a picket of hundreds of … Continue reading »
![[From the web] South-East Asia / Agrofuel: UN rights experts raise alarm on land development mega-projects -OHCHR](http://hronlineph.files.wordpress.com/2012/03/ohchr.jpg?w=160&h=99&crop=1 "[From the web] South-East Asia / Agrofuel: UN rights experts raise alarm on land development mega-projects -OHCHR")
South-East Asia / Agrofuel: UN rights experts raise alarm on land development mega-projects Source: http://www.ohchr.org GENEVA (23 May 2012) – Two United Nations experts on food and indigenous peoples today urged South-East Asian states not to sideline the human rights of communities across the region who derive their livelihoods, traditions and ways of life directly … Continue reading »
![[Press Release] “Buhay Dagat, Buhay Natin” 1,075 meter Mural Fencing and Ocean Jam Concert Celebrate Ocean Month -DAKILA](http://hronlineph.files.wordpress.com/2012/01/dakila.png?w=160&h=75&crop=1 "[Press Release] “Buhay Dagat, Buhay Natin” 1,075 meter Mural Fencing and Ocean Jam Concert Celebrate Ocean Month -DAKILA")
“Buhay Dagat, Buhay Natin” 1,075 meter Mural Fencing and Ocean Jam Concert Celebrate Ocean Month In celebration of the Month of the Ocean, The Department of Environment and Natural Resources Protected Areas and Wildlife Bureau (DENR-PAWB) in partnership with Yabang Pinoy, Dolphins Love Freedom, Marine Wildlife Watch of the Philippines, Save the Philippine Seas, Yabang … Continue reading »
100 Ampatuan massacre suspects still scot-free | Sun.Star. By Bong S. Sarmiento May 24, 2012 KORONADAL CITY — Some 100 suspects in the gruesome massacre in the town of Ampatuan, Maguindanao that shocked the nation two years ago have remained scot-free, the National Union of Journalists of the Philippines (NUJP) said Wednesday. Rowena Paraan, NUJP … Continue reading »
![[Press Release] Disclose All or Resign All! Genuine Cleansing of the Bureaucracy not a Telenovela of Elite Infighting](http://hronlineph.files.wordpress.com/2012/03/bmplogo.jpg?w=150&h=120&crop=1 "[Press Release] Disclose All or Resign All! Genuine Cleansing of the Bureaucracy not a Telenovela of Elite Infighting")
Disclose All or Resign All! Genuine Cleansing of the Bureaucracy not a Telenovela of Elite Infighting We have said it before and we will say it again. Give the Filipino people a chance for real reforms and meaningful cleansing of the rotting bureaucracy. The impeachment of Corona is not enough. The process is a spectator … Continue reading »
![[From the web] Needed: Toilets, books, classrooms -RAPPLER.com](http://hronlineph.files.wordpress.com/2012/04/rappler_logo.jpg?w=160&h=120&crop=1 "[From the web] Needed: Toilets, books, classrooms -RAPPLER.com"){kind=logo}
Needed: Toilets, books, classrooms. By Voltaire TUPAZ, RAPPLER.com May 23, 2012 MANILA, Philippines – “Sir, Madi ak nag masirek ta adda diarrhea.” (Sir, please excuse me for being absent today because I have diarrhea.) This is one of the excuse letters that Huebert Lorenzo would usually receive from his students in a primary school in … Continue reading »
100 Ampatuan massacre suspects still scot-free | Sun.Star. By Bong S. Sarmiento May 24, 2012 KORONADAL CITY — Some 100 suspects in the gruesome massacre in the town of Ampatuan, Maguindanao that shocked the nation two years ago have remained scot-free, the National Union of Journalists of the Philippines (NUJP) said Wednesday. Rowena Paraan, NUJP … Continue reading »
![[Featured site] Philippine Human Rights Monitor by PhilRights](http://hronlineph.files.wordpress.com/2012/05/phil-hr-monitor-copy.jpg?w=160&h=120&crop=1 "[Featured site] Philippine Human Rights Monitor by PhilRights")
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![[Event] National Human Rights Forum on Enforced Disappearance -AFAD and FIND](http://hronlineph.files.wordpress.com/2012/05/program_rsvp.jpg?w=160&h=120&crop=1 "[Event] National Human Rights Forum on Enforced Disappearance -AFAD and FIND")
Dear All, On the last week of May, families of the victims of enforced disappearance around the world will observe the International Week of the Disappeared following the Latin American tradition. To commemorate this occasion in the country, the Asian Federation Against Involuntary Disappearances (AFAD) in cooperation with the Families of Victims of Involuntary Disappearance … Continue reading »
![[From the web] The Promises to the Relocated 32 Families in Zambales due to Mining Expansion Remain Unfulfilled, yet the Mining Operations of Shangfil Continues -www.allvoices.com](http://hronlineph.files.wordpress.com/2012/04/allvoices.jpg?w=160&h=120&crop=1 "[From the web] The Promises to the Relocated 32 Families in Zambales due to Mining Expansion Remain Unfulfilled, yet the Mining Operations of Shangfil Continues -www.allvoices.com")
The Promises to the Relocated 32 Families in Zambales due to Mining Expansion Remain Unfulfilled, yet the Mining Operations of Shangfil Continues BY ben696molino, http://www.allvoices.com May 22, 2012 More than five months after 32 families in Bgy. Bolitoc, Sta. Cruz, Zambales were forced by the Shangfil Mining and Trading Corporation to dismantle their houses and … Continue reading »
![[People] Reproductive Health: Sidelined but Irrepressible By Walden Bello](http://hronlineph.files.wordpress.com/2011/09/walden-bello-word-world-citizenship-org1.jpg?w=160&h=120&crop=1 "[People] Reproductive Health: Sidelined but Irrepressible By Walden Bello")
Reproductive Health: Sidelined but Irrepressible By Walden Bello INQUIRER.net May 21, 2012 When the Reproductive Health Bill (House Bill 4244) made it past Committee on Population early in 2011, legislators and civil society organizations supporting RH were ecstatic. They had reason to be, for after 14 years of being bottled up in committee, the RH … Continue reading »
![[From the web] BJMP Gears for Gender-responsive Jails -balayph.net](http://hronlineph.files.wordpress.com/2011/07/balay.jpg?w=160&h=120&crop=1 "[From the web] BJMP Gears for Gender-responsive Jails -balayph.net")
BJMP Gears for Gender-responsive Jails balayph.net May 23, 2012 Amid the bureau’s intensified efforts in ensuring utmost jail security nationwide, it stays focused on working for a gender-sensitive jail management. A workshop on gender issues affecting jail management shall convene 20 officials of the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP) today at Olongapo City. … Continue reading »
![[From the web] Pillay urges ASEAN to set the bar high with its regional human rights declaration -](http://hronlineph.files.wordpress.com/2012/05/hc_pillay_bio.jpg?w=153&h=120&crop=1 "[From the web] Pillay urges ASEAN to set the bar high with its regional human rights declaration -")
Pillay urges ASEAN to set the bar high with its regional human rights declaration GENEVA (11 May 2012) – UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay on Friday offered her encouragement to ASEAN (the Association of Southeast Asian Nations) in drafting a regional human rights declaration, but called for a meaningful consultation on the … Continue reading »
