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[Press Release] BMP demands abrogation of VFA:‘Our people are paying the price of our elitist government’s mendicant foreign policy’

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Workers group demands abrogation of VFA:‘Our people are paying the price of our elitist government’s mendicant foreign policy’ THE Bukluran ng Manggagawang Pilipino extends its heartfelt condolences to the family and friends of Jennifer Laude, and joins the Filipino people in demanding justice for her murder. The brutal killing of Ms Laude, a 26-year old woman whose head was found

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[Press Release] Workers in Region 8 demand employment, people’s participation in Yolanda rehabilitation and reconstruction plan -PM

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Workers in Region 8 demand employment, people’s participation in Yolanda rehabilitation and reconstruction plan Declaring they won’t beg and live on relief and aid forever, several associations of workers in the informal sector in Region 8 today launched a campaign demanding employment, social protection and people’s participation as bedrocks of Yolanda rehabilitation and reconstruction plan to address not just the

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[Blog] The Indian Diplomat’s Arrest: A Barbaric and Despicable Act. By Jose Mario De Vega

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The Indian Diplomat’s Arrest: A Barbaric and Despicable Act By Jose Mario De Vega I refer to the report of Namrata Brar for NDTV, “Indian diplomat arrested in US for alleged visa fraud, handcuffed in public”, December 13. The report is about a high-ranking Indian diplomat by the name of Devyani Khobragade who was arrested arbitrarily and handcuffed in an

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[Statement] Human Rights Watch on the $40 million military aid

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“The $40 million military aid that US Secretary of State John Kerry pledged to the Philippines is restricted to maritime security assistance and counter-terrorism training for the police in Mindanao. We note that none of it will go to the Philippine Army, a traditional recipient of US foreign military financing – and there’s a reason for that. The US Congress,

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[From the web] Sex, intimacy and the RH law in the time of Yolanda -RAPPLER.com

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Sex, intimacy and the RH law in the time of Yolanda By Ana P. Santos, RAPPLER.com December 17, 2013 This is Yolanda in numbers: 4 million people displaced, 102,000 people living in evacuation centers or makeshift homes, an estimated 1.1 million homes totally or partially destroyed. Damage to health care facilities (which includes birthing facilities and hospitals) was estimated to

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[Event] launching of the Philippine Parallel Report for the U.N. Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities

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To our esteemed colleagues, supporters and co-advocates ~ We are pleased to invite you to the launching of the Philippine Parallel Report for the U.N. Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. *December 3, 2013* *9am -12 noon* *Association of Generals and Flag Officers (AGFO) Club, Camp Emilio Aguinaldo, Quezon City.* Pls confirm attendance by Friday, November 29. For details, see

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[Press Release] Filipino climate justice activists join mass walk-out at UN climate change talks -PMCJ

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‘A big blow to Yolanda victims and survivors’ Filipino climate justice activists join mass walk-out at UN climate change talks November 22, 2013 WARSAW (Nov 21): Members of the Philippine Movement for Climate Justice has joined a mass walk- out at UN Climate Change conference in Warsaw, Poland “to protest against the failure of the talks to deliver climate justice.”

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[Petition] The Medical City: Please give back by setting up one mobile hospital in any of the provinces hit by super Typhoon Yolanda -change.org

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Pinepetisyon si Administrator The Medical City: Please give back by setting up one mobile hospital in any of the provinces hit by super Typhoon Yolanda Petisyon ni Pia Maria Magalona Antipolo City, Philippines Many survivors of super typhoon Yolanda are in need of immediate medical care but they have nowhere to go. Almost all hospitals and health centers in the provinces

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[Statement] Save Lives, Redistribute Food, Stop the Economic and Environment Plunder! Climate Justice Now! -PLM

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PLM Statement on the Typhoon Haiyan/Yolanda Crisis Let Our People Live! Save Lives, Redistribute Food, Stop the Economic and Environment Plunder! Climate Justice Now! The people are still reeling from the impact of possibly the biggest typhoon to strike the country. Death toll numbers are rising rapidly. There is massive devastation. Many are still trying to contact their relatives, friends

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