Rigoberta Menchú TUM "We have learned that change cannot come through war..."
Hillary CLINTON "I am particularly horrified by the use of propaganda..."
Dateline Philippines – Wednesday, 15 February 2012 (originally published 13 Feb) “UNITE for MDGs” is a night of inspiring ideas and celebrating partnerships to strengthen the country’s commitment to achieve the Millennium Development Goals by 2015. MDG advocates Iya Villania, Bam Aquino, Albay Governor Joey Salceda, and Iza Abeja will share messages of support on [...]
Arianne Caryl N. Casas -Sun Star – Tuesday, 06 September 2011(originally published 02 Set) MONTH after more than 70 women were rescued from a recruitment house in Matina, Davao City, Law Enforcers Unit (LEU) of the Regional Inter-agency Council against Trafficking (Riacat) finally considers the case as human trafficking. In cases when prosecution or trial [...]
AFP – Friday, 17 June, 2011 MANILA — The Philippines, which sends out tens of thousands of maids to work abroad every year, on Friday hailed a landmark International Labour Organisation treaty giving protection to domestic workers. President Benigno Aquino’s government had been one of the main proponents, foreign department spokesman Ed Malaya told AFP. [...]
IRIN – Thursday, 13 April, 2011 MANILA, 13 April 2011 (IRIN) – The growing number of villages seeking to outlaw the sale of condoms, birth control pills and other artificial forms of contraception without a prescription is worrying government officials and women’s rights groups. Seven villages in Bataan, a low- to middle-income province west of [...]
IRIN – Thursday, 18 November, 2010 (originally published 17 Nov) MANILA, 17 November 2010 (IRIN) – The Catholic Church and reproductive health campaigners continue to do battle ahead of hearings on what could become the first national family planning law in the Philippines. The Reproductive Health (RH) bill is set to be presented before the [...]
