Australia mining aid for Philippines questioned – ATM
Melbourne, Australia – Filipino and Australian organizations criticized Prime Minister Julia Gillard for launching a $127 million ‘smart aid’ for poor but mineral-rich nations during a forum at the...
View ArticlePHILIPPINES: $1-B Australian aid linked to two key issues
During his press conference upon his return from the Apec meeting in Honolulu, President Aquino thanked Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard for the $1 billion aid provided by the Australian...
View ArticleExtreme weather: Flash flooding kills 500, displaces 100,000 in the Philippines
Heavy rain and flash flooding on Friday night and Saturday in the Philippines associated with tropical cyclone Washi, known locally as Sendong, has killed 521 people, with many still missing and...
View ArticleNo to US and Chinese expansionism
PHILIPPINES: Akbayan Party condemns plans for increased United States military presence in the country amid burgeoning Chinese military expansionism. We believe these acts by the two superpowers will...
View ArticlePHILIPPINES: Sentro, Nagkaisa herald new era of labor unity
THOUSANDS of trade unionists and activists poured into the streets of Manila and other key cities to celebrate May Day amid renewed hopes that the two latest efforts at labor unity will provide strong...
View ArticleMedia disinformation: Understand South China Sea standoff through the...
China is now Australia’s largest trading partner. Western Australia’s Premier is right to point out that: “… of the 60,000 new jobs created in Australia over the past 12 months, 50,000 were in WA,...
View ArticleSpratly Islands dispute: Unity statement
UNITED VOICES OF CONCERN (Amidst the sounds of fury over the Southeast Asian Sea) Geography: Global/InternationalKeywords: peacewarUSPhilippinesChina
View ArticleOn the Status of Visiting Forces Agreement with Australia
The Philippine-Australia military agreement, known as the Status of the Visiting Forces Agreement (SOVFA), which was poised to be ratified by the Philippine senate on June 6, has now been postponed...
View ArticleProtests slam Philippines-Australia military pact
Anti-war and progressive groups in the Philippines have requested Australian solidarity against a Status of Visiting Forces Agreement between Australia and the Philippines currently before the...
View ArticlePHILIPPINES: On the Bangsamoro Framework Agreement
The Alliance of Progressive Labor (APL) joins the Filipino people, especially the Bangsamoros in Mindanao, in welcoming, although guardedly, the historic signing today of the Framework Agreement on...
View ArticleCall to Asia Social Movements Assembly in Manila
Building solidarity and strengthening our struggles to address the economic and climate crisis in the fight to change the systemLast September 17, 2012, in an inspiring expression of solidarity from...
View ArticlePHILIPPINES: The Emotional Calculus of Armed Conflict
HOW DO I TREAT THEE? Let me count the ways. Statistics from the AFP-PNP over a 33-year period (1978-2010) report an aggregate of 29,553 fatalities in the ongoing conflict between GPH and the CPP-NPA...
View ArticlePhilippines: Akbayan slams Chinese incursion into Tubbataha Reef
Akbayan Party-list today slammed the incursion of a Chinese fishing vessel into the Tubbataha reef, which the group said is engaged in "state-led" poaching activities at the marine protected area in...
View ArticleIncreased rotational presence of US troops, decreased Philippine sovereignty
Akbayan (Citizens Action Party)"Decreased sovereignty." This is how Akbayan Representative Walden Bello summed up the ongoing negotiations between the Philippine government and the United States to...
View ArticleYeb Saño, The Rise of a Celebrity Climate Negotiator from the Philippines
By Jeppe Fischer, Photo by 350.orgThe Philippines has been devastated by Typhoon Haiyan with at least four million people displaced. Haiyan has also had impact beyond the Philippines though, and in a...
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