If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe via email. Thanks for visiting!The Freedom from Debt Coalition today issued a challenge to former Socioeconomic Planning Secretary Romulo Neri to either tell before the public the whole truth about his knowledge on the controversial $329.5-million national broadband network (NBN) deal or submit the pink [...]
“The protests continued but were marred by violent dispersals. The
military junta did not exercise restraint! It has crossed the line by
beating and arresting the peacefully marching Buddhist monks and other
people. This is unacceptableâ€
This was how members of Free Burma Coalition-Philippines declared their
utmost disgust over the recent crackdown in Burma where activists and
monks doing peaceful actions [...]
OUR CHALLENGE TO THE JUNTA: DIALOGUE OR REGIME CHANGE!
Thousands of Buddhist monks, artists, and people in all walks of life are flooding the streets of Burma today. There is a nationwide general strike called by the All Burma Monk Alliance as they
peacefully trooped to about twenty-six (26) cities and towns across
the country. Knowing the way [...]
AKBAYAN Chair Emeritus Etta Rosales urged the Philippine government today to officially communicate to the Burmese junta and appeal against the use of force to stop the growing pro-democracy protest in the country. “Before the junta resorts to a violent crackdown, the Philippine government, through the Department of Foreign Affairs, should immediately convey to the [...]
The decision of the government to “temporarily suspend†the controversial $329.5-million national broadband network (NBN) project, which the Chinese firm Zhong Xing Telecommunications Equipment Company Limited won, is highly suspicious and not enough, according to Freedom from Debt Coalition.
“Is the decision intended to stop the ongoing Senate Blue Ribbon Committee hearing on the stinking ZTE [...]
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