April 21, 2008

COMFORT WOMEN RESOLUTION RETURNED; COMMITTEE FEARED CAVING IN TO JAPAN INTERESTS

Women’s partylist group Gabriela today said the move of the House of Representatives Committee on Foreign Affairs reverting House Resolution 124 to the committee level is a possible indication that the Japanese government has started meddling into deliberations on legislative measures pertaining to the comfort women.

“It is disappointing that the Philippine Congress appears to be [...]

April 21, 2008

AS MURDER, KIDNAPPING CASES ARE REVIVED, PERSECUTION IS GMA’S ANSWER TO CRISIS, UNREST

“The persecution of critics is a crisis management strategy of the Arroyo government. That fabricated cases of murder, kidnapping and rebellion are being revived against progressive partylist representatives in the midst of a worsening rice crisis, unemployment and urgent demands for wage hikes and price controls, show this governments determination to eliminate dissenting voices and [...]