Int’l group slams DOJ threat
January 14, 2008
MANILA, Philippines — A New York-based media watchdog on Sunday called on the Philippine government to withdraw a threat to prosecute journalists who get in the way of police operations. Read more
PNP: Extrajudicial killings fell by 83% in 2007
January 14, 2008
MANILA, Philippines — Only seven cases of unexplained killings of political activists and journalists were handled in 2007 by the Philippine National Police (PNP) task force created to investigate such murders, a sharp drop from the 41 cases it investigated in 2006, according to a yearend report submitted to the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG). Read more
SC designates 117 environment courts
January 14, 2008
MANILA, Philippines — The Supreme Court has designated 117 trial courts as “environmental courts” to hear cases involving violations of laws protecting the country’s natural resources and to speed up their resolution. Read more
Norwegian power investor cites transparency in RP privatization
January 11, 2008
Norway’s SN Power, a partner of the Aboitiz Group in several biddings for National Power Corp. (Napocor) generating assets, said the government, through the Power Sector Assets and Liabilities Management Corp. (PSALM), has shown complete transparency and fairness in its privatization program. Read more
Top ten (not songs) for 2008
January 11, 2008
Jojo Robles had a list last week, so here’s mine to reinforce and add to it. It’s a list for the President (and Congress, if miracles can indeed happen) for 2008. Or, frankly, for anyone else who’ll listen and maybe this time do something about it. After all, we’ve all been raising these same points year after year—with nothing done to act on them. But much done to talk about them. Promises that remain just that. In many ways, it’s not the system that’s at fault, it’s the people. There are enough good laws, but they’re too rarely implemented according to the law. Read more
Nuclear power around the world
January 10, 2008
A look at nuclear energy production and policies in selected countries around the world, as the UK government announces its long-term nuclear energy plans. Read more
Q&A: The costs of nuclear energy
January 10, 2008
The nuclear question is one of the biggest facing global economies. The British government has announced plans to construct a new generation of nuclear power stations, a move which is likely to revive the long-standing debate over the cost and safety of nuclear energy. Read more
More OFWs deployed in ’07
January 9, 2008
More Filipino workers left the country last year to work abroad despite the continuing depreciation of the dollar. Read more
Government cuts oil import tariff
January 9, 2008
President Arroyo ordered yesterday the reduction of the tariff on petroleum imports in an effort to ease the impact of record-high global crude prices on the local economy, particularly on poor Filipinos. Read more
GMA issues directives to mitigate impact of rising oil prices
January 9, 2008
President Arroyo has lined up a number of directives aimed at providing relief to the masses from the rising cost of oil in the world market. Read more
