At least 100,000 families can save their homes from foreclosure under an amnesty program that will take effect on May 4, the National Housing Authority said yesterday. Read the rest of this entry »

A food export leader has called on the Arroyo government to take the current crisis as a platform to institute lasting reforms in the farm sector, the first of which is a permanent ban on the conversion of irrigated and prime agriculture lands to non-agricultural uses. Read the rest of this entry »

The United Nations (UN) reiterated yesterday the Arroyo administration’s lack of commitment to uphold human rights despite the insistence of Executive Secretary Eduardo Ermita, who represented the government in the UN meeting at Geneva, that President Arroyo remained committed to the ideals and vision of the UN’s Universal Declaration on Human Rights of attaining “dignity and justice for all.” Read the rest of this entry »