Yahoo!'s China,U.S. Agents Jerry Yang,Carl Icahn,Missing White House E-Mail

Tony Ryals | 'I don't want my E-mail made public,' said one insider. As aresult,many aides have shifted to Internet E-mail instead of the White House system. 'It's Yahoo!, baby,' says a Bushie."
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Photo Essay: Action Against Trade Liberalization Calls for Protection

Jong Pairez | July 23, 2008, Quezon City

A street protest broke out in the middle of day after a group of peasants, fisherfolks and workers informed us about the controversial trade deal that is taking place in Geneva this week. According to the information they shared to us, it says that WTO Director General Pascal Lamy wanted to pursue a trade deal under the shell of the old Doha Round. The aim of the deal of course is to force the local economy of poor countries to liberalize the industry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Services. The result is going to be an unthinkable tragedy to local peasants, fisherfolks and workers. Worst scenario to this would be a food crisis and sky rocketing prices in poor countries while rich countries still continue living in comfortable life.

No wonder even though it was hot and sunny that day, the group of peasants, fisherfolks and workers were unstoppable as they troop down to Department of Agriculture in Quezon City. They went there to hand-out their urgent demand to stop Sec. Favila (chief negotiator) in signing a deal in WTO.

Everybody were carrying placards bearing the words that say, “No Deal!”, expressing the desire to protect the local economy from WTO intrusion. Some of them carried also an enlarged copy of a Special Order document that clearly reads their urgent demand.

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The Spectacle of Development

Freedom from Debt Coalition (FDC) | (Released during the forum, dubbed "The Philippines in Crisis: The failures of economic governance," held at the School of Economics Auditorium, University of the Philippines, Diliman, Quezon City, 23 July 2008)


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Manila: The Press Conference Against WTO

Jong Pairez | It was a Tuesday morning, I was trying to climb the Balara slope with my bicycle as the warm sun obviously melt me into tiny droplets of sweat as I struggle to pedal. I know there are alternative routes to choose other than this hell slope. But coming from the fault line where I live, Balara slope is the fastest route to take when entering Quezon City. If I chose other routes I might not be able to catch on time, which is set to start at ten in the morning, the Press Conference against World Trade Organization. more...  0 Comments

YAD to Filipino youths: Don’t listen, watch Arroyo’s 8th SONA

Youth Against Debt (YAD) | MANILA, Philippines – Having grown tired of an “annual litany of deceit,” members of the Youth Against Debt (YAD) today urged all Filipino youths to “disconnect from the lies” of Mrs. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo by shutting down all electronic devices that will directly receive her 8th State of the Nation Address (SONA) next Monday.

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Doha is the problem, NOT the solution - Reject the Doha Round!

various organizations | We, representatives of peasant organizations, women, migrants, workers,
urban and rural poor, fisherfolks, social movements and civil society
organizations from East and Southeast Asia call for the rejection of the
Doha Round.

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Time to pull the plug on Doha Trade Deal

Stop the New Round Coalition | Current proposals are further proof of anti-development nature of the round

The Stop the New Round Coalition (SNR) joins peoples’ organizations and movements across the globe in calling for the rejection of the WTO Doha Round and we demand that the Philippine government turn around and walk away from these unfair and unjust negotiations.

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Neri’s SSS and NSWP post: Another dubious ploy of Gloria’s gang

Alliance of Progressive Labor | Romulo Neri’s appointment as the concurrent president and chief executive officer of the Social Security System as well as a “social welfare czar” with a Cabinet rank is an ominous sign of another plot that is being hatched by the cabal of Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo.

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Solidarity message to Zenroren

Alliance of Progressive Labor (APL) | Militant greetings from Filipino trade union and social activists!

The Alliance of Progressive Labor (APL) – a national labor center of different types of workers’ organizations in the private, informal and migrant sectors in the Philippines – warmly congratulates our trade unionist sisters and brothers in ZENROREN or the National Confederation of Trade Unions for its 23rd Regular Convention in Tokyo on July 23-25.

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RailWays in the Philippines- A Must

AJLPP | -Building a good railways system in the Philippines have always been controversial. It is as controversial as building a railways system in the car dependent Los Angeles area.

It is controversial now that the US-Arroyo regime is implementing the long delayed Caloocan-Malolos line or Phase 1 of the Project which has been awarded to the China National Machinery and Equipment Corp. (CNMEG) and is funded by a $503 million loan, of which $421 million came from China’s Export-Import Bank.

Now China that demands another P300 million on top of the P 503 million deal that they have agreed on to build the North Railway to San Fernando, Pampanga where the Diosdado Macapagal ( the former US Air Force base- the Clark Air Base is located). more...  0 Comments

Railways in the Philippines

Arturo P. Garcia, AJLPP | Building a good railways system in the Philippines have always been controversial.

It is controversial now that the US-Arroyo regime is studying the railways deal with China that demands another P 300 million on top of the P 800 deal that they have agreed on to build the North Railway to San Fernando, Pampanga where the Diosdado Macapagal ( the former US air force base- the Clark Air Base is located).

The railway deals have passed on from the Belgians, to the Argentinians to the Japanese and to the Chinese contrctors in the past 20 years. The various regimes from Aquino to Arroyo wanted to build the railways but this still a pipe dream. And as always it remains on the drawing board.
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UHW-West Rally Against Moves to Divide The Union

Echo Park Community Coalition (EPCC) | "They Say Divide US, We Say Unite Us"

More than 5,000 health care workers from the United Health Workers (UHW) -West and their commuity supportrs all-over the west coast rallied infront of the Marriot Manhattan Beach Hotel last Monday, July 14, 2008 fro 6:00 in the morning until 3:00 in the afternoon.

Thousands of UHW health care workers and their supporters descended at the Manhattan Beach Hotel to protests the hearing being conducted for the jurisdiction for the California -longterm workers that will take place from July 14-15 at the Marriot Hotel under the SIEU International. more...  0 Comments