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11.11.09
THE CONTINUING SAGA OF THE FARMWORKERS OF HACIENDA LUISITA

Recent development: In June of this year, HLI issued demand letters to the farmwokers to stop the cultivation of the hacienda. The farmworkers were give deadline until October 30, 2009. However, the farmworkers defied the demand and the deadline.

11.10.09
Mobile broadband still lagging in Philippines

Majority of mobile users are poor and cannot afford 3G subscriptions. 3G handsets are also costly. -- Philippine Reader

11.10.09
Philippines eyes record 600,000 T rice tender

Philippine rice imports (600,000 tonnes this December 2009) will drive up rice prices globally.

The world's largest rice importer is securing stocks after storms damaged croplands in the main rice growing areas about a month ago.

11.09.09
Army nabs 4 alleged NPA members in Sorsogon

MANILA - Four suspected members of the communist New People’s Army (NPA) were captured in a military operation Saturday in Sorsogon province.

Lt. Col. Lito Sobejana, Army’s 3rd Scout Ranger Battalion commander, identified the alleged rebels as Beato Latosa, 35-year-old Amadeo Grayda of Juban town in Sorsogon, 38-year-old Nilo Escullar of Barcelona town and 18-year-old Ernesto Labadia of Bulan town.

Latosa is allegedly the assistant leader of Platoon Number 1 of the NPA and which allegedly operates in Magallanes town

11.09.09
VFA a ‘hidden agenda’ in Hillary's visit to RP - Miriam

(Updated 9:57 p.m.) Lobbying to retain the controversial RP-US Visiting Forces Agreement – even at the expense of Philippine sovereignty - looms as the hidden agenda of US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's visit to the Philippines this week, Senator Miriam Defensor Santiago said on Sunday.

Santiago, who chairs a congressional oversight committee on the VFA, said the former US First Lady may ask President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo to disregard the Senate resolution seeking for a review or abolition of the agreement.

11.09.09
‘Make HR agenda at meeting with Arroyo,’ Fil-Ams urge Clinton

Filipino-American human rights advocates have urged US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to make human rights part of the agenda when she meets with President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo this week.

11.08.09
Pagasa keeps track of SLPA spotted off Mindanao

Barely after the Philippines had reeled from successive tropical cyclones in the recent weeks, the the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical, and Astronomical Services Administration on Sunday said it is monitoring a new weather disturbance off Mindanao.

While the state weather bureau said it is still early to say if the shallow low-pressure area (SLPA) will develop into a cyclone, Pagasa warned of flash floods and landslides in Visayas and Mindanao.