http://www.philippinereporter.com The Philippine Reporter Wed, 03 Mar 2010 20:28:26 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en MORONG 43, LAWYERS FILE BEFORE HUMAN RIGHTS BODY MANILA — The 43 health workers arrested by the military in Morong, Rizal, on Feb. 6 filed a complaint before the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) this morning. The affidavits of the 43 health workers and the medical records from the doctors that ... http://www.philippinereporter.com/2010/03/01/morong-43-lawyers-file-before-human-rights-body-complaint-vs-military/ [caption id="attachment_11045" align="alignnone" width="250" caption="Minerva Jean A. Falcon"][/caption] TORONTO -- The long wait is over. The new Philippine Consul General in Toronto has arrived. Long wait because the previous Congen was becoming a butt of jokes for overstaying for months. Minerva Jean A. Falcon, the new Congen, is unmistakably a veteran diplomat, an ... http://www.philippinereporter.com/2010/03/01/new-congen-to-emphasize-assisting-filipino-nationals-caregivers/ Credible message, not volume or value, makes good ‘pol ads’ By Karol M. Ilagan HE has racked up nearly a billion pesos worth of TV ad spots, by network rate cards, in the last three months alone, but indications are that Nacionalista Party standard bearer Senator Manuel ‘Manny’ Villar Jr. can comfort ... http://www.philippinereporter.com/2010/03/01/tv-spins-of-top-bets-%e2%80%98not-bible-truth%e2%80%99/ [caption id="attachment_11040" align="alignnone" width="224" caption="Jamille Magalona couldn’t hide her excitement over the March 13 fight of boxing icon Manny Paquiao against Joshua Clottey. She is displaying a Pacquiao T-shirt designed by her dad, Justino Dong Magalona of Toronto. "][/caption] [caption id="attachment_11033" align="alignnone" width="300" caption="BASKETBALL FREE-THROW CHAMPIONS: District 95 of the Ontario ... http://www.philippinereporter.com/2010/03/01/community-round-up-photos-for-march-1-15-2010-issue/ By ALEXANDER MARTIN REMOLLINO Bulatlat.com MANILA — A 2010 election watchdog group launched yesterday is geared not only to monitor the upcoming elections, but also to rally the public to respond accordingly should the electorate’s will be frustrated. Kontra Daya 2010, which was launched yesterday morning in Intramuros, Manila, has this early raised ... http://www.philippinereporter.com/2010/03/01/kontra-daya-watch-dog-vs-election-fraud/ The appalling state of Philippine political and government institutions was painfully on display via what was happening to and in the Philippine Senate barely a week ago — on the eve of an election campaign that promises to be no better in the results than past electoral exercises. As in the ... http://www.philippinereporter.com/2010/03/01/decline-and-fall/ The contrast is too stark to be missed. “But they are NPA (New People’s Army)!” Thus did Executive Secretary and former General Eduardo Ermita justify the arbitrary arrest of 43 health workers and professionals attending a training seminar in Morong, Rizal last Saturday, their torture, subjection to indignities, deprivation of ... http://www.philippinereporter.com/2010/03/01/study-in-contrast/ The ruling elite and one segment of the middle class would want to make the people believe that one person could fulfill the unfinished tasks of Edsa 1 to lull the Filipino masses into complacency and dependence. In fact, they do not want another people power uprising to take place, ... http://www.philippinereporter.com/2010/03/01/the-gains-and-promise-of-the-people-power-uprising-at-edsa/ BANGALORE, India — More than 300 community broadcasters from 21 countries unanimously approved a resolution condemning the culture of impunity in the Philippines during the conclusion of the second regional conference of the World Association of Community Radio Broadcasters (AMARC)-Asia Pacific in Bangalore, India, last February 23. “AMARC-AP hereby condemns in ... http://www.philippinereporter.com/2010/03/01/community-broadcasters-worldwide-condemn-impunity-in-rp/ Mable Elmore, MLA for Vancouver-Kensington expressed outrage over the illegal arrest and detention of 43 health workers and doctors, known as the “Morong 43”, in the Philippines. The Morong 43 were abducted around 6:15am from a conference facility in Morong, Rizal last February 6th. They were participants in a First ... http://www.philippinereporter.com/2010/03/01/mla-condemns-abduction-of-43-health-workers/