The seige in Camp Bagong Diwa, Bicutan started as what was alleged to be an attempted jailbreak by some members of the Abu Sayyaf Group that went awry. Leaders of the failed jailbreak instead decided to hold out by taking seige of the area where Abu Sayyaf inmates were confined.
Yesterday the Camp Bagong Diwa [...]

I couldn’t help but feel aghast at the statement issued by a certain Bishop Christian Noel, a bishop of the Catholic church in Bohol, about the food poisoning tragedy that killed more than 25 children. Without deference to the grieving families, the Bishop has linked the Government’s policy on population and information campaign on reproductive [...]

I just got this white campaign band from the www.makepovertyhistory.org. This is a campaign by UK based organizations and individuals with the following goals:

THE CRUCIAL PART. WHAT WE ARE ASKING FOR.
In 9 words… TRADE JUSTICE. DROP THE DEBT. MORE AND BETTER AID.
The gap between the worlds’s rich and poor has never been wider. Malnutrition, [...]