“There is no product to export (once) we’ll be flooded with (ASEAN products); all the farmers will be jobless here,” said Phil Export XI executive director Conrado T. Hernaez in a press conference at Marco Polo Hotel Wednesday.
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Aquino should back up human rights stand in ASEAN Summit by releasing RP political prisoners
News Release October 26, 2010 When President Benigno Aquino III speaks at the ASEAN Summit in Hanoi, Vietnam on October 28-30, he is expected to talk tough on human rights, according to the Department of Foreign Affairs. Among others, Aquino is expected to call for the unconditional release of all political prisoners including Aung San…
Philippines, ASEAN Nations Now Powerless to Protect Own Economy with Japan-ASEAN Trade Pact
A recently-signed free trade agreement between Japan and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) would grant Japanese corporations unhampered access to the region’s markets, prohibiting ASEAN members to protect their own economy while allowing Japan to protect its domestic advantages. BY IBON FOUNDATION Posted by Bulatlat Vol. VIII, No. 12, April 27-May 3, 2008…
The Alston Report : What is the UN’s Next Move?
The AFP kills citizens it is sworn to protect and, as Alston has warned, it will do so until it is called to account for its homicidal behavior. BY PETER SALES* Contributed to Bulatlat A lot of history seems to have been forgotten as the Philippines lurches toward the May elections. Only a nation without…