HR Reports 
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Tribal leaders to withhold support for Pulangui V
LEADERS of indigenous communities in Bukidnon have refused to engage in any discussion over the planned construction of the Pulangui V Hydroelectric Project (HEP), until dam proponents submit a cultural impact assessment that will detail the damage the dam will cause the tribes. »Read More
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Farms’ stench still an issue in Pampanga
By HOMER YABUT and RYAN ELBERT GAN
ANGELES, Pampanga—The province of Pampanga is known for good cooks, gourmet delights and a thriving meat processing industry. But residents of Porac town and Angeles City pay a price for this culinary pleasure: They live with the stench of dozens of piggeries that neither the local government nor the environment department could quell. »Read More -
Trafficking takes its toll on women
BY KITT MOLINA and ALETA SANTOS
Hope for the Youth Foundation and VERA Files
THIS is a true story about a crime that, despite the existence of a law, has gone unpunished. "Nora," 22, is a victim of human trafficking, one of up to 100,000 Filipino women and children who are believed to be victimized every year.
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Cagayan de Oro City farmers regret planting jathropa
By LIEZL P. BUGTAY and VENUS B. BETITA, AFRIM A PROMISE of prosperity turned into a bitter cautionary tale for a community that had pinned its hopes on an alternative energy project in Cagayan de Oro. Rather than benefiting from a much-vaunted government project, the farmers whose lands were planted to jathropa became victims of »Read More
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Foreign, local firms raid Cagayan for magnetite
MORE than a year since the series of killings of anti-mining activists in Buguey town, Cagayan province, none of the suspects has been identified, and no case has been filed. But environmentalists are blaming big businesses—Filipino, Korean and Chinese—that are mining magnetite in resource-rich Cagayan. They are also pointing the finger at the powerful Enrile family which they believe to be interested in magnetite mining in the province. »Read More
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Activists’ murders spur online protest vs mining
THE SOCIAL networking site Facebook is the venue of a quiet protest that has been going on for a year now, where people are venting their concern over magnetite mining in Cagayan province. »Read More
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‘Conservative’ and ‘sluggish’ PhilHealth misses health care target
The Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (PhilHealth) has missed the Dec 2010 target mandated by law for it to provide universal health coverage to Filipinos, as health experts say the agency is poorly managed and consequently unable to deliver quality health care to those who need it most. »Read More
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SMS helpline saves OFWs in distress
By CENTER FOR MEDIA ADVOCACY
AFTER years of languishing in jail, some 150 overseas Filipino workers have been granted amnesty by Saudi Arabia King Abdullah bin Abdul-Aziz and may finally be repatriated by the government. In February last year, the OFWs in Al Hair Central Jail sent several text messages through the SOS SMS Helpline of the Center for Migrant Advocacy (CMA) requesting assistance in facilitating their immediate mass repatriation. »Read More -
Longest-held political prisoner longs for freedom
By JONAL JAVIER AND ANA RITA SUPAN
CHRISTMAS is a time for coming home. And so it came as no surprise when most of the health workers belonging to the “Morong 43” were released on Dec. 10, Human Rights Day. Less than two weeks later, Sen. Antonio Trillanes IV, a military officer charged with leading a coup against the government, was likewise freed after years of imprisonment. »Read More -
Negros farmers’ despair over unresolved land case
By KAREN TUASON and RODOLFO DESUASIDO
THE land dispute between the powerful Teves clan of Negros Oriental and 30 farmer-beneficiaries has left two persons dead. The killings remain unresolved, but the farmer-beneficiaries say they are agrarian-related. »Read More
