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Marikina, NGOs sign deal for disaster readiness |
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MANILA BULLETIN August 5, 2010 Marikina City has signed a deal with non-government organizations (NGOs) and the private sector to boost the city’s capacity to overcome disasters like the killer typhoons Ondoy and Pepeng that swamped the city last year.
Mayor Del de Guzman and Vice Mayor Jose Fabian Cadiz led the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with private sector-partners creating the Marikina Disaster Readiness Alliance (MDRA). Read more here. |
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Security reforms proposed to arrest political killings in Philippines |
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 ABS-CBN NEWSBREAK
December 9, 2009 MANILA, Philippines - Policy reforms in the Philippines are needed after martial law was imposed in Maguindanao following the massacre of 57 innocent civilians last November 23, the country's worst election-related violence and worst single mass murder of journalists worldwide. This was the message of speakers in the forum “Massacre, Martial Law, Maguindanao: What’s Next?” organized by the La Liga Policy Institute, a non-government organization which undertakes policy studies on development and poverty alleviation. Read more here. |
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Violence, martial law in Maguindanao: The dynamics of ‘collaboration and conflict’ |
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 December 9, 2009 The eruption of violence and the declaration of martial law in Maguindanao expose the dynamics of collaboration and conflict between allies in conditions of war, Francisco Lara, Jr., a Research Associate at the Crisis States Research Center, Development Studies Institute, London School of Economics and Fellow of La Liga Policy Institute said.
According to Lara, without such backdrop, the declaration of martial law is “baseless, unnecessary, and rife with hidden agendas.”
Speaking at a forum dubbed “Massacre, Martial Law, Maguindanao… What’s Next?” at the Quezon City Sports Club Wednesday, Lara questioned the need for government to declare martial law in Maguindanao, when in fact the province has been under a de-facto military rule over the past two weeks, since the brutal mass murder committed against family members of a well-known political clan and members of the media on November 23, 2009 in Ampatuan town. |
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