Caritas Segunda Mana "Sapatos" Television CommercialSaturday, May 31, 2008 11:38:20 PM
Sapatos.
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MILF Slams Terror Tag, Denies Role In Zamboanga bombingFriday, May 30, 2008 10:24:50 AM
COTABATO CITY, Philippines (Mindanao Examiner / May 30, 2008) – Philippine Muslim rebels negotiating peace with the government strongly denied Friday police allegations they were behind a deadly bomb attacking in Zamboanga City.
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MILF, Isinabit Sa Zamboanga BombingFriday, May 30, 2008 09:20:21 AM
ZAMBOANGA CITY (Mindanao Examiner / May 30, 2008) - Muling isinabit ng pulisya ang rebeldeng Moro Islamic Liberation Front sa naganap na pagsabog sa Zamboanga City na kung saan ay tatlong katao ang nasawi at halos dalawang dosena ang sugatan.
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After Bombing, Zamboanga Mayor Appeals To PublicThursday, May 29, 2008 07:07:59 PM
 | | ZAMBOANGA CITY, Philippines - Mayor Celso Lobregat on Thursday called on local residents to stay calm and sober amidst the latest blast that rocked Zamboanga City, as he assured that the government is on top of the situation.
Two persons were killed and 21 others were injured when an improvised explosive devise went off at side of the Air Materiel Wing Savings Loan Association Inc. (AMWSLAI) building which houses the offices of the Alliance for Mindanao Off-grid Renewable Energy (AMORE) and the office Zamboanga City Rep. Maria Isabelle Climaco.
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2 Dead, 18 Wounded In Zamboanga City BombingThursday, May 29, 2008 11:09:37 AM
 | | Filipino police bomb experts sift through debris Thursday, May 29, 2008 after a bombing outside the Philippine Air Force base that killed two people and wounded at least 18 others. No group or individual has claimed responsibility for the attack, but previous bombings in Zamboanga City had been blamed to the al-Qaeda-linked Abu Sayyaf group. (Mindanao Examiner Photo/Arthur Abasolo).
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Philippine Radio Broadcaster Still In Jail Despite Posting Bail: Reporters Sans BorderThursday, May 29, 2008 10:07:50 AM
Reporters Without Borders deplored the continued detention of radio broadcaster Alex Adonis, of dxMF Bombo Radyo, despite his posting of bail after the Davao regional court said he could be freed on this condition. He was sentenced last year to four and a half years in prison for "slandering" a member of parliament.
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RP Troops Shell MILF CampsWednesday, May 28, 2008 03:35:44 PM
SULTAN KUDARAT, Philippines (Mindanao Examiner / May 28, 2008) – Government forces shelled Wednesday suspected encampments of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front rebels in Basilan island in the southern Philippines.
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Cuban Holds Che Guevara Forum Debate Wednesday, May 28, 2008 02:54:10 PM
The “Che Guevara” Center of Studies and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Cuba call to the Forum Debate - “Contemporary vision of Che Guevara in his 80 birth anniversary. Challenges of his legacy for the worldwide youth.”
It will take place on Thursday, June 5th, 2008 from 10.00 am to 12.00 m (Cuba’s local time), 10.00 pm to 12.00 pm (Philippines’ local time) with the participation of Aleida Guevara March, Camilo Guevara March, María del Carmen Ariet and other scholars of Che’s figure.
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Pagpupugay kay Kinatawan Crispin "Ka Bel" BeltranWednesday, May 28, 2008 12:27:33 PM
Pagpupugay kay Kinatawan Crispin "Ka Bel" Beltran. Binasa ni Gabriela Women's Party Rep. Liza Maza sa huling pagpaparangal kay Anakpawis Rep. Crispin Beltran sa Mababang Kapulungan.
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Clergy, Abducted And Tortured In PhilippinesTuesday, May 27, 2008 11:36:35 PM
QUEZON CITY, Philippines (Mindanao Examiner / May 27, 2008) – A Catholic clergy had been abducted by gunmen and tortured into linking a detained pastor to the underground communist movement, the Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines, said Tuesday.
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Zamboanga Trader KidnappedTuesday, May 27, 2008 10:50:49 PM
ZAMBOANGA CITY, Philippines (Mindanao Examiner / May 27, 2008) – Three gunmen abducted a trader late Tuesday afternoon in the southern Philippine port city of Zamboanga, police and media reports said.
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Philippines, Haven To Smuggled Indon ParrotsTuesday, May 27, 2008 06:02:57 PM
 | | The already dwindling population of Indonesian parrots due to deforestation is further threatened by poaching.
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Malaysia Furious Over Renewed RP Claims On SabahTuesday, May 27, 2008 05:03:00 PM
COTABATO CITY, Philippines (Mindanao Examiner / May 27, 2008) – A senior Malaysian politician furious over a renewed Philippine claims on Sabah have called for a stricter laws on Filipinos traveling to the oil-rich state.
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RP Troops Secure Visiting US Navy Hospital Ship In MindanaoTuesday, May 27, 2008 01:36:06 PM
MAGUINDANAO, Philippines (Mindanao Examiner / May 27, 2008) – Philippine soldiers have been deployed to secure the arrival of the United States Navy hospital ship Mercy in the strife-torn island of Mindanao.
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Anakpawis Vows To Continue Upholding Militant Legislations In CongressTuesday, May 27, 2008 10:12:14 AM
MANILA, Philippines - Anakpawis Partylist group on Tuesday vowed to continue the legislations left by militant solon Crispin Beltran, to give urgent relief for Filipinos afflicted so much by the grave economic crisis.
Beltran died last week from a bad fall in the family house.
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Cuban Foreign Relations Minister Speaks To PressTuesday, May 27, 2008 09:39:40 AM
Press conference offered by Felipe Pérez Roque, Minister of Foreign Relations, to the Cuban and foreign press.
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The Empire's Hypocritical Politics By President Fidel CastroTuesday, May 27, 2008 09:36:45 AM
It would be dishonest of me to remain silent after hearing the speech Obama delivered on the afternoon of May 23 at the Cuban American National Foundation created by Ronald Reagan. I listened to his speech, as I did McCain’s and Bush’s. I feel no resentment towards him, for he is not responsible for the crimes perpetrated against Cuba and humanity. Were I to defend him, I would do his adversaries an enormous favor. I have therefore no reservations about criticizing him and about expressing my points of view on his words frankly.
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NPA Boasts Of War VIctories In MindanaoSunday, May 25, 2008 03:53:50 PM
DAVAO CITY, Philippines (Mindanao Examiner / May 25, 2008) – Philippine communist rebels on Sunday boasted their war victories against Manila and vowed to launch more attacks against government targets across the country.
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Abu Sayyaf Machine Gun Recovered In Southern PhilippinesSunday, May 25, 2008 01:45:44 PM
 | | SULU, Philippines (Mindanao Examiner / May 25, 2008) – Troops recovered a machine gun allegedly owned by the al-Qaeda-linked Abu Sayyaf group in Sulu provinces in the southern Philippines, the military said Sunday.
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2 MILF Mujahideen Killed, 11 Troops Wounded In Basilan ClashSunday, May 25, 2008 12:52:17 PM
ZAMBOANGA CITY, Philippines (Mindanao Examiner / May 25, 2008) – At least ten government soldiers were wounded in fierce fighting Sunday with Muslim rebels in the southern Filipino island of Basilan, officials said.
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MILF Rebels, Troops Clash In Basilan IslandSunday, May 25, 2008 11:02:16 AM
COTABATO CITY, Philippines (Mindanao Examiner / May 25, 2008) – Fighting erupted Sunday between Muslim rebels and government soldiers in Basilan island, south of the Philippines.
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Fire Gutted 80 Houses In Zamboanga CitySunday, May 25, 2008 09:48:31 AM
ZAMBOANGA CITY, Philippines (Mindanao Examiner / May 25, 2008) –A fire razed some 80 houses at a coastal village in the southern port city of Zamboanga in the southern Philippines, police said Sunday.
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"The Immortal Ideas Of Marti" By President Fidel Castro Sunday, May 25, 2008 09:40:45 AM
Just a few days ago a friend sent me the text of a statement made by Gallup, the famous U.S. pollster. I started to leaf through the material with the natural suspicion about the untrue and hypocritical information that is usually used against our homeland.
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"Reklamasyon sa Pambansang Gunita" Sunday, May 25, 2008 09:37:31 AM
Pormal na bubuksan ng Linangan sa Imahen, Retorika, at Anyo (LIRA) ang kanilang taunang klinika sa pagtula sa isang panayam na pinamagatang.
"Reklamasyon sa Pambansang Gunita."
Ito ay ibibigay ng tagapayo at tagapagtatag ng LIRA, ang Pambansang Alagad ng Sining Para sa Panitikan, na si Virgilio S. Almario o Rio Alma.
Ang panayam ay magsisimula dakong 1:30 ng hapon, Hunyo 7, 2008 sa Room 201 ng College of Arts and Letters sa UP Diliman. Ang pagtatala ay magsisimula ng 1:00 ng hapon.
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Marines Seized Chemical Explosive In South RPSunday, May 25, 2008 09:10:23 AM
SULU, Philippines (Mindanao Examiner / May 25, 2008) – Government troops seized weapons and chemicals used in the manufacture of explosives in the southern Philippine province of Sulu, officials said Sunday.
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Moro Group Lauds MNLF UnificationSaturday, May 24, 2008 01:52:12 PM
The Consortium of Bangsamoro Civil Society (CBCS) lauds MNLF Unity and Reconciliation, Challenges the Bangsamoro for a Unity of Purpose.
The signing of the 13-point accord, called the “Tripoli Declaration”, by ten senior leaders of the Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) last May 18 in Tripoli, Libya, calling for internal unity and reconciliation marks another significant episode in the history of the MNLF. We in the civil society is indeed truly elated with this development. In fact, this effort in bringing together the MNLF in particular, all the revolutionary fronts too and the Bangsamoro in general is long over due. The MNLF which tussled to respond to the Bangsamoro’s age-long clamor against injustices, oppression, suppression and deep-rooted discrimination has experienced the vicissitudes of a true liberation front through time.
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Del Monte Salesman Is Reported Missing In Southern PhilippinesSaturday, May 24, 2008 12:19:11 PM
SULU, Philippines (Mindanao Examiner / May 24, 2008) – A Filipino salesman was reported missing in the southern island of Sulu after he failed to return to his budget hotel, police said on Saturday.
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"Newly-planted Trees Should Be Taken Care Of" By Quirico M. Gorpido, Jr. Saturday, May 24, 2008 11:33:33 AM
Majority of the planting trees activities conducted in the various part of my province lack the necessary caring of the newly-planted trees. A big percentage of the small trees that were planted were left on their own to grow. As if planting hundreds and thousands on them on vacant lots and along the highways is the end of it all.
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Military Rally Behind New Arroyo Peace AdviserSaturday, May 24, 2008 11:20:51 AM
MANILA, Philippines (Mindanao Examiner / May 24, 2008) – Military commanders in Mindanao vowed to support the new government peace adviser, Hermogenes Esperon, former chief of the Armed Forces of the Philippines.
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PETA Gears Up For Its 41st Theater SeasonFriday, May 23, 2008 08:55:35 AM
The Philippine Educational Theater Association presents 5 exciting new plays in its 41st Theater Season.
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Filipino Artists Invited To Submit Entries For The Biggest Filipino Art Exhibit in MidwestFriday, May 23, 2008 08:44:55 AM
The 2008 Beyond the Barrelman exhibition of modern Filipino art is now accepting submissions for its month-long showcase of artworks by Filipino artists from around the United States, the Philippines and the world. The exhibition is scheduled for September 2008, at the Mercury Cafe Gallery, in Chicago.
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Stay Away From Our Bases, MILF Tells MilitaryFriday, May 23, 2008 08:38:42 AM
ZAMBOANGA CITY, Philippines (Mindanao Examiner / May 22, 2008) – Muslim rebels engaged in peace talks with Manila on Thursday warned that the presence of military forces near their camps could spark fighting in the southern island of Basilan.
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PHILIPPINES: Systemic failure to prevent a pattern of arbitrary deprivation of dozens of lives - AHRCThursday, May 22, 2008 09:09:03 AM
ISSUES: Extrajudicial killing; police negligence; right to liberty and security; children; administration of justice.
The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) writes with deep concern regarding the continuing failure by the police and the local government to ensure protection and prevent the systematic murders in General Santos City. At least 29 persons, five of whom are minors, have already been killed from February 4 to May 16, 2008 and dozens of others that remains largely not documented. While this appeal is being written, more murders have taken place there.
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INAUL: The Southern Beauty By Zuhairah A. Abas Thursday, May 22, 2008 08:44:15 AM
 | | As the writer’s pen engraves the words that flow from the crevice of his mind to depict a legacy through written words, the hands of the weaver gently interlaces the threads with her heart to continue a heritage that bespeaks of a living culture which fairly defines the Muslim Filipinos known as the Bangsamoro people.
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US Hands Over Infra Projects In SuluWednesday, May 21, 2008 05:14:35 PM
SULU, Philippines (Mindanao Examiner / May 21, 2008) – The US military has formally handed over Wednesday to Filipino government several buildings and a road project in the southern province of Sulu.
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Mangrove Areas Sa Sulu, Ginawang Pribadong PalaisdaanWednesday, May 21, 2008 09:07:43 AM
COTABATO CITY (Mindanao Examiner / Mat 21, 2008) – Pinaiimbestigahan ng mga environmentalist ang umano’y talamak na putulan ng mga mangrove trees o bakawan sa lalawigan ng Sulu.
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Cuba Proves Links US Diplomats-Terrorists Wednesday, May 21, 2008 08:39:41 AM
HAVANA, Cuba - Cuba denounced on Monday the scandalous links between US diplomats based in Havana and terrorists resident in the United States, by means of which Cuban counterrevolutionaries receive financial and material support.
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P90 M Bond Flotation For Nabunturan Market OpposedWednesday, May 21, 2008 08:35:58 AM
COMPOSTELA VALLEY, Philippines - The move of the municipal government of Nabunturan to engage into ten-year bond flotation costing P90 million to finance for the construction of a new market building has been opposed by several sectors over its exorbitant amount including its project components.
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"Two Hungry Wolves And Little Red Riding Hood" By President Fidel Castro Wednesday, May 21, 2008 08:31:52 AM
A basic idea had occupied my mind since my days as a utopian socialist. I had begun from scratch, from the simple notions of good and evil that society inculcates into every newborn, replete with instincts and lacking in the values that parents, particularly mothers, have imbued children within all societies and throughout history.
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“A Social Experiment” By Ike SeneresWednesday, May 21, 2008 08:29:44 AM
This is the first issue of a new series of columns that will henceforth replace my previous “Essays in Development” series. Starting with this issue, I will now shift from the essay form to the narrative form, yet another experiment in literary forms.
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Ka Beltran Passes Away!Wednesday, May 21, 2008 08:22:13 AM
Gabriela Women's Party mourns the passing away of veteran labor leader
and militant partylist Representative Crispin "Ka Bel" Beltran.
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Photo: Gawad Kalinga Foundation Signs Housing Project in Datu Saudi Ampatuan TownTuesday, May 20, 2008 01:55:46 PM
Extort Gang Eyed In Mindanao BlastTuesday, May 20, 2008 01:18:55 PM
COTABATO CITY, Philippines (Mindanao Examiner / May 19, 2008) – The Philippine military on Tuesday tagged a criminal syndicate as behind a new bomb attack on a commuter bus in the southern city of Cotabato.
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Photo: Kyokushin Karate Club-Cotabato Chapter Tuesday, May 20, 2008 09:28:48 AM
 | | Members of Kyokushin Karate Club Cotabato Chapter headed by Master Usman Baraguir practice in preparation of the 2nd Mindanao Weight Category Kyokushin Karate Tournament on May 24, 2008 at the Cotabato City State Polytechnic College gymnasium.
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"Why Pinoys & Pinays Work Abroad For Measly 250 USD?" By Warina Sushil JukuyTuesday, May 20, 2008 09:19:02 AM
Out of the more than 88.6 million population in the Philippines today, are you one among the 27 million (Eiler, IBON, NSO and SWP statistics vary) Filipinos who are either jobless or economically unproductive”? Or do you belong to the “undocumented yet number” of Pinoys who either “work or aspire to work as DH or private tutor abroad” for a measly salary of “250 USD?”
If so, have you been asked why would you want to be an OFW for 250 USD with triple question marks attached at the end of such question? Well, count me in!
Asked why I would want to be an OFW for 250 USD with triple question marks attached at the end of such question, here’s my riposte!
After grinning inwardly and rolling my eyes 360 degrees, masha’ALLAH, I typed either you read it wrongly or you never read it at all! Then I texted, “…my article ‘Why Pinoys work abroad for 250 USD’ will be off-press tomorrow. Between you and me thank you for the inspiration, alhamdulillah!”
Personally, I was mildly dejected on how the rice price lately has been hiking up and how the law of supply and demand heavily impacted on the prices of cassava, flour, and pandesal in Sulu. I joked that I will be herbivorous from now on contemplating on the million creative ways of cooking kangkong and malunggay; squash, carrots, and potatoes and other green veggies in Sulu are relatively expensive.
(Quite a challenging prospect for those who are horizontally challenged) Although like any local in Sulu, I love sautéed grated papaya (unripe of course) with shredded unsalted dried fish indigenously known as sayul kapaya and sayul nangka to mean jack fruit veggies cooked in coco milk, again with shredded unsalted dried fish.
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A Gutsy New Gay Film By Kaye VillagomezTuesday, May 20, 2008 09:12:35 AM
In an industry that has been shaped and continues to be reshaped by
all kinds of publicity, it hardly matters whether rumors are good or
bad, positive or not.
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Make Peace Your Priority, House Speaker Tells ARMM BetsTuesday, May 20, 2008 09:07:34 AM
DAVAO CITY, Philippines - Confident of a sweep by the ruling Lakas-CMD in the August 11 elections for the Autonomous Region for Muslim Mindanao (ARMM), House Speaker and Lakas President Prospero Nograles said that the first order of business of reelectionist Regional Governor Datu Zaldy Ampatuan is to find a lasting solution to the peace and order problem in Mindanao.
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Three Injured In South RP Bombing Tuesday, May 20, 2008 08:44:37 AM
 | | COTABATO CITY, Philippines (Mindanao Examiner / May 19, 2008) – Three people were injured when a homemade bomb exploded late Monday at a commuter bus depot in the southern Philippines, police and military said.
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NPA Rebels Raid Davao PrisonTuesday, May 20, 2008 08:20:49 AM
DAVAO CITY, Philippines (Mindanao Examiner / May 19, 2008) – Dozens of communist rebels raided a provincial jail in the southern Philippines and carted assorted weapons after disarming stunned prison guards in a daring broad daylight attack Monday.
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MILF Calls For Peace Talks As Manila Names New Peace AdviserSunday, May 18, 2008 05:46:36 PM
ZAMBOANGA CITY, Philippines (Mindanao Examiner / May 18, 2008) – Philippine Muslim rebels negotiating peace with the government on Sunday renewed calls for the resumption of the stalled talks.
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Pastor Apollo Quiboloy Umani Ng BatikosSunday, May 18, 2008 01:47:07 PM
DAVAO CITY (Mindanao Examiner / May 18, 2008) – Mariing binatikos kahapon ng New People’s Army (NPA) ang milyonaryong televangelist na si Apollo Quiboloy dahil sa diumano’y tirada nito sa rebeldeng grupo dahil sa pagtatanggol sa karapatan ng mga katutubong Lumad sa Mindanao.
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Address by Jose Ramon Machado Ventura, First Vice-President of the Cuban Councils of State and Ministers: Sustainable Development Sunday, May 18, 2008 08:00:57 AM
Address by His Excellency Jose Ramon Machado Ventura, First Vice-President of the Councils of State and Ministers for the Round Table named “Sustainable Development: the Environment, Climate Change and Energy”.
5th European Union – Latin America and the Caribbean Summit
Lima, Peru
May 2008
Your Excellency,
At the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development held in Rio de Janeiro 16 years ago, Fidel Castro uttered a prophetic warning, stating that “an important biological species is at risk of disappearing as a result of the rapid and progressive destruction of its natural living conditions: humanity". Time has proven him right.
Let us not mince our words: we shan’t attain sustainable development, the negative impacts of climate change will neither be halted nor reversed, the environment will not be preserved for future generations, if the irrational patterns of production, distribution and consumption imposed upon us by capitalism prevail. The globalization of neo-liberal policies has drastically exacerbated the crisis.
Facing the vital crisis that threatens humanity today cannot consist in preventing the development of those who need development the most. We have common, albeit differentiated, responsibilities. Those who have unjustly and selfishly hoarded riches and technologies, who are responsible for 76 percent of greenhouse gas emissions since 1850, must bear most of the weight of this effort.
Developed countries must honour the commitments assumed at Kyoto in connection with the mitigation of this phenomenon and, in addition to this, mobilize additional resources to aid in adaptation efforts undertaken in South countries.
If, for instance, the United States were to reallocate, as official aid for sustainable development, a small portion of its military budget for the 2008 fiscal year, a budget which reaches the astronomical figure of 696 billion dollars, a vital contribution to this effort could be made. European Union countries —several of which register the highest military budgets on the planet—could be the first to take steps in this direction and steer their main ally to follow in their footsteps.
A growing number of countries can no longer afford to pay the price of many food products. Hunger continues to claim lives and the situation is getting worse. The sinister plans to convert food into fuel advanced by the President of the United States must be combated on the strength of scientific arguments and the unquestionable evidence and eloquent facts afforded us by everyday life.
Sustainable development presupposes a revolution in our values and in the way we confront the inequalities of today and the challenges of tomorrow. We must undertake a global energy revolution sustained by savings, rationality and efficiency.
Cuba hopes the members of the European Union shall assume their duties. The responsible conduct of its members shall serve to expedite the assumption, by the rest of developed countries, of the commitment to reduce their greenhouse emissions, by 2020, by no less than 40 percent in relation to their 1990 levels.
The European Union, a world leader in the production of clean technologies and the export of renewable energy sources, is in a position to create a mechanism for the transfer of these technologies, under completely preferential conditions, to the countries of Latin America, the Caribbean and the rest of the Third World.
I will mention but one example: the generosity of the people and government of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela and initiatives such as PETROCARIBE and ALBA are an example that ought to be followed by the European Union.
The time is ripe for acting, in the spirit of solidarity, and without demagogy.
Thank you very much.
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Address by Jose Ramon Machado Ventura, First Vice-President of the Cuban Councils of State and Ministers: Poverty, Inequality, Inclusion Sunday, May 18, 2008 07:59:12 AM
Address by His Excellency Jose Ramon Machado Ventura, First Vice-President of the Councils of State and Ministers for the Round Table named “Poverty, Inequality, Inclusion”.
5th European Union – Latin America and the Caribbean Summit
Lima, Peru
May 2008
Your Excellency,
Poverty, inequality and exclusion are the offspring of a world order based on greed and selfishness. Only solidarity and justice, within our societies and between countries, can lead to the inclusion of peoples in a just order.
Today’s international order does not answer to the interests of the peoples of the world. It is our duty to change it.
The hunger, illiteracy, unemployment and poor health suffered by hundreds of millions of people are incompatible with the aim of building a better world, where the rights of all are fully respected.
The principle of sovereignty cannot be sacrificed in the name of an order that consolidates the hegemony of an aggressive superpower. A handful of industrialized nations cannot be permitted to continue to squanderresources as scandalously as they do today, while trampling on the right to life and development of thousands of millions of human beings.
The gold, silver and riches which were the fruit of our peoples’ sweat and blood financed the construction of the opulent palaces in the North’s metropoli, palaces which remind us, each day, that the wellbeing of some was built on the profound suffering of others. And the worst thing of all is that, five hundred years later, the situation has not only persisted, but worsened.
Underdevelopment and poverty are the consequences of the conquest, colonization and slavery, of neo—colonialism and imperial domination and of today's egotistical and exclusivist order, which polarizes the world into luxurious squandering and extreme poverty.
What Latin America and the Caribbean live today is the opposite of the unjust privileges that allow the United States and the members of the European Union to engage in irrational patterns of consumption.
Europe still has a chance to show that it is truly interested in relations with Latin America and the Caribbean. Europe still has a chance to assume its responsibilities and to make an important contribution to the creation of an equitable and fair world. Europe must assume its relations with Latin America and the Caribbean modestly and without dogmas, in a fraternal and respectful manner.
Europe is in a position to assume the impact of decisions that could be decisive to the development of Latin America and the Caribbean, without enduring major economic and social repercussions.
The European Union should set an example and cancel the foreign debt of the countries of Latin America and the Caribbean. This debt has already been collected several times over.
The European Union should begin to reduce and ultimately eliminate its costly agricultural subsidies, which increase prices and affect producers in Latin America and the Caribbean.
So called partnership agreements cannot continue to be governed by unacceptable conditions and requirements that ignore the needs of our peoples.
If the European Union devoted 10 % of the money it destines each year to military spending to the construction of social projects in Latin America and the Caribbean, at least 30 billion dollars a year could be used to build schools and hospitals in our region.
If the European Union honoured its commitment to allocate 0.7 % of its Gross Domestic Product to Official Aid for Development, the countries of Latin America and the Caribbean could benefit from a part of the 40 billion additional euros this would mean.
Cuba presents these arguments with the authority of a blockaded country with scant resources, a country that has shared what little it has with its Latin American and Caribbean brothers.
Today, more than 34,000 of Cuba’s best health specialists are working abroad to save lives, in 27 countries around Latin America and the Caribbean. More than one million blind or visually impaired people from 30 countries in Latin America and the Caribbean have been operated on, free of charge, by Cuba, in the last 4 years.
Nearly 15,000 students from 32 Latin American and Caribbean countries have graduated from Cuban centres of learning and universities. Cuba has not retained one talent and an additional 26,000 students, nearly 23,000 of whom are studying medicine, currently pursue studies in Cuba.
With Cuba’s aid, over 3,000,000 illiterates have been taught to read and write in Latin America and the Caribbean in the last 5 years.
What we still need to create a world where solidarity and real justice for all prevails is political will. Cuba's modest example proves this. This is our respectful, though clear and direct, message to the governments of the European Union.
Thank you very much.
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Canatuan Indigenous Leaders Call Miner's Announcement To Stop Gold Project A ‘Cheap PR Stunt’: Inside MindanaoSaturday, May 17, 2008 09:34:44 PM
ZAMBOANGA SIBUGAY — Calling the announcement of the Canadian–backed mining firm TVI Resource Development Philippines Incorporated that it has ended its $25–million Canatuan gold and silver project in Zamboanga del Norte as “cheap public relations stunt”, an indigenous leader said the mining firm “never stops telling us lies”.
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Hijab: A Symbol of Liberation and Not of Oppression By Warina Sushil A. Jukuy Saturday, May 17, 2008 09:30:28 PM
I have Allah and Islam to thank for. Allah and Islam have liberated me from the human shackles of oppression and of debilitating ignorance. I wear the hijab as acknowledgment of this liberation that can only come from Allah and His Last Messenger, Nabi Muhammad SAW. All Muslims are overwhelmingly humbled that Allah has perfected His Favor upon His creatures by giving to us Islam as ad–deen along with The Prophet as Mercy to Mankind. Indeed, we now have nothing whatsoever to fear except Allah swt.
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Ex-Rebels Turn To Lemon Grass, Coffee Beans Farming In North RPSaturday, May 17, 2008 08:54:01 PM
BANAUE, Philippines – Former rebels in Ifugao and Mt. Province have become partners of peace and development in the Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR) as they turn into farmers of coffee beans and lemon grass.
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Reds Demand Manila To Abide By Agreement Before Peace Talks Can ResumeSaturday, May 17, 2008 05:06:08 PM
ZAMBOANGA CITY, Philippines (Mindanao Examiner / May 17, 2008) – The National Democratic Front of the Philippines on Saturday demanded that Manila complies with agreements it previously signed with communist rebels.
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Malaya Corres Harrased?Saturday, May 17, 2008 10:09:53 AM
Two journalists employed by the privately-owned daily Malaya, Maria Elena Catajan and Redjie Melvic Cawis, plan to file a complaint against the deputy mayor of Alfonso Lista, in the northern province of Ifugao, accusing him of threatening them with firearms during an interview on May 10.
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Underwater Special Airing On GMA-7Friday, May 16, 2008 08:12:56 PM
More than seven thousand islands make up our vast archipelago, and
yet little is known about what lies beneath our seas. A deep dive
will soon reveal an entirely different world just waiting to be
explored.
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Photo: Notre Dame Alumni, Alumnae Hold Outreach Mission In South RPFriday, May 16, 2008 06:19:04 PM
 | | GOOD DEEDS: The Alumni Batch of 1985 of the Notre Dame School (Boys and Girls Departments) initiate their first community service dubbed as Operation "TULI" which was recently held in Purok San Isidro, Rosary Heights 10 in Cotabato City in the southern Philippines.
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Fighting Stops, But Tension Is High In Mindanao: MILFFriday, May 16, 2008 03:00:52 PM
ZAMBOANGA CITY, Philippines (Al Jacinto / May 16, 2008) – Fighting ceased Friday between Muslim rebels and government troops in the southern Filipino island of Basilan island, but tension is still high as both sides accused each other of violating a fragile truce.
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"Rebuild Government with Genuine and Meaningful People's Participation" By Sammy P. Maulana Friday, May 16, 2008 12:55:34 PM
The motive of the allies of the president must be thoroughly studied in relation to the question of legitimacy and moral bankruptcy hounding the present administration.
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Fierce Fighting Erupts In Basilan IslandThursday, May 15, 2008 06:58:49 PM
ZAMBOANGA CITY, Philippines (Mindanao Examiner / May 15, 2008) – Fierce fighting erupted Thursday afternoon between Moro Islamic Liberation Front rebels and government soldiers in Basilan island in the southern Philippines.
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Peasant Leader Killed In Southern PhilippinesThursday, May 15, 2008 06:52:28 PM
 | | DAVAO CITY, Philippines (Mindanao Examiner / May 15, 2008) - A militant labor leader was gunned down Thursday in the southern Philippines, where security forces are battling communist insurgents.
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Search Is On For "Hiyas sa Kadayawan"Thursday, May 15, 2008 10:40:41 AM
The search is on for the 2008 “Hiyas sa Kadayawan”, the Festival Gem of the Kadayawan sa Dabaw festival which epitomizes joy, bounty, simplicity and beauty and carries the virtues of a people, who, through time and space have maintained its identity, dignity and collective memory.
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“Tunog Mindanaw” Now Open For EntriesThursday, May 15, 2008 10:38:44 AM
Kadayawan sa Dabaw’s “Tunog Mindanaw” World Music Festival is accepting entries from all Mindanao-based musicians.
“Tunog Kadayawan” is a pop music composition competition that incorporates Mindanaoan indigenous and folk music.
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"Reading Between The Lies" By The Black & White MovementWednesday, May 14, 2008 07:34:35 PM
Once again, the Macapagal Arroyo administration dances around new evidence pointing to lack of decorum and transparency regarding the ZTE-NBN Deal.
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Muneer Malik, Aitzaz Ahsan Accept AHRC’s Human Rights Defender AwardWednesday, May 14, 2008 07:27:37 PM
The Asian Human Rights Commission wishes to inform you that at an award ceremony held at the Foreign Correspondent’s Club, Hong Kong, Mr. Muneer Malik accepted the Human Rights Defender Award on behalf of himself and his colleague, Mr. Aitaz Ahsan.
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BURMA: AHRC Now Accepting Donations On Behalf Of PartnersWednesday, May 14, 2008 07:02:47 PM
Twelve days since Cyclone Nargis, international aid groups and bilateral donors are still greatly hampered in getting access to stricken populations in Burma who are now at risk of a massive outbreak of waterborne diseases, including diarrhea, cholera, malaria, and skin ailments.
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Sulu Students Tour Asia's Latin CityWednesday, May 14, 2008 05:43:23 PM
 | | ZAMBOANGA CITY, Philippines (Mindanao Examiner / May 14, 2008) – Some 80 Muslim grade school students and teachers from Sulu province in the southern Philippines toured Zamboanga City in Mindanao as part of a program aimed at educating the children about the region’s historical past.
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Three NPA Rebels Killed In South RP ClashTuesday, May 13, 2008 03:49:24 PM
 | | A photo released by the Army's 10th Infantry Division shows police crime investigators taking fingerprints of slain communist rebels in Compostela Valley province in southern Philippines. Three New People's Army rebels are killed in two days of sporadic fighting in the province.
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Peace Talks Sa Mindanao, May Pag-asa Pa Kaya?Monday, May 12, 2008 07:00:12 PM
COTABATO CITY (Mindanao Examiner / May 12, 2008) Unti-unting nawawalan ng pag-asa ang Moro Islamic Liberation Front sa peace talks ng pamahalaang Arroyo at lalong nalalagay sa alanganin ang siguridad ng kapayapaan sa Mindanao.
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Transport Strikes Leave Thousands StrandedMonday, May 12, 2008 06:54:20 PM
DAVAO CITY, Philippines (Mindanao Examiner / May 12, 2008) – Thousands of passengers were stranded Monday after transport strikes paralyzed major cities across the southern Philippines.
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MNLF Holds Peace Summit In Southern RPMonday, May 12, 2008 06:40:42 PM
 | | ZAMBOANGA CITY, Philippines (Mindanao Examiner / May 12, 2008) – Some 300 former Moro National Liberation Front rebels gathered Monday in Zamboanga City in the southern Philippines to campaign for peace.
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Hurry, Join The Television Commercials Directing Workshop From May 19-29, 2008Monday, May 12, 2008 02:37:33 PM
 | | Sponsored by Adobo Magazine, Wide Angle Digital Post Manila, in cooperation with the Commercials Directors Club of the Philippines and International Institute for Film and Arts. Radio parters: 98.7 DZFE, 93.1 RX and 103.5 Max-FM.
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Rebels Restless Over Stalled Mindanao Peace Talks Monday, May 12, 2008 10:50:58 AM
 | | COTABATO CITY, Philippines (Mindanao Examiner / May 12, 2008) – The Moro Islamic Liberation Front expressed pessimism about the resumption of the stalled peace talks with Manila after Malaysia pulled out its cease-fire observers in Mindanao.
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Photo: Sulu Government ProjectsMonday, May 12, 2008 09:49:52 AM
 | | For the first time in many years, this dirt road in Sulu’s Talipao town is finally being cemented as part of many infrastructure and development projects implemented by Gov.
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Photo: Waves Slam On Break Wall In Zamboanga CitySunday, May 11, 2008 05:52:29 PM
 | | A wave slams on a break wall Sunday, May 11, 2008 in Zamboanga City in southern Philippines.
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Photo: US Air Force C-17 GlobemasterSunday, May 11, 2008 05:30:09 PM
 | | A US Air Force C-17 Globemaster cargo plane takes off Sunday, May 11, 2008 from a Philippine military base in Zamboanga City in Mindanao Island.
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Philippine Rebels Ready If Peace Talks CollapseSunday, May 11, 2008 01:24:08 PM
MAGUINDANAO, Philippines (Mindanao Examiner / May 11, 2008) – The Philippines’ largest Muslim separatist rebel group, Moro Islamic Liberation Front, warned that fighting may erupt in Mindanao if peace talks with the Arroyo government fail.
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Revenue Officer Killed In Southern PhilippinesSunday, May 11, 2008 08:29:55 AM
ZAMBOANGA DEL SUR, Philippines (Mindanao / May 11, 2008) – Police launched a manhunt for a gunman who killed a senior government revenue officer in a daring broad daylight attack in Pagadian City in Zamboanga del Sur province.
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Implications Of Malaysia's Pull-Out From International Monitoring TeamSunday, May 11, 2008 08:13:36 AM
The Discussion Papers are preliminary versions of policy and research papers circulated to elicit comments.
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Do Not Sensationalize News On British Man, Zamboanga Mayor Appeals Saturday, May 10, 2008 06:23:18 PM
ZAMBOANGA CITY, Philippines (Mindanao Examiner / May 10, 2008) – Zamboanga City Mayor Celso Lobregat has appealed to the local press not to sensationalize the news on a British man who was reported missing here.
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Pabahay At Proyekto Para Sa Mahirap, MNLF PinuriSaturday, May 10, 2008 04:30:40 PM
 | | COTABATO CITY (Mindanao Examiner / May 10, 2008) – Umani ng papuri ang lalawigan ng Sulu mula sa Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao at Moro National Liberation Front dahil sa mga ibat-ibang proyektong at magagandang programa nito.
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Philippine Police Tracks Down Missing BritonSaturday, May 10, 2008 03:33:07 PM
ZAMBOANGA CITY, Philippines (Mindanao Examiner / May 10, 2008) – Philippine police have tracked down a British national who was reported missing in the southern port city of Zamboanga, officials said Saturday.
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Cops Search For Missing Briton In South RPFriday, May 09, 2008 05:44:42 PM
ZAMBOANGA CITY, Philippines (Mindanao Examiner / May 09, 2008) – Police mounted a search Friday for a British national who was reported missing while visiting the southern port city of Zamboanga, reports said.
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Extortion, Sinisilip Sa Motibo Ng Pagsabog Sa CotabatoFriday, May 09, 2008 05:40:41 PM
COTABATO CITY (Mindanao Examiner / May 09, 2008) – Patuloy ang imbestigasyon ng militar sa pagsabog na naganap sa Midsayap, isang bayan sa lalawigan ng North Cotabato.
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Be Watchful! Burma May Politicize Relief Distribution, Pinoy Activists WarnThursday, May 08, 2008 09:30:03 PM
After their rally yesterday in front of the Myanmar (Burma) Embassy, activists under Free Burma Coalition-Philippines today held another rally outside the Thai Royal Embassy in Makati City and urged Thailand government, the next Chair of the ASEAN to also echo the demand for the immediate postponement of National Referendum in Burma.
FBC-Phils is urging the ASEAN to likewise help in monitoring safe delivery of goods and services in disaster struck areas of the said cyclone-devastated country.
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Watch Humanitarian Aid To Burma, FBC Urges ASEAN Thursday, May 08, 2008 09:25:14 PM
There were about 30 of us from the Free Burma Coalition - Philippines (FBC-Phils), mostly women, that picketed in front the Royal Thai Embassy in Makati City, Philippines to urge ASEAN to support and monitor humanitarian aid to Burma.
Through the Thai government, the chair-in-waiting of the ASEAN, we urged that the Senior Officials now meeting in Singapore put in their agenda an ASEAN strategy for humanitarian aid to Burma.
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PHLSTAGE Jury Announces GAWAD BUHAY! CitationsThursday, May 08, 2008 08:14:29 PM
Productions by Tanghalang Pilipino (TP), RepertoryPhilippines (Rep), Philippine Educational Theater Association (PETA) and Ballet Philippines (BP)
dominated the first and second quarterly citations of Gawad BUHAY!, the performing arts awards program organized by the Philippine Legitimate Stage Artists Group (PHILSTAGE).
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Letter To The Editor: Wickedness Never Triumphs Over GoodThursday, May 08, 2008 07:17:13 PM
Dear editor,
If Manila has communists Satur Ocampo and Teddy Casino, Sulu has their counterparts - Cocoy Tulawie of the Concerned Citizens of Sulu and Amirah Lidasan of Suara Bangsamoro Party-list. From the extremities of the country’s archipelago, they shared a vicious vision – to topple the government under the clout of propaganda.
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Photo: Kidnapped Indian National Is Freed In South RPThursday, May 08, 2008 06:18:51 PM
 | | Kidnapped Indian national Abdul Kadar Chenikandivil, 50, narrates his ordeal to Philippine policemen.
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Southern Philippine Bombing Kills TwoThursday, May 08, 2008 06:05:31 PM
 | | A father whispers to his wounded son at the Cotabato Regional Medical Center as doctors attend to his wife and daughter who are also injured in a bomb attack May 08, 2008 in Midsayap town in North Cotabato province. (Mindanao Examiner Photo/Mark Navales).
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Cubans Demand JusticeThursday, May 08, 2008 04:08:58 PM
Declaration of the Committee of Relatives of the Victims of the Bombing of the Civilian Airliner in Barbados.
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NPA Owns Up Killing Of Militia Leader In South RPThursday, May 08, 2008 02:53:22 PM
DAVAO CITY, Philippines (Mindanao Examiner / May 08, 2008) – The communist New People’s Army rebels on Thursday admitted to killing a village leader accused of leading anti-insurgency campaign and human rights violations in the southern Philippines.
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Esteban Lazo Hernandez, Vice President Of Cuba Coucil Of State, Speaks In NicaraguaThursday, May 08, 2008 10:14:40 AM
ADDRESS BY ESTEBAN LAZO HERNANDEZ, VICE-PRESIDENT OF THE COUNCIL OF STATE OF THE REPUBLIC OF CUBA, FOR THE PRESIDENTIAL SUMMIT "SOVEREIGNTY AND FOOD SECURITY: FOOD FOR LIFE", HELD ON WEDNESDAY, MAY 7TH, 2008, IN MANAGUA, NICARAGUA.
Esteemed Comandante Daniel Ortega, President of Nicaragua,
Distinguished presidents and high representatives,
The facts speak clearly for themselves. In 2005, we used to pay 250 dollars for every ton of rice we imported; now we pay 1,050 dollars, four times as much. For a ton of wheat, we used to pay 132 dollars; now we pay 330 dollars, two and a half times as much. For a ton of corn, we used to pay 82 dollars; now we pay 230 dollars, nearly three times as much. For a ton of powdered milk, we used to pay 2,200 dollars; now it's 4,800 dollars. This is a perverse and unsustainable trend.
This phenomenon undermines the internal markets of most countries in our region and around the world, affecting the population directly, particularly the poorest sectors, bringing poverty to millions of people. A few decades ago, there were countries that grew their own rice and corn. But, following the neo-liberal recipes of the IMF, they liberalized the market and began to import subsidized US and European cereals, eradicating domestic production. With the rise in prices at the pace we've mentioned, a growing number of people can no longer afford to eat these basic food products. It comes as no surprise, thus, that they should resort to protests that they should take to the streets to find whatever means they can to feed their children.
As Fidel underscored in 1996 during the World Food Summit, "hunger, the inseparable companion of the poor, is born of the unequal distribution of riches and of the world's injustices. The rich do not know hunger". "Millions of people around the world have perished in their struggle against hunger and injustice".
The food crisis we face today is exacerbated by high oil prices and by the impact that the military adventure in Iraq has upon these; by the effect these prices have on the production and transportation of food; by climate change; by the fact that significant volumes of US and EU-grown grains and cereals are destined, more and more, to the production of biofuels and by the speculative practices surrounding transnational big capital, which gambles with food inventories at the cost of hunger for the poor.
But the essence of the crisis is not to be found in these recent phenomena; it lies, rather, in the unequal and unfair distribution of riches at the global level and in the unsustainable neo-liberal economic model that has been imposed upon us in an irresponsible and fanatical fashion over the course of the last twenty years.
Poor countries, dependent on food imports, are in no condition to take the blow. Their populations have no protection whatsoever and the market, needless to say, has neither the capacity nor the sense of responsibility to offer such protection. This is not a strictly economic problem. It is a humanitarian drama of incalculable consequences which even places our countries' very national security at risk.
To attribute the crisis to increased consumption by important sectors in certain developing countries that report accelerated economic growth, such as China and India, is not only an unfounded argument, it also conveys a racist and discriminatory message, which portrays as a problem the fact that millions of human beings should have access, for the first time, to decent and healthy food.
The problem, as it manifests itself in our region, is, in essence, linked to the precarious situation of small farmers and rural populations living in underdeveloped countries, and to the oligopolistic nature of the large transnational companies that control the agricultural food industry.
These companies control prices, technologies, norms, certifications, distribution channels and sources of funding for world food production. They also control transportation, scientific research, genetic pools and the fertilizer and pesticide industries. Their governments, in Europe, North America and other parts of the world, set down the international norms that govern trade in food, technologies and the supplies needed to produce these.
Agricultural subsidies in the United States and the European Union not only make the food these countries sell more expensive, they also constitute a fundamental obstacle for developing countries seeking to access their markets with their products, something which has a direct impact on the situation of agriculture and producers in the South.
This is a structural problem generated by today's international economic order, not a passing crisis that can be alleviated with palliative or emergency measures. The World Bank's recent promises to destine 500 million devalued dollars as an emergency measure to alleviate the crisis are ridiculous and an insult to our intelligence.
To strike at the very heart and at the causes of the dilemma, we must examine and change the written and unwritten rules, both agreed to and imposed upon us, that today govern the international economic order and the creation and distribution of wealth, particularly in the food production and distribution sector.
Today, the truly decisive move is to undertake a profound, structural change of the current international economic and political order, an order which is anti-democratic, unjust, exclusive and unsustainable. An order which is predatory, as a result of which, as Fidel said twelve years ago, "waters are contaminated, the atmosphere is poisoned and nature is destroyed. It is not only the fact that investments, education and technologies are lacking or the population is growing at an accelerated pace; the environment is being degraded and the future is menaced more and more every day".
Having said this, we agree that international cooperation, as a means of confronting this time of crisis, can no longer be postponed. We need emergency measures to quickly alleviate the situation of those countries which already face social turmoil. In the middle term, we must also give impetus to cooperation and exchange plans that entail joint investments and accelerate agricultural production and food distribution in our region, through the firm commitment and resolute participation of the State. Cuba is willing to modestly contribute to efforts of this nature.
The program brought to us today by comrade Daniel, a call to join forces and wills and to combine the resources of ALBA members and countries in Central America and the Caribbean, is worthy of our support. It presupposes the clear understanding that the current food crises the world faces is not an opportunity, as some believe, but a very dangerous crisis. It entails the express recognition that our efforts must be aimed at defending everyone's right to food and at securing a decent life for the millions of peasant families that have been plundered to this day, not at availing ourselves of the occasion to pursue corporate interests or petty commercial opportunities.
We have debated on the matter extensively. Now, it is time to act with unity, audacity, solidarity and a practical spirit. If this is our common goal, you can rely on Cuba.
Allow me to conclude with the farsighted words Fidel pronounced in 1996, which reverberate today with undiminished pertinence and profundity: "The bells that toll today for those who starve to death each day shall toll tomorrow for the whole of humanity if it refuses to or is unable to be sufficiently wise to save itself".
Thank you very much.
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Filipino Farmer Held Five Months On Without Charges In Court: AHRCWednesday, May 07, 2008 12:31:46 PM
The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) writes to inform you that a farmer whom soldiers had illegally arrested and detained in November 29, 2007 has since been in jail without having been charged in court.
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Militarization In Mindanao Continues: PanalipdanWednesday, May 07, 2008 12:25:31 PM
PRESS STATEMENT
Investment Defense Force swarming over mineral-rich areas; primary culprit behind the flooding of human rights violations in Compostela Valley and Davao Oriental provinces.
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Bangsamoro Groups: Stop Divide And Rule Tactic, Honor Commitments To The Peace Processes! Wednesday, May 07, 2008 10:34:58 AM
Position Paper of the Bangsamoro Youth leaders Conference held at the Mergrande Ocean Resort in Davao City, Philippines on May 3–5, 2008.
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"The US Hemispheric Response: A Fourth Intervention Fleet" By President Fidel CastroTuesday, May 06, 2008 03:20:56 PM
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Stay And Help Keep The Peace In Mindanao, Peace Advocates Appeal To MalaysiaTuesday, May 06, 2008 03:17:39 PM
The Mindanao Solidarity Network (MSN), the Global Partnership for the Prevention of Armed Conflict-Philippines (GPPAC-Philippines), United Youth for Peace and Development (UNYPAD), Generation Peace, and Anak Mindanao express concern over the reported downsizing and eventual pull-out of the International Monitoring Team in Mindanao.
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PASAKA: Human Rights Abuses On The RiseTuesday, May 06, 2008 03:10:35 PM
PASAKA protested the rising number of human rights violations being committed against indigenous peoples or “lumads” in Southern Mindanao.
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Grenade Blast Injures Boy In ZamboangaTuesday, May 06, 2008 02:24:43 PM
ZAMBOANGA CITY, Philippines (Mindanao Examiner / May 06, 2008) – A grenade attack in the southern Philippine port city of Zamboanga wounded a boy and the rising criminalities here are worrying traders and government officials.
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MILF Appeals Anew For Peace, Patience Over Stalled Philippine Peace TalksTuesday, May 06, 2008 02:21:30 PM
COTABATO CITY, Philippines (Mindanao Examiner / May 06, 2008) – The Moro Islamic Liberation Front which is negotiating for an end to hostilities in Mindanao has appealed for patience as Manila rejected demands for territories in Mindanao.
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Commies Free 2 Army POWsTuesday, May 06, 2008 12:50:56 PM
DAVAO CITY, Philippines (Mindanao Examiner / May 06, 2008) – Two government soldiers seized by communist rebels have been freed Tuesday after 12 days in captivity in the southern Philippine province of Compostela Valley, a rebel leader said.
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TIFF Names New SEA ProgrammerMonday, May 05, 2008 09:39:42 PM
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Lawyers Seek To Nullify Abadilla Five's Conviction - AHRCMonday, May 05, 2008 05:02:23 PM
The legal counsels of the Abadilla Five has filed Monday a Petition for Review before the Philippines' Supreme Court (SC) seeking to declare as “null and void” a decision by the Court of Appeals (CA) affirming their clients' conviction.
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Clan War Erupts In Sulu ProvinceMonday, May 05, 2008 04:04:41 PM
SULU, Philippines (Mindanao Examiner / May 05, 2008) – Fierce fighting between two Muslim clans broke out Monday and triggering an exodus of civilians in the southern Philippine province of Sulu, police and government officials said.
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Philippine Rebels Ambush Military Convoy In SouthMonday, May 05, 2008 01:11:24 PM
DAVAO CITY, Philippines (Mindanao Examiner / May 05, 2008) – Communist rebels attacked early Monday a Philippine military convoy killing three soldiers in the southern province of North Cotabato, officials said.
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Malaysian Truce Observers Urged To Stay In PhilippinesMonday, May 05, 2008 11:24:01 AM
 | | Peace advocates Rexall Kaalim, Bantay Ceasefire coordinator, lawyer Mary
Ann Arnado, Mindanao Peoples Caucus Secretary-General and Timuay
Milaneo Ulama, MPC co-chairman, during a recent dialogue in the southern Philippines. The groups urge Malaysia not to pull out its truce observers deployed in Mindanao and for Manila to resume the stalled peace talks with the Moro Islamic Liberation Front. Kuala Lumpur says it would recall its cease-fire observers if there is no progress in the seven-year old peace talks.
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Letter To The Editor: True ColorsSunday, May 04, 2008 09:30:42 PM
Dear Editor,
I don’t believe that the Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) is not in anyway linked to the Abu Sayaff Group. The MNLF repetitively deny their allegiance with this Group, however their actions are evidently contrary to what they say.
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Philippine Peace Process: Muslim Rebels Welcome British MediationSunday, May 04, 2008 06:14:20 PM
SULTAN KUDARAT, Philippines (Mindanao Examiner / May 04, 2008) – The Philippines’ largest Muslim rebel group, Moro Islamic Liberation Front, praised Britain for its offer to send experts to help in peace negotiations in the strife-torn region of Mindanao.
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Letter To The Efitor: Troops Commended For Fighting TerrorismSunday, May 04, 2008 09:31:58 AM
Congratulations to our valiant soldiers in Sulu for the job well done. The military troops were able to capture a terrorist camp and seize a bomb-making facility, where explosives are manufactured.
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"An Acid Test" By Fidel Castro, Former President Of CubaSaturday, May 03, 2008 07:29:00 PM
While our people on May Day, the workers’ day, joyfully celebrates the fiftieth anniversary of the Triumph of the Revolution, and the seventieth anniversary of the creation of the CTC, the sister nation of Bolivia, fully dedicated to the preservation of health, education, and ensuring the safety of all its citizens, is only a few days, perhaps hours, ahead of going through tragic events.
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MILF Vows To Pursue Self-Determination In Troubled Filipino SouthSaturday, May 03, 2008 07:17:29 PM
 | | MAGUINDANAO, Philippines (Mindanao Examiner / May 03, 2008) – Philippine Muslim rebels negotiating peace with Manila on Saturday vowed to fight for independence, as talks remain stalled over demands for ancestral domain in the troubled South.
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Mindanao Peace Proces: CBCS Calls For Sincerity And Political WillSaturday, May 03, 2008 10:39:58 AM
The pull-out of the International Monitoring Team (IMT) led by the Malaysian Government has created several reactions or statements from various sectors.
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The Bomb Squads: How to Survive a Gaza Refugee CampSaturday, May 03, 2008 07:40:54 AM
The following article are excerpts from Baroud’s upcoming book, “101 Ways to Survive a Refugee Camp.”
We waited breathless. Breathing heavily was hazardous under these somewhat exceptional circumstances. The army, my father often advised, was sensitive to the slightest movements or sounds, including a whisper, a cough, or God forbid, a sneeze. Thus we sat completely still. Muneer, my younger brother was entrusted with the mission of peering through the rusty holes in the front door. It bothered me that I was not the one elected for the seemingly perilous mission.
My father explained that Muneer was smaller and quicker, he could negotiate his way back and forth, seamlessly, between the observation ground and the room where everyone was hiding. The house’s main door was riddled with holes; the upper half spoke of past battles between the neighbourhood’s stone throwers and Israeli soldiers. The holes on the lower half, however were not those of bullets, but rust and corrosion. These holes often served us well.
Muneer would lie on his belly and peek through them; he followed the movement of the soldiers as their military vehicles often used the space in front of our house. They pondered their moves from there, and often used our house’ front step as a spot for lunch or tea. Worse, they often released their frustrations on the house’s helpless residents, that being my family.
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Letter To The Editor: A Mindanaoan's Tale Of Racism And Discrimination Friday, May 02, 2008 09:47:25 PM
Greetings.
I'm a job seeker from Zamboanga City. I am a graduate of Western Mindanao State University where I finished my Bachelor of Laws.
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8 Injured In Zamboanga LPG BlastFriday, May 02, 2008 03:41:14 PM
ZAMBOANGA CITY, Philippines (Mindanao Examiner / May 02, 2008) – A cooking gas explosion injured eight people in the southern Philippine port city of Zamboanga, police said Friday.
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Letter To The Editor: Soldiers, Sulu Officials Commended Thursday, May 01, 2008 09:54:35 PM
Letter To The Editor: Soldiers, Sulu Officials Commended.
I’m Modheefa Y. Tulawie of Indanan, Sulu. I sent this letter to commend our soldiers here in Sulu for the recent accomplishment of overrunning an Abu Sayaff Group major encampment. This success illuminates their perseverance to make our Lupah Sug, a province of peace and prosperity.
Aside from capturing a major camp, the operation resulted to the discovery of a bomb-making facility. If not because of the prompt military strike, it could have caused a dreadful terror campaign by the bandits anytime then. The successful operation is not only a victory for the military but for the citizenry because terrorists were driven out. We are one step safer.
I believe the success is attributed to the people’s support, plus our local government officials’ active involvement in the campaign against terrorism. Due appreciation is therefore given to our Provincial Governor Sakur Tan for being very active and helpful on the war against these terrorists. We’re tired of banditry, and the time to mop them out is now.
Moreover, I believe that the victory is also because of the joint efforts. Combined forces always make a stronger force. This is what Joint Task Force Comet I’m sure embodies. The unity and bravery of our soldiers bring triumph and a sense of justice to those who have fallen victims of the ASG.
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Photo: US Troops In Southern PhilippinesThursday, May 01, 2008 07:05:40 PM
 | | A convoy of US and Philippine troops pass on a village in Jolo town in the southern Filipino province of Sulu, April 27, 2008.
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Sayyaf Leader Wounded, Son Killed In Sulu ClashesThursday, May 01, 2008 06:56:00 PM
 | | SULU, Philippines (Mindanao Examiner / May 01, 2008) – Government soldiers shot and wounded a leader of the al-Qaeda-linked Abu Sayyaf group and killed in his son in fierce clashes in the southern Filipino province of Sulu, officials said Thursday.
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