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Rep. Walden Bello hits the ground running, endorses the impeachment complaint after oath-taking

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Rep. Walden Bello hits the ground running, endorses the impeachment complaint after oath-taking

Posted by | Apr 27, 2009 | ,

from akbayan.org

Wasting no time, AKBAYAN’s second representative, U.P. Professor Walden Bello, endorsed the impeachment complaint against Ombudsman Merceditas Gutierrez immediately after his oath-taking. He likewise challenged the newly sworn in party-list representatives to prove that they are for the marginalized by taking a stance against the GMA administration.

Endorsing the complaint a day before the Justice Committee begins its hearing on the case, the neophyte solon said that the impeachment of Merciditas Gutierrez is a prerequisite to stem corruption in the country. “We cannot have a mediocre and patently biased Ombudsman to head an institution that is mandated to check and correct the abuses committed by the government,” Rep. Bello said.

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The Gr8 Climate Sale

Posted by | Apr 23, 2009 | ,

The issue of climate change has come to the forefront and people both in the North and the South have been feeling the devastating effects of global warming. However, the links between the neo-liberal system and the model of...

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In memory of Smitu Kothari

Posted by | Mar 27, 2009 |

Smitu Kothari passed away on 23rd March 6 a.m IST. He died of a cardiac attack after a complicated heart surgery at AIIMS in Delhi. He was one of the founders of Lokayan (“Dialogue of the People”), and Intercultural...

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EU-INDIA FTA: PUBLIC INTEREST GROUPS DETAINED DURING PROTEST

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EU-INDIA FTA: PUBLIC INTEREST GROUPS DETAINED DURING PROTEST

Posted by | Mar 17, 2009 | ,

New Delhi: As the 6th round of negotiations related to the EU-India Free Trade Agreement (FTA) got underway here today, the police detained several representatives of public interest groups during a peaceful protest in front of the office of the European Commission (EC). Trade bureaucrats from the EC and Indian Commerce Ministry will deliberate on issues ranging from services, manufacturing, trade facilitation and government procurement till 19 March.

Public interest groups were demonstrating against the secretive nature of negotiations on the FTA, which includes contentious issues such as agriculture, investment, fisheries, intellectual property and government procurement. Since the trade talks between the European Union and India were launched in Brussels in 2007, there has been no access to negotiating texts.

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