Philippines

07.27.2010
SPAIN SEEKS STRONGER TIES WITH PACIFIC ISLES
MAKATI CITY, Philippines (Marianas Business Journal, July 19, 2010) – The government of Spain is committed to strengthening its ties with its former territories in the Asia-Pacific region which includes the Philippines, Palau, the Federated States of Micronesia, and the Marshall Islands.

05.27.2010
UNDP, DSWD execs to visit projects in Albay
LEGAZPI CITY, May 25 (PNA) -- Top officials of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) are set to visit in the province of Albay on May 26, Wednesday for 5th National Project Advisory Committee (NPAC) meeting cum project visit of the Bicol Recovery.

05.25.2010
UNDP, DSWD execs to visit projects in Albay
LEGAZPI CITY, May 25 — Top officials of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) are set to visit the province of Albay on May 26, Wednesday, for the 5th National Project Advisory Committee (NPAC) meeting cum project visit of the Bicol Recovery .

05.21.2010
MinDA, MILF hail entry of EU to IMT
DAVAO CITY – Mindanao Development Authority (MinDA) chair Jesus G. Dureza and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) welcomed the entry of the European Union (EU) in the International Monitoring Team (IMT) that is tasked to monitor and implement the ceasefire agreement between the government and the MILF in Mindanao.

05.20.2010
Sorsogon teachers transform conflict-area to zone of peace
Castilla, Sorsogon (20 May) -- The government's peace education program has paid-off, especially to school children in this conflict-affected area where teachers inculcate the value of peace to ensure a brighter future for their young pupils as law-abiding citizens.

05.17.2010
Philippine army asks newly elected officials to prioritize
Philippine army asks newly elected officials to prioritize anti-insurgency

05.02.2010
Climate change, mining and Mimaropa
This is to inform the general public that the Mining in Cantilan article that came out on April 11, 2010 was prepared with the intention of documenting the then ongoing protest action in Cantilan, Surigao del Sur led by Mayor Tomasa Guardo.

04.13.2010
UNDP grants $322,754 for RP peace projects
MANILA, Philippines—The United Nations Development Program has extended a grant amounting to US$322,754 (P14.523 million) for various peace projects of the Philippine government for 2010, said the Official Development Aid Support Unit (Odasu) of the Office of the Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process (Opapp).

03.31.2010
PHILIPPINES: Mindanao conflict fuels trafficking
MANILA, 31 March 2010 (IRIN) - Shahana [not her real name] was 14 when she took her first trip abroad - to work as a domestic helper in Kuwait.

03.29.2010
Editorial: War over water
WATER, so goes the cliché, is life. But water—dirty, untreated, tainted with chemicals—can also be death, a reality that confronts billions of people around the world.