Articles and Statements

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NEITHER COUP NOR OUSTER: A Call for Radical Reform
AKBAYAN! Citizens’ Action Party 16 January 2002

On the Participation of US troops in Military Operations against the ASG
Press Statement, Philippine Alliance of Human Rights Advocates (PAHRA) 14 January 2002

List of Political Prisoners
Task Force Detainees of the Philippines, November 2001

The Philippine Greens Statement on the WTC attack and the US bombing of Afghanistan

18 October 2001

Pro-War Moves of Macapagal-Arroyo Administration Compromise the National Interest
Akbayan, 29September 2001

Coco Levy Updates
September 2001

As Nations Sit on the Edge of War: A call for Self-examination and Soul Searching
FIND Statement on the World Trade Terrorist Attack, 21 September 2001

Statement on the 11 September US Bombings
by the Philippine Host Committee, Bayanihan International Solidarity Conference
1 October 2001

Philippine Solidarity Work in Europe: Trends and Perspectives
by Carlo Butalid, September 2001

Conference Statement: Bayanihan International Solidarity Conference 2001
Quezon City, September 2001

A nation in search of father Rudy, A nation search of itself
by Mary Aileen Bacalso, AFAD, July 2001

The Revolutionary Left:Back to Center Stage?
by Nathan Gilbert Quimpo, June 2001

Reject the Estrada Candidates, Support the Progressives
Action for Economic Reforms (AER), 19 March 2001

GMA Presidency

GMA Cares for Erap, but not for Political Prisoners
Pahra Coordinating Committee on Political Prisoners Plus, 27 April 2001

Hindi pa Tapos ang Laban
KOMPIL II Media Release, 31 January 2001

A Call for Continued Vigilance
Press Statement, Cordillera Peoples' Alliance (CPA), 23 January 2001

People Power: A Reprise
by Asian Federation Against Involuntary Disappearances (AFAD), 22 January 2001


War in Mindanao

The Camps of the Sun: The MILF Strongholds after the Military Offensive
by Marco Mezzera, Focus on the Global South, 5 March 2001

Constitutional Accomodation of a BangsaMoro Islamic Region
by Soliman M. Santos, Jr, 23 August 2000

The Five Basic Issues Confronting Mindanao vis-a-vis the Roles Played by the Civil Society
by Fr. Eliseo R. Mercado, Jr., OMI, 29 September 2000

Options in the Pursuit of a Just, Comprehensive and Stable Peace in Mindanao
by Nathan Quimpo, 29 September 2000

CAFGUs: Not the Miracle Pill to Solve the MILF Rebellion
Lourdes F. Go-Zurbano, Executive Director, ECDFC, 14 August 2000

Important Considerations in the Ongoing War in Mindanao
Aide Memoire of Fr Eliseo R. Mercado Jr OMI, July 2000

A Call to Defend Life
Press Statement of MINJOURN and FREE, 12 July 2000

AFP Casualties in the Three-Month Old AFP Offensives Against the MILF


The MNLF's Urgent Call For A Realistic and Pragmatic Tactical & Strategic Approach
May 2000

A Ten-Point Program for Peace in Mindanao (Perspective from the Bishops-Ulama Forum)


The Continuing Search for Sustainable Peace in Mindanao: A View from a Distance
A Chronology of Events
by the Center for Sustainable Peace and Economic Justice

Statement of the Bishops-Ulama Forum on the Mindanao Situation
18 May 2000

Religious Intolerance in Mindanao
PhilRights, 5 June 2000

A situationer on the Mindanao Peace Crises
Kadtuntaya Foundation, 11 May 2000

Peace Not War Movement (PeaceNow), Press Statement
9 May 2000

A Statement of Concern
Bangsa Moro Consortium, 29 April 2000

Urgent Appeal of the Independent Fact Fighting Committee of the GRP-MILF Peace Talks

Bishops-Ulama Call for Ceasefire in Central Mindanao
27 April 2000

On the Emergency Situation in Central Mindanao
Pastoral Statement, 3 May 2000

Why Peace Remains Illusive in Mindanao?
by Faith Joan C. Mesa, in the April-December 1999 issue of the Medical Action Group's (MAG)Progress Notes.


Environment

CPA Welcomes Withdrawal of Endorsement of the San Roque Dam Project by the Municipal Council of Itogon
Cordillera Peoples Alliance, 15 September 2000

Summary Position Paper on the San Roque Dam Project

Pastoral Letter on the Rapu-rapu Mining Case

A Statement of Concern on the Mining Act of 1995
Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines, 28 February 1998

Capiz Sangguniang Panlalawigan (Provincial Council) Ordinance Declaring a Moratorium on Large Scale Mining Activities in the Province of Capiz
27 August 1999

Dismantle the Fertilizer & Pesticide Authority (FPA)   A Major Step in Stopping Cancer !
Philippine Breast Cancer Network (PBCN), January 2000





Human Rights

Day of Contradictions
Asian Federation Against Involuntary Disappearances (AFAD), 7 February 2001

List of Political Prisoners
Task Force Detainees of the Philippines, 15 November 2000

Peoples Action on September 21 Condemns Raid on KPD Office
Press Statement, 20 September 2000

When Displacement Is A Form Of Human Rights Violation
Editorial, ECFDC Monitor, March-April 2000

Never Again ... Impunity
Asian Federation Against Involuntary Disappearance (AFAD),
International Day of the Disappeared (30 August 2000)

On the Violent Dispersal of Rallyists During the SONA on July 24, 2000
Commission of Human Rights, July 2000

Philippine Human Rights Report to the 56th Session of the UN Commission on Human Rights
Phil. Alliance of Human Rights Advocates (PAHRA)

Report of FIND to UN Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearance
6 April 2000

Death Penalty in the Philippines
Santos Lamban, PAHRA

Vigilante Groups' Revival: Back to the Dark Days of Anti-Communist Hysteria
Philippine Alliance of Human Rights Advocates, 10 March 2000

AFAD: A Budding Federation
by Mary Aileen D. Bacalso

ECDFC Year-End Report - 1999






Coco Levy

The Philippine Coconut Industry and the Coconut Levy
by Manuel Castro, PESC-KSP

Chronology of Major Events and State Policies in the coconut industry (1947 until 1995)






Agrarian Reform / Food Security

UNORKA Press Statement
22 November 2000

CARP in its 12th Year: A Closer Examination of the Agrarian Reform Performance
Saturnino M. Borras Jr., June 2000

State's Failure to Fulfill and Defend it's Citizens' Right to Food: The Philippine Experience
Paper presented during the Asian Consultation on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, 27-28 January 2000, Quezon City, Philippines
by Aurora A. Regalado

Sustainable Agriculture, Landlessness, and Food Security
by Francisco G. Pascual





People Power: A Reprise
22 January 2001

Back to Work
Labor Rights and Democracy, February 2001

Profile of our Country's Lawmakers
by Maria Christina Pascual, NAMFREL Director for NCR

The Real Score (and Scourge)
by Barog Mindanao Batok sa Emergency Powers
Davao City, 24 July 2000

Money Talks: The Midnight Napocor Power Deal
Joint Statement of FDC, Akbayan and Sanlakas

MILF Official Declaration on the International Campaign to Ban Antipersonnel Mines
13 March 2000

Declaration of the RPM-P / RPA-ABB Against the Use and Production of Landmines
21 March 2000 ; Geneva, Switzerland

Why Reform of the WTO is the Wrong Agenda
By Walden Bello, 9-10 February 2000

Rise to the Challenge
Francisco Nemenzo, UP President, 5 February 2000
On the Senate's drastic cut of the UP budget

People's Health in the Era of Globalization
by Nymia Pimentel Simbulan, MPH.

Kalinga Declaration on Indigenous Education and the Establishment of SÍKÄT Schools
10 December 1999

The WTO Debacle in Seattle
A Unity Statement of Philippine social movements, labor groups, people's organizations and NGOs
10 December 1999

See also: Older Articles (1998-1999)