New Materials on the Philippines

This is a list of materials on the Philippines - books, audiovisuals, etc. - which have recently become available. Most of these come from our various partners in the Philippines and in the rest of the world.

The Estrada Government Amidst the Asian Crisis:
Can it Deliver its Promises to the Poor
Public Forum Report, Utrecht, the Netherlands, 23 April 1999

Copies of this book could be ordered from:
BISIG Nederland
+ (0)70-3506088

130 pages.
Dfl. 25,- (including mailing) E-mail: bisignet@angelfire.com

Transitions to Democracy
In East and Southeast Asia

Published by the Institute for Popular Democracy
Edited by Kristina N. Gaerlan

Copyright 1999. Institute for Popular Democracy, Transnational Institute Focus on the Global South, Asian Regional Exchange for New Alternatives
ISBN 971-8841-05-9
260 pages.

Copies of this book could be ordered from:
Institute of Popular Democracy
#45 Matimtiman St., Teachers Village
Quezon City, Philippines
Tel. (632)921 8049 ; (632) 434 8859
E-mail: outreach@mozcom.com

Joke ni Erap
A Jokebook to support serious journalism

Published by the Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism
Proceeds from the sale of this book will be used to fund investigative reporting projects.

Copies of this book could be ordered from:
Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism
3/F Criselda II Building
107 Scout de Guia Street
Bgy. Sacred Heart
Quezon City 1103 Philippines
E-mail: pcij@cnl.net

Who and What are We: The Filipino Youth in Europe?

This publication presents the papers, proceedings and as far as possible the process of the Filipino Youth Encounter in Europe which took place in Barcelona on 24-26 June 1999.

Published by the Youth Encounter Steering Committee and CFMW-Youth Desk

Booklet, 134 pages.

Copies of this book could be ordered from:
CFMW Youth Desk
Paulus Potterstraat 20
1071 DA Amsterdam
The Netherlands

Tel. +31-(0)20-6646927
Fax. +31-(0)20-6647093 E-mail: cfmw@open.net

Undermining the forests: The need to control transnational mining companies: a Canadian case study

By: Forest Peoples Programme, Philippine Indigenous Peoples Links, World Rainforest Movement

This report documents the disastrous impact that Canadian mining enterprises are having upon the world's forests and forest peoples. It includes reports on the activities of Placer Dome and TVI Pacific in the Philippines.

January 2000
89 pages.

Copies of this book could be ordered from:
The Forest Peoples Programme
1c Fossway Business Centre
Stratford Rd.
Morton in Marsh, GL 56 9NQ Britain
E-mail: info@fppwrm.gn.apc.org
Price: £8 (including p&p Britain), and £8 plus p&p for non UK orders.

In Canada, the report is also available at C$16 from
MiningWatch Canada, 880 Wellington St., Suite 508, Ottawa, Ontario K1R 6K7 Canada
Tel. (613) 569 3439
Fax. (613) 569 5138
E-mail: ccoumans@magma.ca

For more details, interviews and action package for follow-up, contact
PIPLinks at (tel)44 1367 718889 (fx) 718568
E-mail: tongtong@gn.apc.org
E-mail: publications@fdc.org.ph

Fairer Trade in Global Markets: Towards an Advocacy Agenda for FDC's Campaign on Food Security and the World Trade Organization

By the FDC Policy Studies and Advocacy Department
Researched and written by Pablo Medina and Jonathan Uy,
Edited by Lidy Nacpil

Published by the Freedom from Debt Coalition

Copies of this book could be ordered from:
The Freedom from Debt Coalition
#34 Matiyaga Street
Barangay Central, Diliman
Quezon City 1101 Philippines
Tel. (632)-924 6399
E-mail: publications@fdc.org.ph

Fast Facts on Filipino Labor Migration

Published by the Kanlungan Center Foundation, Inc.
with the support of the Evangelische Zentralstelle Fur Entwicklungshilfe e.V.

Copies of this book could be ordered from:
Kanlungan Center Foundation
No. 77 K-10th Street, Kamias
1102 Quezon City, Philippines

Tel. (632)-928 2384
Telefax. (632)-433 0953
E-mail: knl-lu@sflu.com

Golf Courses: Are they on a par with human rights?

by Caroliza Tulod-Peteros

Published by the Philippine Human Rights Information Center (PhilRights)
as part of its Development and Human Rights Series

This book gives a profile of the various golf courses in the Philippines. It also deals with golf courses' socio-economic and environmental impacts, their social acceptability, and also reports of human rights violations in connection with these.

Copies of this book could be ordered from:
PhilRights
Rm 508 FMSG Bldg.
9 Balete Drive corner 3rd St., New Manila
Quezon City, Philippines

Monitoring Economic Social and Cultural Rights: The Philippine Experience (Phase One)

Published by the Philippine Human Rights Information Center (PhilRights)

Copies of this book could be ordered from:
PhilRights
Rm 508 FMSG Bldg.
9 Balete Drive corner 3rd St., New Manila
Quezon City, Philippines

The State and the Market Essays on a Socially Oriented Philippine Economy

Editor: Filomeno S. Sta. Ana III

Published in cooperation with:
Friedrich Ebert Stiftung (FES)
Action for Economic Reforms

Distributed exclusively by the
Ateneo de Manila University Press
Katipunan Avenue, Loyola Heights, Quezon City
P.O. Box 154, 1099 Manila

Minding Mining!: Lessons from the Philippines

by the Philippine International Forum

Edited by: Marit Stinus Remonde & Chris Vertucci

This book gives a very good overview of the mining industry in the Philippines, and puts it in its context both in the Philippines and internationally. It also has a good presentation of specific cases: of the Benguet Corporation in the Cordillera, and Philex Gold, Western Mining Company and TVI in Mindanao.

This book is available at:
Philippine International Forum
P.O.Box AC 502
Cubao 1135, Quezon City, Philippines
Tel: +63-2-4344415
Fax: +63-2-4261580
E-mail: pif@wtouch.net , pif@phil.gn.apc.org

Globalizing Philippine Mining

by Antonio A. Tujan Jr & Ros-B Guzman.

Ibon Foundation Inc
3rd Flr.Social Communication Center Bldg.
4427 Interior Old Santa Mesa, Manila

Compromising on Autonomy: Mindanao in Transition
Accord: An International Review of Peace Initiatives

Issue Editor: Mara Stankovitch

Published by Conciliation Resources, London.

Available at:
Conciliation Resources
PO Box 21067
London N1 9WT, UK
Tel/Fax: +44 (0)171-359 7728
E-mail: accord@c-r.org