Journalist released after 10 hours in detention

Journalist Jofelle Tesorio, who was ordered jailed by a local judge yesterday morning, was released after almost ten hours in detention.

Tesorio was brought to a women’s detention facility in Camp Karingal in Quezon City shortly after posting a P20,000 bail bond about 9 a.m. Thursday morning.

USS Peleliu’s Pacific Partnership: U.S. Navy Builds Houses in Bicol Region

More than 50 U.S. Navy personnel are working at the Honest Anislag Transition Center in Bicol Region to build homes for families left homeless by the 2006 typhoons.

Through Pacific Partnership, a four-month goodwill mission undertaken by the USS Peleliu (LHA 5), the U.S. Navy is working with Armed Forces of the Philippines engineers to build 35 new homes on land donated by the Government of the Philippines. These houses are in a section of the Honest Anislag Transition Center run by the Daughters of Charity, Sisters of St Vincent de Paul.

U.S. Navy Tackles Flood Control in Bicol Region During USS Peleliu’s Visit

U.S. Navy Seabees and Sailors joined partners from the Armed forces of the Philippines to begin clearing thousands of tons of dirt and debris from a portion of the Tagas River in Tabaco City, Bicol Region.

Why are Filipinos killing each other?

AS I WRECK THIS CHAIR By William M. Esposo
Sunday, June 17, 2007

Many Filipinos wonder why over 800 political activists who are obviously non-combatants are being killed. Many ask themselves these questions:

Think-thank questions quality of new jobs in April labor survey-Ibon

Over half of the new jobs reported as of April 2007 Labor Force Survey (LFS) are low in quality and merely reflect how dire the country’s employment situation has become, according to independent think-tank IBON Foundation.