At around 9am today, Lakbayanistas started marching towards Suterville in Zamboanga City where a Police contingent were deployed to prevent the protesters from conducting a big rally at the Westmincom where the biggest deployment of US troops in Mindanao is.
Bai Ali Indayla of Patriotiko Mindanao said that Rep. Emi de Jesus of Gabriela Partylist, former Congressman Satur Ocampo and Bishop Ablon l ... [ Read More ]
After attending the Mindanao Power Summit yesterday, partylist representative Teddy Casiño called on President Benigno Aquino III to listen to the people of Mindanao and not make the same mistake as his predescesors did in the Visayas and Luzon, which was to totally privatize power and jack up prices.
“The President was not only insensitive but dead wrong in giving the people of Mindanao on ... [ Read More ]
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Calls on ASEAN to step in Scarborough stalemate, while warning US to back off
Partylist Rep.Teddy Casino today denounced China’s renewed intrusion in the Scarborough shoal and called for the Chinese government to order its fishermen to return their illegal catch to the Philippines. The progressive solon made the call as the tensions spiked again yesterday afternoon after China sent back a su ... [ Read More ]
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Davao City – A Mindanao-wide lakbayan begins today, as part of a national protest action opposing the heightened political and military intervention of the United States government in the country.
Davao region’s delegation embarked towards Cotabato City today to kick off the ‘Lakbayan Laban sa Balikatan’. A send-off program was held 9am at Freedom Park for the five-day sojourn spearheaded ... [ Read More ]
Mindanao power rates already among highest in Asia
Partylist Rep. Teddy Casiño today called on Pres. Benigno Aquino III to take off his blinders on the Mindanao power crisis and realize that “paying a little more” for electricity will have dire consequences on the island’s economy considering that present rates are already high compared to key cities in Asia.
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This refers to the allegation by Mr. Luis Jaladoni that the GPH illegally arrested Mr. Reynante Gamara whom he claims to be an NDF Consultant under the Joint Agreement on Security and Immunity Guarantees (JASIG).
Mr. Gamara’s arrest on 3 April 2012 was a police action based on an outstanding warrant for kidnapping with murder (Criminal Cases No. 11-3248 and 11-3249) issued on 23 March 2012 by Ju ... [ Read More ]
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Partylist Rep. Teddy Casiño has one message to China – get out.
“It is the Chinese who should leave our waters,” Casiño said as China became more brazen in staking their claim on Panatag (Scarborough) shoal, asking all Philippine vessels to immediately leave the contested area and even sending a second aircraft to scare away Filipino fishermen.
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Party-list Rep. Teddy Casiño today hinted that Pres. Benigno Aquino III and Department of Energy Sec. Jose Almendras are conspiring with favored friends in the private power sector to jack up prices in Mindanao.
“Matagal ko nang iniisiip kung bakit pilit nang pilit si Noynoy at Almendras na coal at diesel plants pa din ang gamitin sa Mindanao na magpapataas ng singil sa kuryente samantalang may ... [ Read More ]
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Cotabato City, Apr. 18 – Representatives of the media and civil society sectors who came from Manila and various parts of Mindanao gathered here on Tuesday to explore effective ways on how to communicate peace in reporting about the armed conflict in the south.
In the first-ever Peace Communication Summit of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) held at the Al-nor Convention Hall in th ... [ Read More ]
Partylist Rep. Teddy Casiño today made a call to the organizers of tomorrow’s Mindanao Power Summit to seriously consider the scrapping of the Electric Power Industry Reform Act (EPIRA) and revesal of the privatization policy in order to solve the power crisis.
According to Casiño, “EPIRA’s privatization policy is not only a mistake, it is a fatal mistake. It is a major factor for ... [ Read More ]
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