Executive Order

Palace asked to revoke EO on private armies

September 15, 2012 | Politics & Government

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By Sara Fabunan Manila Standard Today A non-government agency on Friday asked President Benigno Aquino III to revoke the six-year old Executive Order 546 that allows the use of private armies by government officials. Amnesty International Philippines director Aurora Parong made the call after prominent politicians in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao, represented by 168 elected leaders formerly identified with former President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, Read More …

The Presidential Mining E.O.

July 17, 2012 | Opinion

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Fr. Shay Cullen PREDA Foundation  The Presidential Executive Order (EO) outlining the administration’s policy on mining is something to be welcomed as it shows a positive concern in protecting sensitive ecological areas that could be adversely affected by mining, especially the horrific open pit-mining that rips out the heart and soul of mountain-sides and forests, and does untold ecological damage. The EO has positive aspects. Read More …

Pinoy Pulitzer winner Jose Antonio Vargas: ‘We’re no longer illegal immigrants’

June 28, 2012 | Politics & Government

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Cristina DC Pastor The FilAm   A thunderstorm rolled into New York on June 25, the same day Jose Antonio Vargas swept across the city to proclaim victory for DREAM Act youth. In early afternoon, he was at Nasdaq to ring the stock market closing bell, then proceeded to tape an interview with Bill O’ Reilly at the FOX News studio to air in the Read More …

Obama outDREAMs Romney

June 22, 2012 | Opinion, PerryScope

DREAMers rally outside the White House on June 15, 2012 in support of President Barack Obama.

Kaleidoscope By Perry Diaz Making a bold and big step forward, President Barack Obama signed an executive order last June 15, 2012 that would defer the deportation of the children of illegal immigrants.  It was a dream come true to an estimated 800,000 young people – known as the DREAMers — who are in danger of deportation to their country of birth only because they Read More …