Philippine Anti-Corruption Court called on to be decisive versus 3 Senators (tags)
Akbayan Partylist today called on the Sandiganbayan to “respond decisively” to the plunder charges formally filed against Senators Jinggoy Estrada, Juan Ponce Enrile, and Ramon “Bong” Revilla Jr., by the Office of the Ombudsman regarding the P 10 billion PDAF scam.
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PHILIPPINES: Akbayan calls people to enforce own hold departure order for Arroyo (tags)
Akbayan Party today called on the public to enforce their own hold departure order to prevent former president Gloria Macapagal Arroyo from "evading justice."
Coup in Haiti! Aristide flees country! Bu$h orders U.S. Marines in! (tags)
Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide has been forced from power by a U.S. backed coup. The democratically elected Aristide left his besieged country on Sunday morning in order to "avoid further bloodshed." Aristide is pictured releasing a dove during festivities honoring his 1991 inauguration. The death squad militias and soldier supporters of former dictator Jean-Claude Duvalier have now seized much of the country. Arch reactionary Louis-Jodel Chamblain... a well known perpetrator of human rights violations celebrates, center right, as his thugs shout 'He's gone!' after news of the elected Presidents departure reached northern Cap-Haitien, Haiti, Sunday. Now, the armed forces of the United States are going to land on and occupy Haiti by order of the un-elected resident Bu$h.
Riddle As U.S. Spy Chief Quits (tags)
The official reason given for Redmond's abrupt departure was "health reasons." But stunned colleagues in the Homeland Security department in Washington, where Redmond had his office, insist the former Associate Director of the CIA was in perfect health.
KPFK Announces the Departure of Host Marc Cooper (tags)
Some breaking news of interest to many LA activists...