From the News! - Your Daily News » FTA http://fromthenews.net Tue, 23 Aug 2011 16:10:29 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Protect women — CHR http://fromthenews.net/protect-women-%e2%80%94-chr.htm http://fromthenews.net/protect-women-%e2%80%94-chr.htm#comments Sat, 07 Feb 2009 17:35:02 +0000 ripchord http://fromthenews.net/?p=5264

by Joel dela Torre
from People’s Journal

MARKING the United Nations Day for Women and International Peace today, the Commission on Human Rights called on government to improve protection and programs for the rights… Read the rest

]]> http://fromthenews.net/protect-women-%e2%80%94-chr.htm/feed 1 Roxas seeks to reform RP trade talks http://fromthenews.net/roxas-seeks-to-reform-rp-trade-talks.htm http://fromthenews.net/roxas-seeks-to-reform-rp-trade-talks.htm#comments Mon, 11 Aug 2008 01:20:36 +0000 ripchord http://fromthenews.net/?p=4699 Aurea Calica
Philippine Star

Sen. Manuel Roxas II is seeking to reform the way the government negotiates international trade agreements to avoid the problems experienced in relation to the Japan-Philippine Economic Partnership Agreement (JPEPA).

“Let’s be frank about it.… Read the rest

]]> http://fromthenews.net/roxas-seeks-to-reform-rp-trade-talks.htm/feed 0 ‘Coherent trade policy’ sought http://fromthenews.net/%e2%80%98coherent-trade-policy%e2%80%99-sought.htm http://fromthenews.net/%e2%80%98coherent-trade-policy%e2%80%99-sought.htm#comments Sun, 10 Aug 2008 01:17:17 +0000 ripchord http://fromthenews.net/?p=4698 Ma. Elisa P. Osorio
Philippine Star

Multi-sectoral groups are urging the government to come up with a more coherent trade policy in negotiations at the World Trade Organization (WTO) and other trade agreements.

Rice Watch and Action Network (R1),… Read the rest

]]> http://fromthenews.net/%e2%80%98coherent-trade-policy%e2%80%99-sought.htm/feed 0 Proposed bilateral agreement with Europe progressing slowly http://fromthenews.net/proposed-bilateral-agreement-with-europe-progressing-slowly.htm http://fromthenews.net/proposed-bilateral-agreement-with-europe-progressing-slowly.htm#comments Sat, 17 May 2008 08:08:15 +0000 ripchord http://fromthenews.net/?p=4327 Elaine Ruzul S. Ramos
Manila Standard

The European Commission has criticized the Philippines for the lack of progress in a proposed bilateral partnership and cooperation agreement, saying the deal would have benefited the nearly one million Filipinos working and… Read the rest

]]> http://fromthenews.net/proposed-bilateral-agreement-with-europe-progressing-slowly.htm/feed 0 PCCI urges reforms on int’l trade deals http://fromthenews.net/pcci-urges-reforms-on-int%e2%80%99l-trade-deals.htm http://fromthenews.net/pcci-urges-reforms-on-int%e2%80%99l-trade-deals.htm#comments Sun, 27 Apr 2008 08:32:14 +0000 ripchord http://fromthenews.net/?p=4267 Ma. Elisa P. Osorio
Philippine Star

The Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry, the largest business group in the country, is urging the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) to institutionalize reforms with the way it deals in international… Read the rest

]]> http://fromthenews.net/pcci-urges-reforms-on-int%e2%80%99l-trade-deals.htm/feed 0 RP to lose P4.75b on first year of Japan pact http://fromthenews.net/rp-to-lose-p475b-on-first-year-of-japan-pact.htm http://fromthenews.net/rp-to-lose-p475b-on-first-year-of-japan-pact.htm#comments Wed, 02 Jan 2008 05:43:18 +0000 ripchord http://fromthenews.net/?p=3487 Lawrence Agcaoili
Manila Standard

The Japan-Philippines Economic Partnership Agreement is expected to cost the national coffers as much as P4.75 billion in the first year of its implementation, according to a study conducted by the Department of Finance.

The study,… Read the rest

]]> http://fromthenews.net/rp-to-lose-p475b-on-first-year-of-japan-pact.htm/feed 0 Under JPEPA, no export of hazardous wastes to Philippines http://fromthenews.net/under-jpepa-no-export-of-hazardous-wastes-to-philippines.htm http://fromthenews.net/under-jpepa-no-export-of-hazardous-wastes-to-philippines.htm#comments Sat, 20 Oct 2007 02:03:19 +0000 ripchord http://fromthenews.net/?p=3448 Solita Collas-Monsod
Inquirer

MANILA, Philippines — Will signing the Japan-Philippines Economic Partnership Agreement (JPEPA) give Japan carte blanche to export its toxic and other hazardous wastes to the Philippines? No. The fact that with JPEPA the Philippines imposes zero… Read the rest

]]> http://fromthenews.net/under-jpepa-no-export-of-hazardous-wastes-to-philippines.htm/feed 0 Govt allays fears that JPEPA violates RP charter http://fromthenews.net/govt-allays-fears-that-jpepa-violates-rp-charter.htm http://fromthenews.net/govt-allays-fears-that-jpepa-violates-rp-charter.htm#comments Tue, 09 Oct 2007 13:30:12 +0000 ripchord http://fromthenews.net/?p=3440 Manila Times

Although pitted against legal luminaries from the anti-JPEPA groups, the government panel succeeded in explaining constitutional issues raised against the Japan-Philippines Economic Partnership Agreement (JPEPA) in yesterday’s joint hearing conducted by the Senate committees on foreign relations and… Read the rest

]]> http://fromthenews.net/govt-allays-fears-that-jpepa-violates-rp-charter.htm/feed 0 Senate wants Japan deal rid of flaws http://fromthenews.net/senate-wants-japan-deal-rid-of-flaws.htm http://fromthenews.net/senate-wants-japan-deal-rid-of-flaws.htm#comments Tue, 09 Oct 2007 07:43:56 +0000 ripchord http://fromthenews.net/?p=3451 Fel V. Maragay
Manila Standard

LEGAL eagles yesterday identified the “unconstitutional” provisions of the Japan-Philippines Economic Partnership Agreement that were inserted to accommodate demands by Tokyo, saying these should be removed before the treaty is ratified by the Senate.… Read the rest

]]> http://fromthenews.net/senate-wants-japan-deal-rid-of-flaws.htm/feed 0 Job loss for 100,000 workers feared if JPEPA passed http://fromthenews.net/job-loss-for-100000-workers-feared-if-jpepa-passed.htm http://fromthenews.net/job-loss-for-100000-workers-feared-if-jpepa-passed.htm#comments Tue, 09 Oct 2007 02:57:14 +0000 ripchord http://fromthenews.net/?p=3362 Mayen Jaymalin
Philippine Star

Close to 100, 000 Filipino workers are likely to lose their jobs with the impending entry of cheaper but unsafe imported vehicles, said the Philippine Metalworkers Alliance (PMA), whose members trooped to the Senate to… Read the rest

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