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A Day Before Major UN Summit, Activists from Every Corner to Rally in NYC: Globally, Millions Stand Up Against PovertyFriday, September 10, 2010 @ 12:00AMAnti-poverty campaigners from across the globe – alongside New York activists – will Stand Up and Take Action Against Poverty outside Lincoln Center Plaza, a day before world leaders meet at the opening of the UN General Assembly for the most important anti-poverty summit in years. Campaigners are calling on the UN MDG Summit (20-22 September) participants to announce a breakthrough plan to ...

Lawmaker Backs Youth PrioritiesThursday, September 9, 2010 @ 11:20PMTUBOD, Lanao del Norte – A consolidated document on legislative recommendations from parliaments all over the world in connection with priorities for the world’s youth sector will be presented at the 65th session of the United Nations (UN) General Assembly in New York, it was learned from a lawmaker from Mindanao Friday. Rep. Aliah Dimaporo (2nd District, Lanao del Norte) disclosed that she ...

Politics of education reformsThursday, September 9, 2010 @ 10:15PMPolitical solutions are needed to fix education problems because the organization and distribution of knowledge in a society has always been a political question. Those who want education reforms but reject politics are guilty of espousing an ignorant view of history and society. Schools are not autonomous sites that operate in an uncorrupted social universe. [...]

By Shawn W CrispinThursday, September 9, 2010 @ 9:52PMMANILA - Yellow flags stamped with portraits of President Benigno Aquino's deceased politician parents wave along the capital's historic Roxas Boulevard. It is one of the ironies of Philippine politics that high hopes for change are so closely associated with death and disappointment.

OFW groups assail slash in DFA budgetThursday, September 9, 2010 @ 3:53PMOverseas Filipino groups Thursday assailed the decision of the government to slash the P100-million Assistance to Nationals fund allocated annually to the Department of Foreign Affairs.