26 November 2013 — Media Lens
Tag: Philippines
Banned: Genetically-modified Eggplant Found to be Unsafe for Human Consumption, Environment By Jonathan Benson
21 June 2013 — NaturalNews
Field trials of genetically-modified (GM) Bt eggplant, also known as Bt talong, have officially ceased in the Philippines following a major ruling by the nation’s Court of Appeals. Representing a massive victory for food sovereignty, the Court found that Bt talong is a monumental threat to both environmental and human health, and has subsequently ordered that all existing plantings of Bt talong in test fields be immediately destroyed and blocked from further propagation.
Secret Documents Expose Offshore’s Global Impact
4 April 2013 — ICIJ
ICIJ has just launched the largest investigative reporting project in its 15-year history. Drawing on a leaked cache of 2.5 million records, ICIJ (a project of the Center for Public Integrity) has cracked open the secrets of more than 120,000 offshore companies and trusts and about 130,000 individuals and agents, exposing hidden dealings of politicians, con men and the mega-rich in more than 170 countries all over the world.
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Stop NATO News: March 9, 2012: NATO Announces Largest-Ever Cyber Warfare Spending
9 March 2012 — Stop NATO
- Russia To Block Any UN Syrian Action Implying Use Of Force
- Syrian, Iranian Neighbor: U.S. In Joint Air Exercise In Turkey
- NATO Signs New Cooperation Agreement With Georgia
- Bloc’s Caucasus Envoy: Georgia Getting Closer To NATO
- Saakashvili: Future Of Georgia, Azerbaijan Is In NATO And EU
- U.S., Philippines To Hold Large-Scale War Games Near Spratlys
- Sixth Aircraft Carrier: U.S. Shifting More Military Muscle To Pacific
- NATO Announces Largest-Ever Cyber Warfare Spending
- Canada Conducts Another Arctic Military Exercise
- U.S. Navy Pursues “Road Map To The Arctic”
Stop NATO News: February 9, 2012: British MPs: NATO Death Toll In Libya ‘Cannot Be Counted’
9 February 2012 — Stop NATO
- British MPs: NATO Death Toll In Libya ‘Cannot Be Counted’
- Video And Text: CIA Drone Carnage Targets Pakistani Civilians
- NATO Warplanes To Continue Baltic Patrols To 2018
- Argentina To Appeal To UN Against British Military Buildup
- Deputy Prime Minister: Russia Needs Compact, Mobile, Armed-To-Teeth Military
- As Mideast Crisis Mounts, Azerbaijan Mulls New Caucasus War
- Azerbaijan Most Militarized Nation In South Caucasus, 15th In World
- U.S. To Deliver Second Ship To Philippines
Stop NATO News: December 23, 2011
23 December 2011 — Stop NATO
- Video And Text: U.S. Targeting Russian Nuclear Capability: Analyst
- U.S. Doubles Aid For Israeli Missile Shield
- Pakistani Army Rejects NATO’s Self-Exonerating Report
- Philippines Wants U.S. Fighter Jets, Ships Deployed Against China
- Azerbaijan: Oil For War
Stop NATO news: December 22, 2011
21 December 2011 — Stop NATO
- NATO Missile System Can Cause ‘Ice Age’ In U.S.-Russia Relations
- U.S.-NATO Missile Plans Can Kill START II
- U.S. Rearming Of Georgia To Spark New Aggression: South Ossetia
- After NATO Chief, Council Visit: More Georgian Troops To Afghanistan
- Georgia Becomes Biggest Non-NATO Contributor To Afghan War
- White House: Assad Government ‘Does Not Deserve To Rule Syria’
- U.S. Amphibious Assault Ship, Marines Arrive In Singapore
- Philippines Seeks Second-Hand F-16s From U.S.
- Kenyan Air Strike Kills At Least 10 Somali Civilians
- Finland: Opposition To NATO Membership Rises To 68 Percent
Stop NATO news: November 22, 2011
22 November 2011 — Stop NATO
- NATO Warships Conduct Security Patrol In Eastern Mediterranean
- After Libyan War, U.S. Focuses On Global Submarine Forces
- U.S. Shifts Military Forces, Interceptor Missiles Closer To China
- China Reacts To New U.S. Military Base In Australia
- U.S. Uses Pentagon To Squeeze China In Asia-Pacific Continue reading
Stop NATO News: November 17, 2011
17 November 2011 — Stop NATO
- Obama Announces Expanded U.S. Military Presence In Australia
- Australia: Pentagon Builds ‘Security Architecture’ In Asia-Pacific
- U.S. Military Base In Australia: China On Notice
- Philippines: Clinton Visits U.S. Guided Missile Destroyer
- Afghan War: Three NATO Soldiers Killed
- Pakistan: Opposition Condemns Latest Deadly U.S. Drone Attack
- Pakistan: High Court Accepts Plea Against Drone Strikes
- U.S. Drone Strike Kills 17, Wounds 67 In Somalia
- Canada: Pentagon Chief To Meet Canadian, Israeli Defense Ministers, NATO Commander
- U.S. Joins NATO Cyber Warfare Operations In Baltic
- Pentagon Reserves Right To Bomb Countries Hosting Hackers
Updates on Libyan war/Stop NATO news: October 25, 2011
25 October 2011 — Stop NATO
- NATO Bombed Libyan Oil Fields To Ensure Post-War Control: Expert
- Afghan Lower House Rejects Military Agreement With NATO
- Kabul: Afghans Protest Against Permanent U.S. Military Bases
- NATO tests 360-Degree Interceptor Missile In Florida
- Pentagon Chief: 50 More Years Of U.S.- Japan Military Alliance In Asia
- Targeting China: Pentagon To Shift Military Forces From Greater Middle East To East Asia
- U.S. Forward-Deployed Amphibious Assault Ship In Philippines Drill
- NATO Caucasus, Central Asia Representative On Way To Georgia
- Turkish Tanks, Jet Fighters Move Into Iraq
- U.S. Military Academies Training More Cyberwarriors
Wikileaks Newslinks 3 August 2011
3 August 2011 — williambowles.info
Mexico: American Ambassador Is Confirmed
New York Times
The former ambassador, Carlos Pascual, resigned in March after a public dispute with President Felipe Calderón of Mexico over embassy documents released by WikiLeaks. The documents showed him and other American officials criticizing Mexican authorities …
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/03/world/americas/03briefs-Mexico.html
Updates on Libyan war/Stop NATO news: July 30, 2011
30 July 2011 — Stop NATO
- NATO Armored Vehicle Kills Child, Injures Seven Other Afghans
- Mongolia: U.S. Leads NATO, Asian NATO Allies In Military Exercise
- America’s Africa Partnership Station In East Africa
- Call To Expand American Counterinsurgency Operations In Philippines
- U.S. Military To Be Based In Australia To Confront China
- U.S. Could Upgrade Polish Warships For Baltic Sea
- Bulgaria: Pentagon Continues Upgrading Military Bases
- U.S. Uses Romanian Air Base To Supply Afghan War
Stop NATO News: 5 April, 2011
5 April 2011 — Stop NATO
Updates on Libyan war: April 5
NATO’s New Humanitarian Intervention: Words And Pictures
- Obama Backs French Military Action, Tells Ivorian President To Abdicate
- Russia Calls For Emergency UN Security Council Meeting On Foreign Military Intervention In Ivory Coast
- African Union Head Condemns Western Military Intervention In Libya, Ivory Coast
- French Military Destroys Ivorian Vehicles, Anti-Aircraft Sites, State TV Station
- French, UN Troops Attack Ivory Coast Military Camp
- NATO Afghan Commander Next CIA Chief, NATO’s Supreme Allied Commander Starvidis Next Military Chief?
- Governor: NATO Troops Kill Six Civilians In Northern Afghanistan
- Hungarian Troops Back From Afghanistan: NATO Strategic Airlift Operation Reaches 4,000 Flight Hours
- 60th Anniversary Of SHAPE: Operational Expansion Of NATO To Three Continents, Indian Ocean
- Philippines: 6,500 U.S. Troops In Joint Military Exercises
Stop NATO News: 5 April, 2011
5 April 2011 — Stop NATO
Updates on Libyan war: April 5
NATO’s New Humanitarian Intervention: Words And Pictures
- Obama Backs French Military Action, Tells Ivorian President To Abdicate
- Russia Calls For Emergency UN Security Council Meeting On Foreign Military Intervention In Ivory Coast
- African Union Head Condemns Western Military Intervention In Libya, Ivory Coast
- French Military Destroys Ivorian Vehicles, Anti-Aircraft Sites, State TV Station
- French, UN Troops Attack Ivory Coast Military Camp
- NATO Afghan Commander Next CIA Chief, NATO’s Supreme Allied Commander Starvidis Next Military Chief?
- Governor: NATO Troops Kill Six Civilians In Northern Afghanistan
- Hungarian Troops Back From Afghanistan: NATO Strategic Airlift Operation Reaches 4,000 Flight Hours
- 60th Anniversary Of SHAPE: Operational Expansion Of NATO To Three Continents, Indian Ocean
- Philippines: 6,500 U.S. Troops In Joint Military Exercises
Anti-Empire Report #49, September 11, 2007 by William Blum
11 September 2007 — Anti-Empire Report
The world is very weary of all this and wants to laugh again
Okay, Bush ain’t gonna get out of Iraq no matter what anyone says or does short of a) impeachment, b) a lobotomy, or c) one of his daughters setting herself afire in the Oval Office as a war protest. A few days ago, upon arriving in Australia, “in a chipper mood”, he was asked by the Deputy Prime Minister about his stopover in Iraq. “We’re kicking ass,” replied the idiot king. Another epigram for his tombstone.
The New Dark Age 