Position Paper of the EU-Asean FTA Network on the Double Taxation Agreements signed by the Philippine Government with the governments of Kuwait, Qatar, Sri Lanka and Turkey and submitted to the Senate for Ratification

EU-ASEAN FTA CAMPAIGN NETWORK-PHILIPPINES 
No. 19 Maginhawa Street, UP Village, Diliman Quezon City 
Telephone Nos. +6324331676; Fax: +6324330899 

Senate Committee on Foreign Relations 
23 February 2012 

Position Paper of the EU-Asean FTA Network on the Double Taxation Agreements signed by the Philippine Government with the governments of Kuwait, Qatar, Sri Lanka and Turkey and submitted to the Senate for Ratification 

The EU-Asean FTA Campaign Network-Philippines is network of NGOs and social movements monitoring negotiations for free trade agreements between the European Union and Asean Member States as well as global and regional trade and investment policies and their implications on the Philippines. 

• Deglobalisation
• Trade
• Philippines
• Joseph Purugganan

Bridging the Gap in Water Service Provision in the Philippines: New Roles for Communities

By: Kristine Mae Quiray, Institute for Popular Democracy and Mary Ann Manahan, Focus on the Global South*

Context
Forty-seven percent of the Philippine population or about seven million households rely on   small-scale water service providers, i.e. water systems managed by users or communities. Only 16 percent of the entire population is covered by water districts or central water utilities, 12 percent by the private concessionaires of the Metropolitan Waterworks and Sewerage System (MWSS) in the National Capital Region and environs,  two percent by other providers, and the remaining twenty –three percent rely on other unsafe and unsustainable sources (e.g. dug well, spring and lake river).

• Reclaiming the Commons
• Philippines
• Mary Anne Manahan

Statements: International Solidarity Mission in support of the anti-APECO movement

Unity Statement of International Delegates

• Reclaiming the Commons
• Philippines

[Video] Patak-Patak

Patak-Patak offers a critical insight on the positive role that communities play in bridging the gap in water service provision in the Philippines. These associative water systems are clearly charting new paths and options for the Philippine’s waterless population. They highlight the necessity and urgency for an enabling institutional and policy environment that will allow for such alternatives to develop and flourish. The video is produced by the Institute for Popular Democracy, Focus on the Global South and the Reclaiming Public Water.

• Reclaiming the Commons

EDSANGANDAAN airing on the Knowledge Channel

In celebration of the 26th Anniversary of the EDSA People Power Revolution, Knowledge Channel presents the following programs to commemorate one of the most famous, well-known historical event in the Philippines.

EDSAngangdaan: The EDSA Stories Film Festival

EDSAngangdaan: The EDSA Stories Film Festival is part of Focus on the Global South-Philippines’ broader contribution to the 25th Anniversary of the People Power Revolution, under its EDSA Stories Project.