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Proclamation No. 1017, Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, President, Republic of the Philippines, February 24, 2006 . Read the full text of the proclamation. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here....

Philippines President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo declared a national emergency in a taped television address Friday after uncovering a plot to oust her from office. The state of national emergency declaration issued...

The number of targeted assassinations of journalists is on the rise, the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) said Monday in its annual report, Targeting and Tragedy: Journalists and Media Staff Killed in 2005 [PDF...

Leading Tuesday's environmental law news, the first Asia-Pacific Development and Climate Partnership Ministerial Meeting has opened in Sydney, Australia. The meeting brings representatives from the US, Australia, Japan, China, South Korea and India together to set up projects...

Former Philippines election commissioner Virgilio Garcillano emerged from hiding Sunday to clear President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo from election fraud allegations. Garcillano has not been seen in public since June, when the opposition released recordings of...

The Philippine government has agreed "in principle" to give southern Muslims the authority to develop their own tax system, build their own institutions, and write their own charter, according to a report in Thursday's Philippine Daily...

In Wednesday's environmental law brief, the Philippine provincial government of Marinduque , a small island about 100 miles south of Manila, filed suit Tuesday against Placer Dome Inc. seeking $100 million for environmental rehabilitation and compensation...

Leading Thursday's international brief, the current president of the UN Security Council , Philippine Ambassador Lauro Baja condemned the renewed violence in the Darfur region of Sudan , and warned that the...

In Wednesday's environmental law news, the Swiss delegation at the Conference of the Parties of the Rotterdam Convention, currently meeting in Rome, has called for the Secretariats of three international environmental conventions to be combined into one headquarters. The...

Members of the Philippines House of Representatives on Tuesday voted to dismiss all three impeachment charges against Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo , echoing the decision last week of the...