Philippines' Arroyo praises troops on human rights
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Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo praised the military for being more responsive to human rights on Friday, less than a month after the United Nations criticized Manila for failing to stop troops executing activists.
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Former Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori acknowledged on Friday that human rights abuses happened under his rule and apologized to families whose loved ones were killed in a war against leftist insurgents.
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United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan has assured President Arroyo that the UN is doing its best to secure the freedom of a Filipino diplomat held hostage by a breakaway Taliban faction in Afghanistan.
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US President George W. Bush called his Philippines counterpart Gloria Arroyo and said their countries should keep strong ties, a spokesman said after a spat over Arroyo's handling of an Iraq kidnapping.
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The Philippines has put rights activists, including a former U.S. attorney-general and members of church groups, on an immigration blacklist drawn up ostensibly to stop terrorists from entering, a rights group said on Friday.
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The Philippines vowed Thursday to take action against rogue elements in the military involved in extrajudicial killings, as the government released an internal inquiry into the murders.
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Thirty-one years on the Chilean army has acknowledged the human rights violations committed during the dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet.
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Chile's military for the first time accepts responsibility for human rights abuses under Gen Pinochet's rule.
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MANILA  - US President George W. Bush called his Philippines counterpart Gloria Arroyo and said their countries should keep strong ties, a spokesman said after a spat over Arroyo&#39;s handling of an Iraq kidnapping.
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President Arroyo, by ordering that a court martial try Army Maj. Gen. Carlos Garcia on unexplained wealth charges, has put the entire Armed Forces of the Philippines on trial, Sen. Joker Arroyo said yesterday.
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Joseph Estrada, jailed former leader of the Philippines, came home to a hero's welcome on Friday as President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo faced criticism for pardoning the playboy movie star.
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President Arroyo's bid to change the Philippines constitution comes under fire
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The Philippine government, already under fire for a poor human rights record, is coming in for more criticism as it implements a new anti-terror law many fear could be used against political opponents.
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President Arroyo defended on Friday the government&#39;s takeover of the $650-million Ninoy Aquino International Airport Terminal 3. Philippine International Air Terminals Co.
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Philippine President Gloria Arroyo ordered the police and justice department to work with the media to solve and stop a spate of attacks on journalists that has claimed six lives this year.
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President Arroyo vowed yesterday the country will never default on its debt repayments and said she does not need any &quot;emergency powers&quot; to deal with the possible consequences of a looming &quot;fiscal crisis.
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President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo on Tuesday signed into law a package of anti-terror measures that has drawn protests as a threat to civil liberties.