Around 300 demonstrators protested in Manila on Tuesday (November 17), a day before the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Leaders’ Meeting. The protesters, who were blocked by riot police around 200 metres (656 feet) from the main gate of the U.S. embassy in Manila, chanted anti-imperialist slogans and waved banners decrying U.S. President Barack Obama’s participation in the summit. The demonstrators denounced what they called an interventionist foreign policy by the U.S.. “Today, Obama will arrive […]
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Filipinos rejoice after news a Filipina convict was not among those executed by Indonesia
APRIL 29 (Reuters) — Activists outside the Indonesian Embassy in Manila erupted in cheers on Wednesday (April 29) after learning about Indonesia’s decision to delay the execution of a Filipina on death row. A spokesman for the Attorney General’s Office in Indonesia said the execution of Mary Jane Veloso, a mother of two who was arrested in 2010 after she arrived in Indonesia with 2.6 kg of heroin hidden in her suitcase, had been delayed. […]





