Saturday, May 23, 2009

WOMEN IN DISTRESS


PHILIPPINES: First Grade Nancy Gadian's life is under threat for having told about the anomalies and corruption in the Armed Forces of the Philippines. Lt. Gadian accused retired Lt. General Eugenio Cedo, then chief of the Western Mindanao Command, and other senior officers of misusing the P46 million intended for the RP-US Balikatan exercises in 2007.

MYANMAR OR BURMA: Burmese opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi is being tried for breaking the terms of her house arrest, when she allowed an American who swam to her house to rest. She had told a court she committed no crime, her lawyer says. BBC News.

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