Peasant protest against trade liberalization in agriculture

March-rally of peasants to condemn liberalisation of agriculture in the Philippines and to press for increased protection for the rice staple crop.

Date

April 13

Location

Quezon City

Organiser

IRDF and Task Force Food Sovereignty

Contact

irdf@info.com.ph

General assembly

General assembly with representative of womens groups, farmers, professionals, labor groups affiliated with PPSC to kick off activities on Gobal Week of Action.

Location

Balay Kalinaw, University of the Philippines campus, Manila

Date

April 10, 1-5 pm

Organisation

Philippine Peace and Solidarity council

MeryendahanII: Is green and value-adding mining possible?

Location

Adriean Room, Rembrandt Hotel, Quezon City

Date

TBC

Organisation

Fair Trade Alliance - Philippines

Grain march to Mendiola (in front of the Presidential Palace)

Gathering of church people, farmers, workers, indigenous peoples, women, youth from Hong Kong, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Philippines, Sri Lanka, and USA.
Highlights of the event are:

• Story-telling and testimonies of people in the grassroots that bear the brunt of globalization
• Theological Reflection on the moral and ethical implications of globalization
• Press Conference
• Grain March to the Department of Trade and Industry

This is a build up event for an Ecumenical Conference on War, Debt and Trade and Peace Festival during the WTO ministerial meeting in Hong Kong.

Location

Manila

Date

15 April

Organisation

National Council of Churches in the Philippines, United Church of Christ in the Philippines, United Evangelical Mission Asia, CONTAK Philippines, KASIMBAYAN, PCPR

Contact

jubilee2000_77@yahoo.com

Launch of Stop the New Round campaign towards Hong Kong

The relaunch of the successful national coalition formed ahead of the Cancun WTO Ministerial Meeting in September 2003. Stop the New round will intensify their struggle in the run up to Hong Kong in December 2005.

Location

Manilla

Date

15 April

Organisation

Stop the New Round

Week of events on essential services and debt

Location

Manila

Organiser

Freedom from Debt Coalition

Contact

Lidy Nacpil

Launching of Metro-Manila water consumers alliance - April 10
An alliance of mostly urban poor and low-income communities called PATTAK (acronym for the Filipino name of the alliance andalso a play on the Filipino word "patak" which means 'drop').

March/Rally on GATS, services and privatisation - April 12
The calls will be "Services out of the WTO - power and water out of GATS".

Mobilization on debt and international financial institutions - April 14

Week of events planned in Cebu City

Cebu uniting for global trade justice - April 11
Event involving NGOs, people's organisations and churhces including a symbolic signing of position paper which will be sent to WTO and G7 embassies.

Email Campaign amd community based Vigils - April 12-14

Parade and Concert - April 15
A parade of colors and symbols calling for Trade Justice.

More information on these events.

Location

Cebu City

Organiser

Fellowship for Organizing Endeavors

Contact

Paul Rojas Jr

Book and CD launch

The book is entitled 'State Intervention in the Rice Sector in Selected Countries Implications for the Philippines'. The CD is a collection of songs on rice from different Asian countries.

Location

Quezon City

Date

15 April

Organisation

Rice Watch and Action Network