President Aquino urged to show teeth in enforcing rulings that hurt big firms Filipino workers from the world’s largest fruit and vegetable producer launched today a series of protests to pressure the company to abide by a Bureau of Labor Relations (BLR) directive...
The labor department’s proposal to adopt a two-tiered system of wage determination raises more risks than hopes for Filipino workers seeking more decent wages, labor NGO Ecumenical Institute for Labor Education and Research, Inc. (EILER) warned today. Under the...
Press Release Gabriela Women’s Party Rep.Luz Ilagan early today (Tuesday) paid a visit to one of the Morong detainees, Judilyn Oliveros at the Philippine General Hospital where Oliveros is currently recovering and still under observation for possible complications...
In line with the consecutive cases of oil spills, Kabataan Partylist Representative Raymond Palatino today filed House Resolution No. 136 in the 15th Congress to conduct an investigation on all the petroleum service contracts and pipelines franchises granted by the...
Press Release Migrante International chairperson Garry Martinez today said that overseas Filipino workers in Iraq are “not keen” on Special Ambassador Roy Cimatu’s visit to Iraq following the pull-out order for OFWs working in the region. Martinez pointed out a...
Press Release The Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) today questioned the newly formed Truth Commission's ability to investigate and prosecute Gloria Arroyo for grievous crimes committed during her rule. Said the CPP, "there are serious doubts on whether the...
Press Release 2 August 2010 Brgy. Diwalwal, Monkayo --- Local lumad–farmer organization Nagkahiusang Katawhan sa Diwalwal (NAGKADIWA) refuted claims by the Joel Brillantes Mining Management Corporation (JBMMC) in a paid advertisement, that the ongoing campaign...
Press Release 1 August 2010 This was labor center Kilusang Mayo Uno’s call to President Benigno Simeon “Noynoy” Aquino III after the chief executive “scolded” both the Philippine Airlines pilots who refused to report for duty last Saturday and the PAL management...
Press Release 2 August 2010 Quezon City, August 2, 2010 –“Filipinos should address the issue of access to safe and legal abortion in the country. The impact of lack of access to safe and legal abortion is a grave public health issue as shown in the report of New...
Press Release 2 August 2010 Labor center Kilusang Mayo Uno and progressive party-list Anakpawis aired their strong opposition to the looming fare hikes in MRT and LRT in a short program in the North Avenue station of the MRT today, saying the fare increase will...
Press Release 1 August 2010 Receiving complaints from OFWs that the government through the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) is already charging an additional amount of Php.600 to all out-bound OFWs to get their Overseas Employment Certificate...
PRESS RELEASE July 27, 2010 Talaingod, Davao Del Norte -- An outbreak of rash, fever and colds, and diarrhea – all symptoms of measles disease have been reported to be spreading in the remote Ata-Manobo villages of here. This was the alarming report received by the...
NEWS RELEASE 28 July 2010 Necessary, yes. But lacking and superficial. This is how GABRIELA finds the formation of an investigative body to look into the irregularities in the rice procurement of the National Food Authority (NFA). According to the group, Aquino’s...
Press Release Judilyn Carina Oliveros, one of the Morong 43 gave birth last July 22 at 12nn to a baby boy. However, her return to detention remains a great ordeal to the young mother. “Our plea stands that Oliveros stays out of detention for a much longer time due...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 28, 2010 Kabataan Partylist Representative Raymond Palatino said that the youth failed to hear Pres. Aquino's concrete plans for education in his first State of the Nation Address. He said that he feared Aquino's framework of promoting...
Migrante International chairperson Garry Martinez today described Pres. Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III’s first State of the Nation Address as “matabang (bland), stating the obvious and empty in merit.” “Aquino said that we can dream again but there was no mention at...
Prof. Jose Ma. Sison National Democratic Front of the Philippines Chief Political Consultant July 27, 2010 The Negotiating Panel of the National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) has repeatedly declared its readiness to resume peace negotiations with the...
The National Union of Journalists of the Philippines (NUJP) welcomes the call of President Benigno Aquino III for media to police its own ranks, help clarify issues, raise the level of public discourse and apply fairness and truthfulness in reporting. The NUJP and...
"The country is not for sale, Noy. We will resist all efforts by government to further commercialize the education system with its commitment to public-private partnerships in government infrastructure and services." This was the statement of Terry Ridon, national...
The Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) today welcomed plans by Philippine Pres. Benigno Aquino III to expose in his state of the nation address (SONA) what he describes as "shocking cases" of unprecedented corruption by the Gloria Arroyo government, but added...
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