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Group Releases Scathing Report on Violations of Workers’ Rights in Philippines
Group Releases Scathing Report on Violations of Workers’ Rights in Philippines
The Center for Trade Union and Human Rights (CTUHR), an NGO that documents and monitors human-rights violations committed against workers in the Philippines, released today a report that says that, in the past 50 years, unemployment in the country is highest in the nine years that President Arroyo is in power and that attacks on workers and unionists have worsened.
Raped and Impregnated, OFW Ends Up in Saudi Jail; DFA Clueless
Raped and Impregnated, OFW Ends Up in Saudi Jail; DFA Clueless
By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO
Barely three months into her job as a janitor in a dental clinic in Dammam, Camille was raped. She got pregnant as a result. Accused of having an extramarital affair, she was jailed and subsequently suffered a miscarriage. She remains in jail, the Philippine government utterly clueless about her plight.
Groups Work Double Time to Save Jakatia Pawa from Death Row
Groups Work Double Time to Save Jakatia Pawa from Death Row
By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO
Migrante said it would flood the Kuwaiti government with appeals for Pawa’s life this week . The emir usually gives clemency to individuals on death row during the Kuwaiti Independence Day on Feb. 25.
Despite SSL-3, Gov’t Health Workers Still Struggle for Better Wages
Despite SSL-3, Gov’t Health Workers Still Struggle for Better Wages
By MARYA SALAMAT
In the Philippines, the bulk of employed health workers and professionals are in the public sector. But over the years, the effect of government neglect on health, such as low wages and deplorable working conditions of health workers, coupled with the government’s active labor export policy, have combined to shrink the number of the country’s employed health professionals and workers.
Refund RFID Fees, Transport Groups Urge LTO
Refund RFID Fees, Transport Groups Urge LTO
By MARYA SALAMAT
A hundred members of Piston and the Alliance of Private Motorists against RFID marched from Edsa-Kamias to picket the offices of LTO in East Avenue last Wednesday to press for this demand. They are questioning the LTO’s seeming reluctance to refund the motorists and the LTO officers’ conflicting statements about the status of the money.
Macau Dreams, Dashed by Scammers
Macau Dreams, Dashed by Scammers
By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO
Scammers, with the possible connivance of immigration people, are dashing the dreams of Filipinos who shell out their hard-earned money for nonexistent jobs in Macau, the gambling capital of Asia.
Douglas Dumanon: A Brave, Committed Activist and Labor Leader
Douglas Dumanon: A Brave, Committed Activist and Labor Leader
By MARYA SALAMAT
Although Douglas Dumanon hailed from a middle-class family, he joined and served without hesitation the struggle of the toiling masses, especially that of the workers and the urban poor.
‘Sugar Crisis’ a ‘Money-Making Hoax Concocted by Traders’
‘Sugar Crisis’ a ‘Money-Making Hoax Concocted by Traders’
By RITCHE T. SALGADO
A group of sugar workers in Negros island was shocked to learn that the price of sugar in some parts of the country has reached a high of P60 per kilo amid news of an apparent crisis on the supply of the commodity.
Filipino Legislator in Canada Pushes for Better Treatment of OFWs
Filipino Legislator in Canada Pushes for Better Treatment of OFWs
By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO
Despite the glossy image of Canada as one of the places where Filipinos would want to migrate to, poverty and lack of job security are realities that they have to contend with. Mable Elmore, who visited the Philippines recently, said her primary goal as member of Canada's Legislative Assembly is to provide affordable housing, raise the minimum wage and support working single mothers.
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