Government employees belonging to the Confederation for Unity, Recognition and Advancement of Government Employees (Courage) asked the Pasay City Regional Trial Court on Oct. 3 to once and for all junk the libel case filed by Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) president and general manager Winston Garcia against their national president Ferdinand Gaite. BY NOEL…
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Full Disclosure of GSIS Money Urged
BY NOEL SALES BARCELONA Contributor Bulatlat An organization of government employees has urged the full disclosure of the Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) investments exposed to the US stock markets. GSIS President and General Manager Winston Garcia said earlier there is ‘only a little amount of money’ that was invested to the US financial market…
Leader of Gov’t Workers Asks Court to Quash Libel
By Noel Sales Barcelona Contributor The head of Confederation for Unity, Recognition and Advancement of Government Employees (Courage) filed today a motion to quash the libel case against him. Courage President Ferdinand Gaite has been charged with libel by Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) President and General Manager Winston Garcia. The case stemmed from news…
Salary Standardization Law 3: For Whose Benefit?
The Confederation for the Unity, Recognition and Advancement of Government Employees (Courage) says that the proposed salary adjustment by the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) is totally unfair for the 1.4 million employees who toil for almost 12 hours everyday despite the low salary. BY NOEL SALES BARCELONA Bulatlat During the Sept. 3 National…
Gov’t Employees’ Group Hits Issuance of Arrest Warrant for Leader
BY NOEL SALES BARCELONA Bulatlat.com Posted 4:17 p.m., September 2, 2008 PASAY CITY — Members of the Confederation for the Unity, Recognition and Advancement of Government Employees (Courage) condemned the issuance of a warrant of arrest for Ferdinand R. Gaite, Courage’s national president, due to the libel case filed against him by Government Service Insurance…
Gov’t Employees’ Group Says Malacañang is Behind Meralco Ownership Mess
BY NOEL SALES BARCELONA Bulatlat.com Posted 5:11 p.m., Aug. 27, 2008 Quezon City—It is Malacañang, all this time that has been behind the Manila Electric Company (Meralco) ownership issue, using the Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) to pressure the Lopez bloc to give up its shares. This was the statement of the Confederation for Unity,…
Gov’t Employees Troop to Petron Station; Demand Buyback of Oil Firm, Repeal of VAT and Oil Deregulation Law
Hundreds of government employees, under the public sector union federation Confederation for Unity, Recognition and Advancement of Government Employees (Courage) trooped to the Petron gas station along Philcoa last Aug. 8 to protest the continued implementation of the 12-percent value-added tax (VAT) on oil and the Downstream Oil Industry Regulation Law and to demand the…
Labor Groups Say 10% Pay Hike Not Enough
Labor groups welcome the Executive Order 611 providing for a 10 percent salary adjustment for government employees, but insist this is not enough and only favors high ranking government officials. BY AUBREY MAKILAN Bulatlat Labor groups welcome the Executive Order 611 providing for a 10 percent salary adjustment for government employees, but insist this is…
The Senatoriables: How They Stand on Major People’s Issues
The administration’s Team Unity and the Genuine Opposition, the two main contending forces in this year’s senatorial elections, have been exchanging challenges to a debate for the past few weeks. While both sides have agreed on a possible venue for the debate, they have not agreed on what issues to debate about. BY ALEXANDER MARTIN…
State Employees Demand P3,000 Pay Increase, Unpaid COLA
Government employees are overworked and underpaid. Their security of tenure is threatened by reengineering and privatization schemes. Worse, they have no right to strike or undertake collective action. But now they are fighting back. By Karl G. Ombion Bulatlat.com Bacolod City – The government is the biggest employer in the country. According to official records,…