Ka Oris: Still Alive and Kicking
Contrary to the statements of the miitary, Jorge Madlos, known popularly as Ka Oris, is alive and well. In a statement, he denounced the military for their "lies." Related to…
Rise in hunger incident blamed on denial of wage relief
MANILA -- "The continued rise in the country's hunger incidence that reached a record high of 16.9 percent in March can be blamed on the government's perpetual denial of a…
Hunger Still Highest in Mindanao ? SWS Survey
Medco?s Dureza says the SWS survey on hunger highlights the urgency of the government?s anti-poverty program. But Kadamay counters that unless the government stopped prioritizing foreign investments and business over the welfare of ordinary Filipinos, unless it stopped displacing families from their lands and unless it increased wages, rolled back oil prices and junked the E-VAT, poverty and hunger will persist.
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Rise in hunger incident blamed on denial of wage relief
DAVAO CITY (mindanaotoday.com) ? Mindanao, the most abundant region in the country, which accounts for a third of the country?s food products and which produces key crops for export, has registered the highest incidence of hunger in the Philippines, according to the latest survey by the Social Weather Stations (SWS).
The survey, which also showed that hunger in the whole country registered a record increase, says 21 percent of respondent households in Mindanao experienced hunger, a slight decrease from the 21.7 percent registered in December 2005. The survey was done in the first quarter of this year and was released on Friday.
In Banana Plantations, Soldiers Bust Unions, Harass Workers
An international fact-finding mission says the military is being used by plantations in Southern Mindanao to harass and intimidate workers from forming or joining unions.
DAVAO CITY (davaotoday.com) ? A fact-finding mission composed of delegates from several countries questioned on Friday the Philippine military?s participation in union-busting and intimidation of workers in plantations in Southern Mindanao.
The delegates, who completed on Friday a four-day fact-finding mission in a banana plantation in Compostela Valley province, said the military is being used by plantations to harass workers, particularly when the workers? union is engaged in campaigns to improve wages and work conditions.
?We?ve heard complaints by the workers about soldiers present during union negotiations,? said Holly Patterson, a delegate from Australia. At one point, she told reporters in a press conference on Friday, soldiers confiscated the original copy of the union?s collective bargaining agreement.
Arroyo, the press and international pressure
The killings of journalists have long been the focus of attention of international media groups. But instead of responding positively, this regime has done nothing but deny, deny, deny the fact that the Philippines is the second-most dangerous country in the world for journalists, next to Iraq. ?
A bit of good news today: the US Senate has put more pressure on the Arroyo regime regarding the killings of journalists. In an inquiry, U.S. senators expressed their concern about the deteriorating press-freedom situation in the Philippines.
?Democracy depends on the free flow of information to the public, which depends on a press free to do its work without government intimidation,? said Richard Lugar, the chairman of the foreign-relations committee, as quoted by the Inquirer.
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