Davao workers press for the legislated 125-peso across the board wage increase

According to the June 2008 statistics of the National Wages and Productivity Commission (NWPC), a family of six?the average household member of a regular Filipino family?in the Davao region, needs 760 pesos a day to live decently. But the current minimum wage in the region is only 265 pesos--short of 495 pesos for a family's living wage per day. Workers have been demanding for an increase in the minimum wage to make ends meet.

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Military lying: not a single red fighter killed during Dapa and General Luna raids and subsequent pursuit operations

The National Democratic Front in north eastern Mindanao (NDF-NEMR) congratulates the Pulang Diwata command-New People's Army (NPA) in Surigao del Norte for the daring and successful simultaneous raids of the…

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