The Trade Union Congress of the Philippines (TUCP) wants the Manila Electric Company (Meralco) punished for violating the provisions of the Magna Carta for Residential Electricity Consumers after launching the Prepaid Retail Electricity Service (PRES) scheme or prepaid electricity last week.
In commemoration of the death anniversary of Flor Contemplacion, teachers under the Alliance of Concerned Teachers condemn the continuing trafficking of Filipino teachers in the United States through the Philippine-based recruitment agencies.
Karapatan, through its secretary general Cristina Palabay, today called on all civil libertarians and human rights defenders in the country and in the international community to demand from the BS Aquino government to take concrete steps to stop the spate of killings, as another activist was slain on March 15 in Oton, Iloilo.
Bayan Muna Rep. Neri Colmenares today filed at the Supreme Court an Omnibus Motion To Order Meralcoto show cause why it should not be cited in Contempt and To Require Meralco to submit a Compliance Report on its implementation of the TRO.
The World Bank (WB) is expected to conduct a comprehensive review this month of the poverty alleviation program in Mindanao implemented under the Department of Agriculture (DA).