By MARILOU AGUIRRE-TUBURAN Davao Today With threats of ground invasion of Gaza by Israeli forces, Zarate said, “This will surely escalate the war and would only mean that more innocent Palestinian lives will be sacrificed.”
By ALEX D. LOPEZ Davao Today “The plan for K+12 is not to provide higher education opportunities to the youth, but merely to create an army of semi-skilled labor for immediate employment abroad. It’s being designed to develop immediately employable youth locally for them to become underpaid, or worse, abused workers in a foreign land.” -- Atty. Leah Librado-Yap, Davao City First District Councilor
By MARILOU AGUIRRE-TUBURAN Davao Today “Singot sa ubang tawo ang iyang mga gikawat. Ang kasakit, kay tua (siya karon) sa Madrid, nagsuroy-suroy (He stole what others worked hard for. What’s painful is that, he’s now in Madrid, enjoying himself), Duterte said.
By JOHN RIZLE L SALIGUMBA Davao Today Union vice-chaiperson Larry Arguilles said that they have since observed many unidentified personnel in plain clothes in their packaging plant since then. He said these men entered the company grounds freely while workers are required to wear prescribed uniforms and identification cards. He added that these same men have been going from house to house of union members to discourage them from pursuing the strike.
By MARILOU AGUIRRE-TUBURAN Davao Today “Ms. Mi Kyung Kwon (the company’s owner) will not give fringe benefits to the workers because for her, salaries are already enough” -- Irwin Canalda, president of the Freshmax Workers Union