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Read more about the article Workers’ group laments PH, Japan failure to discuss labor woes of Sumifru workers
Around 900 workers of Sumifru Philippines Corp., a banana-export plantation in Compostela Valley province, launch a strike on Monday, October 1, to demand the company to engage them in collective bargaining and regularization of their tenure. (Mara S. Genotiva/davaotoday.com)

Workers’ group laments PH, Japan failure to discuss labor woes of Sumifru workers

Workers’ group on Monday lamented that the labor woes involving a Japanese multinational banana firm was not tackled before the visit of Japanese foreign minister Taro Kono here in the country.

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Read more about the article Philippine Eagle nesting site spotted in Bukidnon
Philippine Eagle Foundation has discovered a new nesting site of a young eagle in Bukidnon province after a recent expedition in the area. (Photo courtesy of Philippine Eagle Foundation)

Philippine Eagle nesting site spotted in Bukidnon

The Philippine Eagle Foundation (PEF) has announced on Wednesday it has caught sight of a 10 to 11-month old Philippine Eagle was spotted nesting in the highlands of Bukidnon province.

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Read more about the article ROTC to “normalize” violence, impunity in schools, group warns
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ROTC to “normalize” violence, impunity in schools, group warns

The youth group League of Filipino Students (LFS) recently voiced out its concerns and condemned the government’s renewed bid to revive the mandatory Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) among senior high school (SHS) students in the country.

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Read more about the article Killings, arrests of environmental defenders in Mindanao alarming
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Killings, arrests of environmental defenders in Mindanao alarming

The massive human rights violations committed against the Indigenous Peoples (IPs) or lumads and peasants are designed to silence the opposition to the continuing operations of large-scale mining and plantations in Northern Mindanao and the rest of Caraga Region.

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