DAVAO CITY, April 18 (PNA) – Mining investments in the Davao Region remarkably increased in 2006 compared to previous year, data from the Mines Geosciences Bureau (MGB) Davao showed.
In 2006, mining companies that applied for exploration operations in the region?s mineral-rich deposit areas totaled to 26 with a paid up capital amounting to P872,952,278.91 compared to 2005 with 14 companies and corresponding paid up capital of P799,063,920.00.
MANILA, April 18 (PNA) – Government forces on Wednesday morning found the body of United States peace corps volunteer Julia Campbell who had been reported missing since last week in Ifugao province, military officials reported.
Maj. Gen. Rodrigo Maclang, commander of the Army?s 8th Infantry Division, said the Campbell?s body was recovered by Army soldiers participating in an inter-agency effort to search and rescue the American.
Justice for Grecil Buya. The family and friends of Grecil Buya, the nine-year-old girl from New Bataan, Compostela Valley, who was killed by soldiers last month, launched a movement this…
The Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) has partially lifted the ban on the deployment of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) in Nigeria and Lebanon, after the hostage crisis and bombing incidents, respectively, in these countries.
And now, a new alarm was raised over the continued holding of the 15 British sailors in Iran. Although there are only about 200 Filipinos in Iran, the fear is for the estimated 1.5 to 1.8 million overseas Filipino workers in the Middle East if a region-wide tension escalates.
During times of conflict, it is the OFWs who suffer. Two OFWs, who worked in Iraq, proved that deployment bans are useless.
The National Federation of Labor Unions-Kilusang Mayo Uno (NAFLU-KMU, May First Movement) holds a tribute-dinner in honor of Felixberto Olalia, Sr. on April 16 in Quezon City, as part of activities in celebration of NAFLU-KMU?s turning 50 years old in May 2007. NAFLU-KMU?s founder Olalia Sr., a multi-awarded, highly popular labor leader in his time, a brave Huk guerrila commander and a timeless, shining example until now of what it means to champion genuine, militant and anti-imperialist unionism.
BY MARYA G. SALAMAT
Contributed to Bulatlat
Based on his own recollection, Felixberto Olalia, son of poor farmers from Pampanga, started working as an apprentice in a shoe factory at the age of 13. It?s a very young age for a boy to start working, but even before that, as a child, Olalia had actually worked for some time as a servant to a wealthy family in Tarlac, where he overheard his master saying that chili is bad for the poor because it increases their appetite and makes them eat more. That the poor have limited rights to having appetite and eating would be Olalia?s unforgettable first political lesson in life, a story he would narrate often.