Banana workers from Japanese firm’s 11 plants to go on strike
Dismissed workers of a banana company warned that they will call upon the members of their association to launch a wider strike should the management fail to reinstate them.
100 cabbies terminated
A group of drivers from Mabuhay Group sought help from the City Council Tuesday, to complain about the management’s decision to terminate over a hundred of its employees since June 11.
Ruben Enlog (in brown shirt) listens with Mayor Duterte to Hanimay Suazo of Karapatan-SMR. (photo from https://karapatansmr.wordpress.com)
“Massacred” peasants in Paquibato attended birthday party, said human rights group
The house where a tribal leader and two others were allegedly killed by Army troops in Paquibato District Saturday midnight hosted a birthday party, said a human rights group.
Soldier killed, 3 others wounded in NPA attack in Bukidnon
A soldier and three other Army men fell as casualties in a recent attack of the New People's Army in Bukidnon on Sunday afternoon.
‘Rebels’ killed by military are civilians, community leaders, says group
The military on Sunday announced they killed three members of the New People's Army in Paquibato District here, but human rights group Karapatan condemned the killing as a "massacre" of three civilian tribal leader, village (purok) leader, and a resident, as well as an attempted murder of a woman farmer leader.