A group of high-profile politicians from a motley group of political parties and persuasions have renewed previous efforts to unseat President (Benigno III) Aquino from office.
Banana’s ranking as the leading export commodity in the Philippines this year “does not help the situation of the workers”, a labor group said.
Trade and Industry Secretary Gregory Domingo said the Philippines is on track to surpass its better performing economies and appealed to various sectors to contribute their share in cementing a stable economic fundamentals.
Thousands of rubber tappers and small farmers demonstrated in the streets of a town near the provincial capital of North Cotabato on Monday to call on government to intervene in the fall of rubber prices since 2012.
On the second year anniversary of typhoon Pablo (International name Bopha), survivors and support groups claimed that they remained displaced, this time by what they claimed was an insensitive relocation program of the government.