Jobs fair enforcing brain drain, says labor group
The labor group Kilusang Mayo Uno (May One Movement) said it finds it ironic that the labor department holds a jobs’ fair on Independence Day.
Duterte wants partisan politics out of “auxiliary” police operations
Mayor Rodrigo Duterte wants strict supervision of the police on the operation of the civilian “auxiliary police” to counter akyat bahay (burglars) to avoid abuse and “colored partisan politics.”
Group wants government attention on child labor in Davao
Most sixteen-year-olds should have been in the fourth year of their high school this school year, or in Grade 10 in the current Kindergarten plus 12 years of basic education.
Gov’t not doing enough to decongest classrooms
Teachers slammed the failure of the government’s decongestion program for public schools.
Surveyors held by NPA for drone surveillance released
Four Manila-based aerial surveyors reported missing last week in Maco, Compostela Valley were actually held by the New People’s Army for conducting drone surveillance in guerrilla base seemingly for mining purposes.