The progressive labor center Kilusang Mayo Uno (KMU) believes that the continued practice of labor contractualization as well as the country’s lack of basic industries are the real causes of the high unemployment in the Philippines.
Bagong Alyansang Makabayan (Bayan) has called for a special audit of the Philippine hosting of the 30th Southeast Asian (SEA) Games after various food and logistic issues arose despite its P7.5 billion funding for the country’s hosting of the event.
An international human rights group called the appointment of Vice President Leni Roberdo as co-chair of the Inter-Agency Committee on Anti-Illegal Drugs (ICAD) by President Rodrigo Duterte “a total sham.” This after the President announced Robredo’s sudden termination from the post she was appointed on just two weeks prior.
As the country prepares for the Southeast Asian Games, athletes from the state universities and colleges (SUCs) in Mindanao have converged here to compete in the 30th Mindanao Association of State Tertiary Schools (MASTS) Friendship Games starting Sunday (Nov. 24) until Nov. 29.
A law prohibiting vaping must be passed first before authorities could arrest vape users, a legislator here said Friday.
Ten years ago, 58 persons including 32 journalists and one human rights lawyer, were brutally killed in Sitio Masalay, Ampatuan in Maguindanao, in what is now considered the deadliest attack on journalists and worst case of election-related violence in Philippine history.
It has been a dark decade of injustice for families and loved ones of the victims of the Ampatuan massacre, which killed 58 individuals, 32 of them journalists.
The Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board-10 (LTFRB-10) has started on Thursday (Nov. 21) its three-day inspection of taxis to inventory the units that have been issued the franchise before launching a massive campaign to apprehend unregistered taxi units.
The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) on Wednesday (Nov 20) expressed dismay that the Philippine National Police has done no action to rectify its supposed mistake over the arrest of veteran journalist Margarita Valle.
A local court in Tagum City junked the remaining charges filed against Lumad educator and agriculturist Dominiciano Muya who was accused as a top-rank communist rebel.
