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Officers and members of the Brokenshire College Faculty and Staff Union start their strike Friday morning as they scored the school management’s non-compliance of their Collective Bargaining Agreement and the “illegal termination” of 11 Clinical Instructors. (davaotoday.com photo by Ace R. Morandante)

Teachers, staff push strike vs Davao nursing college

Post author:ACE R. MORANDANTE
Post published:May 4, 2013
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By ACE R. MORANDANTE
Davao Today

“Nag-ugat ang strike na ito nu’ng hindi nila binigay ang tamang benepisyo sa mga empleyado.” -- Eliseo Avellana, one of the 11 clinical instructors “illegally terminated” by the Brokenshire College administration

Filipino workers and their families have been calling for an increase in wages, among other economic and political demands. (davaotoday.com file photo by Ace R. Morandante)

Today’s View: Working class heroes

Post author:BEVERLY ANN S. MUSNI, YR.
Post published:May 3, 2013
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By BEVERLY ANN S. MUSNI, YR.
Davao Today

And as the workers, farmworkers and peasants marched and braved the heat, with hundreds of red flags waving, they showed Aquino they are still a force to reckon with, undeterred despite the oppression they are experiencing from massive corporations who stole their lands and displaced them from their homes and livelihood.

KRIS & RODY. Presidential sister and celebrity Kris Aquino (left) asks Davao City Vice Mayor Rodrigo Duterte’s support for her planned candidacy in the 2016 elections during the campaign rally Thursday night. (davaotoday.com photo by John Rizle L. Saligumba)

Kris Aquino asks Duterte’s support for 2016

Post author:JOHN RIZLE L. SALIGUMBA
Post published:May 3, 2013
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By JOHN RIZLE L. SALIGUMBA
Davao Today

However, what’s become clearer by the day is Kris’s intent to run in 2016. Although she made no mention what particular elective position she’s aspiring, Duterte himself said Kris “will run for Senator.”

Strike looms in Davao nursing college

Post author:CHERYLL D. FIEL
Post published:May 2, 2013
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By CHERYLL D. FIEL
Davao Today

Rodney Baslot, President of Brokenshire College Faculty and Staff Union, said they might take this means of last resort as the management made several moves against the union, the latest being the “illegal dismissal” of 11 instructors on March 8.

Today’s View: A dirty word

Post author:DON J. PAGUSARA
Post published:May 2, 2013
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By DON J. PAGUSARA
Davao Today

So convenient is this practice (or habit?) of attributing “political motives” to every conceivable incident or controversy such that the word POLITICS has acquired an obnoxious connotation in the social life of the Filipino people.

Teachers, staff push strike vs Davao nursing college

Today’s View: Working class heroes

Kris Aquino asks Duterte’s support for 2016

Strike looms in Davao nursing college

Today’s View: A dirty word

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