The militant labor center Kilusang Mayo Uno urged Congress to drop two provisions in the Labor Code of the Philippines which they said promote contractualization of labor.
Datu Abul Khayr Alonto, chairman of the Mindanao Development Authority said the route is considered by government as “one of the greatest highlights of the country’s chairmanship of the (Brunei-Indonesia-Malaysia-Philippines-East ASEAN Growth Area) and (Association of Southeast Asian Nation) Summit this year.”
The Armed Forces would detail another battalion here to guard its perimeters, the Davao City Public Safety and Security Command Center here has announced.
Traditional leaders of the royal sultanates of Mindanao gathered Thursday here to express their support to the Bangsamoro peace process and the move to shift to a federal form of government.
The National Union of Journalists of the Philippines called for an investigation into the September 2003 killing of Davao broadcaster Jun Pala, a known critic of then mayor and now Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte.
Two women were injured after an old and concrete waiting shed collapsed outside a public school here Thursday morning following an earthquake with 4.6 magnitude.
Amid the criticisms and attempts to bloc her appointment, various environmentalists expressed their support Wednesday to the confirmation of appointment of Gina Lopez, secretary of Department of Environment and Natural Resources.
Lawyers here expressed their objection to the re-imposition of the death penalty in the country, saying that it would endanger and a disadvantage to the poor because of the “corrupt” criminal justice system in the Philippines.
As a gesture of support on the resumption of peace talks, the National Democratic Front in Mindanao announced Thursday the slated released of the six prisoners of wars who were held captive by the New People’s Army.
Progressive group Bagong Alyansang Makabayan has no problem if Malacañang opted to have a simple commemoration of the EDSA People Power uprising this year. But it warned the administration of “muting” the lessons of the struggle against the dictatorship.
