Human trafficking victims like Mary Jane Veloso, who is still on death row in Indonesia, should not be blamed for their condition, said an international group.
A crowd of 18, 000 athletes, coaches and guardians from the country’s 17 regions gathered at the Davao del Norte Sports and Tourism Complex in Tagum City to formally open the 2015 Palarong Pambansa Monday afternoon.
“We had no choice but to fight back since the company was making us work like carabaos.”
We, media workers in the Philippines, mark Labor Day with heightened determination to defend our rights and welfare against the intensifying assaults on jobs, wages and benefits, and freedom of the press.
The Department of Health XI (DOH) said that they are targeting to eliminate malaria in the region after a decrease in the number of cases has been recorded last year.
The recent mass layoff of GMA network employees violated the workers’ rights to due process, a labor group said.
Children, just like adults, await summer break with high eagerness and anticipation.
The execution of Filipina human trafficking victim Mary Jane Veloso has been delayed by the Indonesian government.
Human rights group Karapatan here said a group of armed men attempted to forcibly enter their office at around 7:00 pm Monday.
A letter, originally written in Bahasa, from an Indonesian doctor to overseas Filipino worker Mary Jane Veloso was translated to English and is posted in Facebook.
