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Members of the Kilusang Manggagawa sa Coca-Cola protest outside the Coca-Cola Plant in Bago Aplaya, Davao City on Monday, April 2, 2018 after they were laid off by their agency, Expert Allied Services.The workers demanded for job security as some of them worked for the company for eight years. (Kath M. Cortez/davaotoday.com)

PH among 10 worst countries for workers’ rights, study says

The Center for Trade Union and Human Rights (CTUHR) on Monday affirmed the result of a study presented by the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC), saying that the Philippines, under the administration of President Rodrigo Duterte is among the 10 worst countries for workers' rights.

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Read more about the article Salugpongan datus belie military claim of fugitive chieftain’s ‘surrender’
Man on the Run. Datu Guibang Apoga, shown here in an interview with Davao Today in the mountains of Talaingod in 2006, promises to keep fighting for his dispossessed people. (davaotoday.com photo)

Salugpongan datus belie military claim of fugitive chieftain’s ‘surrender’

Various indigenous people’s groups denounced what it called a “military instigated” assembly where ailing fugitive Manobo chieftain Datu Guibang Apoga appeared in Sitio Nasilaban, Palma Gil, Talaingod town, Davao del Norte on June 9.

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Read more about the article Don’t force media to become witness in anti-drug ops – NUJP
Photo courtesy of Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency Region 11 (PDEA 11)

Don’t force media to become witness in anti-drug ops – NUJP

The National Union of Journalists of the Philippines called for the repeal of section 21 of the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act which requires the presence of media as among three representatives in the inventory and documentation of confiscated drugs and paraphernalia in raids and apprehension.

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