A still unverified overseas Filipino worker from Compostela Valley province could be facing criminal charges for abandoning her 3-month old son at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport on Friday, Nov. 25.
Hundreds of Dabawenyos occupied the Freedom Park here Friday to express their dismay for allowing former President Ferdinand Marcos to be buried at the Heroes’ Cemetery.
Militant youth group League of Filipino Students condemned what they call the continued state fascism under the administration of President Rodrigo Duterte.
Various sectors are set to hold protest actions here Friday to express indignation over the burial of former President Ferdinand Marcos at the Libingan ng mga Bayani last week.
The proposed policy of Overseas Workers Welfare Administration that would prohibit mothers to leave their young children to designated guardians while working abroad has drawn mixed reaction.
Keep the flame burning and fight against impunity and journalist killings. This was the rallying call of the National Union of Journalists of the Philippines Davao City Chapter as the group commemorated Wednesday the seventh year of the Ampatuan Massacre.
Activists who led a protest rally at the US Embassy on Oct. 19 decried Wednesday the charges filed against them by the Philippine National Police, saying it was meant to sway public opinion from the real issue.
Education is not easily accessible to Lumad students, this Muluhinday shared during a Mindanao children’s summit held at the Grand Men Seng Hotel here, Tuesday.
A union leader here said that the Philippine army is using the government’s anti-illegal drugs campaign to discourage workers from joining unions, specifically the militant labor union center Kilusang Mayo Uno.
In the wake of the death of an abused toddler here, a ranking official of the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration said he is open to a policy that would prevent mothers from leaving their young children to designated guardians while working abroad.
