“The people had been facing the issue of US intervention for a long time. Yet, here we are again. As far as I can remember, it is clearly stated in the law that US troops are never allowed to enter and build bases here. But these hard-headed puppets of the imperialist US are now pushing this through again,” LFS Davao spokesperson Clint Ceasar Juaban said in dismay.
Overseas Filipino workers (OFWS) are up in arms against a proposed bill in Congress resurrecting a notorious Marcos-imposed “forced remittance” decree and reinforcing punitive provisions on remittances in the Labor Code.
“While some people say that cutting the price hike by half is already a major victory, that such a large amount taken from the Meralco rate hike will help a lot, we assert that the people do not deserve to pay any rate increase. As it is an increase no matter how small is still a burden to consumers,” said the senior deputy minority leader.
One week after the House of Representatives went on recess after having passed a resolution that seeks to amend the 1987 Constitution, workers led by national labor center Kilusang Mayo Uno marched to Mendiola this morning to condemn moves to amend the country’s Charter and call for a significant wage hike.
“Karapatan ng mga tao na malaman kung bakit imbes na mapunta sa mga magsasaka na apektado ng kalamidad ang pera ng Malampaya ay kinurakot pa ng mga taong walang kunsensiya.”
The Trade Union Congress of the Philippines (TUCP) wants the Manila Electric Company (Meralco) punished for violating the provisions of the Magna Carta for Residential Electricity Consumers after launching the Prepaid Retail Electricity Service (PRES) scheme or prepaid electricity last week.
In commemoration of the death anniversary of Flor Contemplacion, teachers under the Alliance of Concerned Teachers condemn the continuing trafficking of Filipino teachers in the United States through the Philippine-based recruitment agencies.
Karapatan, through its secretary general Cristina Palabay, today called on all civil libertarians and human rights defenders in the country and in the international community to demand from the BS Aquino government to take concrete steps to stop the spate of killings, as another activist was slain on March 15 in Oton, Iloilo.
Bayan Muna Rep. Neri Colmenares today filed at the Supreme Court an Omnibus Motion To Order Meralcoto show cause why it should not be cited in Contempt and To Require Meralco to submit a Compliance Report on its implementation of the TRO.
The World Bank (WB) is expected to conduct a comprehensive review this month of the poverty alleviation program in Mindanao implemented under the Department of Agriculture (DA).
