The Department of Labor and Employment has opened its 14th one-stop center to cater to the concerns of overseas Filipino workers in a shopping mall in Davao City on Friday, Aug. 11.
The Gabriela Women’s Party urged Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III to support House Bill 1049 which mandates a regular sitting breaks for female employees in manufacturing and services sectors.
For the human rights group Karapatan, the plot to assassinate National Democratic Front of the Philippines chief political consultant Jose Maria Sison is an affront to the continuing efforts to bring just and lasting peace in the country.
The local town officials in Lanao del Sur are asking help from the regional and provincial government to help them address livelihood problems brought by the crisis in Marawi City that has dragged on to its 80th day since the siege laid by extremists started on May 23.
A member of the Makabayan bloc in the House of Representatives expressed deep concern on Thursday over the recent announcement of Armed Forces Chief, Gen. Eduardo Año of putting a monetary reward for every New People’s Army killed or captured by state forces.
Around 1,500 Lumads and Moro people from Mindanao will be travelling to Manila this year to join a protest caravan of national minorities from across the country, a Lumad group announced on Thursday here.
The son-in-law of slain Albuera, Leyte Mayor Rolando Espinosa, Jake Bolanio Dela Cruz died in a shoot out with police here on Wednesday.
More rural villagers are expected to arrive at the evacuation center in the municipality of Opol, Misamis Oriental after a group of armed men believed to be members of the New People’s Army were seen in the town’s four hinterland communities since last week, the mayor said Wednesday.
The militant group Bagong Alyansang Makabayan scored the proposal of the United States of America to use airstrikes against the ISIS-linked groups in the country.
Davao City joined in the celebration of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations’ (ASEAN) golden anniversary on Tuesday, August 8.
