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Seven workers under Nagkahiusang mga Mag-uuma sa Suyafa Farms (NAMASUFA) of Sumifro Philippines Company were wounded after unidentified men attempted to disperse the strike camp at Packing Plant 220.(Bern Pormento/davaotoday.com)

Score of Sumifru workers wounded after dispersal team attempts to disperse camp

Several workers under Nagkahiusang mga Mag-uuma sa Suyafa Farms (NAMASUFA) of Sumifro Philippines Company were wounded in a commotion on Thursday morning after some unidentified men accompanied by the members of Philippine National Police and Armed Forces of the Philippines attempted to disperse the strike camp.

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Read more about the article ‘Lower age of criminal liability doesn’t equate lower crimes’
Department of Social Welfare and Development Undersectary Mae Fe Ancheta-Templa (Photo from DSWD Protective Operations - Usec. Mae Fe Ancheta-Templa Facebook page)

‘Lower age of criminal liability doesn’t equate lower crimes’

Lowering the minimum age of criminal liability to 13 years old does not guarantee a decline in the volume of crimes involving young Filipino children, a social worker and a government official working in the Department of Social Welfare and Development said on Monday.

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Read more about the article Lawmaker vows to defend proposed DOH budget
Sen. Joseph Victor ‘JV’ Ejercito (wearing black) has vowed to fight for the approval of the proposed budget of the health department following the move of the national government to cut from P109.8 billion this year to P7.1 billion in 2019. Ejercito made this assertion during his visit to the Northern Mindanao Medical Center on Thursday. (Jigger J. Jerusalem/davaotoday.com)

Lawmaker vows to defend proposed DOH budget

Reducing the budget of the Department of Health (DOH) next year would be a disservice to the Filipino people since it would impact the funding of state-run hospitals , a lawmaker said.

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Read more about the article Comval plantation workers strike paralyzes Japanese-owned banana company
The Sumifru workers' union, NAMASAUFA, said the company's refusal to negotiate with the union for collective bargaining, prompted them to strike, where they halted operations in seven of Sumifru's 11 packing plants in their community in Compostela. The paralysis resulted to a loss of P10 million a day. (Mara S. Genotiva/davaotoday.com)

Comval plantation workers strike paralyzes Japanese-owned banana company

Plantation workers of a Japanese-owned fruit company Sumitomo Fruit Corp. (Sumifru) are now on strike since Monday, October 1, paralyzing seven out of 11 packing plants of the company’s district 6 in Compostela Valley province.

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Read more about the article Students, administrators of schools tagged as recruitment grounds for CPP belie military claims
Student groups said the malicious tagging of schools is part of the fabricated plot used by the Duterte administration to vilify legal student and youth organizations and endagers the lives of students. (Photo from League of Filipino Students Facebook page)

Students, administrators of schools tagged as recruitment grounds for CPP belie military claims

The National Union of Students of the Philippines (NUSP) condemned the military’s tagging of 18 Metro Manila universities as ‘communist recruitment grounds’ for a supposed ouster plot against President Rodrigo Duterte. He said the military is trying to “create a climate of fear and insecurity.”

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