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Students of the University of the Philippines Mindanao join the Labor Day protest in solidarity with the workers fight against 'endo'. (Kath M. Cortez/davaotoday.com)

EO 51 entrench anti-worker practice, labor group claims

As it commended ? the workers who showed up in a unity rally on Labor Day, the Kilusang Mayo Uno (KMU) also criticized President Rodrigo Duterte for issuing Executive Order No. 51, a measure which it said failed to stop and legalized the practice of contractualization in the country.

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Read more about the article Labor group to Pulong Duterte: Be enlightened, put your feet on the ground
Acting City Mayor Paolo Duterte says there will be a simpler celebration of Kadayawan festival this year. (Contributed photo)

Labor group to Pulong Duterte: Be enlightened, put your feet on the ground

The recent post made by former Davao City Vice-Mayor Paolo “Pulong” Duterte has caught the attention of the labor group Kilusang Mayo Uno – Southern Mindanao Region (KMU-SMR), which reacted strongly to it.

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Read more about the article Most Filipinos oppose charter change, survey says
Moro and indigenous people from Mindanao led by the Sandugo Movement of Moro and Indigenous Peoples for Self Determination staged a protest in front of the House of Representatives on Monday, March 5, to denounce the proposed Charter change (Cha-cha) of the current administration. (Photo courtesy of Sandugo)

Most Filipinos oppose charter change, survey says

Many Filipinos may be open to amend the 1987 Philippine Constitution sometime in the future, but majority expressed their opposition if such charter change is effected now.

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Read more about the article HR advocate slams continuing attack on Philippine press
END IMPUNITY. Foreign delegates of the International Coalition for Human Rights in the Philippines (ICHRP), journalists and church workers light candles at the St. Francis of Assisi Parish in Maa, Davao City to commemorate the death of 58 individuals, including 32 journalists, on the eighth year anniversary of the Maguindanao massacre on Thursday, November 23. (Medel V. Hernani / davaotoday.com)

HR advocate slams continuing attack on Philippine press

A human rights group condemned the alleged ongoing assault, particularly by government, on the members of the press in the Philippines, in time for the commemoration of World Press Freedom Day, May 3.

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