Workers under the militant Kilusang Mayo Uno marched to Mendiola in Manila this morning to call on President Benigno Aquino III to sign the bill that will raise the pension of Social Security System (SSS) members by P2,000 across-the-board.
Following the death of an elderly political detainee last Friday, alliance for the advancement of human rights, Karapatan renewed its call for the government to release ailing political prisoners.
The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) has started the two-day international conference to discuss the Conditional Cash Transfer (CCT) program in the Philippines on January 12-13.
Human rights group Karapatan in Southern Tagalog called for the resumption of peace talks three days after the death of political prisoner and National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) consultant Eduardo Serrano.
A partylist lawmaker wanted a deeper probe on the Metro Manila Film Festival last December after one of the entries was barred from the best picture competition.
The progressive Bayan Muna partylist renewed its call on government to release all political prisoners following the death of an elderly political detainee Friday morning.
The government said there is no reason for the elections to be disrupted by power shortage despite the bombing of the transmission towers of the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP).
An elderly peace consultant of the National Democratic Front died Friday morning after another episode of cardiac arrest.
Two gasoline station attendants fell victims to robbers in Calinan district here on Thursday night.
Progressive lawmakers expressed support to the move to reopen the Mamasapano probe, the botched operation in Maguindanao province, which claimed the lives of 44 special action troopers and civilians last year.
