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.