A partylist lawmaker criticized President Benigno Aquino III after defending the Ninoy Aquino International Airport officials over the extortion scam wherein bullets are planted on a passenger’s luggage.
The Department of Labor and Employment held the first Regional Anti-Child Labor Summit and Children’s Festival Monday in a mall in Lanang, Davao City in a bid to intensify the campaign against child labor.
Mayor Rodrigo Duterte ordered a stricter security search in all vehicles entering the city after the latest bomb explosion in the city on Wednesday.
President Benigno S. Aquino III on Wednesday said the Philippines welcomes the mutual benefits under the Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement (EDCA) with the United States, even while it is being reviewed by the Supreme Court (SC).
Workers group Kilusang Mayo Uno condemned Friday the suppression of protests against the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Summit saying “the government defended those responsible for the country’s poverty and underdevelopment against the condemnation of workers and the poor.”