Daily wage earners in Davao City are not satisfied with the new salary increase of only P38 daily in Region 11 announced by the Department of Labor and Employment XI.
The presence of several Chinese workers alleged to be working without work visas in a steel factory in Barangay San Martin, Villanueva town, Misamis Oriental has caught the attention of the Bureau of Immigration (BI) which is now investigating this matter.
Union workers and peasants under the Kilusang Mayo Uno and Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas burn an effigy at the Rizal Park in Davao City on Monday, May 1. (Paulo C. Rizal/davaotoday.com)
A national survey ranked Davao City fourth in terms of "competitiveness" in development. But some sectors said the city's leaders must look beyond those figures and look at a holistic and "people-oriented" approach to development.
The workers' union of a banana plantation in Compostela Valley filed a complaint against the contract grower for alleged threat and harassment when he reportedly brandished and fired his gun to disperse the rally of workers.