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1,500 workers jobless and hungry after Sumifru plant closes in Surigao
More than 1,500 Sumifru workers lost their jobs recently in Tagbina, Surigao del Sur after management stopped production last June.Lawyers, activists hail ICC decision to investigate Duterte’s war on drugs
Neri Colmenares, a lawyer for the families of the victims of extrajudicial killings (EJK) in the Philippines, hailed the International ...As PH battles Delta variant, disease surveillance to get lower budget in 2022
A group of public health advocates warned that the reduced budget for the epidemiology and disease surveillance programs will “set ...Social media war on Beneco tiff drags Magalong into the rift
Mayor Benjamin Magalong expressed dismay over a manipulated photo circulating on social media dragging him into the ongoing power struggle ...Over 2.2 million unenrolled as classes open on September 13
As of the general opening of classes on September 13, a total of 24,603,822 students have enrolled for the second ...Farmers demand food production aid under 2022 nat’l budget
Hit hard by government’s greater dependence on food importation during the coronavirus pandemic, farmers have demanded P15,000 production subsidy in ...Tension continues in Beneco, as linemen denied use of meeting hall for typhoon preparation
As the country braces for the onslaught of Typhoon Kiko, Benguet Electric Cooperative (Beneco) employees lamented the displacement of linemen ...‘NTF-ELCAC budget can feed 4.2M Filipinos if redirected to agri subsidy’
A women farmers’ group urged the Duterte administration to rechannel the proposed P30.46 billion ($607.5 million) budget for the counterinsurgency ...P1.61-B Kontrata sa eleksiyon, nakuha ni Dennis Uy
Ngayong inanunsyo nang tatakbo si Duterte bilang bise-presidente sa 2022, bakit ibibigay ang kontrata ng mga balota sa kompanya ng ...Govt poor pandemic response blamed for education crisis, schools unable to reopen
Back to School Network blames the government’s poor pandemic response as the cause of the current crisis in education.
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