Research group IBON said that a wage hike towards a family living wage is a more than fair 50-50 split of profits between employers and Filipino workers. The group said that a meaningful wage hike is urgent for nominal wages to keep up with the rising cost of living. IBON stressed that raising...
Hindi na makapag-text o makagamit ng internet sa kanyang cellphone si Michele Ali, manininda ng tsinelas sa Commonwealth Market sa Quezon City.
Nanganganib mawalan ng kabuhayan ang mga mag-aalimango sa Gubat, Sorsogon bunga ng pagpapatupad ng Fisheries Administrative Order 264 (FAO 264) ng Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR).
Human rights group Karapatan urged three activists recently acquitted of criminal charges to hold accountable those who arrested them more than three years ago. Following the acquittal of activists Reina Mae Nasino, Alma Moran and Ram Bautista, dubbed the Tondo 3, by...
Harassment against Hong Kong migrant workers imperils their employment opportunities and prompts them to incur more debt. Governments are aware of the problem, but advocacy groups say regulations and enforcement are not enough. BY CHERRY SALAZARPhilippine Center for...
By VENMAR CECILLEBulatlat.com MANILA – “The pandemic is still not over.” Cristy Dongeuines, president of Jose Reyes Memorial Medical Center Employees Union-Alliance of Health Workers (JRMMCEU-AHW), stressed this point as they joined last Monday’s protest action in...
By RAYMUND B. VILLANUEVAKodao Productions The Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) dismissed President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s amnesty proclamation announcement in his second State of the Nation Address (SONA) before Congress yesterday, July 24. CPP chief...
Seagrass is often a casualty of mangrove rehabilitation programs in the Philippines.
The community development program of the Philippine police and military being implemented in Bicol is a pretense for increased militarization and repression of activists.
Human rights defender Cristina Palabay is asking the Muntinlupa Regional Trial Court to dismiss the indirect contempt charges filed by Ferdinand Topacio against her and several others.
Higit pang krisis ang inaasahan sa hinaharap. Tunay ngang nasa landas si Marcos Jr. para buhayin ang pamumuno ng ama niyang diktador: Bumubulusok na ekonomiya at peligro sa buhay ng tao.
Ferdinand Marcos Jr. was silent on press freedom issues during his second State of the Nation Address. The situation on the ground is no better. By ALYSSA MAE CLARINBulatlat.com MANILA — Media organizations in the Philippines decried the deteriorating state of press...
he more than 12-hour travel from Barangay Limos in Pinukpuk, Kalinga, to Baguio City did not deter 72-year-old Petrona Awingan from joining the People’s State of the Nation Address (SONA) in the country’s Summer Capital on July 24, in time for the second SONA of President Ferdinand Marcos, Jr.