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...
The three-month military operations of the 87th Infantry Battalion Philippine Army (IBPA) in the villages of Hagbay, Can-aponte, San Nicolas and San Pedro triggered thousands of civilians to leave their homes and take refuge at the town’s covered court. As of March...
BULUSAN, Sorsogon – Army troops Sunday noon engaged a brief gunbattle with a squad of rebels at a village in Bulusan, Sorsogon this province. Initial reports said about 1 pm Sunday, March 24, troops belonging to 91st DRC led by SSg Jay G. Buenaflor (AGS) PA, engaged...
Education is a right and it is one of society’s most critical responsibility to uphold. Educational institutions, such as state universities and colleges, whether public or private, impart knowledge to us by laying the foundations for our development and keeping our...
DAVAO CITY, Philippines — Human rights group Karapatan demand an end to the spate of killings in the country believed to be perpetrated by state forces and agents. Karapatan pointed out the murder of three human rights defenders in separate incidents but took place...
The most pressing issue we face at present as a species that is the irreversible destruction of the natural environment which threatens our very existence is– unsurprisingly– of secondary importance to our politicians and business leaders alike that there is hardly a...
Independent human rights group Katungod Eastern Visayas, in an online statement released November 25, denounced President Rodrigo Duterte’s recent memorandum order, M.O. 32, mandating the deployment of four more military battalions to the regions of Eastern Visayas,...
SAGAY City – Sugar workers group denounces the disturbing allegation of the police and Department of Agrarian Reform Secretary John Castriciones against the nine Sagay farmers killed in a bloody massacre last October 20. Yesterday October 23, 2018, the Philippine...
MANILA – Peace advocates marked the 20th anniversary of the Comprehensive Agreement on Respect for Human Rights and International Humanitarian Law (CARHRIHL) and called on both parties to implement the agreement and address nearly 7,000 complaints of human rights and...
The National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) Negros, as well as residents residing in the alleged encounter site, refuted military claims that the six individuals arrested in Mabinay, Negros Oriental last Saturday are members of the New People’s Army (NPA)....
MEMBERS of Pilgrims for Peace-Southern Tagalog along with party-list representatives from the Makabayan Bloc headed to Barangay Banalo, Lobo town in Batangas on September 30 to conduct a humanitarian mission amid what they call a “Marawi-style” military...
CAWAYAN, MASBATE (BicolToday.com) – “We can’t dry our rice grains. We can’t move and work because they [military troops] are here. They returned to our house today,” said Analyn Sabares. The 38-year-old farmer added she is worried that Armed Forces of the...
“Sir, we are civilians, we are workers at GY Copper Mining.” Joel (not his real name) remembers how it went that day he encountered soldiers from the 46th Infantry Battalion who were on a military operation in Barangay Kingking, Pantukan, Compostela Valley. On the...