Progressive lawmakers on Tuesday denounced the Duterte administration for claiming that it is powerless to eradicate contractualization in the country.
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Emmanuel Tupas (The Philippine Star) December 17, 2020 MANILA, Philippines — The number of police officers who tested positive for illegal drugs increased by 42.85 percent this year. Fifty police officers were found to have used illegal drugs this year compared to 35 in 2019, Philippine National Police-Internal Affairs Service (PNP–IAS) records show. A total…
Photo by Carlo Manalansan/Bulatlat By ANNE MARXZE D. UMIL Bulatlat.com MANILA – As the country commemorated Araw ng Kagitingan (Day of Valor) today, April 9, hundreds protested in front of the Chinese Consulate in Makati City against China’s continuing invasion of the West Philippine Sea and other parts of the Philippine waters. Led by the…
Social Security System (SSS) president Emmanuel Dooc is using old scare tactics for the fund to defer payment of pension increases, Bayan Muna Rep. Carlos Isagani Zarate and Bayan Muna chairman and former Rep. Neri Colmenares said. Reacting to a statement by Dooc that the SSS may suffer bankruptcy if it is forced to pay…
By Erwin Colcol for Reportr , Esquire Philippines, May 6, 2021 Arm yourself before the campaign season. Nothing says election season in the Philippines like the trickle of opinion polls. Since the 1992 presidential vote, the first since the restoration of democracy six months prior, it has correctly gauged who is most likely to win. Critics…
National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) consultant Adelberto Silva and four companions were arrested Monday afternoon in Sta. Cruz, Laguna. Karapatan secretary general Cristina Palabay said that Silva (70), Ediecel Legaspi (60), Ireneo Atadero (55), Hedda De Luna Calderon (63) as well as their driver Julio Lusania (53) were arrested yesterday, October 15, and…