The Davao City Council is pushing for the grant of hazard pay for 1,200 barangay health workers (BHW) who had rendered service in combating the Covid-19 pandemic in communities.
DEPARTMENT of Interior and Local Governments (DILG) Secretary Eduardo Ano once again tested positive for COVID-19 less than two weeks ago. That development naturally led to questions on whether other members of the Cabinet, but most specially President Rodrigo Duterte, have also contracted the infection. Mr. Duterte only this week said one of his ailments…
MANILA – Workers, public transport drivers, families of migrant workers and informal workers from urban poor communities trooped to COMELEC today to demand that Manggagawa Partylist be allowed to run in the coming mid-term elections. COMELEC decided last year December 19 to dismiss the appeal of Manggagawa for accreditation as a party-list organization. But a…
Militant lawmakers on Friday blasted the reported sightings of tarpaulin materials in what appears to be a calculated “smearing campaign” against Left-leaning party-list groups.
Clad in the University of the Philippines’ (UP) signature sablay and barong, sporting dyed silver hair and makeup, UP Diliman cum laude graduate Rene Principe declared that “contrary to popular belief, dyeing your hair is not a hindrance to success, but poverty is.” Principe, who finished his Bachelor of Science in Applied Physics, narrated his…
The National Union of Journalists of the Philippines condemns the continuing threats against journalists and the media killings two years into the Rodrigo Duterte presidency. Speaking before the massive United People’s SONA protests, NUJP chairperson Nonoy Espina said that with the help of the Filipino people, they will defeat threats against press freedom.
Mar 29, 2021, Jodesz Gavilan MANILA, Philippines PAMANTIK-KMU vice chairperson Dandy Miguel is killed 3 weeks after the ‘Bloody Sunday’ raids in Calabarzon. He earlier told Rappler that he feared for his safety amid the killings of activists. A union leader and longtime labor rights activist was killed in the province of Laguna on Sunday,…