On its 40th year and amid the growing tumult of an unreformed political and economic system, IBON is glad to share online Serve the People, Ang Kasaysayan ng Radikal na Kilusan sa Unibersidad ng Pilipinas by the Congress of Teachers and Educators for Nationalism and Democracy (CONTEND) and Alliance of Concerned Teachers (ACT). – https://drive.google.com/file/d/1NXTd0ObBXidKgPYkbxPnGYEhbn9jYOwJ/view…
Dragon Boat paddlers, bikers and green groups initiated a coastal clean-up drive in Manila Bay this morning, a week before the International Coastal Clean-Up Day 2018. Volunteers from the Dragon Boat Amateur Paddlers Philippines, Earth Island Institute, Nilad, and Bikers Unite expressed their solidarity with the said global celebration on September 15, with the theme…
The National Capital Region (NCR) daily minimum wage with Php30 Cost of Living Allowance (COLA) totaling Php512 is not enough for a family of five members to be able to afford their basic needs. The minimum wage in the rest of the country’s regions is set at even lower levels.
The Duterte administration is losing control over the Philippine economy and the poorest Filipinos are suffering for this, research group IBON said upon the release of the August inflation rate. The greatly accelerating inflation is only the latest in a series of bad economic news about the economy’s so-called fundamentals. The Philippine Statistics Authority…
Hindi mapapasubalian: bahagi ng pampulitikang panunupil ang pagbawi ng rehimeng Duterte sa amnestiya ni Sen. Antonio Trillanes IV at pag-utos sa kanyang arestuhin. Hindi man ideyal o kaaya-ayang ehemplo ng pampulitikang oposisyon si Trillanes, hindi maitatangging bahagi siya ng oposisyon sa Senado. Isa siya sa pinakamaingay na kritiko ni Pangulong Duterte, bago pa man magwagi…
Kaliwa’t kanan ang atake sa karapatan ng mga mamamayang Pilipino ng rehimeng Duterte. Dito, tatalakayin ang mga isyu at kaso na nagpapamalas ng mga atake ng rehimen sa karapatanng mga Pilipino, mula sa karapatan sa kabuhayan at serbisyo, hanggang sa karapatang sibil at pampulitika, hanggang kolektibong karapatan ng mga Pilipino bilang nagsasariling lahi at bansa….
Sa kompanya ng softdrinks sa isang kaso na hinatulan ng Korte Suprema nitong Hulyo 4, 2018 lang, muling nilinaw kung anong mga gawain ng isang kompanya ang papasok sa tinatawag na “labor- only contracting” na ipinagbabawal ng ating batas. Noon pang dekada 1990s nagsimulang maging empleyado ng Coca-Cola Bottlers, Philippines itong sina Valentino at Aproniano. Si Valentino ay…
PLDT supervisory union Gabay ng Unyon sa Telekomunikasyon ng mga Superbisor (GUTS) filed a “notice of strike” today at the Department of Labor and Employment over issues of unfair labor practices and illegal massive dismissal of 12,000 PLDT workers last June 31, 2018. The group said that the filing of a strike is part of…