Nanay Inday joins the many ordinary folk in bearing the brunt of price hikes upon the January 2018 implementation of the first package of the Duterte administration’s Tax Reform for Acceleration and Inclusion (TRAIN). A resident of the urban poor community in San Roque North Triangle, she laments that there are no longer Php5.00 bundles…
As International Workers’ Day approaches, many Filipino workers still endure poor quality jobs that lack benefits, are low-paying, insecure and under unfavorable working conditions. Those workers who attempt to assert their labor rights face repressive measures such as losing their jobs, violent strike dispersals, and other rights violations. The Duterte administration’s pursuit and implementation of…
Suliranin sa karamihan ng mga Pilipino ang araw-araw na pamumuhay, mula sa pagkakasya sa badyet ng mababa-sa-minimum na sahod; sa pagtitiis sa masikip at maiinit na klasrum; sa pangangambang hindi na makahanap ng trabaho kapag nag-endo o “end of contract na”; sa apat na oras o higit pa sa gitna ng matinding trapik. Bukod sa nabanggit,…
Different labor and church organizations under the alliances of Alyansa ng mga Manggagawa Laban sa Kontraktwalisasyon (ALMA Kontraktwal), Kilusang Mayo Uno (KMU) – Metro Manila, Manila Workers Unity (MAWU), Defend Job Philippines and the Church People – Workers Solidarity (CWS) held a press conference today in Manila to air dismay and indignation over the latest…
Kilalang tourist destination ang white beaches ng Pagbilao, Quezon. Pero alam niyo ba na ang coal-fired power power plant na nag-o-operasyon dito ay may masamang epekto sa karagatan at kabuhayan ng mga mangingisda? Panoorin ang dokumentaryong ito. The post Pagbilao coal-fired power plant: Epekto sa mga mangingisda appeared first on Altermidya.
Maaliwalas ang mukha ni Kris Aquino habang nililibot niya ang pagawaan ng sardinas. Kasing-saya ng kanyang mukha sa video ang cardboard standee niya na ineendorso ang Uni-Pak Mackerel, na siyang minamanupaktura ng SLORD Development Corporation. Nilibot ni Kris Aquino, endorser ng Uni-Pak Mackerel, ang pagawaan ng sardinas at inalam ang proseso ng magpanupaktura ng produkto….
Labor alliances, Manila Workers Unity (MAWU) and Alyansa ng mga Manggagawa laban sa Kontraktwalisasyon (ALMA Kontraktwal) lead workers of Manila Harbour Centre and Philippine Matches Corporation in a protest rally today at the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) office in Manila to mark the scheduled signing of President Rodrigo Duterte’s Executive Order (EO) on…
In line with the internationally-coordinated #GlobalScienceMarch actions, scientists, environmentalists, and advocates marched for greater support for local science and in defense of national patrimony at an outdoor event today at the University of the Philippines Diliman. Led by Agham Advocates of Science and Technology for the People and March for Science Alliance Philippines kicked off…