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Netizens launch ‘Crybaby Selfie’ protest amid fuel, LPG price hike

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As prices of oil prices continued to rise over the past weeks and as Liquified Petroleum Gas (LPG) increase its cost today, militant labor group, Kilusang Mayo Uno (KMU) – Metro Manila urged netizens and workers to join them in a social media protest, dubbed as “Crybaby Selfie Challenge against Oil Price Hikes.”

The online protest is being held following Finance Secretary Benjamin Diokno’s remarks on Thursday telling the public to be “less of a crybaby” amid high fuel prices.

The group slams the statement of Diokno and called the “crybaby” remark as a “grand display of insensitivity, irresponsibility and arrogance” to the already burdened conditions of poor Filipino workers and people.”

“On his public statements, Secretary Diokno is being consistent in undermining and insulting us. We cannot forget how he insulted the Filipino workers during his Labor Day remarks last month as response to the workers demands for wage hike. He then said that workers will not go hungry if they will only work hard,” Ed Cubelo, KMU Metro Manila chairperson.

On a Facebook post of KMU Metro Manila, they challenge netizens and workers to participate in the online protest by following 3 simple steps:

1. TAKE YOUR CRYBABY SELFIE OR GROUFIE WHILE HOLDING A FANSIGN OF YOUR CALL AGAINST OIL PRICE INCREASES.

2. POST YOUR CRYBABY SELFIE OR GROUFIE ON YOUR SOCIAL MEDIA ACCOUNTS USING THE HASHTAG: #CRYBABYSELFIE

3. CHALLENGE YOUR FRIENDS TO DO THEIR OWN CRYBABY SELFIE OR GROUFIE PHOTOS BY TAGGING THEM ON YOUR POSTS.

Cubelo added that online and offline protests will continue as the Duterte government keeps on doing nothing to junk the Tax Reform for Acceleration and Inclusion (TRAIN) Law, stopping the rising cost of fuel, petroleum products, basic commodities and services, and in enacting a national minimum wage.

Various groups are also set to hold a “Black Friday Protest” today in different areas across the country. KMU Metro Manila said that Duterte and Diokno must brace themselves for more protests in the days to come.

“Workers and people’s demands against high prices and for higher wages were not just a crybaby thing! These calls were just and legitimate aspirations that need to be addressed by crybaby government officials like Duterte and Diokno!” Cubelo said.

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Police readies for school opening

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Authorities in Region 11 now gears up for the “Oplan Balik Eskwela” 2018 this coming June 4.

Substantial wage hike urgent, gov’t told

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Research group IBON said that the government’s recently announced plan to respond to labor’s clamor for an increase in the minimum wage is welcome but underscored that this move is urgent amid rising prices. The group said that the hike should be meaningful enough to keep up with accelerating inflation and worsening poverty. Amid the […]

Congress mangled BBL, critics say

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Critics have slammed the Bangsamoro Basic Law (BBL) measures passed by both Houses of Congress, saying these fail to recognize the Bangsamoro’s right to self-determination. In separate statements, Suara Bangsamoro and Bayan Muna have dismissed the approved versions of the bills at the House of Representatives and the Senate as a betrayal of the Bangsamoro […]

For bashing the Chief, police reassigned

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One personnel from the Davao City Police Office has been reassigned in Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) after he was found bashing Philippine National Police (PNP) Director General Oscar Albayalde online.

READY FOR SCHOOL

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An incoming Grade 3 student receives school supplies from the local government of Davao City after he queued along with other parents and children to ask for assistance at the City Mayor’s office on Thursday morning, May 31, 2018. (Kath M. Cortez/davaotoday.com)

12 Kontrakwal na manggagawa ng Pearl Island, iligal na tinanggal

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12 Kontrakwal na manggagawa ng Pearl Island, iligal na tinanggal

Pasado alas-10 nang umaga ngayong araw, nagdaos ng pagkilos ang mga manggagawa ng Pearl Islands Commercial Corporation kasama ang mga grupong tagasuporta sa 12 manggagawang iligal na tinanggal ng nasabing kompanya.

Photo by Maricel Tan

Bago magsimula ang protesta, nagsagawa ng botohan ang mga tinanggal na manggagawa hinggil sa paglunsad ng strike.

Isa sa labindalawang manggagawang iligal na tinanggal ay si Alan Panday, pangulo ng Pearl Islands Workers Union. Ayon sa kanya sila raw ay bigla na lamang sinabihan na nalusaw na ang kanilang agency noong April 31, 2018 at maaari lamang silang bumalik kapag nag-apply sa bagong agency.

Ayon pa kay Panday, mahirap ito para sa kalagayan ng mga tinanggal na manggagawa dahil walang kasiguraduhan kung sila’y matatanggap at makakatrabahong muli.

Karamihan sa mga manggagawa ay higit isang taon nang nagtatrabaho sa Pearl Islands, pero nanatili pa ring kontraktwal.

Katulad ni Panday, nakakatanggap ng minimum na sahod sa National Capital Region ang mga manggagawa sa Pearl Islands pero dumadaan muna ito sa labor agency. Ang labor agency na ang nakatalagang hulugan ang kontribusyon ng mga manggagawa sa SSS (Social Security System) at Philhealth, ngunit noong kinuha nila ang kanilang mga papeles sa nasabing mga ahensya ay hindi pala hinuhulugan.

“Kumikita sila dahil sa amin. Ang ginawa sa’min tinanggalan kami ng karapatan na magtrabaho nang maayos sa kompanya nila at hanggang ngayon nandito pa rin kami, nakikibaka. ‘Yung iba nga gusto nang sumuko pero sabi ko nga huwag tayong panghihinaan ng loob kasi lahat naman tayo’y nahihirapan,” wika ni Panday.

Giit pa niya, ipaglalaban daw nila kahit gaano pa katagal ang karapatan na dapat nilang natatamasa bilang isang manggagawa.

Photo by Maricel Tan

Isa sa mga pangako ni Duterte noon pa lamang eleksyon ay ang pagwakas sa kontramtwalisasyon. Giit pa niya, kaagad niyang pipirmahan ang isang Executive Order na magbabasura sa kontraktwalisasyon sa unang araw niya bilang pangulo ng Pilipinas. Dalawang taon na ang nakalilipas ngunit hanggang ngayon ay mayroon pa ring mga manggagawang hindi natatamasa ang benepisyong katulad ng mga regular na trabahador.

“Gusto naming makabalik sa trabaho na hindi [pumapailalim sa] agency. Dapat ibalik kami sa kompanya na regular na trabahador. Kasi karapatan na talaga namin ‘yan. Taon na kaming may ambag sa kompanya. Taon na po ang pinagpaguran namin diyan,” dagdag pa ni Alan.

Ang makabalik sa trabaho na may pantay-pantay na pagkilala sa lahat at mayroong makatarunang sahod ang ninanais ng mga trabahador na siyang ilegal na iwinaksi ng administrasyon ng Pearl Island.

“Para sa mga manggagawa katulad namin, huwag nating kalimutan ang mga karapatan natin. Dapat nating ipaglaban ang ating karapatan,” panawagan ni Panday sa kapwa manggagawa.

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Wage hike urgent, and should be substantial, gov’t told

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Wage hike urgent, and should be substantial, gov’t told

Research group IBON said that the government’s recently announced plan to respond to labor’s clamor for an increase in the minimum wage is welcome. IBON underscored that this move is urgent amid rising prices, and added that the hike should be meaningful enough to keep up with accelerating inflation and worsening poverty, said the group.

Amid the three-year-high first quarter inflation, widely perceived to be caused by the government’s Tax Reform for Acceleration and Inclusion (TRAIN) among other factors, and labor’s demand for a wage hike, the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) said that a wage increase is coming up within the month.

According to IBON, it is urgent for government to ensure the legislation of a national minimum wage that is sufficient for the working people to cope with the rising cost of goods and services. Recent price spikes have been brought about by government’s own market-oriented policies such as the oil deregulation and tax reform laws that press prices up while wages remain low.

The group however stressed that the wage increase should be substantial, as the recent inflation rate will only continue to erode a paltry increase.

IBON explained that despite the last increase of Php21 in October 2017, for instance, which raised the National Capital Region (NCR) minimum wage to Php512 from Php491 per day, the real value has eroded by Php16.25 from Php464.19 in October 2017 to Php447.94 as of April 2018. IBON also noted that the TRAIN has inflicted a heavy blow on the workers’ purchasing power as the real value of the NCR minimum wage lost a significant Php18.79 since the Duterte administration took office in July 2016.

According to IBON, initially increasing the minimum wage nationwide to at least Php750 as recently proposed by progressive lawmakers is the more practical measure. This will allow wage earners to cope with inflation and increase their purchasing capacity. It will also help bridge the gap between the nominal minimum wage and the family living wage (FLW) of Php1,173.14 as of April 2018 computed by IBON,

While the amount still falls short of the FLW, a Php750 minimum wage can be an initial important step towards increased economic activity and more vibrant economic growth that shall ensure a more stable price situation, said the group.

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