Fire guts at least 60 houses in a residential area in Purok 2, Barangay 76-A in Davao City Thursday noon, August 9, 2018. (Medel V. Hernani/davaotoday.com)
Ibinahagi niya na bukod sa pagiging kontraktwal, masahol ang kanilang kalagayan sa pagawaan. Walang safety procedure at napakainit ng sabon na kanilang niluluto.
Plantation workers of a Japanese-owned fruit company Sumitomo Fruit Corp. (Sumifru) are now on strike since Monday, October 1, paralyzing seven out of 11 packing plants of the company’s district 6 in Compostela Valley province.
Photo by Jomari Alejandro III Herrera/Bulatlat The occupants decried the government’s prioritization of commercial and business ventures instead of housing projects for the poor despite ongoing negotiations between the agencies and the community. By JOMARI ALEJANDRO III HERRERA Bulatlat.com MANILA — Tensions rises these past few weeks at the disputed Sitio San Roque as commercial…
Civil society organizations in the Philippines urged international community to monitor human rights situation in the country. They appealed to the member-States of the United Nations Human Rights Council to adopt and endorse High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet’s report, including recommendations for continuous monitoring and independent and impartial investigation of the human rights…
We’d never know what they’re having in Malacañang, that they never seem to run out of fantastic tales and labels. They call human rights activists with so many names – NPA rebels, rowdy anti-development strikers, terrorists, destabilizers and now minions of drug lords – all meant to justify the extrajudicial killings, torture and illegal arrest…