Children rights advocacy group urges those running for public office to look into pressing concerns affecting the children (Photo courtesy of Salinlahi) Approximately 4 million Filipino children are out of school while a staggering 2.1 million children are employed in informal or manual work to contribute to their family’s low income. By ALYSSA MAE CLARIN…
www.bworldonline.com, March 14, 2023 LUIS V. TEODORO, a veteran journalist who championed press freedom in the Philippines, has died. He was 81. Mr. Teodoro died of a heart attack shortly before midnight on Monday, the Center for Media Freedom and Responsibility (CMFR), where he was a Board of Trustee member, posted on its website. “As educator,…
“Ito ang galawang diktador at terorista. In addition to the already worsening attacks on people’s rights in the country, Pres. Rodrigo Duterte through his Executive Secretary released Memorandum Order No. 32, adds another weapon in the current administration’s arsenal of directives that will certainly up the level of State terrorism against the people, especially in…
Karapatan Urgent Alert – November 17, 2018: Men onboard a single Honda motorcycle and those on the silver Hilux pick-up have been following our convoy since noon from Bacolod City to Sipalay (a 3-4 hour land trip), where Karapatan, NUPL, Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas (KMP), National Federation of Sugar Workers (NFSW) and many other people’s…
Militant labor denounced Rodrigo Duterte’s decision not to issue an order ending contractualization of workers, saying the President’s move is a complete turnaround from his repeated promise to end the practice. Following labor secretary Silvestre Bello III’s announcement Thursday that Duterte decided to leave it to Congress to decide on labor-only contracting, Kilusang Mayo Uno…