The Filipino Migrant Center (FMC) condemned the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), along with the Los Angeles Police Department’s (LAPD), for its latest attack on the immigrant community in Los Angeles on July 6. The FMC called the attacks kidnapping because of the authorities’ arbitrary arrests and secret detention of those apprehended. “The attacks […]
Kinundena ng Filipino Migrant Center (FMC) ang pinakabagong atake ng US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) sa komunidad ng mga imigrante sa Los Angeles at ang pakikipagsabwatan dito ng Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) noong Hulyo 6. Tinawag ng FMC ang mga atake bilang pag-kidnap dahil sa arbitraryong panghuhuli ng mga awtoridad at sikretong pagkukulong […]
Philippine businesses can easily grant the proposed ₱200 wage increase for all workers in the country, according to a research by the Ibon Foundation. The institution computed that this amount is only a small portion of company profits. It is only 11.1% of the profits of large companies, 9.1% for medium-sized ones, 12.9% for small […]
Kayang-kayang ibigay ng mga negosyo sa Pilipinas ang panukalang ₱200 dagdag-sahod para sa lahat ng mga manggagawa sa bansa, ayon sa pananaliksik ng Ibon Foundation. Alinsunod sa pag-aaral ng institusyon, maliit lamang ito na bahagi ng kita ng mga kumpanya. Anito, 11.1% lamang ito sa kita ng malalaking kumpanya, 9.1% ng katamtamang laki, 12.9% ng […]
The United Filipinos in Hong Kong (UNIFIL-Migrante) is calling on the Philippines Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) to scrap its mandatory collection and premium hikes. UNIFIL-Migrante held a protest outside the Philippine consulate in Hong Kong on June 3, coinciding with PhilHealth’s week-long “Service Mission” program launched from June 2 to 9. The group denounced the […]
Nananawagan ang United Filipinos in Hong Kong (UNIFIL-Migrante) sa Philippines Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) na ibasura ang sapilitang pangungulekta ng kontribusyon at pagtaas ng singil nito. Isinagawa ng UNIFIL-Migrante ang protesta sa labas ng konsulado ng Pilipinas sa Hongkong noong Hunyo 3 kasabay ng isang linggong programa ng PhilHealth na “Service Mission” na inilunsad mula […]
On June 4, the House of Representatives passed House Bill No. 11376 (Wage Hike for Minimum Workers Act) seeking to raise the minimum wage by ₱200 per day. The Senate passed a similar bill stipulating a mere ₱100 wage increase. Both will go through the bicameral committee before being presented for the president’s signature. If […]
Ipinasa ng Mababang Kapulungan kahapon, Hunyo 4, ang house Bill No. 11376 (Wage Hike for Minimum Workers Act) na naglalayong itaas ang minimum na sahod nang ₱200/araw. Ipinasa sa Senado ang katulad na panukala, pero para lamang sa ₱100 na dagdag-sahod. Isasalang ito sa bicameral committee bago ihahapag para pirmahan ng presidente. Kung maisasabatas, ito […]
Workers from Kilusang Mayo Uno (KMU), the National Wage Coalition, All Workers Unity, and various groups trooped to Congress on June 2 to demand anew the immediate enactment of a nationwide wage increase for all workers. They timed their protest with the opening of the last session of the 19th Congress, and before the opening […]
Sumugod ang mga manggagawa ng Kilusang Mayo Uno (KMU), National Wage Coalition, All Workers Unity at iba’t ibang grupo sa Kongreso kahapon, Hunyo 2, para muling ipanawagan ang agarang pagsasabatas ng dagdag-sahod para sa lahat ng manggagawa sa pambansang saklaw. Itinaon nila ang kanilang pagkikilos sa pagbubukas ng huling sesyon ng ika-19 Kongreso, at bago […]