Protest at UP. Students and teachers of the University of the Philippines (UP) in its various campuses welcomed the second semester in January with weekly protests. The protests highlighted budget cuts, threats to security and academic freedom, along with the call “Hold Duterte Accountable, Charge Marcos!” The largest rally was at UP Los Baños […]

Sharing common grievances, BPO (business process outsourcing) and telecommunications workers, delivery drivers and other jobs run by digital platforms (or online systems) formed the Coalition of Digital Employees-Artificial Intelligence or CODE-AI on January 25. The said coalition was established to represent workers and employees amid expanded use of AI technology by foreign companies. CODE-AI is […]

CODE-AI condemned the unjust dismissal of BIEN spokesperson Renso Bajala after he gave an interview to a journalist regarding the situation of workers in BPO companies using artificial intelligence (AI). Bajala was dismissed on the basis of the “social media policy” of Concentrix and American Express companies. The termination violates Bajala’s and his fellow workers’ […]

Relentless violations of human rights were perpetrated by forces of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) and Philippine National Police (PNP) in recent weeks. Shooting. On January 19, 61-year-old Marcial Detalo, a farmer and former barangay councilor, was shot in the back when soldiers of the 2nd IB opened fire in Sitio Balunos, Barangay […]