Articles in English
State elements arrest 18 in Talaingod
Eighteen mass leaders and activists, including former Bayan Muna Rep. Satur Ocampo and ACT Teachers Party Rep. France Castro, were arrested and slapped with trumped-up charges of kidnapping and human trafficking in Tagum City last November 29. A day earlier, elements of the police, 56th IB and the Municipal Social Work and Development Office put […]
Liwayway reinstates workers
An agreement addressing the plight of worker-members of the Liwayway Marketing Inc. Workers’ Union (LIWU-ANGLO-KMU), who have been on strike for three months, was finally signed by the union and management last November 22. The management agreed to reinstate the 40 workers who were put on floating status and indemnify the workers for the wages […]
Groups condemn suppression and martial law in Mindanao
Various groups spearheaded by BAYAN-Mindanao and Barug Katungod protested in front of the Department of National Defense, Camp Aguinaldo, Quezon City on December 4 to oppose the implementation of martial law in the island which has resulted in widespread curtailment of human rights. Meanwhile, during the National Clergy Convocation of the Iglesia Filipina Indipendiente last […]
BTL farmers camp-out in Malaybalay
More than 100 farmers of Buffalo-Tamaraw-Limus (BTL) have been on camp-out in Malaybalay City, Bukidnon for more than a week now. The camp-out commenced on November 27 to demand to Gov. Jose Ma. Zubiri the distribution of the 517 hectares of land which they have been tilling for three decades already. The BTL chairperson declared […]
Sumifru workers camp-out in Mendiola
More than 300 farm workers of Sumitomo Fruits Corporation (Sumifru) camped out in Mendiola, Manila last November 27. The workers trooped to Metro Manila to fight contractualization and assert their demand that the right of their union to collective bargaining be recognized. They also protested in front of the Department of Labor and Employment headquarters […]