The Uni­ted Pan­ta­ron Ba­na­na Wor­kers Uni­on (UPBWU) filed a pettion at the office of the Re­gio­nal Tri­par­ti­te Wa­ges and Pro­ductivity Board (RTWPB) in Sto. Tomas, Davao del Norte on April 6 to demand a ₱100-daily wage increase for all workers in the Davao Region. The said region is the main source of bananas, both for […]

Two mass leaders were simultaneously arrested by the police in Bicol in the early morning of May 2. The victims were identified as Dan Balucio, secretary general of Bayan-Bicol and pastor of the National Council of Churches in the Philippines, who was arrested in his home in Sto. Domingo, Albay; and Sasah Sta. Rosa, spokesperson […]

Two unidentified men gunned down John Heredia, former director of the National Union of Journalist of the Philippines, in Barangay Lawa-an, Roxas City, Capiz on May 2. The attack was perpetrated a day before the commemoration of the World Press Freedom Day. Heredia was the 21st journalist killed under the Duterte regime. Altermidya, a network […]

Bishop Hamuel Tequis of the United Church of Christ in the Philippines (UCCP), along with Rev. Daniel Palicte, Ephraim Malazarte, Grace Avila, Lindy Trenilla and Jong Monzon once again faced the court after the regime revived the trumped-up charges against them. They were accused of child abuse for providing sanctuary to Lumad children in UCCP […]