A ₱100-increase in daily wages will significantly help workers, especially those who work in industries and services considered essential amid the pandemic. Majority of them face job insecurity, are compensated below the legislated minimum wages, and work under “no work, no pay” arrangement. These workers include Andrea who is employed in a restaurant which opens […]

The police and militar’s reign of terror continue unabated at three sitios in Barangay Nagbinlod, Sta. Catalina, Negros Oriental. On March 29, six civilians were arrested including a 2-year old child, and two were killed in the area. As in previous attacks on civilians, evidences of firearms were planted in the houses of the victims […]

Amid widespread unemployment and income loss suffered by businesses, top executives of big companies raised their own income by millions of pesos by in the form of bonuses and salary increases in 2020. Six executives of GMA 7, inclu­ding Felipe Gozon and Gilberto Duavit, received ₱259 million in bonuses in 2020, 43% higher than what […]

In contrast to the hardships of coconut farmers, big landlords, traders and monopolistic corporations continue to fatten their pockets. Amid the pandemic, the exploitation of coconut farmers has further intensified. In December 2020, a tenant family based in a barrio of Camarines Sur which tends a four-hectare coconut farm earned a measly ₱4,900. Of the […]