By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO Bulatlat.com MANILA — “Remove your middle name.” This is what the authorities of Italy’s Ministry of Interior or the Ministero dell’Interno, have been telling Filipinos in Italy since the agency laid down its Circular No. 29 on October 7, 2010. The labor ministry has since been ordering ordering Filipinos living…
Day: February 8, 2012
As oil prices, oil firms’ profits soar, groups seek to scrap Oil Deregulation Law
By MARYA SALAMAT
“Only our protests can force President Aquino to control oil prices.” – KMU
International lawyers to Aquino: ‘Release political prisoners, stop impunity’
By RONALYN V. OLEA
“We remind you that the international community is watching closely and we demand that prosecution and punishment replace inaction.”
To be idle and hungry
A jobless counts himself part of the vast army of dispossessed worldwide. He belongs to one in three workers globally either unemployed or living in poverty. In this country, his testimony appears to show unrealized promises made by President Benigno Aquino III to address unemployment. By MARILOU AGUIRRE-TUBURAN Davao Today Reposted by Bulatlat.com DAVAO CITY,…
Labor woes and frozen wages in Davao
By MARILOU AGUIRRE-TUBURAN Davao Today Reposted by Bulatlat.com DAVAO CITY, Philippines — The Philippines was recently reported to be the third country in the world that has the lowest salary increases. And that news is not farfetched when Davao workers say they are working harder but are being paid lesser. Luis Luchavez, a tireman for…