“The DAR must stop the continued bulldozing and fencing of agricultural lands by the Cojuangco-Aquino owned Tarlac Development Corporation (Tadeco), Luisita Realty Corporation (LRC) and Central Azucarera de Tarlac (CAT).”
Day: March 24, 2014
Citing low wages of no-union electronic workers, NXP nixes wage hike for own workers
“We don’t think our wages are that high, as these aren’t enough to cover the spate of price hikes in goods, services and other utilities.” – workers of NXP
Activist in Negros released
“I know that we [activists] are targets since this is a desperate act of the government to silence its critics and to paralyze the legal movement.” – Christian Tuayon
‘Monram’ celebrates 70th birthday
Activist Ramon Ramirez celebrated his 70th birthday on Mar. 21. “He is one of the first geeks of the movement. And he continues to use his expertise in advocating people’s issues, such as the issue of power rates,” Ganni Tapang of Agham said. Ramirez’s surprise birthday celebration happened right after a forum on the issue…