They walked all the way from the southern island of Mindanao to bring to the public’s attention the gross human rights violations being committed in the different regions.
Day: November 21, 2014
Government, private sector workers stage walkout for ‘National Minimum Wage’
SPECIAL REPORT: “For decades now, workers have experienced worsening hunger and poverty because of the intensifying attacks on the minimum wage while big businesses earn superprofits and big bureaucrats become very wealthy.”
Trial starts on killing of Dutch environmentalist
“The motive behind his killing is political.” – Sr. Cecille Ruiz, Karapatan-Central Luzon
International Students’ Day | Students fight for right to education, democratic rights
“The youth of today should live up to this history of militancy, and continue fighting against anti-student policies such as the continued deregulation and commercialization of education.” – Kabataan partylist Rep. Terry Ridon
Groups lambast non-inclusion of salary increase for gov’t employees
MANILA – The multisectoral group Bagong Alyansang Makabayan joined public school teachers and government health workers in their protest action during the Senate deliberation of the 2015 national budget on Wednesday, Nov. 19. They criticized the legislative body for not carefully looking through the national budget that is “full of pork” that has been declared…