Marya Salamat | May 27, 2006
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The Blood in Your Coffee (and Milk) Thickens: Nestlé Replaces Union on Strike, Continues to Flout SC Decision
The Blood in Your Coffee (and Milk) Thickens: Nestlé Replaces Union on Strike, Continues to Flout SC Decision

By MARYA SALAMAT
There is blood in your coffee - This aptly describes Nescafe and other Nestle products after the series of violent attacks on the Nestle workers' picket line, the death of 10 striking workers due to poverty and illnesses, and the political killing of Diosdado Fortuna, union president. And yet, eight years later, the management still refuses to budge, despite a Supreme Court ruling favoring the workers.
2010 Elections: Dedicated Lawyer and Youth Partylist Nominee Receives Death Threat
2010 Elections: Dedicated Lawyer and Youth Partylist Nominee Receives Death Threat

By ANNE MARXZE D. UMIL
As the elections are drawing near, threats against nominees of progressive party-list groups such as Kabataan are intensifying.
News in Pictures: Groups Troop to Ampatuan Mansion in Davao, Condemn Continuing Injustice and Whitewash
News in Pictures: Groups Troop to Ampatuan Mansion in Davao, Condemn Continuing Injustice and Whitewash

DAVAO CITY -- The Alliance Against Impunity in Mindanao, Kalinaw Mindanao, Sisters Association in Mindanao and Bagong Alyansang Makabayan led the people's outrage in Davao City over Acting Justice Secretary Alberto Agra's callous decision to drop charges against the two of the suspected perpetrators of the Ampatuan Massacre. The protest was part of the commemoration of the 5th month of the Ampatuan Massacre.
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