Almost coinciding with the two-year anniversary of Kentex factory fire was the 100th day since the HTI factory fire in Cavite.
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A year after Kentex factory fire, risky workplaces, contractualization persist
“The country’s justice system and the government make it very clear that they consider workers’ lives very cheap. Justice for the victims and survivors is being denied and lessons from the tragedy remain unheeded.”
Kin of Kentex fire victims ask candidates’ pledge for workplace safety
“The government should not wait for another workplace tragedy to happen before it acts on workplace safety issues.”
Kentex owners ‘very relaxed’, ‘prepared’
The Revised Penal Code provides that a quit claim will not affect the criminal liability of the respondents.
Ombudsman dared to walk the talk, act on Kentex survivors’ case
“We dare Carpio-Morales to investigate the said officials and file charges of reckless imprudence resulting in homicide and physical injury, as well as negligence of duty,”
All Saints’ Day: Workers mourn workplace deaths
A P125 across-the-board wage hike will at least hold back the workers from stepping closer to death.
3 months after Kentex fire| Survivors decry Aquino’s inaction
‘President Aquino is obviously protecting his allies, Labor Sec. Rosalinda Baldoz, Interior and Local Government Sec. Mar Roxas, and BFP Director Ariel Barayuga.’
DOJ hit for ‘insulating’ Roxas, Baldoz from liability over Kentex tragedy
“The criminal negligence of the Department of Labor and Employment and the Bureau of Fire Protection resulted in the deaths of Kentex workers…”
Kentex workers, relatives troop to Ombudsman to push call for justice
There has been no update, no feedback, no nothing about their case.
Aquino’s tack on Kentex fire deaths ‘selective political gimmickry’ – labor, women’s groups
“It appears that Aquino broke his silence on the issue more than two weeks after the factory fire to take a swipe at political adversaries at the local level and whitewash the accountability of Labor Sec. Rosalinda Baldoz and Local Government Sec. Mar Roxas for the factory fire.”
Youth among the dead at Kentex
For Suprimo Lugana, 19 years old, working at Kentex was just one among a series of non-permanent jobs he had had in his young life; little did he know that it would be his last.