MANILA — As the 16th Congress starts regular sessions, workers led by labor center Kilusang Mayo Uno picketed the Batasang Pambansa this morning to call for the immediate passage of the bill seeking to legislate a P125 (US$2.88) across-the-board wage hike nationwide. KMU said workers need a significant wage hike, not incremental adjustments, and that…
Day: July 30, 2013
NDF says delay in release of 5 POWs due to ‘meticulous’ revolutionary court process
By DAVAO TODAY A month after the New People’s Army captured five soldiers in Paquibato District, the National Democratic Front of the Philippines Southern Mindanao said its “Revolutionary Court “is reviewing the cases of the captives as thoroughly as possible” so that the latter’s “direct culpability “ or “innocence” is “meticulously established.” In a letter…