Third time’s a charm for Davao del Norte farmers claiming their land.
Youth groups blast ‘free tuition scam’
MANILA – Progressive youth groups showed disgust over what they called “free tuition scam,” referring to the recently-released Implementing Rules and Regulation for the free tuition policy issued by the Commission on Higher Education (Ched) and the Department of Budget and Management. In a protest on Wednesday, May 10, students tore copies of the IRR…
Socialized tuition | The UP experience
“It’s discouraging. It’s like scrounging for alms from an institution which should actually provide free education.”
Health workers day | Groups reiterate calls for increased budget for health services, wages
At the Tondo General Hospital, one ward, which has up to 80 patients, has only three nurses on duty.
They work hard for the money, but are never treated right
Low wages, loans, and underemployment plague women in the labor force.
100,000 working class push for wage hike, job security, free housing
Labor Day became the venue for a show of force of workers and the urban poor, with 35,000 demonstrators gathered in Liwasang Bonifacio, and 80,000 more in the regions.
No decent paying jobs for working women in the Philippines
Most women land jobs with low salaries and no security.
‘Duterte’s free tuition policy is a lie’ – youth groups
“We call for the abrogation of neoliberal policies on education, which have turned even public schools into moneymaking ventures in collusion with the World Bank and other foreign entities.”
‘We want utility connection, not free ride’ – Kadamay
“Because of extreme poverty, the government should create and provide regular jobs to enable the poor majority to live decent lives.”
State workers demand end to contractualization
There are 2.3 million government employees in the Philippines, and 720,000 are non-regulars or contractual workers under different names, such as job order, emergency-hired, memorandum of agreement (MOA)-hired workers, and contract of services.
Kalbaryo ng Maralita 2017 | Poor’s suffering continues under Duterte
“Where is the change that you promised?”