By MARYA SALAMAT
Given the growing number of lawmakers supporting the legislation of a substantial wage hike, workers remembering Ka Bel today are hoping that finally, the bill which he first authored and filed may be enacted at last.
Loose change
By BENJIE OLIVEROS Analysis The cornetto ice cream advertisement has been a hit. The ads show that one cannot enter a club, rent a video, buy a sweater, and get a sports drink with P20. The poor character was even made fun of for having only P20: he is made to dance while the club…
PRESS RELEASE May 12, 2011 MANILA — Global alliance of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) and families Migrante International was incensed by Department of Health (DOH) Sec. Enrique Ona’s latest statement discouraging incoming students from taking up nursing because of the “decline in the demand for Filipino nurses abroad”. Garry Martinez, chairperson of Migrante International, however…
By MARYA SALAMAT
The granted P22 emergency COLA won’t give workers and their families “real immediate relief amid the rising prices of basic goods and services, especially petroleum products.”
Press Statement 09 Mayo 2011 Mariin naming kinokondena ang pag-apruba ng regional wage board ng National Capital Region sa kakarampot na P22.00 dagdag sa Emergency Cost of Living Allowance (ECOLA) ng mga manggagawa. Hindi na ito nakakagulat, pero nakakangitngit pa rin. Disclaimer | What you are reading is either a press release/ statement or a…