What’s in Negros Island that killings, violence and poverty keep on pounding the province and its people seems to have not known peace in their lives? Why is the State is using it as a laboratory or testing ground for something so dangerous that they seem desiring for the entire country? The series of extrajudicial…
Members of the group Partido Manggagawa (PM) picketed this morning the main office of the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) to demand that the National Tripartite Industrial Peace Council (NTIPC) be convened to investigate the killing of a union organizer in Cavite. The mass action coincides with the 40th day since the brutal shooting…
The labor rights NGO, Center for Trade Union and Human Rights (CTUHR) vehemently condemns the barbaric and brutal attack against the striking workers of Peerless Producers Manufacturing Corporation (PEPMACO), manufacturer of Champion brand detergent and other surfactants. At around 1:00 in the morning of June 28, 2019, hundreds of goons and security guards wearing masks…
14 June 2019, Tagoloan, Misamis Oriental/Quezon City. The EcoWaste Coalition, an environmental health and justice group, welcomed the agreement reached by the governments of the Philippines and South Korea toward the repatriation of 5,177 tons of illegal traffic waste originating from the latter. At a bilateral meeting held yesterday in Tagoloan and chaired by Port…
The reference is the P10,000 across the board increase for teachers and we anticipate that the government will work for it. This amount which will be applicable to all teachers regardless of position is much lower than what the government has previously granted to the military and uniformed personnel by way of a Congressional Joint…
This was the answer of the Teachers’ Dignity Coalition (TDC) on the recent statement made by Secretary Leonor Magtolis-Briones as regards to their call for an increase in the salaries of public school teachers. Benjo Basas, the group’s national Chairperson said that they knew from the start that they will “never get rich by embracing…
The labor group Partido Manggagawa (PM) condemned the killing of the vice chairperson of its Cavite chapter. The group called on the authorities to investigate and solve the killing. Dennis Sequena was shot and killed earlier today in Brgy. Bunga, Tanza, Cavite while meeting a group of workers. He was shot by a gunman who…
“Disyembre pa lamang ng taong 2015 ay ipinangako na ng noo’y Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte ang umento sa sahod ng mga guro kung siya ay magiging pangulo. Hanggang ngayon ay naghihintay kami sa katuparan ng pangakong ito.” Said Benjo Basas, the national Chairperson of the Teachers’ Dignity Coalition (TDC). As the new school year…
The families of the disappeared together with other human rights defenders (HRDs) capped the International Week of the Disappeared flying kites at the Quezon Memorial Circle on Sunday. In a statement, Albay Rep. Edcel C. Lagman, Honorary Chairperson of the Families of Victims of Involuntary Disappearance (FIND), said that, “The soaring kites signify sustaining the…
As the schools reopen on Monday, teachers once again ask the government to at least give priority to their welfare concerns as it would be very crucial to ensure the delivery of education service that redounds to quality output for the country’s citizen. Benjo Basas, the group’s national chairperson reiterated, “In a few days, classes…
27 May 2019, Quezon City. The spate of illegal waste shipments intercepted by customs authorities drove an environmental group to call on all Filipinos to raise the flag and make a collective stance against the entry of garbage from overseas. The EcoWaste Coalition, an environmental health and justice group, suggested the move as the country…
25 May 2019, Quezon City. Environmental health and justice groups in the Philippines and Australia have joined forces to expose and question global waste trade that is using developing nations as convenient disposal sites for rich countries’ garbage. This developed as the Bureau of Custom-Region 10 issued an “Alert Order” for nine 40 footer container…
14 May 2019, Quezon City. Now that the ballots have been cast, a waste and pollution watch urged those who ran for elective posts as well as the general public to conduct post-election cleanup and upcycling activities. “Regardless of the outcome of your election bid, we appeal to all candidates and parties to take down…
Manila, Philippines—Human rights defenders, environmentalists, and grassroots communities held on Wednesday a series of activities in a final push for what they called “rights-centered” electoral agenda in the upcoming May 2019 elections. Using hashtags #SampuSigurado, #IsyuHindiKandidato and #SagotMoBaAko, the Philippine Alliance of Human Rights Advocates (PAHRA), Greenpeace SEA-Philippines, Alyansa Tigil Mina (ATM), Bantayog Initiative, In…
5 May 2019, Quezon City. The zero waste advocacy group EcoWaste Coalition urged all agencies duly deputized by the Commission on Elections (COMELEC) to intensify the ongoing drive against illegal election campaign materials. “As the campaign for the midterm polls enters the final stretch, we can expect more candidates and parties to step up their…
3 May 2019, Quezon City. Environmental health and justice groups have welcomed Canada’s offer to get their garbage in the Philippines re-exported to its origin. As reported yesterday by the Canadian media, the government of Canada has sent “a formal offer” to the government of the Philippines to have the illegal garbage shipments that arrived…
MASBATE ISLAND — Marchers of Lakbay ng Taumbayan representing farmers, fisherfolk, indigenous peoples, labor, urban poor, women, youth, LGBTQ, and PWD gathered at Masbate City on May 1, 2019, to stress crisis in the justice system. Lakbay ng Taumbayan marchers insist that when the mining industry is not well regulated by the government, corporations can…
Rights groups in Cebu City led by the Task Force Detainees of the Philippines (TFDP), in partnership with Kilusan para sa Pambansang Demokrasya (KILUSAN-CEBU) and the People’s Campaign Against Tyranny (PCAT), and together with the Families of Victims of Involuntary Disappearance (FIND) and the Philippine Alliance of Human Rights Advocates (PAHRA), gather on Labor Day…
With two weeks to go before Election Day, May 13, broad-based Alternative Politics Movement (ALTERPOL) and Philippine Alliance of Human Rights Advocates (PAHRA) put out its People’s Agenda 2019 which captures the aspirations of workers, peasants, fisherfolks, transport workers, youth, women, indigenous people, and other sectors in a press briefing today, Tuesday, April 30, 2019…
Labor senatoriables held a press conference at the foot of Mendiola Bridge early morning today to commemorate International Labor Day. The candidates, who have coalesced under the LABOR WIN alliance, said that the said venue was chosen not only as a message to Malacanang to persuade House and the Senate to prohibit contractualization, enact a…
