Monthly Archives: June 2019

DoF’s quixotic crusade against the evil weed

Published by rudy Date posted on June 2, 2019

BY BEN KRITZ, TMT, Manila Times, Jun 2, 2019 IT is considered neither fashionable nor politically correct in this enlightened age to argue against a measure intended to reduce or eliminate tobacco use, but the borderline irrationality displayed by Finance Secretary Sonny Dominguez in his zealous campaign to rid the Philippines of the noxious stuff…

Read more

Curbing the imminent onslaught of climate change

Published by rudy Date posted on June 2, 2019

BY TONY M. MAGHIRANG, Manila Times, Jun 2, 2019 Dire predictions of the severe impacts of global warming beginning year 2030 have elicited varied responses from the international community. A New Yorker piece warns that due to the destruction of their habitat, individual species are going extinct, which could threaten mankind’s very existence over the…

Read more

Group urges Congress to probe killing of labor leaders

Published by rudy Date posted on June 2, 2019

by Jovic Yee, Philippine Daily Inquirer, Jun 2, 2019 MANILA, Philippines — A workers’ group called for a congressional inquiry into the killing of labor leaders after another union organizer was shot dead in Cavite by unidentified assailants on Sunday.

Read more

Trade union leader shot dead in Cavite

Published by rudy Date posted on June 2, 2019

by Maricar Cinco, Philippine Daily Inquirer, Jun 2, 2019 SAN PEDRO CITY–A member of the labor alliance Partido Mangggagawa (PM) was shot and killed in Tanza town in Cavite province on Sunday, in an attack which the group said targeted union activists.

Read more

Woman gets 21 years for online child trafficking

Published by rudy Date posted on June 1, 2019

by Rainier Allan Ronda (The Philippine Star) – Jun 1, 2019 MANILA, Philippines — A 23-year-old woman will spend 21 years in prison for offering children to online sex predators.

Read more

It’s good jobs, stupid

Published by rudy Date posted on June 1, 2019

Read more here.

Read more

April – Month of Planet Earth

“Full speed to renewables!”

 

Continuing
Solidarity with CTU Myanmar,
trade unions around the world,
for democracy in Myanmar,
with the daily protests of
people in Myanmar against
the military coup and
continuing oppression.

 

Accept National Unity Government
(NUG) of Myanmar.
Reject Military!

#WearMask #WashHands
#Distancing
#TakePicturesVideos

Time to support & empower survivors.
Time to spark a global conversation.
Time for #GenerationEquality to #orangetheworld!
Trade Union Solidarity Campaigns
Get Email from NTUC
Article Categories