No compensation for OFWs laid off in Taiwan

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December 17, 2008

Hundreds of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) who have returned home after being laid off from Taiwan because of the global crisis were assured by the government that they would be given loans for livelihood... Read more »

Another Bayan Muna Leader killed, three Lumads tortured

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December 17, 2008

Bayan Muna (People First) leader who was shot and wounded by two unidentified men in Monkayo, Compostela Valley last November 30 died yesterday at the Davao Regional Hospital. Isabelo Celing, 47, barangay... Read more »

Legal offensive vs activists, disturbing – CHR Chair

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December 17, 2008

In a dialogue with the Free Atty. Saladero et. al. Coalition, Commission on Human Rights (CHR) Chairperson Leila de Lima yesterday was quoted as saying that, after intense local and international pressure... Read more »

Mayor yields to people power, rejects mining exploration

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December 17, 2008

Residents of a small village in Bakun town, Benguet province proved that there is power in numbers as their concerted action led the town mayor to act in their favor affirming their stand against the Royalco... Read more »

Mine workers affected by global crisis

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December 17, 2008

Mine workers are starting to feel the effects of the global financial crisis. The Lepanto Consolidated Mining Company has begun implementing a work rotation scheme. Worse, workers could not avail of loans... Read more »

NOTEBOOK: Bobi Valenzuela, friend and mentor

Hermie Garcia
December 17, 2008

It’s a sad day for me and for our batch ‘64 classmates who knew Bobi Valenzuela and were good friends with him even as he belonged to the batch ‘62 of FEU Boys High. He was my mentor in my first... Read more »

On The Possibility of A Coalition Gov’t in Canada

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December 17, 2008

There is a supposed Chinese curse that goes as follows: “May you live in interesting times.” We in Bayan-Toronto, for our part, think this a blessing. After all, just as it is interesting things, interesting... Read more »

Looming showdown

Carol Pagaduan Araullo
December 17, 2008

The Arroyo regime is hell-bent on ramming through Mrs. Arroyo’s devious schemes to remain in power, no matter how isolated from and detested by an overwhelming majority of our people. Mrs. Arroyo’s... Read more »

Human Rights, Elusive or Illusive?

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December 17, 2008

Sixty years have passed since the promulgation of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and 22 years after the ouster of the Marcos dictatorship. But the situation in the country is characterized more... Read more »

IMMIGRATION: More bad news for skilled workers

Guidy Mamann
December 17, 2008

Last week I wrote about the inherent unfairness in our immigration minister’s plan to restructure our Federal Skilled Worker program. Unfortunately, there’s more. I explained that those who applied... Read more »

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