Baler struck by 5.4-magnitude earthquake, April 5, 2013 | read this item
MANILA, Philippines – A 5.4-magnitude earthquake struck the town of Baler in Aurora Thursday morning, April 5, 2013. While tremors were caused fear to many of the people, the local government initially reported no damages were done to buildings and establishments in the place, although thorough checking and mapping will be conducted soon. The quake, [...]
Ochoa’s review of NBI report on Atimonan ambush hints at whitewash – KMU | read this item
It has whitewash written all over it. This was labor center Kilusang Mayo Uno’s reaction to news reports that the National Bureau of Investigation’s findings on the Jan. 6 Atimonan ambush is being reviewed by Executive Secretary Paquito Ochoa before being released to the public. Ochoa chairs the Presidential Anti-Organized Crime Commission, which has admitted [...]
Workers hail sub-committee nod to P125 Wage Hike Bill | read this item
Labor center Kilusang Mayo Uno hailed the approval today by the House Sub-committee on Labor Standards of the bill seeking to legislate a P125 across-the-board wage hike nationwide and called on the Committee on Labor and Employment to immediately pass the bill for a chance to be discussed and voted on in the plenary. House [...]
Bautista appointment shows Aquino only paying lip service to HR – KMU | read this item
Labor center Kilusang Mayo Uno condemned today Pres. Noynoy Aquino for appointing the general who conceptualized the government’s counter-insurgency program as the military’s chief of staff, saying the move shows that the president is merely paying lip service to upholding human rights. Lt. Gen. Emmanuel Bautista, who was appointed chief of staff of the Armed [...]
Atimonan rubout: No change in the military, police under Aquino | read this item
It is evident that the January 6 incident in Atimonan, Quezon was a rubout and not a shootout as earlier reported. It is becoming clearer and clearer that the rubout is related to criminal activities, most possibly the illegal numbers game jueteng. The rubout shows that the military and the police have not changed under [...]
Philippine Azkals defeat Vietnam, 1-0 in a do-or-die match | read this item
In a match widely dominated by Vietnam, the only hope any Azkal fans can wish for is for the luck to intervene in the later minutes of the game. Azkals’ forward, Chieffy Caligdong, skillfully netted the ball in the 85th minute of the regulation time shocking the dominant Vietnam in a do-or-die match played in [...]
Immediate justice for Maguindanao massacre victims! | read this item
We mark the third year of the Maguindanao massacre with a call for immediate justice for the 58 victims. We unite with the families of the victims, the country’s journalists and the Filipino people in condemning the government of Pres. Noynoy Aquino for failing to speed up the resolution of the case. We are angry [...]
Workers hit public hospitals’ privatization | read this item
Workers led by labor center Kilusang Mayo Uno slammed the Aquino administration’s plan to privatize government hospitals, saying the planned privatization will increase the burden of Filipino workers and people. In a protest in front of the Philippine General Hospital in Manila this morning, the workers said hospitalization fees will surely increase the moment public hospitals are [...]
Workers hit K+12 passage on 3rd reading | read this item
A labor group hit the House of Representatives today for passing the K+12 education program on third reading last Monday, saying the country’s congressmen are dooming the country’s youth to cheap labor. Labor center Kilusang Mayo Uno said K+12, which adds two years to secondary education and injects these with technical-vocational subjects, aims to enable [...]
43 workers’ termination in German pharma company slammed | read this item
Labor center Kilusang Mayo Uno slammed today the scheduled termination of 43 medical representatives by Merck Inc. Philippines, a German pharmaceutical company, saying the move is unfair to the company’s workers who contributed so much to the company’s rise. “We condemn Merck Inc. for planning to terminate 43 of its workers in an attempt to [...]
Ochoa’s review of NBI report on Atimonan ambush hints at whitewash – KMU | 
Atimonan rubout: No change in the military, police under Aquino | 
Immediate justice for Maguindanao massacre victims! | 
