“Pres. Noynoy Aquino is concentrating wealth in the hands of a few elites.” This was national labor center Kilusang Mayo Uno’s reaction to news reports that 11 Filipinos are included in Forbes magazine’s 2013 global billionaires’ list and that 40 of the richest families in the country accounted for 76 per cent of the country’s [...]
Workers slam shooting of Davao food protest leader
By Harold Hisona
Published: March 5, 2013
National labor center Kilusang Mayo Uno condemned the Aquino government today for the extra-judicial killing of a leader of the Davao food protest yesterday afternoon, saying the government is becoming more desperate in trying to thwart protests against its policies. Cristina Morales Jose, a kagawad of Barangay Binondo of Baganga town, Davao Oriental, was shot [...]