RIGHT TO ADEQUATE STANDARD OF LIVING
In light of Typhoon Pablo, large scale mining and foreign agribusiness operations must be stopped to avert disasters. (Manilakbayan) We, Mindanao environment advocates and indigenous leaders and families and relatives of victims of mining instigated killings who are now in Manila for Manilakbayan, are concerned over typhoon Pablo hitting our respective municipalities and cities in Mindanao.
Church people and workers unite, urge Pnoy to prioritize bill on substantial wage hike—CTUHR.
Rights groups protests over recent killing in Bicol; Hospital Union Files Notice of Strike Today; Happy International Women's Day! ; New poverty methodology is detached from real situation (Use of food bundle questioned)
Bagong Alyansang Makabayan-Negros | PRESS STATEMENT | Reference: BAYAN-Negros Public Information Department | Mobile #:09217859554 | The more Governor Alfredo Marañon, Jr. talks about his concept of peace, the more we suspect that he is equating it with business.
As the governor’s mind is kept busy with the multi-million selling and leasing of Capitol properties, he is also calling on armed groups particularly the New People’s Army to lay down their arms and join what he calls as the “mainstream” of society.
Church people, workers organizations, and labor rights advocates that comprise the newly formed Church People-Workers Solidarity (CWS) united in the call to legislate a substantial wage hike and urged PNoy to make it a priority bill for the opening of Congress on his State of Nation Address.
The Center for Trade Union and Human Rights is appalled by the Kapatiran sa Industriya (KAPATID) Award given on May 5 by the Employers’ Confederation of the Philippines (ECOP) thirteen companies, a number of which have records of union busting and labor rights violations.
A PRESS RELEASE | Reference: Greg G. Ratin, Chairman, BAYAN-Negros – 09214550046 | It’s been 25 years when the Filipino People ended the US – Marcos Dectatorship. It was tagged as EDSA People Power which is known to the whole world and put into power, Mrs. Corazon Cojuanco-Aquino, the mother of the President Noynoy Aquino. This was the culmination of almost two (2) decades of people’s struggles after Martial Law has been declared. BAYAN was a big part in toppling down this dictatorship.
September 24, 2010 - Davao City- Urban poor residents in Agdao held a dramatic 30-minute “lights off” last Monday to protest the power rate increase. The Lihok Agdao alliance, composed of mostly urban poor women from Brgy. Duterte, Centro, Agdao Proper, San Antonio, Ubalde and Lapu-Lapu linked with other members of Kalipunan ng Damayang Mahihirap (Kadamay) and held a picket rally at R. Castilo St. Ubalde.
August 6, 2010 - Davao City- Members of militant urban poor group, mostly women and mothers from Kalipunan ng Damayang Mahihirap (KADAMAY,) staged a protest rally here today in front of the Davao Light and Power Company to protest the imposition of 0.8 centavos per kilowatt hour power rate increase which will start this month.
