Somebody asked me why there are longer labor strikes especially at this time when prices of basic commodities are skyrocketing and jobs are harder to find. Why are laborers and employees in the private sector not asking for higher wages? Read the rest of this entry »

The Social Welfare Department is negotiating for a loan of up to P25 billion from the World Bank to support the conditional cash transfer program called Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino. Read the rest of this entry »

THE World Bank would fund the Philippines’ education and health subsidies for poor families amid the global financial crisis, the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) said. Read the rest of this entry »

The Manila City Prosecutor’s Office has filed criminal charges before the Manila Regional Trial Court yesterday against a 34-year-old woman for inducing female minors to solicit sex. Read the rest of this entry »

by Patricia Evangelista
from Inquirer

MANILA, Philippines — There is a reason why traditional democratic discourse rejects active military involvement in politics, and stresses civilian supremacy. The reason is this: that violence, or the threat of violence, which the military utilizes in the enforcement of its goals, must be without bias in its service to the public. Read the rest of this entry »