LAST week, students, teachers and nonacademic personnel of state universities and colleges demonstrated against what they saw as sharp cuts in SUC allocations in the proposed government budget for 2012. Read the rest of this entry »
State workers to take to the streets too
September 28, 2011
Postal workers demand unpaid salaries
July 19, 2011
More than 12,000 employees of Philippine Postal Corp. in 2,000 different post offices nationwide are calling on Malacañang to act on their delayed salaries and benefits.
Tirso Paglicawan Jr., president of the Philippine Postal Workers Union said that last May 1, 2011 a manifesto was sent by the union to the office of the President informing him of complaints at the Philpost Provident Fund Office. Read the rest of this entry »
GSIS Family Bank files notice of strike
March 1, 2011
MANILA, Philippines – Workers at the GSIS Family Bank have put management on notice of an imminent strike on Tuesday over issues arising from the lack of a binding labor agreement with management. Read the rest of this entry »
Negros vice mayor faces raps for unlawful dismissal
January 16, 2011
MANILA, Philippines – The Office of the Ombudsman for the Visayas has ordered the filing of charges against the vice mayor of Escalante City in Negros Occidental for the unlawful dismissal of three city employees. Read the rest of this entry »
PAO chief asks CSC to overturn CES Board ruling
January 16, 2011
MANILA, Philippines – Public Attorney’s Office (PAO) chief Persida Rueda-Acosta and her deputies yesterday asked the Civil Service Commission (CSC) to overturn a ruling of the Career Executive Service (CES) Board imposing eligibility requirement on them. Read the rest of this entry »
Judges call off ‘black Monday,’ other protest actions
January 15, 2011
MANILA, Philippines – Organizations of judges all over the country have called off their planned actions this month to protest the cut in the judiciary’s proposed budget for this year, apparently after being pacified by the Palace. Read the rest of this entry »
‘No CES requirement for PAO chief’
January 12, 2011
MANILA, Philippines – The Civil Service Commission (CSC) issued a ruling yesterday that Chief Public Attorney Persida Rueda-Acosta and her deputies could keep their posts since they do not need career executive service (CES) eligibility. Read the rest of this entry »
CSC sides with Chief Acosta
January 8, 2011
Sec. de Lima should reverse dismissal call, says PAO head
DESPITE supposed lack of civil-service eligibility, according to the Civil Service Commission (CSC), Public Attorney’s Office (PAO) chief Persida Rueda-Acosta and her deputies can stay at their posts and they need not even take the Career Executive Service Officer (CESO) examinations. Read the rest of this entry »
MMDA fires 1,800 after Palace cuts budget in half
January 4, 2011
THE Metro Manila Development Authority said Monday it will lay off 1,800 contractual employees after Malacañang cut its budget by half and it struggles with over P500 million in garbage bills that have been piling up since July 2010. Read the rest of this entry »
Palace ends operations of 10 agencies under president’s office
January 1, 2011
MANILA, Philippines – Malacañang has started winding up the operations of the 10 agencies under the Office of the President abolished for duplication of functions. Read the rest of this entry »
