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Legislated ₱150 across-the-board now urgently needed, contrary to DOLE Opinion — FFW

The Federation of Free Workers (FFW) said that their labor coalition “respectfully disagrees” with the recent statement made by Labor Secretary Bienvenido Laguesma who warned that a legislated wage hike could displace workers, increase prices of essential commodities, and result in a decline...

The 2024 NICK JOAQUIN LITERARY AWARDS’ 82 GRAPHIC SALUTE AWARDEES

“Publication is the first hurdle of a writer who wants the public to read his or her work. Publication is the first level of the competition for public awareness. To breeze past the line-up of a hundred or more writers who submitted their...

The Heart Wants What It Wants

Such a slim volume but how sharply it connects, the Reader muses, feeling as though a door were creaking open as Annie Ernaux’s “Simple Passion” triggers a meandering meditation on how sheer emotion runs the day-to-day.     Teetering on the brink of 50, the...

Graphic Reader’s Covers Exhibit: An NJLA 2024 Pre-Event highlight

2006 National Artist for the Visual Arts Benedicto 'BenCab' Reyes Cabrera to lead in ribbon-cutting ceremony A colorful 12-stand exhibit of Philippines Graphic Reader covers is the pre-event highlight of the 2024 Nick Joaquin Literary Awards (NJLA) this Tuesday, May 7 at the Samsung...

FFW calls for immediate legislative action on National Wage Increase; Disappointed with Referral to RTWPBs

After President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. met with labor leaders this morning, the Federation of Free Workers (FFW) is calling for urgent legislative action to address the longstanding issue of poverty wages among Filipino workers. FFW said it welcomed the recent amendments to the...

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