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Women workers push for immediate implementation of ILO Convention 190 to end violence in the workplace

Women workers from various labor groups called for the “immediate implementation of Convention 190 of the International Labor Organization (ILO) to end violence in workplaces across the country.” ILO Convention No. 190 (C190) is the first international treaty to recognize the right of everyone...

STUDENT’S CORNER

Understanding the words and increasing your vocabulary. The numbered words below are taken from the four short stories featured in this issue. Get to know them. “Caught in the Eye of Durarakit” by Richard A. Giye Trotted /traa·tuhd/ verb, past tense and past participle of trot....

COMING SOON!

Watch for the Women’s Month issue of the Philippines Graphic Reader! Available on March 15 at Lazada and Shopee and in select 7-Eleven outlets Featuring: SHORT STORIES ·       All Fall Down by Menchu Aquino Sarmiento·       Long before Darkness, Or, The Night Ileana Fell in Love by Rosa May M....

Nagkaisa advocates for wage hike, urging prioritization of living wage; questions NEDA

A labor coalition has challenged the cautious stand of the National Economic Development Authority (NEDA) on the proposed P100 wage increase pushed by labor groups. Nagkaisa, a labor coalition composed of 42 labor federations and organizations, likewise expressed its concern regarding NEDA's endorsement of...

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You can still catch the February 2024 issue of the Graphic Reader featuring: SHORT STORIES Caught in the Eye of Durarakit by Richard A. GiyeENRIQUE 1521 by Aurelio A. PeñaHousehold Melodies by Eden TayabanThe X-Ray Tech’s Love Story by Paulino Lim, Jr. POEMS Consequences by Karina Africa BolascoPlanting...

FFW calls for gov’t comprehensive assistance for mine workers in tragic Davao de Oro landslide

Following the catastrophic Feb. 6 landslide in Maco, Davao de Oro—which has, so far, resulted in the loss of 11 lives with 110 individuals reportedly missing—the Federation of Free Workers (FFW) urged the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) and the Employees’ Compensation...

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SMFI scholars & the pursuit of happiness

“Someone’s sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago.”—Warren Buffet Forty years ago, in 1983, the late visionary business...

Leave no one behind for quality healthcare

The Pharmaceutical and Healthcare Association of the Philippines (PHAP) is an organization that is now at the forefront of research and development in medicines...

The Philippines Graphic @ 96: After the pandemic

First published in 1927, the Graphic has survived two global cataclysms—the Second World War and the COVID-19 pandemic. It underwent a third resurrection of...

Addressing COVID-19: Be safe, be smart, be kind

For most residents of Sto. Tomas City in Batangas, the horrors that came with the COVID-19 pandemic was magnified by the eruption of Taal...