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Labor group urges expansion of non-wage benefits; calls for nationwide wage increase

Sends open letter to United States Pres. Joe Biden on red tagging in the Philippines The Federation of Free Workers (FFW) has urged the government to expand worker benefits to include non-wage benefits. Saying that non-wage benefits will have a positive impact on the lives...

Calatagan goes clean and green

More than a century ago, Calatagan was nothing more than an hacienda, with its vast plains planted to sugarcane and nipa shelters for sakada or plantation workers. Its only infrastructure was a sugar mill that processed sugarcane loaded atop wooden carts being pulled...

MAYOR PETER OLIVER M. PALACIO: Calatagan, Batangas’ Mr. Sustainability

Calatagan town is fast becoming a tourist magnet. Since the easing of travel restrictions beginning in December 2020, it has joined Nasugbu, San Juan, Taal, and the other tourist-friendly municipalities of Batangas province in attracting its fair share of foreign and local visitors. (Photo...

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VP & Education Secretary Sara Duterte replies to ACT Teachers’ France Castro

I am glad that France Castro confirmed that ACT Teachers is, without a doubt, a fake representative of learners, educators, and other members of the education sector in Congress with her continued refusal to publicly and explicitly condemn the New People’s Army’s violence...

Various labor groups pay homage to late peasant leader Jimmy Tadeo

Various labor leaders and organizations expressed their great sadness over the demise of long-time peasant leader Jaime “Ka Jimmy” Tadeo. The 1986 Constitutional Commission delegate had died from diabetes complications on March 26, two days before his 85th birthday. “The Nagkaisa Labor Coalition expresses its...

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Edited by multi-awarded poet and essayist Marra PL. Lanot Featuring: SHORT STORIES "Patch of Green" by I.S.A. Crisostomo-Lopez “When Words Fail” by Melissa Salva “Time for Tattoos” by Richard...

City of Sto. Tomas, Batangas Mayor Arth Jhun Aguilar Marasigan: PORTRAIT OF A MAYOR LEADING THE RIDE TO PROGRESS

He begins his day at 6:30 in the morning. And every Monday morning, he is in his office at 7 a.m., in time for...

Batting for a G.R.E.A.T. GCG

Good governance, Rightsizing, Efficiency, Accountability and Transparency After serving as Associate Justice of the Sandiganbayan for 14 years, retired Justice Alex L. Quiroz availed of...

70th Palanca Awards issues last call for entries

The Carlos Palanca Foundation, Inc., the sponsor and organizer of the 70th Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards for Literature, is reminding aspiring Palanca awardees to...