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A Principled, Inclusive, and Business Sustainable Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Project

With a population of more than half a million people, San Jose Del Monte is the most populated city in the province of Bulacan. It is also one of the most rapidly industrializing cities north of the capital city of Manila and can...

How CSR came to Allied Metals

It was a case of two events joining as one. In 2016 the Danish Trade Union Council for International Development Cooperation (LO/FTF) was discussing with the Federation of Free Workers (FFW) the implementation of the “Principles-based, inclusive and business sustainable Corporate Social Responsibility Project...

Workers’ welfare in a Corporate Social Responsibility setting

Text and photos by Psyche Roxas-Mendoza At 29 years of age, standing all of five feet and two inches and weighing 140 pounds, Hazel Arado holds the distinction of being the only woman welder among 68 workers employed at Allied Metals, Inc. The company, with...

Trisha’s triumph

Trisha Duncan knew what she wanted in life. So much so that while in the middle of all the chase and pursuit, no one saw the beginnings of something sinister lurking inside her body. They hardly realized it at first, what with her...

The story of the Balangiga bells

On Dec. 11, at 10:30 a.m, the three Balangiga Bells arrived at Villamor Airbase. These were the bells that US troops took as war trophies in Samar more than a century ago. In a prepared statement released by cheap steroids the US Embassy in...

Beer, books and music: Czech Ambassador Jaroslav Olša, Jr.

A small archipelago in Southeast Asia and a small country in Central Europe—that’s how geography pinpoints the Republic of the Philippines and the Czech Republic. Bridging that distance involves more than physical travel across the 10,059 kilometers between the two nations. Czech diplomat and...

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The President Reports

(Selected points on President Rodrigo Roa Duterte’s Final Report to the People from 2016 to 2021 as prepared by the Office of the President-Presidential...

Labor group calls on President Marcos to intervene in the impending Duty-Free Philippines massive retrenchment

The Federation of Free Workers (FFW) is calling on President Ferdinand R. Marcos, Jr., anew to stop the massive retrenchment at the Duty-Free Philippines...

US Commerce Secretary meets with PHL labor leaders

Labor reiterates end to labor rights violations and pursues labor reforms toward making PHL a global worker-centered, investment hub Leaders and representatives from five major...

5 Labor leaders in talks for 2025 Senate run

Set to challenge incumbents amid Senate probe on drug and labor killings, pol dynasties Five prominent labor leaders are preparing to challenge incumbent senators seeking...