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Groups: Marcos-Trump trade agreement, ‘worst deal ever’

Trump in a post described Marcos’ trip as a “beautiful visit” and called his Philippine counterpart a “very good, and tough, negotiator” despite Marcos Jr. agreeing to drop all tariffs on US goods entering the Philippines.

Sigaw ng bayan, mangagawa naman!

Lantad sa pulong ang sentimyento ng sektor: pagod na ang manggagawang Pilipino sa paghihintay, at lalong hindi sila dapat maghintay pa.

Unyon sa Fuji, panalo sa bagong CBA

Matagumpay na naipaglaban ng Lakas ng Nagkakaisang Manggagawa sa Fuji Electric Philippines Inc. (LNMFEPI) ang panibagong Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) na naglalaman ng dagdag sahod at benepisyo matapos ang negosasyon sa pamunuan ng kumpanya noong Hwebes, Hulyo 17.

Broadcaster killed in Mindanao, 6th under Marcos Jr.

The Presidential Task Force on Media Security (PTFoMS) confirmed the killing of Radio WOW FM broadcaster Erwin Labitad Segovia on John Bosco Street, Barangay Mangagoy, Bislig City morning, July 21. He was 63.

Infanta reaffirms opposition to Kaliwa Dam

“[T]he Kaliwa Dam Project has a major environmental impact as it may cause pollution; climate change; depletion of non-renewable resources; loss of cropland, rangeland and forest cover; and extinction of animal or plant species,” the resolution further reads.

Situation in jails violates rights, official admits

“Unlike prisons in some other countries, food is delivered to our PDLs inside their crowded cells, forcing them to eat on their beds and making their surroundings stink. Our jails smell really bad, itself a form of torture,” DILG undersecretary Serafin Barreto Jr. said.