ACT Rep. France Castro wins Norwegian prize for work on trade union rights
Castro won the award for her many years of struggle to organize teachers and for fighting for basic workers rights in the Philippines, wrote the Svensson Foundation in a press statement.
Free Satur and France; free the Lumad children
The Children’s Rehabilitation Center (CRC) condemns the illegal detention of Former Bayan Muna Rep. Satur Ocampo and ACT Teachers Rep. France Castro and other delegates of the National Solidarity Mission (NSM) in Davao del Norte since 9:30 pm last night November 28 by the combined elements of the 56th IB, Philippine National Police and Municipal Social […]
Charges against Satur and aid group has no basis–LODI
The Duterte regime has reached a new low with the filing of preposterous human trafficking and kidnapping charges against veteran journalist, activist and human rights advocate Satur Ocampo, ACT Teachers party-list Rep. France Castro as they were on a fact-finding to aid beleaguered indigenous people in Talaingod, Davao del Norte. The arts and media alliance, […]
Marawi students resent destruction of schools, humanitarian mission reports
Students in Marawi struggle to regain access to education as the new school year started amid battles between government troops and the Maute and Abu Sayyaf groups, educators who recently visited evacuation centers in Mindanao said. “The students harbor deep resentment because their return to their schools for the new school year has been hampered,” […]