Unmindful of the danger due to COVID-19, shoppers flock in Divisoria, Manila, on March 20, 2021. The Philippines, on Monday, April 26, 2021, has recorded over one million total COVID-19 cases since the start of the pandemic. (MANILA BULLETIN/Mark Balmores) An alliance of health professionals on...
Health workers from Tondo Medical Center (TMC) held a "snake rally" and noise barrage protest on Wednesday, Oct. 27, to press for a salary increase and a higher health budget in 2022. (Photo from Alliance of Health Workers) TMC is a tertiary hospital that caters to the health needs of both in and...
In time for Halloween, a group of education workers staged a protest at the Department of Education (DepEd) main office in Pasig City to once again press the agency for overtime compensation and other economic benefits. (Photo from ACT-NCR) Dressed in Halloween costumes, members of the Alliance of...
"Malls have now opened, but what about our schools?" This was the sentiment of the Rise for Education Alliance (R4E) less than a month before the targeted pilot limited face-to-face classes in low-risk areas. (ALI VICOY / MANILA BULLETIN) "2021 has nearly passed completely, but there is barely any...
Dismayed over the further reduction of the number of participating schools in the pilot run of limited face-to-face classes set to start next month, a group of education workers on Wednesday, Oct. 20, urged the government to focus on building the confidence of stakeholders. Without face-to-face...
Health workers from the Jose Reyes Memorial Medical Center (JRRMMC) staged a lunch break protest on Wednesday, Oct. 20, to press for a higher 2022 health budget and to demand the release of their unpaid COVID-19 benefits. Health workers from Jose Reyes Memorial Medical Center stage a lunch break...
Former Senator Antonio Trillanes IV and human rights lawyer Jose Manuel 'Chel' Diokno, who are both running under the ticket of Vice President Leni Robredo, expressed their gratitude for the support and endorsement of the Alliance of Labor Leaders for Leni (ALL4Leni). Human rights lawyer Chel...
Faculty unions, associations, and educators from the private education sector on Saturday, Oct. 16, called on the next leaders of the country to pay attention to the plight of private schools especially amidst the pandemic. (RIO DELUVIO / MANILA BULLETIN) The Alliance of Concerned Teachers -...
Despite the “denial” coming from the Department of Education (DepEd), a group of education workers on Friday, Oct. 15, asserted that its call for 77 days of overtime pay has “legal and moral grounds.” (Photo from ACT Philippines) “Teachers have responded to the exigencies of the service...
Photo from The International's Twitter account T1 kept its bid for the Aegis of Champions alive as it sent Alliance packing after a 2-0 sweep in their best-of-three series in the second round of the lower bracket playoffs of The International in Bucharest Romania on Thursday, October 14. T1’s...
For a group of education workers, the claims that teachers’ pay increased under the Duterte administration is nothing but a “big fat lie” because the the bottom-line of the issue is that the President “failed to fulfill his promise” of doubling their salaries. Photo from Alliance of...
Health workers decried the P1 billion budget cut on Maintenance and Other Operating Expenses (MOOE) of four government-owned and controlled corporations (GOCC). The Philippine Children's Medical Center (PCMC) suffered the biggest cut in MOOE with P891 million, followed by the Lung Center of the...
