Fifty peso wage hike in Metro Manila dismissed as grossly inadequate
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Fifty peso wage hike in Metro Manila dismissed as grossly inadequate

MANILA (LiCAS News): The Church People–Workers Solidarity [CWS] labour rights group dismissed a recent 50…

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Philippine bishops denounce online gambling
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Philippine bishops denounce online gambling

LOBOC (LiCAS News): The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines [CBCP] raised the alarm over…

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Call end to Japanese fossil fuel financing in Asia
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Call end to Japanese fossil fuel financing in Asia

MANILA (UCAN): Activists marched through the streets of Manila, the Philippines on June 24, calling…

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Online gambling policy ‘theater of the absurd’, cardinal says
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Online gambling policy ‘theater of the absurd’, cardinal says

MANILA (LiCAS News): “We are doomed — unless we wake up,” Pablo Virgilio Cardinal David…

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Finally I said ‘No’
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Finally I said ‘No’

I finally said “no” to signing another contract with my employer so that I could chase…

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