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The Commission on Elections is confident that the voting process will run smoothly as it undertakes the final testing and sealing of vote counting machines before the May 9 elections.

INSTEAD of holding their usual anti-government protest during Labor Day, most labor groups organized campaign sorties for the candidates they are backing in the 2022 polls during the said holiday. Members of the Nagkaisa labor coalition and Kilusang Mayo Uno (KMU) held a joint activities in Metro Manila on Sunday,…

Just in time for Labor Day, presidential aspirant Vice President Leni Robredo promised labor groups on Sunday, May 1, that she will raise the minimum wage of Filipino workers. Vice President Leni Robredo addresses her supporters from the labor sector during the Labor Day event, dubbed as “A10 Ang

AT least five persons were reported wounded while presidential candidate and labor leader Ka Leody de Guzman escaped unscathed after his group was fired upon by still unknown gunmen while holding a meeting with members of the Manobo tribe in Quezon, Bukidnon, on Tuesday. The incident, which the Philippine National…

SENATE RACE. Former Ifugao Rep. Teddy Baguilat Jr. (left) and labor lawyer Sonny Matula ). These two senatorial aspirants are largely counting on support from young voters to raise their chances of winning in this year's elections. (Photo from FB pages of Baguilat and Matula) TACLOBAN CITY - Two senatorial aspirants are largely counting on support from young voters to raise their chances of winning in this year's elections. Former Ifugao Rep. Teddy Baguilat Jr. and labor lawyer Sonny Mat...

A LABOR group called on the government to subsidize fuel for public-utility vehicle (PUV) drivers currently struggling in the wake of the recent spike in oil prices caused by the Russia-Ukraine tussle. In a statement issued on Sunday, the National Confederation of Transport Workers Unions-Sentro ng mga Nagkakaisa at Progresibong…

The Trade Union Congress of the Philippines will formally endorse this week the candidacies of presidential aspirant Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. and Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte, it said in a news release Sunday. 

THE country’s largest labor union said it will back presidential candidate Ferdinand “Bongbong” R. Marcos Jr. and his running mate Sara Duterte-Carpio in the 2022 National and Local Elections (NLE). In a statement on Sunday, the Trade Union Congress of the Philippines (TUCP) decided to endorse the BBM-Sara tandem after…

Presidential aspirant Vice President Leni Robredo’s senatorial bets on Wednesday, Feb. 9, appealed to the Commission on Elections (Comelec) to allow the Office of the Vice President (OVP) to continue its COVID-19 pandemic response initiatives during the campaign period. The senatorial slate of Vi

(Photo courtesy of Leni-Kiko 2022 campaign team) MANILA - Senatorial candidates of the tandem of presidential bet Vice President Leni Robredo and Senator Francis Pangilinan appealed anew to the Commission on Elections (Comelec) on Wednesday to allow Robredo's office to continue its aid missions, citing humanitarian grounds. The senatorial candidates said addressing the needs of poor Filipinos with urgent humanitarian concerns due to the pandemic and recent calamities should not be hindered b...