Search You Are Here:Home → 2021 → May → 1 → On Labor Day, workers demand urgent economic relief On Labor Day, workers demand urgent economic relief Women workers demand cash aid to tide them over during this crisis. (Photo by Carlo Manalansan / Bulatlat) “If he has no plans of giving much-needed and much-deserved cash aid for the workers and the people, it is better for Duterte to just resign.” By EMILY VITAL MANILA Gina Escobar, 52, had been doing odd jobs since the pandemic began. She used to be a house helper but when lockdown was imposed in March 2020, her employer for 11 years let her go.
PAMPLONA, Cagayan, April 25 (PIA) Some former leaders and organizers from legal front organizations of the communist terrorist group, New People s Army, disclosed their deceitful tactics in recruiting people to join the armed rebellion against the Philippine government. Ka Layda narrates how she was recruited by the CPP-NPA-NDF, eventually becoming an organizer of Anakpawis in Pamplona, Cagayan. (PIA) Ka Layda , who was the vice-chairperson of the Aniban ng Manggagawang Kababaihan (Amihan), said that she was persuaded to join the rebel group because of a promise that they will help her resolve their land distribution issues. She also joined the training school of the rebels and eventually became a full-time organizer of Anakpawis, a legal front of the Communist Party of the Philippines - New Peoples Army - National Democratic Front (CPP-NPA-NDF), since 2012.