The landless, fishermen and forestry workers were the poorest of the poor. In some rural regions – the sugar-growing region on the island of Negros being the most egregious example ...

In Germany, the "Corporate Conscience Campaign" documented by the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung last year saw business leaders commit to 40 days of ethical business practices and worker-centered ...

"Every time we import sugar, the tariff will go to a trust fund for local producers, workers, and all the local government units in Negros Occidental," he said. Tolentino is also pushing to remove the ...

Labor groups said working conditions had not changed enough to warrant the removal. The company is partly owned by donors to ...

In the first half of the twentieth century, Cuba was the biggest producer of sugar in the world, and sugar represented 80 ...

A “withhold release order” had been issued in 2022 for raw sugar and sugar products made by Central Romana over allegations ...

Laramie-based artist Ismael Dominguez created the installation as an homage to his family who worked the beet harvest.

The group Barug Negros ug Siquijor criticizes the setup ... and Communications Technology and the Department of Migrant Workers have yet to be determined. Maximo Maxino, lawyer and spokesman ...

In a press statement, Lt. Col. Arnel Calaoagan, commander of the 79IB, described their deaths as a major setback for the communist group in Negros and the entire Visayas region. “The ...

BACOLOD CITY—A powerful tornado triggered power outages in Murcia town in Negros Occidental and in parts of this city on Thursday afternoon. The tornado, which hit at past 2 p.m., also ripped ...