Some 832,812 public workers on contracts of service (COS) and job orders (JO) got an early Christmas gift after President Marcos last week ordered government agencies to extend their contracts that were supposed to expire on Dec. 31 this year to 2025. But the relief over getting their contracts and job orders extended by another year will have to be short-lived as there is no assurance that they will get another extension, which means they may
Today is World Press Freedom Day, observed every year on May 3 as declared by the United Nations General Assembly and as recommended by the UN Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization’s (Unesco) General Conference in 1993. The day is meant to raise awareness that the press must remain free, that citizens of this planet, in whatever clime or season, have the right to freedom of expression. This freedom is embodied in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights ratified by UN member nations in 1948. This year’s theme is “A Press for the Planet: Journalism in the Face of Environmental Crisis.” Chile
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