Wednesday, October 31, 2007 (Philippines)

Workers of Corazon Locsin Montelibano Memorial Regional Hospital (CLMMRH) air grievances over benefits and delayed salaries headed by Wilhelm Dueño. Dr. Epifania Simbul, inset, acting chief of hospital, says that benefits will be taken from the savings of the hospital. (Sun.Star Bacolod/Gil Alfredo Severino) HEALTH workers of Corazon Locsin Montelibano Memorial Regional Hospital (CLMMRH) in Bacolod City staged a picket at lunch break Tuesday and aired their grievances over the hospital’s failure to release their benefits and monthly salaries. The workers deplored the inability of the Department of the Health’s (DOH) management team to explain the real financial status of the hospital. Post comments here on President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo's grant of pardon to former President Joseph Estrada. Post your comments on the explosion at the Glorietta 2 mall in Makati City. [full story]