Sugarcane farm workers demand reforms in social benefits system

BACOLOD CITY — Sugarcane workers staged a protest outside the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) office here on Thursday, Aug. 27, demanding urgent reforms to the Social Amelioration Program (SAP) and the abolition of the “pakyaw” (piece-rate) system amid the crisis facing the sugar industry. The protest was led by the National Federation of