This April 2026 special issue of ASSERT is one of the outputs of Ms. Beatrice Fernandez’ students from the UP Manila Political Science NSTP program. The IOHSAD team extends our gratitude for the efforts and work poured by the students, from planning and actual press work, to complete and release this newsletter.

We hope that the statements and articles you have written will be translated into lifelong advocacy for workers’ OSH and labor rights.

📌 This issue features: 

• A report on the tragic Binaliw Landfill collapse in Cebu 
• IOHSAD 2025 Annual OSH Incident Report and the urgent need for stronger occupational health and safety protections 
• A column by IOHSAD’s Occupational Health Physician, Dr. Camille Cruzada, on her inspiring journey in OSH and her service to Filipino workers

📌 Also inside: 

• Editorial: “Isang Araw, Isang Kamatayan” 
• Push the OSH Agenda Forum in UP Manila 
• News Updates: Forum on Corruption and Bureaucrat Capitalism organized by the Pagkakaisa ng mga Mamamayan ng Tundo (PAMATU) and 40th EDSA Anniversary Commemoration 
• Feature: Effects of extreme heat on women workers’ health 
• Climate change and its impacts on workers’ health and safety 

🔗 Read and download the ASSERT Newsletter here: