Task Force Hanjin
July 29, 2008 The Editor Philippine Star Dear Editor: Your news story on page 18 of your July 16, 2008 issue entitled "Task Force Hanjin members quit after 13th worker" has somehow put the members in bad light. The story is misleading. Indeed, we, the task force members, resigned but not quitted. We resigned because we saw the need to strengthen and expand the task force on Hanjin by including as members all interested sectors of the community, something that was not possible if we remained under the Office of the Governor. There as a local law - Executive Order No. 1 Series of 2007 - that limits the membership only to six people. We resigned because we saw the need to have an independent task force to force those responsible for causing the many problems in Hanjin concerning people's rights and environmental protection to accept responsibility, correct the errors and improve the situation. We resigned because we have already successfully formed an independent, strengthen...