"Violent dispersal of NutriAsia workers draws wide condemnation", 30 July 2018

Groups and individuals were outraged by the violent dispersal of NutriAsia workers and their supporters, who went on strike due to the condiments distributor’s refusal to regularize workers....

...[A]round 300 NutriAsia workers and their supporters were violently dispersed by the company’s security personnel and police forces after an ecumenical mass was held outside NutriAsia’s factory in Marilao, Bulacan.

“Scores were injured, while many others remain missing,” the groups said.

NutriAsia, however, issued a statement...saying violence began...when someone "fired a shot" and "started to hurl rocks" from the side of the 200 workers....