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Thursday, February 4, 2010
News in Pictures: UP Los Baños Students Unite Against Large Class Policy
Katribu Teaches Dumagat Children
By LYN RAMO
Bulatlat.com
TANAY, Rizal — As expected on a Monday, little Dumagat schoolchildren hurriedly prepared and left their homes to grab a better seat in school.
They did not head for the Nayon Elementary School, though, because “the teacher is not yet there.” Instead, they filled the one-room community [...]
Photo of the Week: Poor Education
Poor Education
Kabataan Partylist Pushes an Agenda for Change
By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO
Kabataan says the youth have an important role in the coming elections as more than 40 percent of the voters are young Filipinos. “The youth can even dictate who they want to win in the May 2010 elections,” says Rep. Raymond Palatino.
SC, Comelec Urged: Don’t Mock Partylist Law, Allow Marginalized Sectors in Congress
By MARYA SALAMAT
Three big partylist groups have questioned the Comelec’s efficiency, fairness, accuracy and capacity to respect, uphold and promote the law, particularly that of the partylist system and in allowing representation for the marginalized.
Lumad School in Surigao Persists Amid Continuing Threats
By MARIFE MAGBANUA
Students and the teachers of an alternative boarding school for Lumads in Surigao del Sur pick up the pieces after being displaced by militarization for 40 days.
Filipino Nurses in Canada Vulnerable to Exploitation, Misleading and Abusive Policies
By JHONG DELA CRUZ
Filipino nurses have the longest record of migrating, as well as the longest history of abuse. This abuse is a result of aggressive, profit-driven, exploitative policies of both their point-of-origin and destination countries. One of these is Canada, one of the most popular destinations now for Filipino nurses.
Sidebar: Filipino Nurses in Canada — In Search of a Better Life (An Interview with Evelyn Calugay)
Sunday, November 1, 2009Filipino Nurses in Canada: In Search of a Better Life
In this interview, Evelyn Calugay, a veteran Filipino nurse in Canada, shares her experience when she decided to move to Canada. She also shares her opinion about Canadian policies that are detrimental to foreign-trained nurses.
By JHONG DELA CRUZ
Bulatlat.com
ALBERTA, Canada — The Philippines has been exporting nurses since the 1960s. Enticed by [...]
In Cebu, Teachers Struggle to Teach and Survive Despite Violations of Their Rights
By RITCHE T. SALGADO
Public school teachers in Cebu not only have to contend with low pay and backbreaking work – they are forced to make do in their classrooms, in many instances spending their own money on their students’ needs. Worse, the Department of Education frowns upon these teachers’ efforts to organize themselves and improve their plight.
The Soldiers Came, and the Classes Stopped
By DEE AYROSO
In a remote village in Samar, children are forced to go to school to another village, walking for hours to attend their classes, after the soldiers started coming in and committed atrocities. What happened to Bay-ang illustrates the extent militarization damages not just communities but the education of poor Filipino children, particularly in the countryside.
News in Pictures: Youths Demand Quality Education and an End to State Aggression
Youths and students rally in Manila protest the wars the Arroyo regime has launched against indigenous peoples and the Muslim minority and its inability to provide basic and good education. (Photo Janess Ann J. Ellao / bulatlat.com)
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