Day: March 24, 2010

News Release March 24, 2010 In a public dialogue with Kabataan Partylist Rep. Raymond Palatino held in the rally of Iskolars ng Bayan from the Polytechnic University of the Philippines (PUP) and University of the Philippines (UP) against tuition hikes this afternoon, Commission on Higher Education (CHED) Chairman Emmanuel Angeles categorically and clearly declared that…

Press Statement 24 March 2010 When laws are used to subvert justice, what is left for the people to do? The decision of the Court of Appeals Special Division of Five to dismiss the Writ of Habeas Corpus petition filed on behalf of the 43 health workers violates the most fundamental tenets of even the…

PRESS RELEASE March 24, 2010 The militant Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas (KMP, Peasant Movement of the Philippines) called on Commission on Election (Comelec) to disqualify bogus partylist groups who are obviously not marginalized and backed-up by the Arroyo administration, military and police. The group believed that the Arroyo government is using the partylist system to…

News Release March 24, 2010 Students from the University of the Philippines (UP) and the Polytechnic University of the Philippines (PUP) today merged their protest actions to seek emergency allocation from the government for state colleges and universities. UP students from the Diliman, Los Banos, Baguio and Manila campuses held a rally this morning to…

News Release March 24, 2010 The Bagong Alyansang Makabayan (Bayan) today assailed the inclusion of the son of President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo in the list of nominees formally submitted by a partylist group to the Comelec. The militant group also expressed alarm that known Arroyo allies who held previous positions in government are included in…