By LUIS V. TEODORO Vantage Point | BusinessWorld Posted by Bulatlat.com Before leaving for the United States to attend the UN General Assembly meeting in New York, President Benigno Aquino III said during a press conference that he had the report of the Incident Investigation and Review Committee (IIRC) released first to the Chinese government…
Month: September 2010
Youth solon questions DBM proposal to obtain higher ed funds anew
Press Release Sept. 28, 2010 Kabataan Partylist Representative Raymond Palatino today questioned the proposal of the Department of Budget and Management to state universities and colleges (SUCs) to avail of the Higher Education Development Fund (HEDF) to augment their meager budget instead of calling for higher state subsidy. In a DBM memo to President Noynoy…
Statement on the House Justice Committee’s vote to proceed with the impeachment hearings
Press Statement Bagong Alyansang Makabayan Sept. 28, 2010 We congratulate the House Justice Committee for its decision to continue with the impeachment proceedings. It is a valid assertion of the power of the House of Representatives especially when it is quite obvious that the Ombdusman has done nothing but delay or weaken the impeachment process.…
Aquino Statement a Go-Signal for Congress to Tackle RH Bill Now
Press Release Sept. 28, 2010 GABRIELA Women’s Partylist Representative Luz Ilagan today said President Noynoy Aquino’s statement acknowledging the government’s obligation to inform citizens of their choices and to provide those who would like to employ certain methods of family planning with assistance is a positive move towards recognizing the rights of women to adequate…
High school students stage lightning rally at DepEd to protest K-12, demand higher education budget
Press Release Sept. 28, 2010 “No matter how you deodorize the K-12 program, the fact that it will aggravate the financial burden of parents and that the Aquino proposed education budget cannot resolve the shortages even under the current 10 year system clearly explains the program’s foolishness.” This was the statement of Ayla Garduce, spokesperson…
Youth groups to lawmakers: Reject Aquino’s budget cuts to education
Press Release Sept. 28, 2010 Fresh off a nationwide series of campus walkouts against proposed budget cuts to education for 2011, youth groups returned to the streets today, this time to picket the Congressional hearing on the budget for State Colleges and Universities (SCUs). The groups Anakbayan, National Union of Students in the Philippines (NUSP),…
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Sa Utak ang Tama
Malala ang sakit ng mga burgis. Hindi Hindi ito galing sa kagat ng lamok O dulot ng kakulangan ng sustansya. Que horror! Bawal sa mayaman ang kulang ang makain O maruming kapaligiran. Pero maraming sakit ang nakukuha sa rangya Kadalasan ay sa utak ang tama. Halimbawa Nakakabaliw ang tumae sa porselana At magpunas ng puwit…
Baguio Students Walk Out of Classes to Denounce Education Budget Cut
By ALMA B. SINUMLAG Northern Dispatch Posted by Bulatlat.com BAGUIO CITY — More than a hundred students from several universities here walked out of their classes to show their disappointment over the Aquino government’s budget cut to the education sector. In his budget message submitted to the 15th Congress, President Benigno S. Aquino III said…
Rights Group Hits Philippine Army for Ilocos Peasant’s Death
By ROD TAJON Northern Dispatch Bulatlat.com STA. LUCIA, Ilocos Sur — Human rights advocates condemned the murder of an Ilocos peasant and the continuing violations of people’s rights as a result of joint military operations in the area by the 50th and 86th Infantry Battalion of the Philippine Army (IB PA). The fact-finding mission (FFM)…
Support for Sacked Radio Workers in Davao City Grows
By CHERYLL D. FIEL Davao Today Posted by Bulatlat.com DAVAO CITY – Support grows for beleaguered media workers of Radio Mindanao Network- DXDC Davao (RMN-DXDC Davao). On Sept. 21, during the commemoration of Martial Law, members of the Davao media and members of various organizations, including listeners of RMN Davao gathered at a program in…