Statement of the University of the Philippines College of Mass Communication On the second anniversary of the November 23, 2009 Ampatuan Massacre November 22, 2011 DESPITE President Benigno Aquino III’s pledge that his administration will stop the killing of journalists, twelve have been killed since the Ampatuan Massacre of November 23, 2009 claimed the lives…
Day: November 24, 2011
On 2nd anniversary of Ampatuan massacre: Aquino told to end impunity
By RONALYN V. OLEA
“The eyes of the whole world are on the Philippines because of this crime and especially because until now, there is no justice and the killings, enforced disappearances and other human rights violations continue.” – Nestor Burgos, National Union of Journalists of the Philippines
Sidebar: Groups laud filing of case vs Arroyo for Ampatuan massacre
Groups laud filing of case vs Arroyo for Ampatuan massacre
By RONALYN V. OLEA Bulatlat.com Main Story: On 2nd anniversary of Ampatuan massacre: Aquino told to end impunity MANILA – “There are no Ampatuans if Arroyo did not coddle warlords and private armies.” This was the statement of Hustisya!, an organization of families of victims of extrajudicial killings, enforced disappearances and other human rights violations…
Jose Rizal, the student and his activism
By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO Bulatlat.com MANILA — If novelist, poet and national hero Jose Rizal was alive today, would he be joining the protests against human rights violations and the continuing deterioration of the Filipino people’s economic well-being? Chances are, yes. Last week, University of the Philippines professors Judy Taguiwalo and Sarah Raymundo posited…
Philippine Air Force tagged in foiled abduction of fisherfolk leader in Batangas
Philippine Air Force tagged in foiled abduction of fisherfolk leader in Batangas By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO Bulatlat.com Soldiers from the Philippine Air Force (PAF) are being accused of masterminding the frustrated abduction of a fisherfolk leader in Batangas. The Pambansang Lakas ng Kilusang Mamamalakaya ng Pilipinas (Pamalakaya) has tagged military elements identified with the…
The sorry state of education
By ANNE MARXZE D. UMIL
Shortages continue to plague the country’s education system despite President Benigno Aquino III’s campaign and inaugural promises that his administration would provide quality education for the Filipino people.
Polytechnic University of the Philippines, condemned to penury
By ANNE MARXZE D. UMIL
PUP remains as one of the last few hopes for children of poor families to gain higher education. But it is slowly being dashed as the PUP struggles with extreme shortages, dilapidated facilities and the pressure to increase tuition and other fees to survive.
Passion for teaching
By ANNE MARXZE D. UMIL Bulatlat.com MANILA – John Clifford Sibayan, 19, is following the footsteps of his mother who is a teacher in a public school in Pampanga. “There is nothing like teaching,” Clifford said during an interview. They do not only teach the students their lessons, for a public school teacher like Clifford’s…
Continuing Injustice: A story of the widow of the Ampatuan Massacre
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Philippine Normal University, trying to make do with so little
By ANNE MARXZE D. UMIL
The Philippine Normal University is supposedly another option. But more than this, the state of PNU would definitely impact on the state of basic education in the country. An overwhelming majority of teachers, especially in the public school system are trained at PNU, and the quality of graduates it produces would reflect on the state of the country’s public school system. While the PNU gasps for dear life, so would the whole public school system.