There is a need for a network like Luisita Watch because the tyranny against farm workers in Hacienda Luisita is not being publicized.
Network to monitor Hacienda Luisita land distribution launched
Anne Marxze Umil
Hazing victim calls for justice, ROTC abolition
“It is high time that we excise this vestige of a bygone militaristic era from our schools with finality. In the coming days, we vow to intensify the call for the abolition of the ROTC [Reserve Officers’ Training Corps program].”
One billion rise for justice
“The three issues of injustices namely, Aquino’s criminal neglect of victims of calamities, his neo-liberal policies that result in high prices of basic goods and utilities, and government’s unabated corruption, served to further push women and their families deeper into the quagmire of poverty,” said Joms Salvador, secretary general of Gabriela.
Is education at PUP still for the poor?
“Although the tuition has not increased, with the additional fees being imposed other than the miscellaneous fees we pay every enrollment, studying even at PUP is becoming more expensive.”
Education becoming more prohibitive as more schools to hike tuition, fees
“To deny students of the right to education is synonymous to denying them the right to a better future.”
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#StrikeTheHike, youth groups slam power rate hike
MANILA – Members of progressive youth group Anakbayan-National Capital Region and consumers’ group #StrikeTheHike Network stormed Gate 7 of Malacañang Palace on Monday, Feb. 10 on the eve of the scheduled oral argument on Meralco’s power rate hike at the Supreme Court today, Feb. 11. The groups protested the inaction of President Benigno S. Aquino…
‘Schools no longer safe, conducive to learning for children’
“The use of schools for military purposes puts children at risk of attack and hampers children’s right to education.” – UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon
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‘Military presence in schools results in rights violations’
Last year, soldiers from the 25th Infantry Battalion Philippine Army occupied the Salugpongan Ta’ Tanu Igkanogon Community Learning Center, Inc. (STTICLCI) in Purok 4-B, Mangayon village, Compostela Valley. The soldiers reportedly arrested four students, interrogated, and used them as guides in military operations.
SC asked to stop privatization of Orthopedic Hospital
Petitioners say the Supreme Court has the perfect opportunity here to give life to state’s constitutional mandate to promote the people’s right to health through the accessibility of affordable health care.
Fabella ‘modernization’ feared to worsen maternal death rate
‘It is the government’s Constitutional responsibility to improve, develop and modernize public hospitals and public health services. But for the service of the people, and not for profit-oriented investors.’
Artists install ‘wheatpaste’ art vs tuition hikes
MANILA – Youth artists from Kabataang Artista para sa Tunay na Kalayaan (Karatula) made artworks on the gate of the Commission on Higher Education (CHEd), Jan. 29, Thursday to protest against tuition increases as schools prepare for another round of tuition consultation. The group said wheatpaste works depicted different facets of the crisis in the…