MANILA — Students and progressive youth groups protesting the incessant college tuition hikes staged a nationwide walkout protest against tuition and other school fees increases on Wednesday, Feb. 24. In Metro Manila, students from the Polytechnic University of the Philippines, University of the Philippines (UP) Manila and Diliman, University of Santo Tomas (UST), joined the…
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A parent of a Manila Science High School student pours her heart out in a protest action against the K to 12 program in front of Supreme Court, Feb 22.
‘Is there no safe place for the Lumad?’
Progressive groups condemned the torching of the Lumad evacuation center in Davao City.
Parents, teachers urge SC to stop K to 12
“We hope that the Supreme Court will see the realities that the DepEd refuses to acknowledge, and not become a party to killing the dreams of hundreds of thousands of young Filipinos.”
‘If Aquino has a heart’ | Youth groups set 4-point demand on education
“Government should act on the worsening education crisis.”
Youth groups protest China’s missile deployment in Paracels
“We strongly condemn China’s militarist approach to the sea dispute.”
Protest against K to 12 set on Monday
“More people will join our crusade as there will certainly be catastrophic displacements of college teachers in the thousands and the equally catastrophic dropping out of students who cannot afford private education.”
UP groups call for ‘zero votes for LP’
Protesters stormed a government agency event which had Liberal Party candidates as guests.
Images| State workers score removal of benefits, low salary hike
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#BulatlatAsks | ‘Proposed wage hike will barely pay for loans’
Bulatlat asked government employees what they will do if they get an additional P2,000, to be given in tranches the next four years. No one was happy about it.
#OneBillionRising | Women call for ‘revolution’
“We will continue to rise, not only up to the International Women’s Day on March 8, but througout the whole year or even longer, as long as the government does not hear our demands.”