By RITCHE T. SALGADO
Public school teachers in Cebu not only have to contend with low pay and backbreaking work – they are forced to make do in their classrooms, in many instances spending their own money on their students’ needs. Worse, the Department of Education frowns upon these teachers’ efforts to organize themselves and improve their plight.
The regime of President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo will go down in history as among the worst in terms of providing education. While dropout rates are common in other presidencies, it was only under Arroyo that the dropout rates for elementary and high school surpassed 10 and 15 percent respectively.
The Arroyo government and its allies have been harassing their critics — political activists, human-rights advocates, journalists, government employees, workers, teachers, environmentalists, lawyers, to name some — with court cases that range from the frivolous to the absurd. Now, these victims of political persecution have banded together to fight back.
BY BULATLAT A group of teachers praised several legislators for continuing to push for a P9,000 or (US$185.99) salary increase for public school teachers. Antonio Tinio, national chairman of the Alliance of Concerned Teachers (ACT) commended lawmakers Luz Ilagan, Liza Maza, Teofisto Guingona III, and Rufus Rodriguez for their ‘determined efforts’ in pushing for a…
BY BULATLAT The Alliance of Concerned Teachers (ACT) expressed alarm over reports that one of the teachers kidnapped by unidentified abductors earlier this month in Zamboanga Sibugay has died while in captivity. According to a statement by the Provincial Crisis Management Committee of Zamboanga Sibugay, Noemi Mandi, 38, passed away because she was not provided…
Teachers criticized a proposed public sector wage hike bill pending at the House of Representatives ‘favoring military and uniformed personnel over employees in the civilian bureaucracy.’ The Alliance of Concerned Teachers (ACT) said that House Joint Resolution No. 24 will grant higher pay increases to military and police personnel relative to professionals in the civilian…
Despite being slapped with libel charges, Antonio Tinio, chairperson of the Alliance of Concerned Teachers (ACT) said his group will continue to expose what they deem as ‘exploitative and illegal’ policies of the Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) under the leadership of Winston Garcia. BY RONALYN V. OLEA Bulatlat In November last year, Antonio Tinio,…
Unmoved by the libel case filed against him, Prof. Antonio L. Tinio, national chairperson of the Alliance of Concerned Teachers (ACT) vows that teachers will win the fight for better services and benefits from the Government Service Insurance System (GSIS). BY NOEL SALES BARCELONA Correspondent Bulatlat Prof. Antonio L. Tinio, national chairperson of the teachers’…
Ang kasinungalingan ng estadong Arroyo ay patotoo sa mapanupil na imperialismong US. Ginagawang katanggap-tanggap ang pagmamangmang sa mamamayan. Ang kasinungalingan ay iniwawasto ng progresibong kilusan, inilalatag ang maskara ng paghuhunghang. Ang kasinungalingan ay pinapatay dahil ito ay nilalayong makamatay ng estadong Arroyo. At ang kasinungalingan ay nag-uudyok ng alternatibong pagtatanong at imahinasyon. NI ROLAND TOLENTINO…
BY BULATLAT In commemoration of the World Teachers’ Day, more than 300 public school teachers trooped to the Batasang Pambansa Complex this afternoon and called for higher salaries for teachers and rank-and-file government employees. The World Teachers’ Day was first inaugurated by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) in 1994 to commemorate…
BY MEDZ MONTEREAL Contributed to Bulatlat August 1, 2008 – 2:56 p.m. Government employees, teachers and workers held a demonstration today at the main office of Social Security Systems (SSS) as former National Economic Development Authority (NEDA) Chair Romulo Neri sits as the new SSS president. Antonio Tinio, chairperson of the Alliance of Concerned Teachers…