FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 23, 2010 Youth group Anakbayan harshly criticized President Benigno ‘Noynoy’ Aquino today for saying that this year’s ‘alternative SONA (State of the Nation Address)’, which has become an annual tradition of progressive groups, should be held in the Quezon Memorial Circle and not in front of the Batasang Pambansa as originally…
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No to ‘Mangmang’! Noy Pressed on National Day of Youth Action (PR)
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 16, 2010 Ten days before President Aquino’s State of the Nation Address (SONA), students today walkout from their classes, marched to Malacanang, and defied President Aquino to resolve the education crisis on SONA day. “Today is a national day of youth action. Youth and students, not just in the…
After 2 Weeks of Aquino, PNOY Stands for Something Else for the Youth (PR)
PRESS RELEASE July 16, 2010 “PNOY: Positively Nothing On Youth interests” As thousands of youths nationwide hit the streets today for what has been dubbed a ‘National Day of Action for Education’, Anakbayan national vice-chairperson Anton Dulce summed up the 16-day old administration of Benigno ‘Noynoy’ Aquino with the four previously-mentioned letters. The youth group…
Like Arroyo Like Aquino? Same Cabinet/Government – Same Anti-people Policies
By MARYA SALAMAT
Forming his team to set the direction of change or political payback? So far, except for Justice Sec. Leila de Lima, the Cabinet of Pres. Benigno Aquino III is a mixture of key figures in his campaign, representatives of big business, and old hands of the former Arroyo administration.
Prioritize Youth, Not Military, Noynoy Told
By LYN V. RAMO Bulatlat.com BAGUIO CITY – With the oath taking of Pres. Benigno Aquino III on June 30, college students here called on him to veer away from his predecessor’s practice of favoring the military in budget allocations and to prioritize education instead. The students also condemned the worsening campus repression. The school…
Reduce School Drop-outs by Raising Parents’ Incomes, Aquino Told
MANILA — Youth group Anakbayan today called on newly-proclaimed President Benigno Aquino III to prioritize the growing number of drop-outs in the first months of his term. In a press conference today, Anakbayan national vice-chairperson Anton Dulce called on Aquino to pressure the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) into immediately implementing a tuition freeze for…
Military Did Not Need Martial Law Declaration to Abduct, Torture Activist
By RONALYN V. OLEA
Noriel Rodriguez, a member of Anakbayan, was tortured for 10 days by people he claimed to be soldiers. The soldiers, he said, threatened to harm his family and mutilate his genitals. He was released only after he was forced to sign papers stating that he was a rebel returnee. 
Related video: Noriel Rodriguez recounts his ordeal
News in Pictures: Youths Demand Quality Education and an End to State Aggression
Youths and students rally in Manila protest the wars the Arroyo regime has launched against indigenous peoples and the Muslim minority and its inability to provide basic and good education. (Photo Janess Ann J. Ellao / bulatlat.com)
Progressive Fil-Am Youth Group Joins Striking Health Workers
Progressive Filipino-American youths from Anakbayan New York/New Jersey, USA joined striking workers of at least four nursing home facilities in New Jersey and New York in their fight for justice in the workplace. With members of allied organizations from Bagong Alyansang Makabayan-USA (Bayan-USA), the youth group supported the union workers’ fight against the nursing home…
Youth Group: Pro-US Policies to Blame for Mass Lay-offs
BY ALEXANDER MARTIN REMOLLINO Bulatlat MANILA — Members of Anakbayan and other youth groups staged a rally at the US Embassy here this morning to take the US to task for its role in the global economic crisis. They also lambasted the Arroyo administration for implementing what they described as pro-US policies, which they say…
Rally at US Embassy Violently Dispersed, 4 Students Arrested
BY HANNAH FAITH DORMIDO July 24, 2008 – 4:38 p.m. Four students were arrested while six others were severely injured after a protest in front of the US Embassy was violently dispersed by the police. League of Filipino Students (LFS) vice chairperson Ron Villegas said the arrested students were LFS national chairperson Vencer Crisostomo, 22,…