By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO
Kabataan says the youth have an important role in the coming elections as more than 40 percent of the voters are young Filipinos. “The youth can even dictate who they want to win in the May 2010 elections,” says Rep. Raymond Palatino.
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News in Pictures: Youths Pledge to Vote
Kabataan partylist leads the launching in Davao City last week of Panata 2010 (Pledge 2010), a nationwide campaign to convince young people to register for the upcoming May elections. (Photo by Barry Ohaylan / davaotoday.com)
Video: Filipino Youths, Students Unite Against Arroyo’s Charter Change
Youths, Students Unite Against Cha-Cha
Students to Walk Out of Their Classes to Fight Cha-Cha
By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO Bulatlat.com MANILA – Students from all over the country are set to walk out of their classrooms tomorrow, July 10, to protest the moves by the Arroyo regime to amend the Constitution. The national walkout-protest against charter-change will be led by Kabataan Partylist and the Kabataan Kontra Cha-Cha and to…
Bulatlat Live: Webcast Interview with Kabataan Rep. Mong Palatino
Party-List Groups’ Meeting in Cagayan Valley Raided by Soldiers
MANILA — A meeting of officials of party-list groups Anakpawis, Bayan Muna, Gabriela, and Kabataan was raided by suspected elements of the military in Cagayan Valley region at past midnight Thursday. Anakpawis reported that around 30 heavily armed men in camouflage uniforms forced their way in while 19 leaders of party-list groups were sleeping at…
Run-up to the 2007 Elections
Philippine elections have always been tainted with fraud, marred by violence, dominated by political dynasties, and characterized by broken promises of politicians. It has never resulted in the betterment of the lives of majority of the Filipino people. But the way things are shaping up, this may be the worst elections yet. BY BENJIE OLIVEROS…