From the countryside to the city: Lakbayan and the Philippine revolution
Lakbayan ‘transports’ the struggle from the remote to the center.
From the countryside to the city: Lakbayan and the Philippine revolution
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Politics and internet in the age of self-representation
Politics and internet in the age of self-representation
QUESTION EVERYTHING Mong Palatino The selfie is both derided and hailed as a popular form of self-expression; but politically-speaking, what does it really signify? The ‘butterfly effect’ reminds us that a flap of a butterfly’s wings can cause a hurricane on the...
Congress urged to pass bills for greater transparency in government
Congress urged to pass bills for greater transparency in government
ByANNE MARXZE D. UMIL
“Transparency and accountability are part and parcel of good governance. Espousing an anti-corruption agenda without passing enabling laws is a conundrum beyond comprehension.” – Rep. Raymond Palatino, Kabataan Party-list
Green groups petition Supreme Court against Subic coal power plant
Green groups petition Supreme Court against Subic coal power plant
By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO Bulatlat.com MANILA -- Party-list groups Kalikasan and Kabataan and the No 2 Coal-Central Luzon (No2Coal-CL) alliance recently filed with the Supreme Court a petition for a Writ of Kalikasan against the construction of a 2x300 megawatt...
Boys accuse village official of torture
Boys accuse village official of torture
By ANNE MARXZE D. UMIL
“When we were in the barangay hall, we were told by the barangay ex-o to undress to see if we have tattoos. When we were already undressed he electrocuted us.”
Students slam new round of hikes in tuition, other fees
Students slam new round of hikes in tuition, other fees
By ANNE MARXZE D. UMIL
“It is heartbreaking when so many young people are denied the right to education simply because it has become out of reach due to the high fees.” – National Union of Students in the Philippines
Sidebar: ‘Commission on Higher Education toothless in regulating tuition, other fees’
‘Commission on Higher Education toothless in regulating tuition, other fees’
‘Commission on Higher Education toothless in regulating tuition, other fees’
By ANNE MARXZE D. UMIL Bulatlat.com Main Story: Students slam new round of hikes in tuition, other fees MANILA – Amid the skyrocketing tuition and other fees, youth groups criticized the Commission on Higher Education (Ched) for “being inutile and useless.”...
Students call for genuine democratic consultations on tuition increases
Students call for genuine democratic consultations on tuition increases
By INA ALLECO SILVERIO Bulatlat.com MANILA – A few months before the 2011-2012 academic year ends, Kabataan Party-List sponsored a consultative assembly in the House of Representatives regarding the issue of increasing tuition and related fees. The activity was...
Kabataan Party bucks ROTC reinstatement, says yes to youth social involvement
Kabataan Party bucks ROTC reinstatement, says yes to youth social involvement
By INA ALLECO R. SLVERIO Bulatlat.com There’s no way they are going to allow ROTC training become mandatory again. Kabataan Party-List and the youth and students organization Anakbayan have declared their determination to oppose proposals to once more make ROTC or...
Lower House passes bill banning ‘no permit, no exam’ policy in schools
Lower House passes bill banning ‘no permit, no exam’ policy in schools
By ANNE MARXZE D. UMIL Bulatlat.com MANILA – A piece of good news to parents and students: the bill banning the ‘no permit, no exam” policy in schools was unanimously approved by the House of Representatives this week, Aug. 4. Students who cannot pay their tuition...
Kabataan representative questions budget for telegrams
Kabataan representative questions budget for telegrams
By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO Bulatlat.com MANILA – The Aquino administration seems to be stuck in the Stone Age. Or at least it hasn’t caught the internet wave yet. Kabataan Party-list Rep. Raymond Palatino expressed skepticism over President Benigno Aquino III’s...
Youth Solon Files Bill to Regulate Tuition Hikes, Ensure Consultations
Youth Solon Files Bill to Regulate Tuition Hikes, Ensure Consultations
By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO
Kabataan Partylist Rep. Raymond Palatino said there is an urgent need to control tuition and other fee increases and to promote the practice of democratic participation in the decision-making process.
A Celebration of the Life and Struggles of an Authentic Revolutionary
A Celebration of the Life and Struggles of an Authentic Revolutionary
National Artist for Literature Dr. Bienvenido Lumbera and literary critic Dr. Elmer Ordoñez, talked about their experiences with Sison in the ’60s and ’70s. Kabataan Rep. Raymond Palatino discussed how Sison’s life has taught and inspired the youth to take on the struggle for national democracy. By RONALYN V. OLEA / bulatlat.com
Kabataan Partylist Calls For Simplicity in Graduation Rites
Kabataan Partylist Calls For Simplicity in Graduation Rites
By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO Bulatlat.com MANILA -- The only partylist group representing the youth and students sector in Congress wants graduates-to-be and their parents to be spared from paying for college rings, graduation balls and yearbooks. Simplicity, it said,...
Allot Six Percent of GDP to Education, Youth Urge Noynoy (PR)
Allot Six Percent of GDP to Education, Youth Urge Noynoy (PR)
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 16, 2010 Kabataan Partylist Raymond Palatino today called on President Benigno Aquino III to make good his word that he will allot six percent of the gross domestic product (GDP) to education. ?"This coming State of the Nation Address...
PUP Students Triumph over Proposed Tuition Hike
PUP Students Triumph over Proposed Tuition Hike
By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO
The proposed tuition fee hike would mean forced expulsion of thousands of students coming from poor families, especially from the working class.
KABATAAN Partylist Seeks to Amend Campus Journalism Act of 1991
KABATAAN Partylist Seeks to Amend Campus Journalism Act of 1991
Campus papers are closing down due to flaws in Campus Journalism Act of 1991.
Eighteen Schools Still Violate Anti-‘No Permit, No Exam’ Policy
Eighteen Schools Still Violate Anti-‘No Permit, No Exam’ Policy
NEWS RELEASE February 27, 2010 Kabataan Partylist Executive Vice President Carl Marc Ramota today enumerated schools that are not implementing the Commission on Higher Education’s (CHED) anti-‘no permit, no exam’ policy memorandum. Ramota said that the list is...
Kabataan Partylist Pushes an Agenda for Change
Kabataan Partylist Pushes an Agenda for Change
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.
Overpriced Shampoo, Needles, Otoscopes: DepEd Faces New Set of Corruption Scandals
Overpriced Shampoo, Needles, Otoscopes: DepEd Faces New Set of Corruption Scandals
By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO
Progressive lawmakers want to investigate how the DepEd is spending its large annual budget, given that the department has been hounded with an endless stream of corruption allegations.
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