“But then again, I must say, with all humility and sincerity, that the young activists of this day are better. I observe that they are not given to useless snobbery and can very well mix with their generation. Some students hate them on account of their strong positions on an issue. I had never heard of anybody hating me in college but I must have earned the ire of some when I opined in class that my classmate’s presentation was more like a faux pas than a report or when I attached a course syllabus with a complete reading list and a logical sequence of topics in my final exam because I thought that the course was crappy.”

On the 27th of April, during the final phase of the Centennial Commencement Exercises in UP Diliman, two former Student Regents of the University of the Philippines, J.M. Terry L. Ridon (2007 UP SR) and Ken Leonard Ramos (2005 UP SR), were almost mauled and forcibly pushed like common criminals and no-gooders by members of the UP Police Force (UPF) and the UP Diliman Social Services Brigade (SSB) as they were going up the center stage in Quezon Hall to approach former colleagues in the Board of Regents and the UP Administration, while attempting to conclusively seek clearance from the Vice-Chancellor for Community Affairs of UP Diliman (UPD-VCCA) for the coordinated and traditional lightning protest rally seeking to challenge new UP graduates to Serve the People, as per the agreement of former SR Ridon and the VCCA prior to the start of the University Commencement Exercises.

We are jubilant over this highly significant victory of the anti-imperialist and democratic cause. It spells the abolition of the monarchy and establishment of the democratic federal republic and opens the way for the undertaking of basic democratic reforms towards the completion

The movement represented by the Dalai Lama is utterly reactionary. It is for the restoration of a despotic and extremely exploitative theocracy in Tibet. Worse, it is an instrument of US imperialism in its dual policy of containment and engagement against China and the Chinese people. It is condemnable.

“Ngayong ako ay guro na, at kapag ako ay nag-require ng ganitong unang theme paper sa Hunyo, mapapangiti ako kapag may nagsulat na nag-integrate silang mga estudyante sa komunidad, pabrika at kanayunan. Nag-aral, nagbigay ng pag-aaral, tumalakay sa pambansang kalagayan. Pumuna sa sarili..

YOUTH ACT NOW! goes to Baguio
SC should uphold ‘public privilege’ over executive privilege

YOUTH ACT NOW! (Youth for Truth and Accountability Now!) joined other concerned sectors and groups today in the “Lakbayan para sa katotohanan at katarungan” to Baguio.

YOUTH ACT NOW! Spokesperson Alvin Peteres called on the Supreme Court to uphold ‘public privilege’ or the people’s right to know over executive privilege in the Neri ruling.

“We call on the SC to reverse its decision on the Neri case. There is considerable clamor from youth and students for the Senate hearings on the ZTE to resume, especially this summer vacation when students can vigilantly witness the proceedings without being limited by school work and classes,” Peters said.

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