Dear Mr. President, our first order of business is the immediate commitment of emergency funds to education.

http://www.mb.com.ph/articles/264293/what-gadget-should-pnoy-have-help-his-presidency June 29, 2010, 2:59pm As Benigno ‘Noynoy’ Aquino III is sworn in today (Wednesday) as the country’s 15th President, we figured that he could use a little help from technology. After all, his campaign was one of the most successful ones waged in cyberspace. An iPad, a lie detector, a high-tech phone with all [...]

Except for the appointment of Sec. Leila de Lima in the DOJ, most of the appointments are nothing but disappointments and might detract from the real path to genuine change in lives of our people.

PRESS RELEASE June 28, 2010 That’s Not ‘Daang Matuwid’ Noy’s reappointment of Romulo in DFA slammed “Sec. Romulo’s reappointment in the DFA will only mean ‘business as usual’ in terms of foreign policy. And by ‘business as usual’, it can only mean a continuing sellout of Philippine sovereignty to foreign powers like the United States.” [...]

“We will be vigilant, and we will watch you, Mr. President.”

No Motherhood Statements Please! “Aquino’s commitment to education and land reform must be present in his eight-minute address to the nation,” This was the statement of Terry Ridon, National Chairperson of the League of Filipino Students, as he urged the incoming president to make a firm commitment for greater subsidies to education at all levels [...]

“Sec. Romulo’s reappointment in the DFA will only mean ‘business as usual’ in terms of foreign policy. And by ‘business as usual’, it can only mean a continuing sellout of Philippine sovereignty to foreign powers like the United States.” This was the statement of Terry Ridon, National Chairperson of the League of Filipino Students, as [...]

We hope she would pursue with much resolve the full prosecution of all persons and institutions involved in the more than 1000 cases of political killings and enforced disappearances, including those involving youth and student leaders such as UP students Karen Empeno and Sherlyn Cadapan, who shall have been disappeared for four years already on the 26th of June, 2010.

Sa ganang ito ay humihingi ang National Executive Committee (NEC) ng League of Filipino Students ng suporta para sa pagtatayo at pagmamantine ng pambansang tanggapan. Kinakailangan kapwa ang materyal at pinansiyal na suporta para rito.

http://davaotoday.com/2010/06/20/students-storm-ched-demand-tuition-rollback-and-refund/ PUBLISHED ON JUNE 20, 2010 DAVAO CITY—Students led by progressive groups League of Filipino Students (LFS), Anakbayan and Kabataan Party-list stormed the regional office of the Commission on Higher Education (Ched) to protest the irresponsibility of the government in protecting the right to education and demanded for tuition rollback and refund. “The tuition and [...]