PRESS RELEASE August 22, 2010 Badly injured HS students demand justice for violent DepEd dispersal The swollen bruises and broken bones of high school students who were violently dispersed had now fully appeared a few days after security personnel of the Department of Education swung their bamboo sticks at hapless young students who were only [...]
“Adding 2 years to basic education and cutting the budget for State Universities and Colleges? Mr. President, you are all about ending corruption but your `dagdag-bawas’ moves are corrupting the future of our youth,” This was the statement of Terry Ridon, League of Filipino Students (LFS) National Chairperson on President Benigno Aquino III’s education related [...]
League of Filipino Students PRESS RELEASE August 5, 2010 LFS rejects ROTC revival “The revival of the ROTC law will be a dark day for democracy and civilian supremacy. We will oppose all efforts by the DND and the AFP to revive the mandatory ROTC law.” This was the statement Terry Ridon, national chairperson of [...]
August 4, 2010 For insisting on extra two years of basic education LFS labels Sec. Luistro a naïve policymaker “How naïve can you get Bro. Armin? We’ve been lobbying for a higher budget for education the last decade but to no avail, and you expect government to now fund fully basic education together with your [...]
LFS Calendar of Activities For questions, contact us @ 09261701833, 09336661328, 09109286525 August 16 Read Red – On Land Reform, 5pm DAR HLI issue discussion 18 HLI Supreme Court mob, 830am All Leaders meet, 1pm Deadline of LFS Metro chapter reports 19 Noy mid assessment prop actions TAP convenors meet 20 Dep Ed mob on [...]
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“The new $434-M compact grant given to the Philippines by the US government-sponsored Millennium Change Corporation is nothing but a carrot stick to further Washington’s greater inroads into the Philippine economy under President Aquino.” This was the statement of Terry Ridon, national chairperson of the League of Filipino Students in reaction to the elation of [...]
“How naïve can you get Bro. Armin? We’ve been lobbying for a higher budget for education the last decade but to no avail, and you expect government to now fund fully basic education together with your additional two-year proposal? You and your folks in Education Nation are living in a dream world.” This was the [...]
Press Release August 7, 2010 Davao youth opposes ROTC revival Davao City — Progressive youth group League of Filipino Students and Anakbayan – SMR express its strong opposition against plans of the Aquino administration and the AFP to revive mandatory Reserve Officers Training Corps (ROTC). Karlos Manlupig, LFS-Southern Mindanao Regional Spokesperson, explained that the maneuvering [...]
August 8, 2010 Press Release “A desperate move to silence the youth” This was how Kyle Tumbiga, Provincial Chairperson of the League of Filipino Students (LFS) Cebu described the recent proposal to restore mandatory training under the Reserve Officers’ Training Course (ROTC) for college students. Tumbiga, joined with other youth leaders in the country in [...]