By Karen Boncocan INQUIRER.net First Posted 16:04:00 11/10/2010 MANILA, Philippines—Militant youth groups hurled paint bombs at the gates of the House of Representatives Wednesday as they protested budget cuts in education. The National Union of Students of the Philippines, along with members of the League of Filipino Students, ANAKBAYAN, Student Christian Movement of the Philippines [...]
By Jerry E. Esplanada Philippine Daily Inquirer First Posted 05:51:00 11/10/2010 MANILA, Philippines—Prioritize career diplomats in the appointment of heads of the country’s 67 embassies and four permanent missions abroad, and stop the practice of using such designations as political favors to friends and supporters of the administration. The call was made Tuesday by overseas [...]
PUBLISHED ON NOVEMBER 8, 2010 Various youth groups protesting what they call an ‘anti-youth’ 2011 national budget marched to the House of Representatives to coincide with the re-opening of the session of the 15th Congress. “In a time where the livelihood of many sectors are being attacked, President Aquino should invest more in social services [...]
Students hold protest on Teachers’ Day By Tarra Quismundo Philippine Daily Inquirer First Posted 13:11:00 10/05/2010 Filed Under: Education, Youth, Protest MANILA, Philippines – Thirty student activists marked World Teachers’ Day in protest before noon Tuesday and staged a march to call for a bigger education budget and the scrapping of the government’s plan to [...]
DepEd: K+12 to be implemented gradually Wednesday, 06 October 2010 03:45 PM Fidelis Angela Tan The Department of Education (DepEd) revealed on Tuesday that its proposed Kindergarten+12 years (K+12) education plan will be put into motion gradually, so as to give schools time to adjust. “The reform would take a transition period of four to [...]
Aquino to teachers: You give time, sweat, even your lives By Tarra Quismundo Philippine Daily Inquirer First Posted 01:32:00 10/06/2010 Filed Under: Education, State Budget & Taxes, Wages & Pensions ONLY ONE classroom was built last year at Taal High School in Bocaue, Bulacan, where up to 75 students have to squeeze into a room [...]
Mag-aaral na nagprotesta sa harap ni P-Noy, pinapurihan By Darius Galang ⋅ October 7, 2010 Hindi papaawat ang mga mag-aaral sa patuloy nitong paglaban para sa karapatan sa edukasyon. Sa open forum ukol sa unang 100 araw ni Pangulong Benigno S. Aquino III na inilunsad sa La Consolacion College, apat na estudyante ng Unibersidad ng [...]
Students slam Aquino for failing to prosecute Arroyo By Karen Boncocan INQUIRER.net First Posted 13:01:00 10/07/2010 Filed Under: Education, Youth, Politics, Benigno Aquino III MANILA, Philippines – Student rallyists trooped to the Department of Justice Thursday to criticize President Benigno Aquino III for his administration’s “failure to immediately prosecute” Congresswoman Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo. League of the [...]
New K+12 program comes under fire Thursday, 07 October 2010 00:00 Efren L. Danao, Llanesca T. Panti and Francis Earl A. Cueto The enhanced K+12 program came under fire on Wednesday, a day after it was unveiled by the Department of Education (DepEd), with Senate Majority Floor Leader Vicente Sotto 3rd among the first to [...]
Aquino to teachers: You give time, sweat, even your lives By Tarra Quismundo Philippine Daily Inquirer First Posted 01:32:00 10/06/2010 Filed Under: Education, State Budget & Taxes, Wages & Pensions ONLY ONE classroom was built last year at Taal High School in Bocaue, Bulacan, where up to 75 students have to squeeze into a room [...]