Students from state colleges and universities and private schools declared September 22 as a day of planking against budget cuts on education, health and basic social services. Despite the resounding opposition of certain legislators regarding hazards of planking, what is more hazardous to the youth is the continuous neglect of the Aquino government in providing substantial budget for basic social services.[...]

“We won’t let you sell our future.”

June 7, 2010 Press Release Gain Victories through Protest and Dialogue with CHED Militant students from several universities and colleges in Iloilo today greeted the opening of classes with an indignation protest in front of the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) Region 6 Office. “The students are indignant about the worsening education situation in the [...]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 26, 2010 League of Filipino Students – San Francisco State University From across the Pacific, the League of Filipino Students at San Francisco State University stand along side our sisters and brothers in the Philippines fighting for their basic human right to an education. Students from different corners of the globe [...]

Students led by members of the League of Filipino Students and KABATAAN Partylist held a protest action at the House of Representatives (HOR) today to call for an increase in the budget of education and other basic services but were violently dispersed by HOR security. The following is an appeal made by the LFS along [...]

Members of militant youth group League of Filipino Students (LFS) held a lightning rally in front of the United States Embassy in Manila today in protest of “continued US intervention in the Philippines.” Ridon said, “The LFS had always been correct when it demanded the expulsion of US troops then, and this was clear proof that the Philippine government merely kowtows to US interests. The same is true until now, with the Visiting Forces Agreement.”

“One step forward for women’s rights, but two steps backward for Philippine sovereignty.” This was how the League of Filipino Students (LFS) described the decision of the Supreme Court to transfer the custody of convicted rapist Lance Corporal Daniel Smith from the US embassy to the Philippines while affirming the constitutionality of the Visiting Forces [...]

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