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"As it stays longers in power, the Duterte regime is turning out to be only full of empty promises."
“It is our future that is at stake here that is why it is only right that we speak out against it (Marcos burial).”
Students nationwide stage a walkout to commemorate martial law and protest its repressive legacies.
Some 200 students stormed the UP Board of Regents meeting in a protest Aug. 25.
“There are better solutions for greater youth involvement in nation-building, ones which do not subscribe to the militarist approach of the ROTC.”
Kaibigan Foundation said Jefferson Bunuan wanted to become a policeman, to give justice for his father who was killed; he was also a volunteer of Lambat Sibat, a Philippine National Police crime prevention program.
“The relationship between the US and the Philippines is far from being friendly.”
Youth protesters say former President Benigno Simeon Aquino III must pay for the abuses and injustice under his regime.
The lightning protest at this year’s UP graduation commemorated the 10th year of disappearance of Sherlyn Cadapan and Karen Empeño.
“If this is President Aquino’s farewell gift to the youth, we reject it just as we reject his calamitous legacy.”
“The election period has highlighted the youth sector’s clamor for free public education up to the tertiary level, a move that can only be achieved by stopping tuition and other fee increases and at the same time, allocating greater state funding for public education institutions, including all state universities and colleges.”
Education is a basic right, but why is there a huge number of out-of-school youth? Why is the drop-out rate high?
One of the agreed US military base locations is near the site of the historic battle where Filipino revolutionaries defeated American troops in the Philippine-American War.
“There was a part when the children went down from the stage and gave us their medals, as they were singing. I could not help but cry, I think all of us parents did.”
“We remember that she should never have been pushed away from an institution she deserved to be in, because of a flawed and unjust system.”
“We see nothing wrong with the UP student’s line of questioning. In fact, Stephen Villena has given Mayor Rodrigo Duterte the rare chance to expound on his education platform.”
“We will not allow both the Marcoses and the Aquinos to reshape our history…”
“We are here today because we believe that the struggle of Filipinos during that time did not end. As youth, we have a role to continue that not only for our future but for the next generation as well.”
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