By JOAN GARCIA Bulatlat.com ILOCOS Sur — As couples around the world celebrated Valentine’s Day, students from Ilocos Sur led by the National Union of Students of the Philippines (NUSP)- Ilocos Sur, Anakbayan- Ilocos Sur and Kabataan Partylist called for a different kind of love. The students gave away hearts with written messages regarding the…
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Youth groups slam budget secretary’s proposals for Cordillera SUCs
by Northern Dispatch BAGUIO CITY — Progressive youth organizations in the Cordillera expressed outrage against Department of Budget and Management Secretary Florencio Abad’s statements implying that state universities and colleges (SUCs) in the region are not spending their funds wisely and by pushing SUCs to prioritize partnerships with private corporations to generate funds. An article…
Filipinos get P1.25 for health, P6.55 for education per day
By MARYA SALAMAT Bulatlat.com Main story: Approved 2012 budget skewed vs peoples’ needs MANILA — Kabataan Party-list Rep. Raymond “Mong” Palatino criticized the Congress-ratified 2012 national budget of P1.816 trillion ($41.61 billion) as “unhealthy and ignorant” because it gave Filipino a mere P1.25 ($.03) for health and P6.55 ($.15) for education per day. “The…
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Giovanni Tapang, PhD Prometheus Bound / Manila Times From the middle of this week until Friday, various mobilizations and community programs will be held in most of the country’s state colleges and universities (SUC/SCU) to protest the dwindling budget allocation to our public tertiary system. It is alarming since in a span of only 12…
Teachers march for higher budget
By ALDWIN QUITASOL Northern Dispatch www.nordis.net BAGUIO CITY – Public school teachers demand a higher budget allocation for education as they joined here the nationally coordinated action that coincided with the budget deliberations in Congress. Some 300 mentors from different public schools in the Philippines who attended the second national leadership training seminar led by…
Ilocos SUC Joins Protest vs Budget Cut
By Northern Dispatch ?Posted by Bulatlat VIGAN CITY–Around 2,000 students, administration staff, faculty members and other school personnel of the University of Northern Philippines (UNP) joined the protest action against budget cuts beginning December 1. ? “Today, we gather as one to make a strong voice to oppose the threat of stealing the youth’s future…
Cordillera Youth Resent Aquino Whitewash of Budget Cut
By Northern Dispatch ?Posted by Bulatlat BAGUIO CITY — The Cordillera youth are disgusted with the Aquino administration’s efforts to white-wash the 1.9B budget cut on state universities and colleges in the 2011 national budget. Now, more and more students, teachers, non-teaching personnel and parents are expressing their support for the student protest actions against…
Education Budget Cut Affects Poorest Sector
Joan Garcia Bulatlat.com ILOCOS NORTE – It is harvest season for rice in Piddig, Ilocos Norte and 18-year old Roselle Agustin tends to household chores as both her parents are busy working in the field. Earlier this year, she was working as a domestic worker at Pasay City but she decided to go home when…
Youth solon questions DBM proposal to obtain higher ed funds anew
Press Release Sept. 28, 2010 Kabataan Partylist Representative Raymond Palatino today questioned the proposal of the Department of Budget and Management to state universities and colleges (SUCs) to avail of the Higher Education Development Fund (HEDF) to augment their meager budget instead of calling for higher state subsidy. In a DBM memo to President Noynoy…