“Certainly, no evidence was presented showing that Anakbayan is the recruiting arm of or somehow connected to the CPP-NPA.”
More cases against youth groups junked for lack of evidence
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Youth groups, government employees say Aquino’s first year a failure
By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO Bulatlat.com No more illusions. Militant student and youth organizations led by the League of Filipino Students (LFS) and Anakabayan said that those who supported President Benigno Aquino III’s candidacy in the May 2010 polls are, in likelihood, regretting their decision. The groups said that one year after Aquino’s swearing in,…
News in Pictures: Progressive youth, students slam Aquino’s inaction on education crisis
Progressive youth and students’ organization League of Filipino Students-National Capital Region (LFS-NCR) held a protest action today in Plaza Salamamca, Kalaw Avenue, to kick-off the start of the school year. The group condemned the administration of President Benigno S. Aquino III’s lack of program for the students as crisis persists in the education sector. (Photos by GREGORIO B. DANTES JR. / Bulatlat.com)
Aquino maintains RP subjugation with US warship ‘routine maintenance’—LFS (PR)
PRESS STATEMENT 15 May 2011 For the militant student group League of the Filipino Students (LFS), the visit of President Benigno Simeon Aquino III along with senior members of his Cabinet to the USS Carl Vinson currently docked in Manila Bay is an open declaration that his government, like past regimes, will unconditionally serve US…
Groups Condemn Anew US Military Intervention, VFA
By RONALYN V. OLEA
“No matter how US Ambassador Harry Thomas tries to sugarcoat the Balikatan exercises, it is nothing but massive counterinsurgency operations by US troops in Philippine soil.” – League of Filipino Students
Killed for Anti-Mining Stand? Palawan’s ‘Doc Gerry’ Was Friend of Environment and the Poor
By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO
Environmentalists and Palawan leaders praise Dr. Gerry Ortega’s contribution to efforts to protect the environment and help the poor and marginalized.
Students storm Malacanang over PNoy budget cuts in SUCs, social services
PRESS RELEASE Sept 15, 2010 “The 2010 proposed budget of the Aquino administration is no reform budget. It is no different from the nine years of Arroyo appropriations where spending in education and social services are severely curtailed.” This was the statement of Terry Ridon, Chairperson of the League of Filipino Students as militant students…
No to ‘Mangmang’! Noy Pressed on National Day of Youth Action (PR)
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 16, 2010 Ten days before President Aquino’s State of the Nation Address (SONA), students today walkout from their classes, marched to Malacanang, and defied President Aquino to resolve the education crisis on SONA day. “Today is a national day of youth action. Youth and students, not just in the…
Like Arroyo Like Aquino? Same Cabinet/Government – Same Anti-people Policies
By MARYA SALAMAT
Forming his team to set the direction of change or political payback? So far, except for Justice Sec. Leila de Lima, the Cabinet of Pres. Benigno Aquino III is a mixture of key figures in his campaign, representatives of big business, and old hands of the former Arroyo administration.
Students Launch 4-Point Criteria for Noy’s Youth Appointees
PRESS RELEASE June 14, 2010 The League of Filipino Students launched today their ‘Four-Point Criteria for Youth Appointees in the Aquino Government’ in front of the Aquino residence in Times St., Quezon City. In the statement released to the media, the four-point criteria of the militant student organization stated that any prospective youth appointee of…
News in Pictures: In Memory of Kimay
