More cases against youth groups junked for lack of evidence
“Certainly, no evidence was presented showing that Anakbayan is the recruiting arm of or somehow connected to the CPP-NPA.”
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Youth groups, government employees say Aquino’s first year a failure
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...
News in Pictures: Progressive youth, students slam Aquino’s inaction on education crisis
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)
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...
Groups Condemn Anew US Military Intervention, VFA
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
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
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...
No to ‘Mangmang’! Noy Pressed on National Day of Youth Action (PR)
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...
Like Arroyo Like Aquino? Same Cabinet/Government – Same Anti-people Policies
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
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...
Only 15, Student Confronts Military-Backed Political Repression in Quezon City School
Only 15, Student Confronts Military-Backed Political Repression in Quezon City School
Pressured by the military, officials of a high school in Quezon City rejected the enrollment of a student activist. She could only enroll at the school, they told her, if she signed a waiver that would prohibit her from participating in protest actions and rallies. Aghast and angry, the student decided to fight back.
Bayan Muna to File Raps vs. ‘False’ Leyte Witnesses
Bayan Muna to File Raps vs. ‘False’ Leyte Witnesses
Bayan Muna (People First) general counsel and third nominee Neri Javier Colmenares revealed that they will file criminal cases of perjury against the witnesses who “falsely testified” against Rep. Satur Ocampo in Leyte. They will also file civil cases against these...
Rally at US Embassy Violently Dispersed, 4 Students Arrested
Rally at US Embassy Violently Dispersed, 4 Students Arrested
BY HANNAH FAITH DORMIDO July 24, 2008 - 4:38 p.m. Four students were arrested while six others were severely injured after a protest in front of the US Embassy was violently dispersed by the police. League of Filipino Students (LFS) vice chairperson Ron Villegas...
6 Students Nabbed, Teacher Hurt in Rally Dispersal
6 Students Nabbed, Teacher Hurt in Rally Dispersal
POSTED BY BULATLAT January 31, 2008 - 12:43pm Six students were arrested while 24 others -- including a teacher -- were injured after police dispersed a rally against what a Malacañang-led education summit. Joanna Rose Adenit and Emman Montado of the Philippine...
Youth Groups Call for Class Walk-Out on PGMA’s SoNA
Youth Groups Call for Class Walk-Out on PGMA’s SoNA
Militant youth organizations are set to call for class walk-out in various schools and universities and would mobilize students for the ‘People’s State of the Nation Address’ that will be held simultaneously with the president’s SONA scheduled on July 28. By...
Student Group Launches Campaign vs Mindanao War
Student Group Launches Campaign vs Mindanao War
BY Bulatlat.com Posted 5:30 p.m., Aug. 27, 2008 Student groups led by the League of Filipino Students (LFS) today kicked-off campus campaigns against the escalation of the conflict in Mindanao, for which they blamed the Arroyo administration. According to the LFS,...
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