RIGHT TO EDUCATION
A PRESS RELEASE | Reference: Greg G. Ratin, Chairman, BAYAN-Negros – 09214550046 | It’s been 25 years when the Filipino People ended the US – Marcos Dectatorship. It was tagged as EDSA People Power which is known to the whole world and put into power, Mrs. Corazon Cojuanco-Aquino, the mother of the President Noynoy Aquino. This was the culmination of almost two (2) decades of people’s struggles after Martial Law has been declared. BAYAN was a big part in toppling down this dictatorship.
HRDS head documentor cries foul over ‘mission order’, fabricated charges. DAVAO CITY – The head documentor of the Human Rights Documentation System Project (HRDS) in Southern Mindanao
“How many deaths must we endure / Before the President will stop dreaming / And start listening to his people?” | The popular cliché of President Aquino : “Ang Matuwid Na Daan” must not start and end with the slogan. On the 100th day after he won by a landslide, the Filipino nation has yet to see how this winning slogan will be converted into realization. Instead of being a champion to the cause of the masses who put their trust to him last May 2010 election, series of incidents put our country into quagmire of poverty and shame. The President and his cabinets who really wanted to project themselves as a dream team are indeed a dream team. A team whose only function is to dream.
Ronald Ian Evidente, Spokesperson | Kilusang Mayo Uno Negros | Mobile Number: 0919.2666.183 | Bacolod City – The militant and anti-imperialist Kilusang Mayo Uno Negros (KMU Negros) rated Pres. Benigno S. Aquino, III negative one (-1) today on his 100 days in office. According to KMU Negros, Pres. Aquino had not pushed significant reforms especially on the issue of prosecution of former President Arroyo, worsening human rights violations and in giving economic relief to the poor especially to the workers and peasants.
Manifesto of Unity| September 18, 2010 | We, youth and students, teachers, parents and education stakeholders from different walks of life, believes that education is a right as inscribed in the Philippine Constitution Article 14 Section 1: “The state shall protect and promote the right of all citizens to quality education at all levels and shall take appropriate steps to make such education accessible to all”.
September 3, 2010 | Cotabato City- Militant group, Suara Bangsamoro expressed their dismay over the proposed budget hike for education by 2011 saying that the eyed increase is still insufficient on scarcities in basic education.
August 29, 2010 - Davao City - More than 30 participants coming from various provinces in Davao region attended the second Economic Socio-Cultural Rights Advocacy Training held at Hope Mountain Transformational Center, Catalunan Pequeno, Davao City last August 25 to 27.
(NUSP media release posted on Bulatlat.com) In the proposed 2011 National Budget, there will be a 1.7% decline in budget for SUCs. The University of the Philippines (UP) will receive a whooping P1.39 billion slash in budget, from P6.9 Million in 2010 to P5.5 in 2011. The Philippine Normal University (PNU) will get a P92 Million budget cut, from P387, 233,000 this year to P295, 880,000 next academic year. The Polytechnic University of the Philippines (PUP) received a P150 Million decline in its budget compared to its 2009 budget, from P819,541,000 in 2009 to 672,652,000 in 2011.
First 100 days: beyond anti-corruption, real steps to reform -- Beyond an anti-corruption drive or ‘successful’ elections and a peaceful transition from the Arroyo administration, the real test of democracy in the country depends on identifying the real problems and the right set of tools being used to solve or manage them.
August 18, 2010 | Davao City--The Kalipunan ng Damayang Mahihirap (KADAMAY), a militant urban poor organization, joined a growing clamor by parents nationwide in expressing its strong opposition against the proposed implementation of K12 basic education system by the Aquino administration.
