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Youth groups protest education budget cuts

MANILA, August 4, 2011—As second semester of the Academic Year 2011 – 2012  is at nigh, different student and youth groups trooped the Congress today to press the lawmakers to increase the budget in education and to stop the slashing off the budget allocated for state universities and colleges (SUCs). [ READ MORE ]

SPECIAL REPORT: 2011 proposed budget prone to corruption—think-tank

Independent think-tank Ibon Foundation, Inc. doubts that the increment in the 2011 Budget is not for the public good but for “patronage” politics, which the Aquino administration, upon the first day of its installation, has promised to eliminate. [ READ MORE ]

Students to submit Pres. Aquino “to-do” list

Students from the University of the Philippines in Diliman, Quezon City had created their “what-to-do” list to be submitted to Pres. Benigno Simeon C. Aquino III in order to guide him in resolving the problems of the youth sector. [ READ MORE ]

Youth groups ask new CHED chair to institute reforms in education

Youth groups challenge new Commission on Higher Education (CHED) chief, Patricia Licuanan, Ph. D. to make substantive reforms in the higher education sector in the Philippines, especially on the issue of skyrocketing matriculation and other school fees. [ READ MORE ]

Student group gives Noynoy 4-point rule in youth agencies’ appointments

While President-elect Benigno Simeon C. Aquino III is contemplating about his future Cabinet members, the League of Filipino Students (LFS) had given him a 4-Point Criteria in order to make him think faster[ READ MORE ]

Sa Buwan ng Kababaihan: Mga Eba ng tahanan, hikahos pa rin

Ngayong ipinagdiriwang ng buong mundo ang Sentenaryo ng Araw ng mga Kababaihan, sinasabing ang mga Pinay ay nananatili pa ring nakatali sa yapos ng kahirapan at oportunidad. [ READ MORE ]

Hindi pagsara sa UP Cebu High, ikinatuwa ng solon

Ikinagalak ni reelectionist Kabataan Partylist Rep. Raymond Palatino ang hindi tuluyang pagpapasara sa University of the Philippines High School sa Cebu dahil na rin sa petisyon ng mga mag-aaral, kaguruan at maging lokal na mga opisyal ng gobyerno roon[ READ MORE ]

Doctors’ alliance slams AFP for witch hunt in med community

Dr. Geneve E. Rivera, Head’s secretary-general, in a statement, said that after blatantly disregarding the most fundamental tenets of due process, the AFP now has the gall to prop up false charges against those whose basic rights they have violated[ READ MORE ]

Hotline reports “absurd” fees charged to students

A hotline for college students in schools that violated a Commission on Higher Education (CHED) memo allowing students to take exams in spite of unpaid school fees has brought a rush of complaints against erring schools[ READ MORE ]

2010 education budget not enough—Kabataan solon

The government spends too little for education. And what is more saddening, corruption and misspending eat up the bulk of the measly budget[ READ MORE ]

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