“We call on the Department of Education to exercise compassion and immediately review policies that place undue burden on our teachers. Ms. Buenaflor’s death must serve as a wake-up call for systemic change,” Tinio said.
The progressive lawmaker revealed that the benefit, which should amount to ₱20,000, has only been paid in installments, with teachers receiving a maximum of only ₱14,500 to date.
“President Marcos has ensured the continuation of the most entrenched system of corruption in government—one that involves lawmakers, DPWH officials, and private contractors in a well-oiled machinery of kickbacks, overpricing, and ghost projects,” Makabayan said.
Philippine activist groups held successive rallies at the US Embassy in Manila to protest military attacks in Venezuela and the abduction of the South American country’s head of state.
Bagong Alyansang Makabayan (BAYAN) called for Filipino solidarity with Venezuela as it condemned the abduction of President Nicholas Maduro and his wife, as well the naval blockade and the terrorist designation of the Latin American country by the US government.
A student researcher from Manila died during Philippine Army’s aerial bombardment in Abra de Ilog, Occidental Mindoro on New Year’s day, the National Democratic Front of the Philippines-Mindoro (NDFP)-Mindoro reported.
As the HOR leadership railroaded the bill’s passage in under a minute, the voice of Makabayan lawmaker and ACT Teachers Party Rep. Antonio Tinio could be heard asking to be recognized. He was ignored.
“According to relevant information, Gayo was cornered by elements of the Armed Forces of the Philippines and is being pressured to turn against her revolutionary comrades in exchange for the dismissal of several trumped-up charges against her,” del Pueblo said.
The Mindoro clash happened as the CPP and the NPA are observing the last of their four-day unilateral ceasefire declaration that ends before midnight.
An anti-corruption protester is spending the New Year behind bars after a merciless re-arrest by the Philippine National Police just before Christmas, human rights group Karapatan revealed.
