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Tuition fee increase sa iba’t ibang pribadong unibersidad sa Metro Manila, tinutulan

Nagtipon-tipon ang mga lider estudyante ng iba’t ibang pribadong unibersidad noong nakaraang Biyernes, Marso 29, sa harap ng Commission on Higher Education (CHED) upang magprotesta sa nagbabadyang pagtaas muli ng kanilang matrikula.

Panawagan ng mga estudyante na itigil ang pagtaas ng matrikula ngayong taon.

Matapos magdaos ng iba’t ibang porma ng protesta sa kanilang mga paaralan, nagsampa ng petisyon ang mga lider-estudyante laban sa pagtaas ng matrikula sa CHED.

Nagkakaroon din ng panggigipit ang ilang mga paaralan na nagpapatupad ng “no payment, no exam policy” sa mga mag-aaral na hindi pa nakakapagbayad ng matrikula.

Dumalo sa piket sa CHED ang mga mag-aaral ng Far Eastern University (FEU), De La Salle Araneta University (DLSAU), University of the East (UE) Manila at Caloocan at Adamson University.

Mga mag-aaral sa UE Manila at Recto, FEU, Adamson at DLSAU ay nagtungo sa CHED para ipaabot ang kanilang pagtutol sa pagtaas ng matrikula. Kuha ni Jade Dela Cuadra

Sinabi ni UE Manila University Student Council President-elect Kate Gruenberg na nagiging pormalidad na lamang ang konsultasyon sa tuition increase na idiniraos ng mga administrasyon ng paaralan na bukas din lamang sa iilang estudyante. Ayon sa kanya ay walang konsultasyon o pag-uusap na idinaos sa nagbabadyang 5-8% na pagtaas sa kanilang matrikula. Wala ring tigil ang taunang pagtataas ng matrikula na nagdudulot sa pagtigil sa pag-aaral ng maraming kabataan.

Nagsalita si UE Manila President-elect Kate Gruenberg sa harap ng mga kapwa estudyante bago tumungo sa loob ng CHED para ihain ang kanilang petisyon. Kuha ni Jade Dela Cuadra.

Ayon kay DLSAU University Student Council President Jinn Orlanda, hindi napag-usapan at natalakay kung saan mapupunta ang mga pagtaas ng matrikula. Lalu pa’t wala naman silang nakikitang kinapupuntahan ng kanilang mga ibinabayad at hindi rin daw malinaw kung para saan ang paulit-ulit na pagtaas ng kanilang matrikula.

Ang Adamson University na unibersidad daw na nakapagpasok ng mahihirap na estudyante ay siya ring nagpapahirap sa mga estudyante nito dahil sa pagtaas ng matrikula at panggigipit sa kanila sa pamamagitan ng pagpapatupad ng no payment, no exam policy, ayon kay Jovy Capulong.

Mga mag-aaral sa UE Manila at Recto, FEU, Adamson at DLSAU ay nagtungo sa CHED para ipaabot ang kanilang pagtutol sa pagtaas ng matrikula. Kuha ni Jade Dela Cuadra

Nais sana ng mga mag-aaral na ipaabot ito kay CHED Commissioner Prospero De Vera III, ngunit wala ito sa kanyang tanggapan.

Lumahok din sa protesta si Kabataan Partylist second nominee Erika Cruz. Ayon sa kanya, dapat patuloy din ang paglaban ng mga kabataan sa kanilang karapatan sa edukasyon. Aniya, nagiging pribelehiyo ang karapatan sa sistema ng komersyalisasyon sa edukasyon kung saan hindi nabibigyan ng karampatang budget ang edukasyon para mabigyan ng de-kalidad na edukasyon sa pampublikong paaralan ang mga kabataan at ang polisiya ng deregulasyon sa edukasyon kung kaya’t nagiging tagapag-apruba na lamang ang CHED sa mga aplikasyon para sa pagtaas ng matrikula.

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Cops gun down 14 farmers in alleged anti-crime ops in Negros Oriental

At least 14 farmers were killed in alleged anti-crime operations in Negros Oriental on Saturday, March 30, the human rights group Karapatan reported.

Pagtatapos ng mga batang Lumad sa ‘bakwit school’

Idinaos ang moving up ceremony ng mga batang Lumad bakwit sa UP integrated School auditorium matapos ang isang taon nilang pagbakwit sa Maynila.

Para sa Save Our Schools Network, isang tagumpay ito dahil sa kabila ng naranasang militarisasyon sa kanilang komunidad, natapos ang mga kabataang Lumad sa isang taon na pag-aaral sa bakwit school.

“Ang ating bakwit school ay isang patunay na sa pagkakaisa makakamit natin ang tagumpay na kahit limangpu’t lima na ang sapilitang pinasara sa Mindanao na halos nakakaapekto sa 3,000 estudyante na dapat may moving up din sa araw na ito ay naabot pa rin natin ang araw na ito,” ani Rius Valle, Spokesperson ng SOS network.

Sa araw ng moving up, nagkaroon ng mga parent volunteer upang tumayo bilang mga magulang sa mga batang Lumad na malayo sa mga magulang.

Ilan sa mga naging programa ang pagbibigay parangal sa mga naging martir ng Lumad schools sa Mindanao.

Sa kalagitnaan ng programa, nagtaas ng streamer ang mga estudyante na may nakasulat na “Serbisyuhan na Katawhan” [Paglingkuran ang Sambayanan] at ‘End Martial Law’ bilang hamon sa iba pang kabataan na makiisa sa laban nila.

Natapos ang programa sa pag-awit ng mga batang Lumad na inalay nila sa mga tumulong sa kanilang makapagtapos.

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UP students bring issues to Board of Regents

Students from UP Los Baños (UPLB), Diliman and Manila (UPM) protest at the Board of Regents meeting to bring to the university’s highest-policy making body the concerns of students in their various campuses.

Students from UP Los Baños travelled to Diliman to bring their concerns to the BOR. Photo by Akira Liwanag

Students from UPLB called for the scrapping of their university’s “no late payment” policy, a policy similar to the one that barred 1st year Behavioral Science student Kristel Tejada from continuing to attend her classes before she took her own life in 2013 and one that was scrapped in UPM a month after Tejada’s death.

UP students from Los Baños and Diliman protest at Quezon Hall where the Board of Regents met. Photo by Akira Liwanag

UPM students raised the policy of return service agreement (RSA) implemented in six of seven colleges in the university and since last semester bars students from most of the six colleges from shifting to courses without the RSA contract if they do not pay the cost of their education, ranging from P600,000 to P1.2 million, depending on length of stay in the university and amount of tuition paid.

The members of the BOR came down and faced the students. Representatives of the three campuses spoke with UP President Danilo Concepcion, Commission on Higher Education Chairman Popoy De Vera, and the rest of the BOR. The BOR said that students would be allowed to register and that dialogue with the administration in various campuses would be held.

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At least ten peasants reported killed in a day as police operations plague Negros Oriental

Various people's organizations held an indignation rally today, March 30, 2019, to condemn the killings in Negros. / Photo: Karapatan

Karapatan vehemently condemns the series of killings by the Philippine National Police in different parts of Negros today, March 30, 2019. According to initial reports, separate incidents of killings of at least ten peasants simultaneously occurred in Canlaon City and Sta. Catalina in Negros Oriental. In Canlaon City, eight residents were reportedly killed by elements of the Philippine National Police. In Sta. Catalina town, at least two peasant leaders were killed in similar operations. Karapatan is still verifying reports on four fatalities and at least 12 arrested local peasant leaders in Manjuyod town.

KARAPATAN Secretary General Cristina Palabay / Photo: PinoyAbrod

“This is unconscionable. We strongly demand an immediate and independent investigation on the incident. The Negros region has been a consistent target of escalating police and military operations, which have had severe and catastrophic consequences for the communities in the area. Ten killings in a day is the handiwork of vicious butchers and men-in-uniform intoxicated by power, thinking they can just do whatever they like without consequences. As we condole with the families of all those killed, we join our voices in the call for justice and accountability for these heinous crimes perpetrated by the government,” said Karapatan Secretary General Cristina Palabay.


Initial reports have identified the eight victims killed in Canlaon City as Ismael Avelino, 53, Edgardo Avelino, 59, Melchor Panares, 67, Mario Panares, 46, Rogelio Ricomuno, 52, Ricky Ricomuno, 28, Gonzalo Rosales, 47, and Genes Palmares, 54. All are residents of the area and were farmers. In Sta. Catalina, habal-habal driver and peasant leader Franklen Lariosa and Anoj Enojo Rapada.Since March 29, these areas were reportedly militarized by elements of the 94th Infantry Battalion of the Philippine Army.

The Karapatan official attributed the series of killings to the continuing militarization of communities, as well as the Synchronized Enhanced Managing of Police Operations (SEMPO) or Oplan Sauron of the PNP in the region, implemented alongside the government’s counterinsurgency program. among other repressive policies. She also cited the Memorandum Order No. 32, series of 2018, which placed Eastern Visayas, Negros, and Bicol under a state of emergency.  

“We demand the scrapping of SEMPO, Memorandum Order No. 32, and the continuing military and police operations in communities. The repressive measures have complicitly allowed the killings of farmers in the region, communities which are already experiencing widespread poverty and lack of government support. A bloodbath is happening in Negros, victimizing farmers and mercilessly perpetrated by a government with no regard for human rights and due process,” added Palabay, citing recent killing of six persons in Negros Oriental in December 27, 2018, and the Sagay 9 massacre in November 2018.

“These killings remain a reminder that state security forces remain the number one human rights violator in the country. This is a State terrorism in full view. Farmers are facing lack of support from government, their organizations are likewise being targeted and their entire communities are being subjected to widespread killings. For our Filipino farmers, this government has put them in peril. The Duterte government is a danger to the Filipino people. We enjoin everyone to vehemently oppose and resist the brutal, militarist and anti-people policies from which these atrocities are fueled. We likewise join the call for justice and accountability,” concluded Palabay.

Reference: Cristina Palabay, Secretary General, +639173162831
Karapatan Public Information Desk, 0918-9790580

Karapatan challenges gov’t anew: Do not block UN and ICC efforts to investigate PH

“Amid the false and malicious accusations hurled against organizations like Karapatan, we have been openly addressing these issues as we ask for dialogues with the European Union and other governments to directly talk to us. We are confident that these red-tagging schemes, taken to the international arena by a government who wishes to discredit us, will be sufficiently refuted by years of our human rights advocacy for marginalized communities. We echo the same challenge to the Duterte government and its rabid gang of militarists: If indeed human rights organizations are merely spouting lies to defame the government, then do not block efforts by the International Criminal Court (ICC) and United Nations Independent Experts to investigate these human rights violations that we have reported and exposed,” said Karapatan Secretary General Cristina Palabay.

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