Several youth groups and student organizations staged a lightning protest at the Mendiola Peace Arch in Manila on Friday, Nov. 21, urging President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr., Vice President Sara Duterte, and all public officials involved in rampant corruption to resign and be held accountable...
Around 1,000 individuals from various progressive youth groups and student organizations trooped to Mendiola, Manila to protest widespread corruption in the country, particularly the flood control project scandal that allegedly involves top officials of the national government. The Manila Police...
Students from several universities and colleges in Manila will walk out from their classes to join a mass demonstration in Mendiola on Oct. 17, against the rampant corruption in the government as well as the "snail-paced" investigations being conducted against individuals and agencies allegedly...
Two major teachers’ groups on Wednesday, August 13, criticized Senator Raffy Tulfo for his recent remarks against Parent Teacher Associations (PTAs), urging him instead to direct his “gigil” toward addressing the government’s chronic underfunding of public schools. The Alliance of Concerned...
Leading private education organizations are rallying behind the continued leadership of Department of Education (DepEd) Secretary Sonny Angara and Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) Director General Francisco Benitez amid the recent Cabinet revamp by President Marcos....
The 2025 Philippine national and local elections on Monday, May 12, began generally peacefully and orderly in most parts of the country, but teachers’ groups reported significant disruptions due to recurring technical issues, raising public concern over the reliability of the automated electoral...
Less than a month before the midterm elections in May, authorities arrested two Singaporeans and a Filipino allegedly involved in gun-running activities, and confiscated from them assorted high-powered firearms, the Philippine National Police (PNP) reported on Black Saturday, April 19. The PNP’s...
CABANATUAN CITY, Nueva Ecija – A private armed group surrendered unlicensed firearms to the Nueva Ecija Police Provincial Office on Feb. 7 in Barangay Papaya, San Antonio, Nueva Ecija. POLICE process the surrender of illegal guns in Nueva Ecija on Feb. 7. (PRO-3 FB) Turned over were five...
Senator Sherwin Gatchalian has called for a congressional inquiry into a Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) requirement that allegedly threatens the tax exemption privileges of cooperatives. Gatchalian is referring to the requirement for cooperative members to present a Tax...
FPJ Panday Bayanihan Chairman Brian Poe Llamanzares (center) alongside other youth leaders (FPJ Panday Bayanihan) More than 200 youth organizations from across the country have expressed their support to FPJ Panday Bayanihan in its pursuit to empower the...
The Department of Budget and Management (DBM) condemned the Medical Action Group for spreading false and misleading information regarding the coverage of the Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (PhilHealth). In a statement, the budget department said the group is sowing fear and panic among Filipinos...
President Marcos assured that his administration is committed to attain lasting peace and development in southern Philippines and the whole country by carrying out all signed peace agreements with various rebel groups. President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. leads the opening of the...
