For Celine Pialago, Kabataan Party-List Rep. Sarah Jane Elago is an alleged example of a "brainwashed" person who can no longer be changed by the government, no matter what it does. MMDA Assistant Secretary Celine Pialago speaking her mind during the "Kabataan Party-List Decoded" virtual forum on...
Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) Assistant Secretary Celine Pialago has slammed what she described as Kabataan Party-List Rep. Sarah Jane Elago's attempts at "damage control” following the death of Keith Absalon in the hands of the New People’s Army (NPA). MMDA Assistant...
A notorious supplier of illegal drugs and a Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) village leader were arrested by anti-narcotics operatives in a buy-bust operation in Pasay City on Monday night (June 7). ELEONOR ODTUHAN (PASAY CITY POLICE / MANILA BULLETIN) Police identified the suspects as Eleonor Odtuhan,...
The government has been urged to provide students with P10,000 emergency cash assistance to cover for their educational expenses following the shift to distance learning amid the ongoing pandemic. (AFP / FILE PHOTO) The Kabataan Party-list said families were forced to sacrifice the educational...
BETTER DAYS Senator Sonny Angara In September last year, the SK of Barangay Balaya in San Carlos City, Pangasinan installed WiFi modems at several locations in their village to provide Internet connectivity so the youth can more easily attend their online classes. Last August, the SK of Lavezares...
The Senate has approved on third and final reading the bill that seeks to strengthen Republic Act 10742 or the Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) Reform Act of 2015, which aims to revitalize youth participation in governance. Senator Sonny Angara, chair of the Senate Committee on Youth and the principal...
In a village up north, a community pantry literally goes out of its way to reach more vulnerable families. NOT YOUR ORDINARY COMMUNITY PANTRY -- A moving pantry in Cataggaman Nuevo, Tuguegarao City in Cagayan delivers food to families using a "kareta" pulled by a carabao. (Photo courtesy of the...
Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) Undersecretary Benny Antiporda has called the village youth council of a town in Rizal province as an "inspiration". DENR Undersecretary Benny Antiporda (Photo from Antiporda's Facebook) This, after the group of young officials found a way to...
