IN THE NEWS

AUGUST

COA nixes DepEd execs’ P15K a day ‘extra duty’ 08/08/08 (Inquirer)

CHEd head wants public colleges run like businesses 08/02/08 (Inquirer)

Protest greets Neri's 1st day in SSS 08/02/08 (Sun Star)

Neri gets cold reception on first day at SSS 08/02/08 (Philippine Star)

Government Employees, Teachers Picket SSS on Neri's First Day as Chair 08/01/08 (Bulatlat)

 

JULY

Teachers’ group gives Arroyo failing mark 07/31/08 (Inquirer)

Quickie solutions of GMA will do more harm – FVR 07/31/08 (Manila Bulletin)

Teachers' group scores Arroyo for disregarding education in SONA 07/29/08 (GMANews.TV)

Teachers poised to sue GSIS 07/29/08 (Inquirer)

Metro teachers to get unpaid allowances 07/27/08 (People's Journal)

Army preempts Red infiltration of schools 07/24/08 (People's Journal)

Opposition, state workers press scrapping of VAT 07/24/08 (Manila Bulletin)

 

JUNE

TAAS SAHOD, ‘DI BAWAS ORAS SA PAGTUTURO 06/21/08 (Abante)

Senate hailed for okay of teachers’ pay hike  06/21/08 (Manila Bulletin)

House urged to pass salary hike bill for teachers 06/21/08 (The Daily Tribune)

‘Pass teachers' pay hikes’ 06/21/08 (People's Journal)

Toilet humor no more 06/20/08 (Business World)

Why public schools stink – literally 06/18/08 (Malaya)

Most public schools lack toilets, teachers lament 06/18/08 (Inquirer)

3,000 school kids share one toilet 06/18/08 (People's Journal)

EDITORIAL – No comfort in these schools 06/17/08 (Philippine Star)

Teachers laud senators for passing pay hike bill 06/17/08 (Inquirer)

DepEd promise: New toilets in 2009 06/17/08 (ABS-CBN)

Teachers push for P19,000 monthly pay (24-Oras news video clip) 06/17/08 (GMANews.TV)

Public schools lack toilets 06/16/08 (24-Oras news video clip) 06/16/08 (GMANews.TV)

Lack of toilets threatens health of public school students (QTV news video clip) 06/16/08 (GMANews.TV)

Public schools lack toilets, too 06/16/08 (Philippine Star)

Education for all 06/15/08 (Inquirer)

Lack of facilities, low pay for teachers bug public basic education 06/15/08 (Manila Times)

RP education ‘stinks’ -- ACT 06/14/08 (People's Journal)

Why RP public school toilets stink 06/12/08 (ABS-CBN)

Dagdag na sahod ng mga guro dapat kasama sa taunang budget - Lapus 06/10/08 (GMANews.TV)

Parents protest vs school in Quezon City (24-Oras news video clip) 06/10/08 (GMANews.TV)

Lapus asks for time to address teachers' wage demand (Unang Balita news video clip) 06/10/08 (GMANews.TV)

DepEd asks for more time to address teachers' call for pay hike 06/10/08 (GMANews.TV)

Teachers' group: 12-yr education plan 'unrealistic' 06/10/08 (ABS-CBN)

Teachers’ salary upgrade ruled out 06/10/08 (Manila Standard Today)

Teachers ask for higher pay 06/10/08 (Sun Star)

Abandoned at the gate 06/10/08 (Manila Times)

Public school teachers want higher pay, shorter work hours 06/09/08 (GMANews.TV)

Cops prevent teachers from proceeding to Mendiola 06/09/08 (GMANews.TV)

Public school teachers demand P9,000 wage hike 06/09/08 (Inquirer)

Saksi: Teachers want P8,000 wage hike (SAKSI news video clip) 06/09/08 (GMANews.TV)

QTV: Militant teachers press demand for higher wages (QTV Balitanghali news video clip) 06/09/08 (GMANews.TV)

Teachers march for better pay, shorter work hours (QTV late night news video clip) 06/09/08 (GMANews.TV)

Cops secure Mendiola for teachers' march 06/09/08 (GMANews.TV)

EDITORYAL - Lumolobo ang bilang ng mga out-of school youth 06/08/08 (Pilipino Star Ngayon)

1-M six-year-olds expected to be left out of school next week 06/04/08 (Manila Bulletin)

3.3 M Pinoy kids outof school  06/04/08 (Philippine Star)

Task force on Education sumbits recommendations to Palace (Unang Balita news video clip) 06/04/08 (GMANews.TV)

Teachers' group calls for free school bus, feeding programs 06/03/08 (GMANews.TV)

Group: 3.3M Pinoy youth out of school 06/03/08 (ABS-CBN)

‘Let courts rule on Meralco issue’ 06/01/08 (Philippine Star)

 

MAY 2008

Militant group hits Garcia on GSIS ‘systems losses’ 05/31/08 (Sun Star)

Teachers' group scores GSIS chief for own ‘systems losses’ 05/30/08 (GMANews.TV)

Bend over backwards (Opinion page) 05/29/08 (Manila Standard Today)

Farmers to join one-day work stoppage for Ka Bel 05/26/2008 (GMANews.TV)

Power shifts (Opinion page) 05/23/08 (Philippine Star)

GSIS mouthpiece’s faux pas (Opinion page) 05/23/08 (Manila Times)

Lawmaker wants energy commission leadership revamped 05/18/08 (Philippine Star)

DepEd chief denies he is on the way out 05/14/08 (Malaya)

But why Tessie Oreta? DepEd workers ask Arroyo 05/02/08 (Inquirer)

Education chief confident of keeping post 05/02/08 (Sun Star)

Four-month maternity leave proposed 05/02/08 (Manila Standard Today)

Defense, DOJ chiefs to keep posts – GMA 05/01/2008 (Philippine Star)

Group hits reported appointment of Arroyo ally at DepEd 05/01/2008 (GMANews.TV)

Arroyo accused of favoring employers over workers 05/01/2008 (Inquirer)

 

APRIL 2008

Wage-hike hearings set 04/30/08 (Business Mirror)

Maternity leave hiling gawing 3 buwan 04/30/08 (People's Journal)

ACT urges P3-K wage increase for tutors 04/29/08 (People's Journal)

Group renews call for P3,000 across-the-board pay hike for teachers 04/28/08 (GMANews.TV)

 

MARCH 2008

SC’s decision on Neri: ‘A historic blot on democracy, truth, justice’ - SENATE 03/25/08 (www.dpinoyweb.com)

Graft a sin, but spare Gloria from ouster says bishops 03/15/08 (The Daily Tribune)

Lozada on suits: Bring ’em on 03/15/08 (Philippine Star)

Bishops wobble over continued Lozada support 03/15/08 (Manila Standard Today)

Tobias backs out of 'Mass for truth' for Lozada 03/14/08 (ABS-CBN)

Groups, police clash on crowd estimates in Manila rally 03/14/08 (ABS-CBN)

Gonzalez‘s orders ban’ on Lozada campus 03/14/08 (Manila Times)

Graft a sin, but spare Gloria from ouster says bishops 03/14/08 (www.dpinoyweb.com)

Gonzalez hit for ban on Lozada in schools 03/13/08 (Inquirer)

Justice chief hit for banning Lozada from schools 03/13/08 (Sun Star)

ACT hits DoJ chief for banning Lozada in Iloilo 03/13/08 (GMANews.TV)

Teachers to hold 'forums for truth' during summer 03/13/08 (GMANews.TV)

Neri agrees to meet student groups on tuition issue 03/10/08 (Inquirer)

Ayaw sa sinungaling 03/10/08 (People's Journal)

DepEd allows Lozada to speak at graduation rites 03/08/08 (Sun Star)

ACT scores ‘politicized’ DepEd order 03/07/08 (People's Journal)
Lapus hit for ban on Lozada in public schools 03/07/08 (Inquirer)

Patakaran ng DepEd sa graduation rites binatikos 03/03/08 (GMANews.TV)

 

FEBRUARY 2008

STUDENT WALKOUT DAY 02/29/08 (Abante)

DepEd chief hits back at GSIS over teachers’ contributions 02/26/08 (Inquirer)

Teachers urge Lapus to resign,emulate Lozada 02/22/08 (Manila Times)

IT experts, educators cool to CyberEd promises 02/21/08 (GMANews.TV)

Resign! 02/21/08 (People's Journal)

Philippines: demonstration against privatization of education ends with police brutality 02/19/08 (www.ei-ei.org)

Presidente sang ACT nagapanawagan sang suporta para kay Lozada 02/14/08 (Bombo Radyo)

Roman Catholic clergy will not participate in protest action 02/13/08 (Business Mirror)

Public school teachers nagkilos protesta laban kay CHED Chair Neri 02/12/08 (RMN Networks)

Teachers picket CHED, demand Neri's resignation 02/12/08 (GMANews.TV)

Teachers picket CHED, call for Neri resignation 02/12/08 (ABS-CBN)

Teachers in fund drive for Jun Lozada 02/12/08 (Manila Times)

Day of prayer for NBN witness 02/12/08 (People's Journal)

Teachers start fund drive for Lozada 02/12/08 (GMANews.TV)

English or Mandarin? 02/07/08 (People's Journal)

Teachers hail work hours cut 02/04/08 (People's Journal)

Teachers set raps vs Manila policemen 02/03/08 (Philippine Star)

Teachers to sue Manila cops for violent dispersal 02/02/08 (ABS-CBN)

Six students nabbed, 23 hurt as policemen disperse rally 02/01/08 (The Daily Tribune)

6 students nabbed, 23 others hurt in Manila Hotel rally 02/01/08 (Sun Star Manila)

Militants hold rally, hit education crisis 02/01/08 (People's Journal)

 

JANUARY 2008

Six students arrested during dispersal of rally vs educ summit 01/31/08 (ABS-CBN)

RP education worst under GMA -- ACT 01/18/08 (People's Journal)

COA points out irregularities in CHEd’s textbook deal 01/08/08 (Inquirer)

Teachers' group blames low budget for education quality drop 01/08/08 (People's Journal)

Poor quality of education in RP 01/07/08 (People's Journal)

19 top CHEd execs overstaying 01/05/08 (Inquirer)

Lapus, teachers’ group agree on RP low education quality  01/05/08 (People's Journal)

Lapus slammed for uneven bonus payment 01/03/08 (People's Journal)

DepEd says elementary, HS classes resume Thursday 01/02/08 (ABS-CBN)

 

DECEMBER 2007

Teachers’ group hits DepEd for hush-hush demo on CyberEd 12/21/07 (Philippine Star)
Teachers score Cyber Ed demo 12/21/07 (Manila Times)
Teachers remind DepEd of performance bonus 12/19/07 (Philippine Star)
 

NOVEMBER 2007

DepEd-NCR blamed for typhoon advisory 11/30/07 (Inquirer)

Make election duty optional, teachers group asks 11/14/07 (Inquirer)

Extra pay for poll duty pacifies restive teachers 11/14/07 (Manila Standard Today)

Teachers’ poll duty honorarium raised by P1,000 11/13/07 (Business World)

Feng shui believer Neri moves CHED office for positive vibes 11/12/07 (Inquirer)

In death, poor little girl’s wishes come true  11/09/07 (Inquirer)
DBM to look into teachers' complaints of delays in poll pay 11/08/07 (GMANews.TV)

Teachers still not paid for poll duty, says alliance 11/07/07 (Inquirer)

Give teachers their pay 11/03/07 (Manila Times)

Teachers' poll pay reduced  11/02/07 (People's Journal)

Unpaid teachers slam Comelec  11/02/07 (People's Tonight)

Official assures pay for teachers in barangay, SK polls 11/01/07 (Sun Star)

Public school teachers demand allowance from Comelec  11/01/07 (Philippine Star)
 

OCTOBER 2007

Teachers demand payment for poll duty 10/31/07 (Manila Standard Today)

Mga Guro na nagsilbi sa halalan, di pa nababayaran! 10/31/07 (untvweb.com)

Teachers decry nonpayment of election allowance 10/30/07 (Inquirer)

Teachers score delays in poll pay 10/30/07 (Inquirer)

Bayad sa mga guro, ibigay na — ACT 10/30/07 (Pinoy Weekly)

All systems go for barangay, SK polls as campaign period ends 10/28/07 (ABS-CBN)

P30-M emergency fund set up for teachers in village polls 10/27/07 (Inquirer)

Teachers to get only P1,000 for Oct. 29 polls 10/27/07 (Manila Times)

Teachers’ groups warn withdrawal from poll duties 10/27/07 (Sun Star Manila)

Church prays for peaceful polls 10/27/07 (Manila Standard Today)

Protect us during barangay, SK polls, teachers ask government 10/23/07 (Philippine Star)
No training yet for poll duty, teachers’ group lament 10/22/07 (Inquirer)

ACT: Teachers not ready for SK elections 10/20/07 (Manila Bulletin)

Kahibangang Cyber Education 10/18/07 (Pinoy Weekly)

CHEd project overpriced by P150M 10/18/07 (Inquirer)
Lapus says fate of Cyber education project hinges on public opinion 10/18/07 (Inquirer Libre)

Gung-Ho or Gone-Hu? 10/17/07 (Business Mirror)

Teachers seek better pay, security in upcoming polls 10/16/07 (Tribune)

GSIS waives penalties for nearly P1-B loans of teachers 10/15/07 (Inquirer)

Teachers question Chinese firms role in Cyber-Ed deal 10/12/07 (tmcnet.com)
Government plan to pursue CyberEd slammed 10/11/07 (Inquirer)

Local governments blamed for textbook glut 10/10/07 (Inquirer)

Arroyo resumes CyberEd implementation 10/09/07 (ABS-CBN)
DepEd belies ACT claim on non-update of GSIS records 10/05/07 (Malaya)

Teachers score failure of DepEd to update GSIS records 10/04/07 (Inquirer)

Teachers picket DepEd on outdated GSIS records 10/04/07 (Malaya)
Lapus refuses to back off from CyberEd project  10/04/07 (Manila Standard Today)

Neri freezes funds for CHed’s call center lab 10/01/07 (Inquirer)

 

SEPTEMBER 2007

Teachers’ groups launch ‘education for all’ movement 9/28/07 (ABS-CBN)

CyberEd deal tainted, too, teachers claim 9/27/07 (Inquirer)

Teachers ask Lapus to scrap Cyber Ed 9/26/07 (Manila Times)

‘Hike teachers’ pay, build schools instead’ 9/26/07 (People's Journal)

ACT seeks probe into CHED call center project  9/20/07 (People's Journal)
Probe CHED’s call center project, Congress urged 9/20/07 (People's Journal)

Teachers seek probe of P500-M CHed call center lab 9/19/07 (Inquirer)

Lapus: CyberEd won’t displace teachers 9/10/07 (Inquirer)

Mentors back 2 more years in pre-school 9/09/07 (People's Journal)

Teachers urge two more years of preschool for poor kids 9/08/07 (GMANews.TV)

 

AUGUST 2007

Singaporeans bag P200-M textbook deal 8/21/07 (TMCNet)

UP profs, other critics say CEP willend up as a gigantic white elephant 8/19/07 (Manila Times)

Students, Teachers Oppose GMA’s Cyber Ed 8/19/07 (Bulatlat)
World teachers join call on RP govt to end slays 8/09/07 (The Daily Guardian)
Teachers’ group calls CyberEd project a ‘white elephant’ 8/08/07 (Business Mirror)
‘Probe of cyber schools pointless’ 8/09/07 (Manila Standard Today)

Teachers oppose plan for 'satellite' lessons 8/09/07 (Gulfnews)

No go for broadband deal--Palace adviser 8/07/07 (Inquirer)

Teachers’ group says cyber education ‘a waste of gov’t funds’ 8/07/07 (Sun Star)

World’s Educators to Arroyo: End Extrajudicial Killings, Disappearances 8/4/07 (Bulatlat.com)

Maling record ng DepEd, GSIS pinalagan 8/01/07 (Abante)

 

JULY 2007

Teachers urge stop to political killings 7/28/07 (Manila Times)

World's teachers call for end to extrajudicial killings and disappearances 7/27/07 (Zumel.com)

World teachers join call on RP govt to end slays  7/27/07 (ABS-CBN)

Int'l teachers' group seeks end to RP killings 7/27/07 (GMANews.TV)

Teachers in global meet urge end to killings, disappearances 7/27/07 (Inquirer)

Businessmen give Sona mixed reviews 7/24/07 (Business Mirror)

Defective Textbooks 7/04/07 (Philippines.com)

 

JUNE 2007

DepEd releases ‘errata guide’ 06/29/07 (Inquirer)

Drop-outs in basic education tackled 06/27/07 (People's Journal)

Teachers risk lives in classrooms without borders 06/27/07 (Inquirer)

‘End textbook cartel,’ DepEd vets, tutors ask Lapus 06/25/07 (Inquirer)

Abalos hinamon na buksan ang balota sa Maguindanao 06/18/07 (ABS-CBN)

Teachers demand justice for Dimasidsing 06/16/07 (Manila Times)

Teachers Condemn Killing of Witness on Maguindanao Fraud 06/15/07 (Bulatlat)

Wanted: More classrooms, teachers, chairs 06/11/07 (Inquirer)

Teachers bear the brunt of election violence in the Philippines 06/07/07 (International Herald Tribune, Asia-Pacific)

ACT refutes DepEd claims on improved education figures 06/05/07 (Philippine Star)

Opening of schools smooth 06/05/07 (Manila Bulletin)

EDITORIAL: The students who are staying home 06/04/07 (Manila Times)

DepEd warns school vs bogus fees 06/03/07 (ABS-CBN)

DepEd 'Balik-Eskwela' on 06/03/07 (ABS-CBN)

DepEd: All systems go for school opening 06/02/07 (ABS-CBN)

Teachers protest vs GSIS policies 06/01/07 The Visayan Daily Star)

Anibersaryo ng GSIS binulaga ng nag-aaklas na mga guro 06/01/07 (People's Journal)

 

MAY 2007

Protest Rally Tomorrow 05/30/07 (The Visayan Daily Star)

Many teachers haven't been paid yet for poll duty 05/25/07 (Inquirer)

ACT: Expose more fraud 05/23/07 (People's Journal)

Teachers: Working Like Beasts of Burden in Polls 05/20/07 (Bulatlat)

Cop chief sacked in school burning 05/19/07 (Manila Times)

Education chief says tutors will still serve in coming polls 05/19/07 (Sun Star Manila)

Group condemns police involvement in school burning 05/18/07 (ABS-CBN)

Education chief blames Comelec for violence vs teachers 05/17/07 (Inquirer)

Villar lauds teachers in elections 05/17/07 ((Manila Bulletin)

Enough is enough - ACT 05/17/07 (People's Journal)

Teachers assured on poll duty pay 05/16/07 (Philippine Star)

Lapus, teachers condemn burning of school in Batangas 05/16/07 (Manila Times)

Pertaruhan Kursi Presiden Arroyo 05/16/07 (www.tribun-trimur.com)

Bulatlat: Replacement of poll inspectors delays voting in Laguna 05/15/07 (GMANews.TV)

Group decries replacement of teachers for poll duty in Metro Manila 05/14/07 (Philippine Star)

Stay neutral, Lapus urges poll inspectors 05/14/07 (Manila Standard Today)

Group worried over non-appointment of teachers as watchers 05/13/07 (Inquirer)

Teachers raise poll anomaly in Taguig 05/11/07 (Yehey News)

Everything's ready for Monday's polls: education dep't 05/11/07 (Sun Star Manila)

 

APRIL 2007

Teachers link hands to press for education rights 04/28/07 (Manila TImes)

Teachers form human chain in QC, press education for all 04/28/07 (Philippine Star)

Loren spells out education agenda 04/28/07 (Manila Standard Today)

Teachers up in arms after salary is delayed 04/25/07 (Manila Times)

School honors teacher killed in line of duty 04/15/07 (Inquirer)

 

MARCH 2007

Educators warn: No pay, no poll duties 03/29/07 (Manila Standard Today)

P30M eyed to compensate kin of teachers in polls 03/27/07 (Inquirer)

Teachers frown at tech-voc policy 03/24/07 (Manila Times)

EDITORIAL: Honor in being a great technician 03/24/07 (Manila Times)

Teachers' groups raise alarm over shortage of poll workers 03/18/07 (Inquirer)

Soldiers on Campus Tour, For counterinsurgency operations 03/11/07 (Bulatlat)

 

FEBRUARY 2007

Teachers wish GMA "Black Valentine" 02/13/07 (Manila Times)

Militant teachers' group snubs poll summit 02/07/07 (GMA News)

DepEd taps law schools for polls 02/07/07 (Manila Times)

Teachers as election inspectors assured of legal protection 02/07/07 (Manila Standard Today)

Teachers' group bucks cadets as poll watchers 02/06/07 (Manila Standard Today)

Poll body aims 900T election inspectors 02/04/07 (Sun Star)

Teachers on poll duty get perks 02/04/07 (Manila Times)

ROTC students to fill BEI shortage 02/04/07 (Tribune)

P3.3B inilaan para sa mga guro sa eleksyon 02/02/07 (GMANews.TV)

Private school teachers tapped for poll duties 02/01/07  (Philippines Today)

Teachers on poll duty to get benefits package 02/01/07 (Manila Times)

 

JANUARY 2007

Comelec, teachers meeting over poll duties 01/31/07 (Inquirer)

 

DECEMBER 2006

Teachers vow SC war against use of English 12/21/06  (Manila Times)

Poor quality of education tops nat’l congress agenda 12/05/06 (Manila Times)

 

NOVEMBER 2006

 

OCTOBER 2006

Teachers vs. mayors on Charter change 10/24/06 (Manila Times)

Militant teachers to boycott plebiscite 10/25/06 (Inquirer7)

World Teachers Day rites salute teachers worldwide 10/15/06 (Manila Bulletin Online)

 

SEPTEMBER 2006

 

AUGUST 2006

Militants to give Melo Commission a chance 8/30/06 (Philippine Star)

Education chief promises to improve plight of public tutors 8/18/06 (SunStar)

DepEd chief dialogues with teacher groups 8/17/06 (PIA)

 

JULY 2006

Lapus to DepEd, Esperon heads AFP  July 2006 (ABS-CBN)

 

JUNE 2006

Educators for Civil Liberties demand the release of Ka Bel 6/30/06 (Arkibong Bayan)

This teacher is no GMA pet  6/18/06 (Inquirer7)

Palace defends decision to appoint Lapus at DepEd 6/14/06 (Manila Bulletin Online)

Groups seek justice for slain principal 6/11/06 (Tonight)

New opening, same old problems 6/06/06 (Malaya)

PNP proclaims peaceful 2006 school-year opening 6/06/06 (Manila Times)

Arroyo: We can fix education problems 6/06/06 (Newsflash.org)

Students cope with old woes in school opening  6/06/06 (Inquirer7)

Teachers up in arms Will take to streets on Monday 6/04/006 (ABS-CBN)

Use pork to construct schools, House told 6/02/06 (Manila Standard)

 

MAY 2006

 

APRIL 2006

 

FEBRUARY 2006

Asesinado "maestro comprometido" con derechos de trabajadores 02/28/06 (www.terra.com)

Asesinado "maestro comprometido" con derechos de trabajadores 02/27/06 (www.nacion.com)

 

JANUARY 2006

 

2005

UP law dean, DepEd exec critical of Arroyo sacked 9/25/05 (Inquirer7)

DepEd OIC dialogues with teachers groups and central office employees on welfare  9/23/05 (PIA)

Teachers light candles for Gloria's impeachment  8/16/05 (Australian Associated Press)

Thousands of teachers take mass leave Friday 07/08/05 (ABS-CBN)

Thousands of teachers take mass leave Friday 6/07/05 (Balita)

Thousands of teachers take mass leave Friday 6/06/05 (ABS-CBN)

Teachers to join workers in rally today 5/01/05 (Manila Bulletin Online)