Militant, Progressive, Nationalist
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)
10/30/07
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 (Inquirer)
(Sun Star Manila)
Church prays for peaceful polls (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)
CHEd project overpriced by P150M
(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)
