The Alliance of Concerned Teachers (ACT) joins the thousands of people’s and cause oriented groups who will march the streets today, to call on to P-Noy to heed and take concrete actions on the demands of teachers and of the people.

Pahayag ng Alliance of Concerned Teachers sa kauna-unahang SONA ni P-Noy

July 26, 2010

Alliance of Concerned Teachers (ACT) deplore the continuing harassment and intimidation of former Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) President and General Manager Winston Garcia against ACT National Chairperson and ACT TEACHERS Partylist Representative Antonio L. Tinio.

This is the million dollar question of the 30,000 strong members nationwide of the Alliance of Concerned Teachers (ACT) to the new president .

It is more than a week now since President Benigno "Noynoy" Aquino III took his oath as the 15th Philippine president. So far, teachers and government employees have not yet heard anything from PNoy, not even a single word, about the burning issues of oppressive and exploitative policies of the GSIS headed by Winston Garcia.

The Alliance of Concerned Teachers (ACT) today joins various cause-oriented groups in bidding “Goodbye and good riddance!” to outgoing president Gloria Macapagal  Arroyo on her last day in office.

“The teachers will never forget Arroyo’s deplorable legacy to the teachers – inadequate teachers’ salaries, unjust policies of the GSIS, worsening teaching conditions due to shortages of critical resources in our public schools,” ACT Secretary General France Castro said.