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Teachers to troop to Malacanang, air their demands on GSIS to P-Noy

Hundreds of teacher-leaders from the Alliance of Concerned Teachers (ACT), and teachers' federations of the National Capital Region, will troop to Malacanang today at 3pm, to air their concerns on the Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) to President Benigno Aquino III.

Teachers march to Palace on complaints vs GSIS

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Teachers protest education budget cut as new school year opens

Budget cuts in education due to an increasing debt payments are at the root of the worsening education crisis. This message was highlighted by the Alliance of Concerned Teachers as it led a protest march and rally in Mendiola on the day before the opening of the new school year.

Teachers troop to Times Street to seek dialogue with President-elect

Militant teachers trooped to the home of President-elect Noynoy Aquino this morning to seek a dialoque with him on issues affecting the education sector.

Around thirty teachers, bearing placards and streamers, marched to the gate of Aquino’s residence in Times Street, Quezon City . “Within the first 100 days of his administration, we urge President-elect Aquino to take action on a number of pressing matters affecting teachers and the education sector,” said Alliance of Concerned Teachers national chairperson Antonio Tinio.

The teachers urged Aquino to implement the following:

Arroyo’s legacy: Php 91.54 billion in shortages

The Arroyo administration will leave behind shortages of teachers, classrooms, and other critical education resources amounting to Php 91.54 billion.

Smartmatic should shoulder extra pay of teachers

The ACT TEACHERS Partylist described as “inadequate” yesterday’s announcement by the Commission on Elections that teachers who served in the May 10 elections would be given an additional honorarium of Php 500. “An additional Php 500 is simply not enough,” said ACT TEACHERS Partylist national president and first nominee Antonio Tinio. “We reiterate our call for an additional Php 2,000.”

A DEMAND for the immediate RELEASE of the 2010 Elections’ HONORARIA for the BEIs, DepED Supervisors and their Respective Support

Almost all election winners have been proclaimed after more than a week since we conducted our first and historical automated national elections. Unfortunately, until now we haven’t received a single centavo of our 2010 Elections’ HONORARIA.
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