Updates

The Alliance of Concerned Teachers today condemned the killing of a school principal abducted by bandits in Sulu.

Gabriel Canizares, 36, an elementary school principal, was abducted by armed men in Patikul town last Ocotber 19 and held for ransom. According to reports, his severed head was found near a gas station in downtown Jolo early this morning.

The Alliance of Concerned Teachers today expressed alarm at reports that a school principal was abducted by alleged Abu Sayyaf bandits yesterday (Monday) afternoon.

According to news reports, Gabriel Canizares, 36, was abducted in Patikul town in the province of Sulu by 12 armed men while he was riding a passenger jeepney.

The Department of Education should work closely with the relevant local and national government agencies

The Alliance of Concerned Teachers and ACT Teachers’ Partylist conducted a relief mission in Katrina, Villareal, Barangay Gulod in Novaliches, Quezon City last Saturday, October 17.

Invest in teachers to attain quality public education
Statement for World Teachers’ Day 2009

The Alliance of Concerned Teachers salutes teachers today, World Teachers’ Day 2009. This year’s theme, “Invest in Teachers,” aptly underscores the need for governments all over the world to provide teachers with the resources and support necessary to attain quality education for all.

The Alliance of Concerned Teachers today denounced the military for conducting surveillance operations on National Artist for Literature Prof. Bienvenido Lumbera.

Lumbera is currently the national chairperson of ACT Teachers Partylist and a former national chairperson of ACT. He is also a convenor of the Concerned Artists of the Philippines . Recently, Lumbera played a prominent role in protesting Malacanang’s intervention in the National Artist awards.

The Alliance of Concerned Teachers today announced that they will protest a lavish gala event to be held by the Cultural Center of the Philippines in honor of Imelda Marcos.

Entitled “Seven Arts, One Imelda,” the invitational gala event will be held on Friday, 8 p.m. at the CCP’s Tanghalang Nicanor Abelardo. According to a press release on the CCP website (http://www.culturalcenter.gov.ph/page.php?page_id=295), the tribute “extols the seven arts through signature pieces created during the period of Imelda’s patronage,” and will feature a number of well-known artists as well as the CCP’s resident dance and choral companies and philharmonic orchestra. The tribute is one of the highlights of the CCP’s celebration of its 40th year anniversary.

In spite of denials by the Armed Forces of the Philippines as well as by the US Embassy regarding the participation of US troops in combat on Philippine soil, two ranking officers of the Philippine Marines have publicly acknowledged working with US forces in an operation to track down and neutralize a prominent leader of the Abu Sayyaf.

August 4, 2009
Press Release

Reference: Prof. Sarah Raymundo
0906-2056427

ACT Teachers Partylist joins the nation in mourning the death of former president Corazon C. Aquino

The ACT Teachers Partylist joins the nation in mourning the death of former president Corazon C. Aquino. Her moral and physical courage in standing up against the tyrannical Marcos regime inspired millions among the Filipino people in persistently fanning the flickering flames of freedom in our land.

July 25, 2009
NEWS RELEASE

Reference : Antonio L. Tinio
                  ACT National Chairperson
                  0920-9220817
 

SONA EDUCATION REPORT CARD 2009

Name: Gloria Macapagal Arroyo
Position: President of the Philippines
 

Reference: Prof.Sarah Raymundo
                 Spokeperson
                 09062056427
ACT Teachers Partylist Survey: Metro Manila Public School Teachers say No to GMA
July 25, 2009

SURVEY SAYS:

86% -- opposes a PGMA presidency after 2010
86% -- says that the education sector did not improve under PGMA's eight years