The ACT TEACHERS Partylist today urged the Commission on Elections (COMELEC) to give teachers who served on the Boards of Election Inspectors in the May 10 elections additional compensation.

“The public school teachers who served as BEIs are rightly being hailed as heroes for their performance on May 10. We praise their professionalism, patience, and sense of patriot duty. In this regard, we call on the COMELEC to give teachers an additional Php 2,000 in recognition of the sacrifices they made to ensure the success of the country’s first automated elections,” said ACT TEACHERS national president and first nominee Antonio Tinio.

The Alliance of Concerned Teachers will lead a motorcade and march of public school teachers and employees to Mendiola on Wednesday, April 28, to demand the refund of illegal deductions made by the Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) from the benefits of its members.

Several hundred teachers are expected to join the protest action in Metro Manila tomorrow. They will assemble at the Quezon Memorial Circle in Quezon City at 7 a.m., motorcade to UST in Manila, and start the march to Mendiola at 9 a.m.. There they will hold a program until 11 a.m. The protesters will burn a large image of GSIS President and General Manager Winston Garcia and Pres. Gloria Arroyo to symbolize their protest.

ACT will also lead a protest action in Davao City on April 28 and in Butuan City on April 29.

“Teachers and other government employees throughout the country are seething with anger at the GSIS,” said ACT national chairperson Antonio Tinio. “For nearly one decade, they have suffered from the unjust policies imposed by its politically-influential President and General Manager, Winston Garcia.”

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(A Statement of Concern from the ACT Teachers Party List - Ateneo de Manila University Chapter)

The ACT Teachers Party List (Ateneo de Manila University Chapter) joins the University community in expressing  its concern over the manner upon which the University administration handled the resignation of Manuel V. Pangilinan as Chairman of the University’s Board of Trustees.

Mr. Pangilinan had acknowledged and apologized for the multiple acts of plagiarism that he committed in connection with the speech that he delivered during the recent commencement exercises of the University. He resigned as a consequence of his admission to this very serious academic offense.

The University community’s integrity is now under grave threat because of the circumstances emanating from Mr. Pangilinan’s resignation.  The University thrives on its adherence to academic excellence, intellectual honesty and fair application of academic rules.  These basic principles are among the most important ones that members of the University community seek to inculcate to its students.  The University does not and should never tolerate plagiarism, in any form, from any individual, as it grossly violates the very principles upon which the foundation of the functions of the University rests.   If the Chairman of the Board of Trustees – the highest policy making body of the University – had himself admitted to have committed such a serious offence, then he himself is guilty of such academic transgression and should be made to account for such a wrongdoing. Disregarding this fact is a gross disrespect to the very core value of academic existence.

Isang paglilinaw:

ACT TEACHERS

ACT TEACHERS ang partylist na tunay na kumakatawan sa interes ng mga guro at kawani sa edukasyon. Pinamunuan ng ACT TEACHERS ang mga rali at pagkilos para sa pagpapataas ng sweldo ng mga guro na nagbunga sa salary increase na tinatanggap natin mula 2009 hanggang 2012.

Ipinaglalaban din ng ACT TEACHERS ang pag-refund sa mga ilegal na kaltas ng GSIS at pagbatikos sa mga di-makatwirang patakaran ni Winston Garcia.

hindi A TEACHER

Ang A TEACHER (#15 sa balota) ay isang huwad na partylist na nagtataguyod sa kapakanan ng mga PRIVATE SCHOOL OWNERS. Ginagamit ang ngalan ng “teacher” ngunit tinututulan ang mga panukalang batas para sa ikagagaling ng mga guro.