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ACT TEACHERS Mindanao Wide Assembly March 5, 2010 Davao City

Saturday, 06 March 2010 12:17 jak
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ACT Teachers Mindanao Wide Assembly Held in Davao City!

 March 5, 2010

 

The Assembly was Attended by our  Campaign Coordinator and organizer  from Butuan, Cagayan De Oro, Bukidnon, ZamboangaCity, Basilan, General Santos, Coronadal, Cotabato City, Jolo Sulu, Campostella Valley and Teachers from different school and university in Davao city.  It was held on March 5, 2010 which is also the one year death anniversary of teacher Rebelyn Pitao. After the assembly the participants  join the rally at the Davao city plaza.

 

 

Last Updated on Wednesday, 10 March 2010 19:00
 

Mindanao Wide Salary Upgrading Workshop held in Davao city March 4, 2010

Thursday, 04 March 2010 23:08 jak
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Last Updated on Thursday, 04 March 2010 23:28
 

Teachers group to intensify voters ed, basic poll automation training among teachers

Tuesday, 26 January 2010 23:06 jak
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PRESS RELEASE

JANUARY 25, 2010

 

Teachers group to intensify voters ed, basic poll automation training among teachers

 

DAVAO CITY – Exactly 104 days  before election time, the ACT Teachers partylist is set to intensify its own initiated voters’ education and basic poll automation training among teachers. 

 

In a press conference held today, Prof. Myfel Paluga, regional coordinator of ACT Teachers Partylist, said that “the apparent ineptness of the Commission on Elections in providing the teachers with voters’ education and basic knowledge regarding poll automation is already causing panic among the teachers and the voting public in general.”

 

The ACT Teachers Party, which was recently accredited by the Comelec to participate in the coming 2010 elections, has long been calling the Comelec to provide basic orientation on the new system.

 

“We need to ensure that the true voice of the teachers will not be disenfranchised because of the Comelec's negligence of its supposed tasks,” Paluga said.

 

For her part Mrs. Gloria Arcenas, Kahugpungan ng mga Magtutudlo ug Kawani sa Edukasyon (KAMKEM-Alliance of Concerned Teachers) secretary-general and a public school teacher said “we play a crucial role in this year's election given the major changes in the technology we will be using.  Such would require efficiency in our part and we fear that the lack of knowledge we have regarding poll automation would make us inept for the task.”

 

“More so, we fear that any lapse on our part would be used in the manipulation of the election results. As Board of Election Inspectors, the teachers are also responsible for the guarding of the sacred ballots,” Arcenas said.

 

Paluga also reported that they have received reports of massive disenfranchisement among teachers in some regions.

 

“We will also be looking into the reported disenfranchisement of teachers who will be serving as Board of Election Inspectors during the elections.  Most of them are required to vote on the precinct where they are registered. However, the problem arises when the precinct where they are registered is not the precinct where they are assigned as a BEI,” Paluga said.


Watchdogs for the 2010 elections have recently rated the Comelec’s readiness on poll automation as “endangered”.  #

 

 

For reference: 

PROF. MYFEL PALUGA

293-0084

 

It’s official: ACT Teachers Partylist, now accredited

Tuesday, 26 January 2010 22:55 jak
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It’s official: ACT Teachers Partylist, now accredited

The largest party of teachers in the Philippines, ACT Teachers Partylist is now accredited to run for the May 2010 elections, along with 144 other partylists, according to Resolution No. 8744 released by the Commission on Elections yesterday.

  The COMELEC's 2nd Division originally denied the accreditation of ACT Teachers Partylist last November 20, 2009, due to the Division’s assumption that the party lacked national presence. The party filed a motion for reconsideration at the COMELEC, providing documentary proof of their national presence. In an en banc resolution, the COMELEC overruled its 2nd Division’s decision.

  “This victory signals the start of every Filipino teacher’s more vigorous participation in the struggle for our country’s social transformation,” said Secretary General April Valentin Montes.

  Montes also furthered on the importance of teachers’ representation in the Legislative body. “Teachers and education workers need to have representation in Congress, for a sound education system is a necessary component for our nation’s progress,” he said.

  ACT Teachers’ Partylist highlights its three-point platform which includes improving the welfare and advancing the rights of teachers and education workers; working to improve the quality of education in the country; and advancing transparency, accountability and honesty in national and local governance.

  “If elected, ACT Teachers’ Partylist will actively work to raise teachers’ minimum salaries to Php 25,000 per month, to push for the allocation of 6% of the gross domestic product for education, and to fight anomaly and corruption in government,”  Montes added. 

 

Ang Ating Bagong Panatang Makabayan

Saturday, 31 October 2009 20:59 admin05
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 *Isinulat ni National Artist Bienvenido Lumbera 

 Iniibig ko ang Filipinas,

Aking lupang sinilangan,

Bayang matagal nang nililinlang

Ng makasariling mga opisyal,

Kinukupkop ako at iminumulat ngayon

Na mahalin ang totoo

At itakwil ang pinunong sinungaling.

Dahil mahal ko ang Filipinas,

Susuriin ko ang mga panukala

Ng mapagsamantalang politiko,

Tutuparin ko ang mga tungkulin

Ng mamamayang makabayan,

Nagsusuri, nagdarasal at kumikilos

Upang magtagumpay ang katotohanan.

Iaalay ko ang aking buhay, pangarap, pagsisikap

Sa malayang Filipinas.

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Sabay-sabay na binigkas ng mga rallyista sa Truthfest, Baywalk, Roxas Blvd., Augusto 22, 2008

National Artist for Literature Bienvenido Lumbera is the current Chairperson of ACT Teachers Partylist.

 

 

 

 

 

Last Updated on Saturday, 31 October 2009 21:46
 
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Newsflash

by Prof. Sarah Raymundo

http://www.actphils.com

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.