National Union of Students of the Philippines

Students grieve the death of our kababayans in China, Blame Joblessness in PH

They could be our parents Students grieve the death of our kababayans in China, Blame Joblessness in PH “We join the Families of Sally Ordinario-Villanueva, Ramon Credo and Elizabeth Batain in these trying times of grief,” says Vanessa Faye Bolibol, National Secretary-General of the National Union of Students of the Philippines. “We sympathize with them as [...]

Dirty War

Statement of the NUSP on the Corruption in the Armed Forces of the Philippines The Senate Blue Ribbon Committee Hearing yesterday unfolded with a whimsical turn of events. Wives getting hypertensive, husbands facing amnesia, and no-shows for one reason or another in God’s mileu of circumstances. In the background: a ghost of a recently deceased [...]

Statement of the League of College Council- UP Diliman against MRT and LRT fare hike

We,  the  College  Student  Councils  of  the  University  of  the  Philippines, Diliman express our full opposition to any increase of fare in the MRT and LRT.  We  maintain  that  these  are  public  utilities  that  should  be  provided  as  vital services to the millions of people who use these. Furthermore, we believe that  the  public  should  [...]

On the questions regarding SUC budget cut

Is there a budget cut for SUCs in the 2011 Aquino budget? Yes. Aquino said it himself in his budget message to congress last August 24, 2010: “We allocated P23.4 billion to 112 State Universities and Colleges (SUCs) in 2011. This is 1.7 percent lower than the P23.8 billion budget for 2010. We are gradually [...]

December 1: We March as One

We salute and congratulate the thousands of students, councils and organizations, educators, faculty unions and associations, employees and administrators in state schools nationwide who made history last week in a resounding expression of unity and commitment to oppose the planned budget cuts on education and social services. We stood up, walked out and waged a [...]

Statement of the UP Manila League of College Student Councils on the 2011 Proposed Budget Cut to UP

We, the League of College Student Councils of the University of the Philippines Manila, strongly oppose the proposed 1.39 billion-peso budget cut to the University of the Philippines. Traditionally, the government recognizing UP’s role as a state university and as a national university has been giving subsidies in the form of budget appropriations. However, in [...]

UP Manila- PGH community “prescribed” a notice of strike to fight budget cut to UP ad PGH

In the University of the Philippines- Manila, UP Manila professors, administrators, students, and PGH health workers announced in a press conference today that the UP Manila community will hold its strike on November 25 and 26 to intensify its call to stop the P1.39 Billion UP Budget cut and P114 Million budget cut in the [...]

Pictures of the ‘opening salvo’ in the PUP’s strike against education budget cuts

Picture of today’s symbolic barricade at the Polytechnic University of the Philippines vs. budget cuts. In a press conference today at the Polytechnic University of the Philippines’ Main Campus at Sta. Mesa, Manila, representatives of the various sectors of the university’s community announced that they are ‘uniting’ against proposed budget cuts to education in the [...]

PUP to go on strike next week: University President Dante Guevarra joins students and faculty in fight vs budget cuts

In a press conference today at the Polytechnic University of the Philippines’ Main Campus at Sta. Mesa, Manila, representatives of the various sectors of the university’s community announced that they are ‘uniting’ against proposed budget cuts to education in the 2011 national budget.  The budget, which contains P23 million slash to PUP’s operating budget, was [...]

Isang Bukas na Liham sa Okasyon ng Ika-100 Araw ng Panunungkulan ni Noynoy Aquino

Kahapon ng umaga, ako, kasama ng aking mga kapwa lider estudyante, ay dumalo at nakinig sa “Report kay Boss” ni Pang. Benigno Simeon Aquino III.  Sa parehong pagtitipon, nangahas akong ilatag ang mga isyu ng kabataan at mamamayan. Oo, kami ay inimbitahan para saksihan ang “pag-uulat” ng Pangulo. Gayunman, nakita naming higit sa pagsaksi ang [...]