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Student Christian Movement of the Philippines (SCMP) said the new policy is “anti-poor” and would worsen the students’ mental and physical hardships.
“Lubos na isinisiwalat ng pahayag ni Popoy [De Vera] na walang pagtanaw ang CHED sa tunay na kalagayan ng kabataan at kabataang estudyante sa kasalukuyan. Karamihan ngayon sa estudyante at kawani ay nahihirapan sa distance learning program (Popoy De Vera’s statement makes it clear that CHED is not aware of the true plight of the youth and young students. Most of the students are having a hard time catching up during the distance learning program),” SCMP lamented.
Youth groups file complaint against red-tagging
MANILA- Youth and student activists filed a complaint on Friday before the Commission on Human Rights and the National Bureau of Investigation, urging them to investigate the intensified red-tagging of their organizations and members amid the implementation of the Philippine terror law.
In a statement, the College Editors Guild of the Philippines (CEGP) said that these attacks and threats were carried out by state-sponsored trolls, and have put student journalists and youth activists at risk.
“Even during a pandemic, the state never fails to showcase its incompetence to the Filipino people,” CEGP) said in a statement.
9 dead as police crackdown vs activists in Southern Tagalog
Updated Mar 8, 2021 5:08:00 PM
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endIndex: Fishers group PAMALAKAYA, Anakpawis, and peasant groups gather at the Commission on Human Rights to condemn the deadly crackdown in Southern Tagalog. The Sunday bloody carnage killed known activist leaders, and arrested many other progressives.
Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, March 8) The Philippine National Police reported that nine people were killed in separate operations in Calabarzon provinces on Sunday. At least seven of the dead were identified by human rights group Karapatan as members of progressive and indigenous groups.
The crackdown took place two days after President Rodrigo Duterte said he told the military and police who encounter armed communist rebels to make sure they kill them.
9 dead as police crackdown vs activists in Southern Tagalog
Updated Mar 8, 2021 5:08:00 PM
enablePagination: false
endIndex: Fishers group PAMALAKAYA, Anakpawis, and peasant groups gather at the Commission on Human Rights to condemn the deadly crackdown in Southern Tagalog. The Sunday bloody carnage killed known activist leaders, and arrested many other progressives.
Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, March 8) The Philippine National Police reported that nine people were killed in separate operations in Calabarzon provinces on Sunday. At least seven of the dead were identified by human rights group Karapatan as members of progressive and indigenous groups.
The crackdown took place two days after President Rodrigo Duterte said he told the military and police who encounter armed communist rebels to make sure they kill them.