Sunday, March 28, 2010

March 29 is Blog Action Day for Education



March 29 is Blog Action Day for Education

26 March 2010

This week was marked by several student actions that successfully prevented moves to make education less accessible. Among the policies that were either delayed or prevented are:

* an almost-2000% tuition hike in the Polytechnic University of the Philippines
* approval of tuition hike proposals in most of the 233 private schools that violated consultation guidelines

However, many issues continue to affect the Filipino youth’s right to a quality and accessible education, such as the continued implementation of forced graduation fees, and the ‘no permit, no exam’ policy, as well as tuition and other fee increases in private universities.

On Monday, March 29, students will again take to the streets to demand an emergency budget allocation for education and the prevention of any and all tuition and other fee increases for the coming school year. We in the KABATAAN Online Team invite you to show your support, both in the streets and online.

That’s why we invite you to take part in our Blog Action Day on Education this Mar.29.

Here’s how you can participate: write a blog entry on the theme “Education is a Right” on Monday (or prepare one before and just post it on that day).

You can write about the present state of our education system, and how well (or unwell) is the youth’s right to a quality and accessible education being implemented. You can write about the conditions in your school, or your personal struggles with regards to finishing your studies.

You can also write about your opinion on the PUP & UP protests, the issues surrounding the events, or even a personal narrative if you were able to participate. You can choose to write about the importance of education and the education system to Filipinos and the Phil. society in general.

After writing your entry, post a link to this page. Also, (especially if you are blogging on a social network like Facebook or Friendster) post the link to your entry at this page’s Comments section. This way, we’ll be able to monitor how many bloggers are participating and we can thank those who did. And don’t forget to insert this blog button into your entry with the following code

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Here are other ways you can participate in the Blog Action Day for Education:

Post this message in your Facebook, Friendster, etc. Status: “Everyone has the right to a quality and accessible education. If you agree, please post this as your Status for the whole day on March 29”

Make this picture your profile pic in your various social network accounts for the entire day

Education is a right. Let’s all stand up for our rights on March 29. ###

Tuesday, March 23, 2010

Gawad Panitikang Pangkalusugan


Studies show that the single best determinant of health is educational attainment. Building a healthier Philippines begins with our children and their innate capacities to build better worlds in their minds. Let us foster this by helping them learn to read.
 
The MU SIGMA PHI SORORITY of the UP College of Medicine
is now calling for entries for the



1st Gawad Panitikang Pangkalusugan – a nationwide children’s storybook writing competition on health.

 
The contest is open to all Filipino residents aged 18 years old and above, and challenges participants to break away from the clinical, didactic presentation of health issues and create it into a form that is both enjoyable and educational for a young audience aged 5-10 years old.
 
Entries must creatively tackle the theme: “Tabi-tabi po” – Exploring Philippine Health Myths.
 
Winners will receive Php 25,000 in cash, a medal, and a chance to be published as a full-color picture in a 7-volume storybook series. Published books will be donated to the AHON Foundation and other beneficiaries.
 
Deadline of entries is on May 15, 2010.
 
Visit www.gawadpanitikan. com for details.

Monday, March 22, 2010

NUSP 4th Luzon-wide Student Congress

Warmest greetings of solidarity from the Student Union!

The NATIONAL UNION OF STUDENTS OF THE PHILIPPINES (NUSP) is a nationwide alliance of more than 650 student councils/government s/federations/ unions committed to the advancement of the students’ democratic rights and welfare. Since its establishment in 1957, the NUSP has been steadfast at the forefront of the students’ struggle for their rights and in solidarity with the Filipino people’s struggle for social justice and meaningful changes in society. As such, the Union has earned the recognition of being the premiere national student center in the country.

We are very proud and excited to inform you that the Union will be holding its 4th Luzon-Wide Student Congress on April 20-23, 2010 at the Pampanga Agricultural College (PAC), College of Forestry, at the Municipality of Magalang, Pampanga Province. Our venue is nestled at the foot of the famous Mt. Arayat. The student congress is hosted by the student councils of the Holy Angel University, Pampanga Agricultural College, Systems Plus College Foundation, Republic Central College, Don Honorio VenturaTechnologica l State University and Gua Gua National College. The theme is:

"4ward We Go: Youth 4 Change in 2010 and Beyond"

Our 4th Luzon-wide Student Congress offers discussions on contemporary social issues, informative lectures and engaging trainings on basic skills for effective student leadership, among others. What is more, this year’s Luzon-wide congress is an opportune venue for student leaders across Luzon to interact with each other and build resolutions as we commit ourselves to contributing to genuine social change in the upcoming May 2010 elections and beyond.

In this light, we cordially invite your student council/government/ organization to take part in this momentous assembly. You may send as many delegates as possible. Attached is the copy of the programme for your perusal. Registration fee is pegged at Php 1,500 to cover food, accommodation, training kits and souvenir. Also, please settle your student council/government’s annual membership fee of Php 300.00 and publication fee of Php 200.00. Please confirm your attendance on or before April 12, 2010.

For queries, you may contact the undersigned at 09156469177 or Vanessa at 09277515365 or Bugsy at 09228240740. You may also email us at nusp_national@ yahoo.com.

We look forward to seeing you at the congress!

In the service of the students and the people,

Einstein Recedes

National President

WOMENvironment: Beautifying UPM's Buildings

Good day! In line with Women's Month,
UP One Earth
in partnership with the
Center for Gender & Women Studies
invites you to
"WOMENvironment:
Beautifying UPM's Buildings"
where 250 indoor plants would be launched throughout the 7 colleges of UP Manila. For more details, kindly check out http://uponeearth. multiply. com/photos/ album/57.
Be involved in making our working areas more appealing!

For student organizations, having at least 5 members of your organization attend this activity entitles you to be our partner.

"Only when we have cut all our trees, killed the animals

and filled the Earth with garbage,

will we realize we cannot eat PRIDE nor MONEY ."



ANGELI V. GUADALUPE
Batch 2009, Bayer Young Envtl Envoy
President, UP One Earth
Class of 2014, UP-CM
09177851882; 09228518827
gelguadalupe. multiply. com

Sunday, March 21, 2010

Free Underwater Hockey Tutorial


Young Artists' Studio Summer Workshops

Young Artists' Studio Summer Workshops

March 2010 Schedule


Painting for Teens and Adults: Sundays 1:00- 4:00 PM
From March 21 to May 30
March 21, 28 April 11, 18, 25 May 2, 9, 16, 23, 30



April 2010 Schedule
Batch 1 M-W-F
Art for Beginners 10am-12noon
Storytelling and Puppetry 2pm-4pm
M-W-F April 12, 14, 16, 19, 21, 23, 26, 28, 30, May 3


Batch 1 T-Th-S
Basic Painting for Kids 10am-12noon
Photography for Kids 2-4pm
T-Th-S April 13, 15, 17, 20, 22, 24, 27, 29, May 4, 6


Early bird discounts available for registration before March 25, 2010

Young Artists' Studio is located at Unit 3A MS Tower, #29 Road 8, Project 6 Quezon City. For inquiries, you may reach us through:

Mobile: +639175685939 (globe) / +6329296875322 (smart)

Landline: (632) 9645951

Email: youngartistsstudio@ gmail.com

Website: www.youngartistsstu dio.wordpress. com

Sunday, March 14, 2010

I tease, you come

Open letter from the Student Regent

BUKAS NA LIHAM SA MGA ISKOLAR NG BAYAN
HINGGIL SA PANGGIGIPIT AT PANUNUPIL NG BOR AT ADMINISTRASYONG PRESIDENT ROMAN LABAN SA OFFICE OF THE STUDENT REGENT


Opisina ng Rehente ng mga Mag-aaral
Unibersidad ng Pilipinas
March 8, 2010




Nagbabalik ang masalimuot na alaala at karanasan ng batas militar sa mga kasalukuyang pangyayari sa ating pinakamamahal na pamantasan.

Mula nang maitatag ang Office of the Student Regent (OSR) noong 1970, wala pang yugto sa kasaysayan ng ating Pamantasan kung saan nawalan ng kinatawan ang mga mag-aaral sa UP Board of Regents (BOR). Tanging sa loob ng isang dekada sa ilalim ng Batas Militar nilusaw ng diktadurya ang lahat ng mga institusyon at konseho ng mga mag-aaral, mga publikasyon at mga organisasyon sa loob ng pamantasan. Ngayong taon, matapos ang ilang dekada, Pebrero 25 nang ang BOR mismo ang tuluyang pumigil sa pag-upo sa kanilang pulong ang natatanging kinatawan ng mahigit 48,000 na mag-aaral ng Unibersidad ng Pilipinas.

Isang malaking kawalan at disbentahe sa libu-libong mag-aaral ng UP ang pagtatanggal ni President Emerlinda Roman at ng BOR sa ating Student Regent (SR). Tangan ang militanteng tradisyon ng institusyon, ang OSR ay inaasahang kumatawan at magsulong ng mga interes at paninindigan ng mga mag-aaral hinggil sa mga usapin ng pamantasan, hanggang sa mga usapin sa pambansang saklaw.

Sa kabila ng mahalagang papel ng OSR sa demokratikong pamamahala sa ating pamantasan, tayo ay tinanggalan ng representasyon sa BOR.
Malinaw sa atin ang dahilan: Alam natin na hindi ito simpleng usapin ng pagsunod sa mga panuntunan ng pamantasan, sa halip,
ito ay hakbangin upang magsulong ng makasarili at makauring interes ng iilan sa loob ng BOR.
Ngayon, hinubad na ng BOR ang kanyang maskara at inilantad ang sarili—hindi ito kailanman nagsilbi sa interes ng mga mag-aaral at iba’t ibang sektor ng pamantasan, pagka’t ito’y nilikha upang bigyang-wangis o bigyang-ilusyon lamang na may demokratikong pamamahala sa ating pamantasan.

Pebrero 17, 2010 noong makatanggap ang SR ng liham mula sa Secretary of the University and of the Board of Regents na si Dr. Lourdes E. Abadingo. Nakasaad rito na sa pulong umano ng BOR noong Enero 29, 2010, “the Board of Regents agreed that you should no longer be allowed to participate in its deliberations as Student Regent for your failure to comply with the qualifications to continue serving as Student Regent…The Chair, however, has instructed the undersigned to invite you as Observer in the meeting of the Board scheduled on 25 February 2010”.

Walang pagtatangging tinatanggap ng SR ang naging kahinaan nito na makapagpasa ng application for residency sa takdang panahon sa UP Los Baños, ngunit ito’y hindi mulat na paglabag sa mga panuntunan ng pamantasan.

Sa panahong iyon, mapagpasyang inuna ng SR ang paggampan sa kanyang mga tungkulin at gawain sa buwan ng Nobyembre at maagang bahagi ng Disyembre. Bumisita ang SR sa iba’t ibang mga yunit ng UP upang maglunsad ng konsultasyon, umupo sa mga dayalogo hinggil sa pagtataas ng mga bayarin sa mga laboratoryo, magsaliksik sa mga usaping nakasampa sa BOR, at magbigay ng mga pag-aaral sa mga kapwa Iskolar ng Bayan. Lalo na’t iyon ang kritikal na panahon ng deliberasyon ng badyet para sa mga State Colleges and Universities (SUCs), kabilang na ang UP na kumakaharap sa P2 bilyong kaltas sa badyet. Naging bahagi rin ang SR ng mga pamprobinsiya at pambansang aktibidad ng mga kabataan. Hindi rin ito nawala sa mga pambansang araw ng pagkilos ng mga kabataan at mamamayan para sa kanilang karapatan sa edukasyon at batayang serbisyong panlipunan.

Bukod rito, hindi na kailanman naging maluwag at ganap na malaya para sa SR ang pagluwas papuntang UPLB nang walang pangamba sa seguridad matapos makaranas ng red-tagging, sampu ng mga naging kasamahan nito sa Konseho ng Mag-aaral ng UPLB, UPLB Perspective at Samahan ng Kabataan para sa Bayan (SAKBAYAN), mga lehitimong estudyante, at miyembro ng kaguruan sa UPLB. ng Kasabay ng naging hayagang presensya ng mga militar sa UPLB campus, palagian at masaklaw rin ang pagpapakalat ng mga black propaganda sa UPLB campus, pinararatangan ang SR at mga kasamahan nito bilang mga terorista at kasapi ng CPP-NPA-NDFP—suliranin na matagal nang naiulat sa administrasyon ng UPLB ngunit hanggang sa kasalukuyan ay wala pang wastong tugon mula sa Chancellor nito na si Dr. Luis Rey Velasco.

Mariin nating pinabubulaanan ang ipinapalaganap ng administrasyon ni President Roman na ang mayor na dahilan sa pagtatanggal sa SR ay ang usapin ng bona fide status nito.
Kung ito nga ang mayor na dahilan, madali itong maresolba sa pamamagitan ng pag-rekomenda at pag-aapruba ng kanyang application for residency sa UPLB.



IBAYONG PANGGIGIPIT AT PANLILINLANG ANG DINANAS NG SR

Sa kasalukuyan, naisasandal ang administrasyon ni UPLB Chancellor Luis Rey Velasco sa hindi nito pantay na pagturing sa SR at sa iba pang estudyante ng UPLB. Malinaw na kaiba ang pinagdadaanang proseso ng SR sa karaniwang proseso ng late application for residency. Bago pa ang pagpupulong ng BOR noong Disyembre 18, 2009, gumawa na ang SR ng liham para sa application for residency sa payo ng College Secretary ng College of Arts and Sciences (CAS) sa UPLB. Matapos makuha ang endorsement ng Adviser, Department Chair at College Secretary, ipinadala ang mga dokumento sa Office of the Chancellor.

Buwan ang lumipas at hindi pa rin ito inaaprubahan sa kabila nang napag-alaman natin na noong Pebrero 3 at Pebrero 16, 2010, dalawang estudyante mula sa UPLB ang kagyat na nakakuha ng late residency sa mismong araw na iyon. Tanging endorsement lamang ng kanilang College Secretary ang kinailangan upang payagan ang mga ito na mag-enroll. ‘Di tulad ng dalawang nasabing estudyante, kahit na residency form lamang ay hindi ibinibigay sa SR, bagama’t may endorsement na ng College Secretary ang application for residency ng SR.

Sa regular na proseso ng late application for residency, hindi na kinakailangang umabot sa Office of the Chancellor ang nasabing application, kaya naman kagyat na humingi na rin ang SR ng aksyon mula sa Dekano ng CAS na si Dr. Asunsion Raymundo sapagkat ito ang may pangunahing jurisdiction upang magpasya sa application. Bilang aksyon, iniakyat muli nito ang mga dokumento ng SR sa Office of the Chancellor—prosesong hindi naman pinagdaanan ng mga estudyante ng UPLB o ng anumang UP unit na humingi rin ng late application for residency. Bagama’t maaaring umaksyon ang Dekano ng CAS at bagama’t sila mismo ang nagsabi na dalhin sa Office of the Chancellor ang application, ang naging tugon ng Dekano sa liham ng SR ay “since you had already elevated the matter to the level of the Chancellor, the decision/mandate now lies on him”.

Pinabubulaanan natin ang ipinapalaganap ng administrasyon ni President Roman sa kanilang mga opisyal na pahayag na iniatras ‘di umano ng SR ang application for residency nito noong Enero 12. Kahit kailan, hindi sumulat at nagpasa ang SR ng pormal na liham sa Office of the Chancellor na iniaatras nito ang application for residency, hindi kailanman ito sumulat ng pormal na liham na pinahihintulutan ang sino man na iatras ito sa kanyang ngalan. Patunay rito ang mga liham ni Chancellor Luis Rey Velasco sa SR noong Pebrero 18 at Marso 3 kung saan dine-deny nito ang pag-aapruba sa nasabing application.

Pinabubulaanan rin natin ang ipinapalaganap ng administrasyon ni President Roman na aktwal na pagfa-file ng Leave of Absence (LOA) ng SR. Sumulat ang abogado ng SR na si Atty. Julius Matibag sa Dekano ng CAS upang tunggaliin ang sinasabi ng UPLB na hindi maaaring mag-LOA ang SR dahil sa mga nakabinbin na kaso sa Student Disciplinary Tribunal (SDT) at may intensyon itong mag-file kung gayunman. Ipinagkamali ng Dekano ng CAS ang liham na ito sa aktwal na pagfa-file ng LOA. Ito ay mga impormasyon hindi wastong inilalathala ng administrasyon ni President Roman.

Mapagbalat-kayong nagdadahilan ang administrasyon ni President Roman na ang pagsunod sa panuntunan ang tanging dahilan kung bakit tinanggal ang SR sa BOR, samantalang malinaw na sila at si Chancellor Luis Rey Velasco mismo ang tunay na nagmamalabis, lumalabag, at nag-mamaniobra sa mga proseso ng pamantasan upang maging pabor sa kanila. Malakas ang loob ni Chancellor Luis Rey Velasco na sabihin na siya ay nagpapasiya batay sa “merits” at pantay umano ang pagturing niya sa kaso ng SR at ng iba pang estudyante ng UPLB, habang ang administrasyon niya mismo ang nanlinlang sa SR mula sa wastong proseso na dapat nitong pagdaanan. Mapagbalat-kayo nitong sinasabi na ang kaso ng SR ay kakaiba, ngunit ang malinaw na tanging kaibahan ni Charisse Bernadine Bañez sa iba pang estudyante ng UPLB ay siya ang tanging kinatawan ng mga mag-aaral sa pinakamataas na lupon nito at susi ang pusisyong upang ilantad ang pagmamalabis ng administrasyon ng UPLB. Mapagbalat-kayong nagdadahilan ang BOR na ang dahilan sa pagtatanggal sa SR ay ang “failure to comply with the qualifications to continue serving as Student Regent” habang “incapacity to enroll or file an LOA” at hindi “failure” ang nakalagay sa CRSRS. Malinaw na may kapasidad ang SR na mag-apply kundi lamang iniipit at inaabuso ni Chancellor Luis Rey Velasco ang discretion ng administrasyon nito.

Sa lahat ng ito, hindi maitatanggi na may panlilinlang, panlilito, at pagkukubli ng mga detalye sa bahagi ng UP administration upang ipagtanggol ang pagtatanggal sa SR.



PAGTANGGAL SA SR, SUSI SA PAGPAPATALSIK RIN SA PGH DIRECTOR

Ang pagkakapanalo ni Dr. Jose Gonzales bilang bagong direktor ng UP Philippine General Hospital (PGH) ay isa sa minsang mga pagkakataon na nagtagumpay ang mga sektoral na representasyon sa BOR—ang Student, Faculty at Staff Regents—at nanaig ang desisyon ng mga sektor ng Unibersidad. Ngunit malinaw na hindi ito mapahintulutan nina President Roman at ng Malacanang.

Sa araw ng Disyembre 18, 2009, alinsunod sa palagiang ini-invoke¬ ng administrasyon ni President Roman at kanyang Vice President for Legal Affairs na si Atty. Theodore Te na Section 13 (T) ng UP Charter “the Board of Regents has the power ‘to prescribe rules for its own government’” (na nangangahulugan na may kapasyahan ito sa mga usapin inihahapag rito) pinagbotohan ang mosyon ni President Roman na gawing observer lamang ang SR. Natalo ang kanyang mosyon, 5-4 (pabor sa OSR).

Kabilang sa mga pangyayari na hindi inilalathala ng administrasyon ni President Roman ay ang pagpayag nila mismo na lumahok sa nasabing botohan at hindi pagrehistro ng anumang pagtutol rito. Kahit sa usapin ng paglahok at pagboto ng SR, sila ay pumayag at walang bakas ng pagrerehistro ng anumang “objection” rito. Matapos silang matalo sa botohan para sa PGH Director, saka nila tumutol sa resolusyong sila mismo ang lumahok. Ibinabato ng administrasyon ni President Roman na hindi dapat bumoto ang SR sa nasabing usapin, simple lang ang kasagutan—hindi katulad ng mga Malacañang Appointees na ang tanging kinakatawan ay ang kanilang mga sarili (o di kaya’y ang naglagay sa kanila sa pusisyon),
kinakatawan ng SR hindi ang kanyang sarili ngunit ang pinakamalaking sektor sa Unibersidad ng Pilipinas—ang mga mag-aaral. Ang hindi pagboto ng SR ay hindi pagboto ng mga mag-aaral.


Sa kaparehas na araw, Disyembre 18, mapagpasyang boto ang ibinigay natin kay Dr. Jose Gonzales dahil, ‘di gaya ng mga kandidatong may basbas ng Malacañang, malinaw ang kaniyang paninindigan na ang batayang serbisyong pangkalusugan ay karapatan ng mamamayan at gayundin ang sa kanyang matibay na pagtindig laban sa pribatisasyon ng Philippine General Hospital. Si Dr. Gonzales ang napili ng BOR sa botong 6-5 (kabilang ang boto ni Sen. Mar Roxas at Cong. Cynthia Villar).

Hindi kailanman naipaliwanag ni President Roman at ng mga Malacañang Appointees kung bakit hindi nila gusto si Dr. Gonzales bilang bagong halal na direktor ng UP PGH. Matapos ang muntikan nang hindi pag-appoint at pagbibigay ng oath of office kay Dr. Gonzales sa maagang bahagi ng Enero, agad nilang sinubok na tanggalin ang PGH Director at ang SR sa pulong ng BOR noong Enero 29, 2010. Dahil sa malinaw na maniobra sa proseso, nagpasya ang apat na rehente—student, faculty, staff at alumni regents—na mag-walkout sa nasabing pulong. Sa kabila ng kawalan ng quorum o sapat na bilang upang magpasya, unilateral na tinanggal President Roman at ng mga Malacañang Appointees ang SR sa BOR.

Nagsampa na ng kaso ang SR laban sa UP Board of Regents sa Quezon City Regional Trial Court.



PAGKUKUBLI AT KATIWALIAN, KINAKANLONG NG ADMINISTRASYON NG PAMANTASAN

Isang taon nang ikinukubli ng adminstrasyon ni President Roman at ng mga Malacañang Appointees sa komunidad ng UP na lagpas isang taon nang expired ang mga termino ng appointments ng tatlong Malacañang Appointees na sina “Regents” Francis Chua, Nelia Gonzales at Abraham Sarmiento; isang katohohanang ikinubli at kailanman ay hindi binabanggit nina Pres. Roman sa tuwing nagtatanong ang BOR Chair kung may quorum ba sa mga pulong. Ang mga nasabing “Regents” ay hindi appointed bilang regular regents (na may tiyak na termino sa loob ng 2 taon) kundi bilang acting regents lamang, na sa ilalim ng Administrative Code of 1987, hindi maaaring lumampas ang termino ng isang taon—usapin na hindi masagot ng administrasyon ni President Roman at may pagtatangka pang lusutan sa pamamagitan ng pag-iiba ng pakahulugan sa “acting” sa “temporary”.

Sa pulong ng BOR noong Pebrero 25, 2010, maka-isang panig na tinanggal si Dr. Gonzales bilang PGH Director (nang wala pa ring paliwanag) at sa kabila ng paggigiit ng mga sektoral na representasyon sa BOR na magkonsulta, sa mosyon ni President Roman, maka-isang panig rin na inaprubahan ni President Roman at Malacañang Appointed “Regents” ang pagrerekomenda ng kanilang mga pangalan kay Gng. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo para sa kanilang regular appointment.

Sa mga pangyayaring ito, lantad na sa atin ang tunay na katangian ng UP Board of Regents at kung kaninong interes ang pinagsisilbihan ng mga ito. Payag ang iilang makapangyarihang ito sa prosesong sila mismo ang lumikha hangga’t ito’y paborable sa kanilang pangkat. Minamalaki ang pagkukulang ng tumitindig laban sa komersyalisado at pribatisadong landas na tinatahak ng pamantasan habang minamaliit at ikinukubli ang panlilinlang ng mga kakatig nila sa pagtataas ng matrikula at iba pang bayarin at paglalako ng pamantasan sa pribadong interes.
Tinanggal sa Board of Regents ang Rehente na may tunay na mandato habang abot-langit na pinagtatakpan ang panlilinlang ng mga Rehente na ang tanging kinakatawan ay interes ng Malacañang sa pamantasan.


Hindi Board of Regents ang magdidikta sa pagtatanggal sa ating kinatawan. At ang sino mang magtangkang humati sa ating hanay ay walang ipinagkaiba sa kanila.

Hindi kinakatawan ng SR ang kanyang sarili. Ang bawat atake na tinatanggap nito ay hindi atake sa kanyang sarili kundi atake sa karapatan sa representasyon ng lahat ng mag-aaral ng Unibersidad ng Pilipinas.
Ang bawat bigwas na tinanggap nito ay bigwas sa ating karapatan sa edukasyon na pinagbayaran ng mga naunang mabubuting anak ng ating pamantasan. Ang laban ng OSR ay laban ng lahat ng mag-aaral ng pamantasan ng bayan.


Totoo at materyal ang tunggalian ng mga interes sa loob ng pamantasan. At tanging sa sama-samang pagkilos lamang tayo matagumpay na mananaig. Mananaig tayo hindi para sa ating mga sarili, kundi para sa interes at karapatan ng kabataan sa edukasyon at upang itaguyod ang tunay na demokratikong pamamahala sa pamantasang walang-imbot na nagsisilbi sa sambayanan.


Para sa mga mag-aaral at sa sambayanan,



CHARISSE BERNADINE I. BAÑEZ
UP Student Regent

THIRD ROGELIO SICAT WORKSHOP

PRESS RELEASE
Contact person: Romulo P. Baquiran, Jr.
09276331659, jbaquiran@gmail. com

THIRD ROGELIO SICAT WORKSHOP:
DFPP 2010 NATIONAL CREATIVE WRITING WORKSHOP

The UP Department of Filipino now accepts application to the Third Rogelio Sicat Workshop: DFPP 2010 National Creative Writing Workshop to be held in Baler, Aurora from April 28 to May 2, 2010. It is open to beginning writers in Filipino, especially college students, who write poems, fiction, and children's stories.

Applicants must submit the following: manuscripts (12 points, double-spaced, 8x11 inches) of any of the following: five (5) poems, two (2) short stories (10 pages), and two (2) children's stories (5-7 pages); short bio-note; photo (2x2, colored); and Application Form (find attachment or can be requested via email).

All expenses from UP Diliman to the workshop site are free for the chosen writing fellows. A modest stipend will also be provided.
Send manuscripts to palihangrogeliosica t@yahoo.com. ph not later than April 9, 2010. For further details, please send inquiries to said email address.

UPDATES on “2nd Quisumbing-Escandor Film Festival for Health (QEFF) for 2010”

UPDATES on “2nd Quisumbing-Escandor Film Festival for Health (QEFF) for 2010”

The contest is open to documentaries, short narratives, and
experimental films by Filipino amateur film-makers and multimedia
artists. Groups and organizations are also encouraged to join. Multiple
entries are allowed.

The festival is a tribute to Drs. Honorato L. Quisumbing and Juan B.
Escandor of the UP College of Medicine whose lives exemplified UP’s
and the medical profession’s ideal of service. Both were killed while
on duty—Dr. Quisumbing, while serving at the Philippine General Hospital
during World War II.; Dr. Escandor, while serving as a barrio doctor during
martial law (he was accused of being a rebel sympathizer).

THEME:
The following are suggested topics that may be explored:
Women and Children’s Rights and Health
Maternal and Child’s Health amid the War
Physical and Sexual Abuses among Women and Children
Abortion and Unwanted Pregnancy
Women and Juvenile Labor
Woman and Child Trafficking
Family Planning
Teenage Pregnancy
Single Parenthood

New Deadline: All entries must be received on or before
AUGUST 4, 2010 (5:00 pm). For mailed entries, all packages
be postmarked by August 1, 2010. For more information:
Web: www.qe-filmfestival.com
Email: ama.anak.ina@qe-filmfestival.com
Landline: (02) 567-8900
Cell: 0916-7172619

CALL FOR ENTRIES

CALL FOR ENTRIES

The 2nd Pandayang Lino Brocka Political Film and New Media Festival



The worsening economic crisis that have dragged down living conditions. The political persecution of people and sectors fighting for livelihood or life itself. All in the time of the national elections, where people are hopeful to elect leaders that would serve their interests. These are the impetus for another year of purposeful film/media production and popularization via the 2nd Pandayang Lino Brocka Political Film and New Media Festival.

From the auditorium to the eskinita, marketplaces, union offices and picketlines where it was first held in August 2009, the Pandayang Lino Brocka Political Film and New Media Festival is again launched to reach to more youth and students, workers and urban poor. Documentaries from alternative media groups, multi-awarded films and works from Filipinos abroad flocked last year’s film fest where they gained audience among the masses, a face-off with their subjects or the issues confronted in the works.

The 2nd Pandayang Lino Brocka Festival is open to all students, independent or amateur filmmakers and film collectives. Interested parties may submit audiovisual works of any genre, length on the theme human rights (includes economic, social, cultural and political rights). Entries accepted until May 31, 2010.

For inquiries, contact tudla_productions@ yahoo.com or 345-8804.


Monday, March 8, 2010

CALL FOR PAPERS

CALL FOR PAPERS
International Conference on Postcolonial Praxis
University of the Philippines, Diliman: 21-23 July 2010



Through this conference, we invite scholars from the humanities and social sciences, teachers, creative writers, journalists and broadcast media practitioners, studio, visual and performance artists, architects, design specialists and participants from other parts of the Philippines and from other former colonies /countries in the “Global South” (i.e., “underdeveloped” , “developing”, “Third World”, decolonizing societies) to re-examine and to re-territorialize Anglo-American, English, American, French, German, Dutch, Hispanic, Latin American Studies, programs and projects.

The conference aims to provide a venue for the construction of a general programmatic of postcolonial knowledge-production and other postcolonial cultural practices which can be disseminated through formal educational institutions as curricula and courses; informal/alternative educational groups; professional organizations; mass media; computer-aided technologies, and through cultural networks.

Plenary speakers include Professor Reynaldo C. Ileto of National University of Singapore and UPD University Professor Emeritus Gemino H. Abad.

Postcolonial Praxis:
Theories, Cultural Practices and Movements for the Global South


Please submit abstracts for panel, paper, multimedia presentations, exhibits, and performance proposals to the Conference Convener:
Professor Priscelina Patajo-Legasto


Deadline for submission of abstracts is on 15 April 2010
Final conference details will be posted on 30 April 2010
Early Bird Registration Deadline on 30 June 2010


THEMES • Postcolonial Writing/ Visual Arts / Performance Arts and the New technologies • Recuperating Colonial Languages • Re-territorializing Language and Literature Studies in the Global South • Problematizing the “National” in National Cultural Practices • Issues and Concerns of a National Language in a Decolonizing Society • Dialectics of Native Authenticity & Cultural Hybridity • Politics of “Otherness”, Politics of “Othering” Nation Formation and Postcolonial Cultural Studies • Understanding / Re-semanticizing the Role of the “the Folk” / “Millenarian”/ “Cargo Cults” in the Histories of Nation Formation • History and Counter Memory or Alternative Historiographies in / for Postcolonial/ Cultural Studies • Problems of Representation (e.g., essentialism vs. ghettoism; “strategic essentialism”; tokenism) • Politics of Location (ethnic, class, race, gender, religion, generation, etc ) and Cultural Praxis • Postcolonial Politics and Climate Change • Postcolonialism and Critiques of Disciplinary Domain Assumptions / Theoretical Legacies / Subject Areas

Conference Registration Fees
Student Php2,000 Early Bird Php2,500 Regular 3,000
For further information, please visit the Postcolonial Praxis 2010 website or send an email to pcpraxis2010@up.edu.ph

Organized by the Department of English and Comparative Literature for its Centennial Celebration in cooperation with the National Commission for Culture and the Arts; Philippine Studies Association; Office of the President, UP System; and Office of Chancellor, Diliman.

The Faces of Women

Statement of Health Alliance for Democracy on International Women’s Day
08 March 2010

As the world celebrates International Women’s Day, the continuing ordeal of the 43 illegally arrested and detained health workers highlights the plight of Filipino women at the hands of a fascist government. It reveals the faces of women in conflict and in struggle for the genuine liberation of this nation.

On one hand, there are the 26 women detainees, health workers whose only crime is to go beyond just caring enough to cure. They are the symbols of true empowerment: unschooled but not uneducated, marginalized but at the frontlines of healthcare, and poor but with the wealth of heart and sacrifice.

These women, and the men who are with them in their incarcerated lives, have the power rarely afforded today - power drawn from the respect and recognition given by their people. That they are subjected to abuse and humiliation in order to break them is testament not only to the integrity of their empowerment but also to the pathetic feeble-mindedness of their captors.

Then there are the relatives: mothers, wives, and daughters. They are the ones who troop daily to Camp Capinpin, endure the snicker and harassments of the military custodians, calmly listen to the stories of their detained loved ones, and go home to prepare for the next day’s visit. Theirs is the strength without a name.

And then there is Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, the woman who represents the prevailing social and sexual chauvinisms of a corrupt, decadent, and moribund system. Hers is a rule dependent on force - the Armed Forces of the Philippines and the Philippine National Police - and propped up by her patron, United States-led imperialism.

That Mrs. Arroyo once turned a blind eye on the rape committed by US serviceman Lance Corporal Daniel Smith, and now ignores the mental, physical, and sexual torture perpetrated by her own security forces expose the cultivated prejudice of her detested leadership.

Today, the Filipino nation raises its clenched fist as a salute to the women who continue to oppose the fascist US-Arroyo regime.

Today, the continuing detention of the 43 health workers is a rallying symbol of the historic struggle to reclaim this nation, to attain freedom and democracy.

The cry of people and their immediate demand echoes true: free the 43 health workers now!


References:
Dr. Geneve E. Rivera
Secretary-General, 0920 460 3712

Dr. Gene Alzona Nisperos
Vice-Chair, 0927 483 2325

Dr. Darby S. Santiago
Chair, 0927 473 7700