http://bulatlat.com/main News, reports and commentary from the Philippines top alternative and progressive publication Sat, 11 Feb 2012 12:42:56 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://bulatlat.com/main/2012/02/06/youth-groups-slam-budget-secretary%e2%80%99s-proposals-for-cordillera-sucs/ http://bulatlat.com/main/2012/02/06/youth-groups-slam-budget-secretary%e2%80%99s-proposals-for-cordillera-sucs/#comments Mon, 06 Feb 2012 08:30:38 +0000 Northern Dispatch http://bulatlat.com/main/?p=56153 http://bulatlat.com/main/2012/02/06/youth-groups-slam-budget-secretary%e2%80%99s-proposals-for-cordillera-sucs/feed/ 0 http://bulatlat.com/main/2012/01/27/kabataan-party-bucks-rotc-reinstatement-says-yes-to-youth-social-involvement/ http://bulatlat.com/main/2012/01/27/kabataan-party-bucks-rotc-reinstatement-says-yes-to-youth-social-involvement/#comments Fri, 27 Jan 2012 06:00:59 +0000 Ina Alleco Silverio http://bulatlat.com/main/?p=55972 http://bulatlat.com/main/2012/01/27/kabataan-party-bucks-rotc-reinstatement-says-yes-to-youth-social-involvement/feed/ 0 http://bulatlat.com/main/2012/01/06/yearender-the-ailing-education-system-and-the-k-12-that-is-doomed-to-fail/ http://bulatlat.com/main/2012/01/06/yearender-the-ailing-education-system-and-the-k-12-that-is-doomed-to-fail/#comments Fri, 06 Jan 2012 05:06:05 +0000 Anne Marxze Umil http://bulatlat.com/main/?p=55567 By ANNE MARXZE D. UMIL “Even if the curriculum is changed but the existing problems of shortages are not addressed, quality education will still not be attained.” – France Castro, Alliance of Concerned Teachers Sidebar: Still struggling to teach with so little ]]> http://bulatlat.com/main/2012/01/06/yearender-the-ailing-education-system-and-the-k-12-that-is-doomed-to-fail/feed/ 3 http://bulatlat.com/main/2012/01/06/still-struggling-to-teach-with-so-little/ http://bulatlat.com/main/2012/01/06/still-struggling-to-teach-with-so-little/#comments Fri, 06 Jan 2012 04:31:56 +0000 Anne Marxze Umil http://bulatlat.com/main/?p=55564 By ANNE MARXZE D. UMIL “Not only is it a dishonor, it is also an injustice to our teachers to teach amid conditions of scarcity and slave-like compensation. This is something that President Aquino should have learned in his years of study in Ateneo.” – Gabriela Women's Party Rep. Luzviminda Ilagan]]> http://bulatlat.com/main/2012/01/06/still-struggling-to-teach-with-so-little/feed/ 3 http://bulatlat.com/main/2011/12/04/budget-secretary%e2%80%99s-%e2%80%9dcarrot-and-stick%e2%80%9d-approach-to-education-scored/ http://bulatlat.com/main/2011/12/04/budget-secretary%e2%80%99s-%e2%80%9dcarrot-and-stick%e2%80%9d-approach-to-education-scored/#comments Sun, 04 Dec 2011 01:37:31 +0000 Ina Alleco Silverio http://bulatlat.com/main/?p=55030 By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO “Tertiary education is really a privilege.” – Budget Secretary Florencio Abad]]> http://bulatlat.com/main/2011/12/04/budget-secretary%e2%80%99s-%e2%80%9dcarrot-and-stick%e2%80%9d-approach-to-education-scored/feed/ 0 http://bulatlat.com/main/2011/12/02/filipinos-get-p1-25-for-health-p6-55-for-education-per-day/ http://bulatlat.com/main/2011/12/02/filipinos-get-p1-25-for-health-p6-55-for-education-per-day/#comments Fri, 02 Dec 2011 07:43:33 +0000 Marya Salamat http://bulatlat.com/main/?p=54970 http://bulatlat.com/main/2011/12/02/filipinos-get-p1-25-for-health-p6-55-for-education-per-day/feed/ 2 http://bulatlat.com/main/2011/11/25/%e2%80%9cdays-of-rage%e2%80%9d-starting-nov-25-against-cuts-as-senate-railroads-2012-budget/ http://bulatlat.com/main/2011/11/25/%e2%80%9cdays-of-rage%e2%80%9d-starting-nov-25-against-cuts-as-senate-railroads-2012-budget/#comments Fri, 25 Nov 2011 05:58:38 +0000 Ina Alleco Silverio http://bulatlat.com/main/?p=54778 By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO and ANNE MARXZE D. UMIL Debt servicing remains the priority with next year's debt payments standing at P735.6 billion ($17.1 billion), dwarfing the combined funding of all social services for 2012 amounting to a mere P575.8 billion ($13.39 billion).]]> http://bulatlat.com/main/2011/11/25/%e2%80%9cdays-of-rage%e2%80%9d-starting-nov-25-against-cuts-as-senate-railroads-2012-budget/feed/ 0 http://bulatlat.com/main/2011/11/24/the-sorry-state-of-education/ http://bulatlat.com/main/2011/11/24/the-sorry-state-of-education/#comments Thu, 24 Nov 2011 05:58:31 +0000 Anne Marxze Umil http://bulatlat.com/main/?p=54598 By ANNE MARXZE D. UMIL Shortages continue to plague the country's education system despite President Benigno Aquino III's campaign and inaugural promises that his administration would provide quality education for the Filipino people. ]]> http://bulatlat.com/main/2011/11/24/the-sorry-state-of-education/feed/ 0 http://bulatlat.com/main/2011/11/24/polytechnic-university-of-the-philippines-condemned-to-penury/ http://bulatlat.com/main/2011/11/24/polytechnic-university-of-the-philippines-condemned-to-penury/#comments Thu, 24 Nov 2011 05:19:52 +0000 Anne Marxze Umil http://bulatlat.com/main/?p=54604 By ANNE MARXZE D. UMIL PUP remains as one of the last few hopes for children of poor families to gain higher education. But it is slowly being dashed as the PUP struggles with extreme shortages, dilapidated facilities and the pressure to increase tuition and other fees to survive. ]]> http://bulatlat.com/main/2011/11/24/polytechnic-university-of-the-philippines-condemned-to-penury/feed/ 2 http://bulatlat.com/main/2011/11/24/passion-for-teaching/ http://bulatlat.com/main/2011/11/24/passion-for-teaching/#comments Thu, 24 Nov 2011 05:17:15 +0000 Anne Marxze Umil http://bulatlat.com/main/?p=54676 http://bulatlat.com/main/2011/11/24/passion-for-teaching/feed/ 4