Crises and

SupPRESSion

College Editors Guild of the Philippines-

NCR

July 15, 2011 | Philippine Normal University

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As society is perpetually

drowned with crises, the writer

and the reader alike are also

perpetually suppressed. Sectors of the society have

looked back on Aquino’s first

year as president of the

Philippines and have gauged his

promise of change. His first year,

being the barometer of the

people on how the following

years will be like have clearly

proven the inutility and

incompetence of his

administration. This has

shattered the then high

popularity rating of Aquino giving

the avenue to the people to be

disillusioned.

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Republika ng Haciendero75 percent of the populationColossal failure to

address agrarian predicamentDistribution of

Hacienda Luisita7 out of 10 farmers

don’t have their own

land to tillLand conversion and

grabbing

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illers

Source: IBON Foundation

LANDLORD/CLAIMANT

HACIENDA/PROVINCE

HECTARES

Coujangco-Aquino

Hacienda Luisita (Tarlac)

6, 453

Eduardo Cojuangco

Negros Occidental

5, 000

Sobrepeñas and Sy

Families

Batangas 5, 000

Vicente Veloso Leyte 430

Yulo Family and real estate

developers

Laguna 400

Luis Villafuerte

Bulacan 348

Gregorio Araneta III

Bulacan 311

Pineda Family Pampanga 208

Humberto Solis

Pangasinan 11

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While the wage of farmworkers continues to

intensify, agricultural, fishing

and forestry corporations in

the Top 1, 000 saw an

increase in their income

“more than three times from

PhP 674 million in 2001 to

PhP 2.3 billion in 2009. The PhP 8 billion budget of

the NFA was realigned for the

Conditional Cash Transfer

(CCT) program “breeds the

culture of mendicancy” as

order by the World Bank.

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Public Private Partnership Program,

land grabbing and conversion

Land-grabbing does not only

include their land, it also includes

the displacement of thousands of

families.

Subic-Clark-Tarlac Expressway

(SCTEX) and Sta. Rosa-Tarlac national

road in Tarlac City and La Paz town;

the Aurora Pacific Economic Zone

and Freeport Act of 2010 (APECO) in

Casiguran; the Food Basket project in Maria

Aurora, Aurora province;

Tarlac-Pangasinan-La Union

Expressway (TPLEX) North Luzon East Expressway (NLEX

East), Central Luzon Expressway (CLEX).

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illers Under Oplan Bayanihan

45 have been victims of

extrajudicial killings, more

than 50 percent of this are

farmers

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As landlessness and harassment prevail in

the countryside, Filipinos are forced to

flock the cities for the

hope of a better living

condition and become

the industry’s foundation- workers.

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No statement on wage

increase in his first SONA

11.3 million Filipinos

have no jobs9 out of 10 who have no

jobs are high school and

have reached the collegiate level

51.1 % of this are aged

15-24 years oldAquino says: job-skills

mismatch and lack of

education is the reason

for the high unemployment rate

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PhP 404 minimum wage

PhP 1, 010 daily standard cost of living

for a family of six70% of the population

are living with PhP 104

or less a day

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COMMODITY

BEFORE NOW

Diesel (per liter)

PhP 34.25 PhP 45.70

LPG (per tank)

PhP 614 PhP 721

MERALCO (per kWh)

PhP 1.49 PhP 1.64

NAPOCOR (per kWh)

PhP 4.34 PhP 4.67

MAYNILAD (per cu.m.)

PhP 33.42 PhP 40.80

SLEX (PUVs)

PhP 43 PhP 172

NFA Rice (per kilo)

PhP 25 PhP 27

Source: Bayan

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Jeepney fares increased by

PhP 1 Taxi flag down rate is at

PhP 40 The almost tripled increase

of NLEX and SLEX toll rates

The MRT/LRT fare hikes are

also on its way. Aquino said that there is

nothing he can do to lower

down the prices and that

wage increase is not

possible for private corporations will be broke.

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The BIG 3 [Shell, Petron

and Caltex] rakes in PhP 300 million excess

profits every dayForbes Asia recorded

that the net income of

the 25 richest Filipino is

at US $ 21.4 billion or

more than one trillion

Pesos. This is as big as the combined income of

the poorest 55.4 million Filipinos.

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NAME GOVERNMENT POSITION

CORPORATION

Cesar Purisima Dept. of Finance Secretary

SGV & Co.Ernst & Young

Gregory Domingo

Dept. of Trade and Industry

SM Investments Inc.Chase Manhattan BankChemical Bank

Jose Rene Almendras

Dept. of Energy Secretary

Manila Water CompanyAboitiz & Co.

Rogelio Singson Dept. of Public Works and Highways Secretary

Maynilad Water Service

Jose de Jesus Dept. of Transportation and Communication Secretary

MERALCO

Alberto Lim Dept. of Tourism Secretary

Makati Business Club

Cayetano Paderanga

Planning Secretary Philippine Stock Exchange

Source: IBON Foundation

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This backed by: Philippine Chamber of

Commerce and Industry

(PCCI) Employers Confederation of

the Philippines (ECOP)

Management Association of

the Philippines (MAP) Makati Business Club (MBC)

Philippine Exporters

Confederation (Philexport)

foreign chambers of commerce where people

who mostly funded Aquino’s campaign belong.

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The Philippine Airlines,

owned by Lucio Tan, used the contractualization

scheme to convert some

2, 600 regular PAL workers to contractual

workers and dissolve the

union.

ABS-CBN Broadcasting

Corporation sacked more

than 100 employees

after the latter pushed

for their rights.

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Cases such as these are not

new in the Aquino administration such as Nestle,

Triumph, Pepsi, Advan, Com

Foods, Razon’s and Absolute to

name a few. BPO, the sunshine industry

By July 1, 2011, all workers

need to contribute for nine

months before they could claim

their benefit from Philhealth.

Dole plantation workers in

South Cotabato and Lepanto

mining corporations in Benguet

are also victims of militarization

and union busting.

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On PPP 1, 200 LRT employees are

going to lose their jobs

Temporary jobs due to

infrastructure projects

DRYING MILKING COWS ABROAD

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Due to lack of job opportunities in the country, Filipinos are

forced to leave and look for greener pastures abroad giving

the venue of having a

new breed of workers

– overseas Filipino workers (OFWs).

DRYIN

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D Calamities in New Zealand and JapanUnrest in the Middle

East-North African region

DRYIN

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Only 10 percent of OFWs

in Libya were able to go

home and this was not

due to the assistance

given by the Aquino administration

The administration permits OFWs to work in

Syria and Bahrain and let

them sign a waiver that

they voluntarily went to

the said countries despite

the heightening conflict

DRYIN

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Saudization Saudi nationals first policy

Foreign workers who have

worked for more than six

years will no longer be

issued with working permits. 350, 000 out of the 1.2

million OFWs in Saudi are

expected to be affected.

12 Filipino engineers were

already terminated by a

consultancy firm. DOLE could only provide

54, 000 jobs here.

DRYIN

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3 Filipinos sentenced

with death penalty for

being drug mules in China

All the administration

said is that they have

done what they could

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OFW SITUATION NUMBERS

OFWs on death row

122

OFWs detained abroad

7, 000

OFWs, women and children

stranded in the Middle East

20, 000

OFWs leaving daily

4, 500

OFWs leaving every year

1.6 million

OFWs still at Libya

14, 000

Dead bodies repatriated everyday

6 to 10

Source: Migrante International

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Instead of giving proper

assistance, OFWs are

paid back with maltreatment from the

government

Agnes Tenorio, Hong

Kong domestic helper

Nerissa Neri, raped and

jailed in Saudi beyond

her sentence

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OFW remittances reached $18 billion at

the end of 2010 according to Bangko

Sentral ng PilipinasBudget cut From PhP 19 billion, the

budget was cut down to

PhP 10.98 billion Assistance to Nationals

fund is PhP 81.9 million

Legal Assistance Fund is

PhP 27.3 million

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Apart from the remittances, maltreatment, neglect

and budget cut, OFWs

are also being milked

dry by the government

before they leave country.

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EXORBITANT FEES

AMOUNT

76 signatures from various documents

PhP 7, 600

Passport (minimum)

PhP 1, 200

POEA Fee (new hire)

PhP 7, 500

OWWA Fee ($ 25) PhP 1, 300

Medicare PhP 900

Pag-Ibig PhP 600

Others PhP 1, 000+

TOTAL Php 20, 000 (average)

Source: Migrante International

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Mandatory insurance coverage

e-Passport application overseas

which is worth $60 (minimum)

Affidavit of Support in United

Arab Emirates (UAE), Macau and

selected countries in Europe

proposed social security

coverage and proposed

mandatory Pag-Ibig contribution.

With 1.6 million OFWs leaving

every day, the government

collects an estimated PhP 32.8

billion from the fees.  

The labor export policy of the

country legitimizes the forced

migration among Filipinos,

leaving their families and

children behind.

MINI VICTIMS OF

SUPPRESSION

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N With more than 4, 000

OFWs leaving every day, 360, 000 children

are left behind who are all vulnerable to violence and abuses

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Children must always

be seen as part of their sectors or class

which they belong. The peasants, workers

and urban poor communities comprise

majority of the Filipino

society. As their sectors suffer, so do

children.

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60 percent of the working

children who are aged 5 to

17 years old work in farms

in the country. Children of workers and

urban poor become child

laborers or street children

due to extreme poverty and

hunger. At the end of the last

quarter of 2010, there are

4.1 million hungry Filipino

families Almost half of the population or 46 million

Filipinos are malnourished.

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One to two children experience violence every

hour

Every day, six to seven

children are battered Every day, nine are being

raped.

Under the first six months of

the Aquino administration,

CRC has already recorded

953 violations which are

counterinsurgency-related

due to the Oplan Bayanihan.

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CHILD’S RIGHTS VIOLATIONS

ARROYO ADMINISTRATION(January 21, 2001 to June 30, 2010)

AQUINO ADMINISTRATION(July 1, 2010 to

present)Massacre 41  

Summary Execution 27  Death due to

indiscriminate firing/bombing

6  

Assassination 1  *Unknown cause *2  TOTAL KILLINGS 77  

Frustrated Killings 59 4Illegal Arrest and

Detention73 4

Torture 56 4Abduction 10 1Enforced

Disappearances3 1

Rape and Sexual Assault/Sexual

Harassment

4  

Displacement/Forcible Evacuation

250, 356 740

Use of Minors as Guards or Shields in Military or

Police Operations

22 1

Harassment/Intimidation/Threat

181 29

Use of Public Places for Military Purposes and

Endangerment of Civilians

  766

Physical Assault 45  Branded as Child Soldier

(partial count)41 2

Orphaned 87 (January-September 2009)

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recruitment of minors to

Civilian Armed Force and

Geographical Unit (CAFGU)

in San Juan, Batangas Harassment of one family

in Calinog, Iloilo resulting

to the psychological instability of a young girl

Torture of a teenage boy in

Marihatag, Surigao del Sur

Attack on the B’laan

Literacy and Learning

Center in Malapatan,

Sarangani

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VIOLATIONS NO. OF VICTIMSExtrajudicial Killing 48Enforced Disappearance 5Torture 29Frustrated Extrajudicial Killing

13

Illegal Arrest without Detention

95

Illegal Arrest and Detention

56

Illegal Search and Seizure

78

Physical Assault and Injury

32

Demolition 5, 722Violation of Domicile 87Destruction of Properties 5, 006Divestment of Property 52Forced Evacuation 3, 010Threat/Harassment/Intimidation

9, 589

Indiscriminate Firing 5, 047Forced/Fake Surrender 32Forced Labor/Involuntary Servitude

33

Use of Police and/or Military Operations as Guides and/or Shield

15

Use of Schools, Medical, Religious and Other Public Places for Military Purpose

5, 245

Source: Karapatan

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Cloaked as a low intensity

approach to “win the

hearts and minds” of the

people, the counter-insurgency program Oplan

Bayanihan is as fierce as

the previous programs

under the Arroyo administration that led to

the death of more than 1,

000 peasants, workers,

youths, women, children,

priests, journalists, indigenous people and

civilians

OBJECT OF DESIRE AND

EXPLOITATION

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Women exploited are

never different from the exploited and abused children. Like

children, women should be seen as women from a definite

class or sector of the

society or they are also abused by their

class.

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There were 9, 797 reported cases of violence against women as of 20098 cases of gang rape

were reported to Gabriela from January

to September 2010.

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WOMEN SITUATION

NUMBER

Unemployed 1.05 million

Non-paid workers 1.8 million

Average wage of an unskilled

worker

PhP 129.89

Unskilled workers 36 percent are women

Underemployed who worked

irregularly and for less than eight

hours a day

6.7 million

Number of women who die every day

due to complications

during childbirth

11

Source: Gabriela

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Of the 11 women who

die due to childbirth complications, 60 percent delivered in their homes

2/3 of which are assisted by unskilled

attendants.

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The Philippines has the

highest mortality rate in

Asia. For every 100, 000 women

giving childbirth, 230 die.

A higher number compared

to the 110 in Thailand, 62 in

Malaysia and 14 in Singapore. 75 percent of pregnant

women come from the

poorest section of the

society have no access to

skilled attendants compared

to the 20 percent pregnant

women from rich families.

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Due to the very low information dissemination

on sex, sexual activities of

youths aged 15-19 elevated

from 1994 to 2002 which

results to the pregnancy of

10 percent of women who

are mostly poor. Also, lack of education on

violence against women,

almost 25 percent of women

aged 15-19 experience

physical or sexual harassment.

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As men step out of the

houses to work, women are left behind

to take care of the children, do household

chores and look over

their houses.

DEMOLITION JOB

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In the face of PPP, urban

poor communities are

being wiped off the Philippine map to pave

way for infrastructure

projects meant for the

“development” of the

country. In return, hundreds of thousands

of families will be displaced and relocated

to remote areas without

basic needs and opportunities.

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PLACES WITH DEMOLITION

PROJECT

North Triangle, Brgy. San Roque,

Quezon City

Quezon City Central Business DistrictMedical Tourism

Kadiwa, Brgy. San Roque , Navotas

City

North Bay Boulevard Business Project

Brgy. Corazon de Jesus,

Pinaglabanan, San Juan City

City Hall

Laperal Compound, Makati City

Shipyard/Port Modernization

Macapagal Tenement, Tondo,

Manila

Manila North Harbor

Dypac Compound, Tondo, Manila

Mall

Gitagum, Misamis Oriental

Resorts

Welfareville, Mandaluyong

Mall

Brgy. Pangarap, Caloocan

 

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Department of Interior and

Local Government (DILG)

Secretary Jesse Robredo

said that one out of four

families or 556, 526 families in NCR are informal

settlers.

Of the 18 relocation sites of

the National Housing

Authority (NHA), only 32,

762 units are left which

leaves more than half a

million families without

proper houses.

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Robredo affirms the dire

situation of Filipinos when

relocated but still opt to return

to their previous communities

due to lack of proper

electricity and water supply,

job opportunity, accessibility

to primary services such as

schools, hospitals and

markets.

Living conditions in relocation

areas are far from the

realizable state of living since

most of the areas are desert-

like, prone to earthquakes,

landslides, floods and the like.

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Aquino signed a covenant

with the urban poor last

March 2010 where he

agreed that no demolition

will take place if there are

no decent relocations, in-

city relocation, basic

services and jobs. As he

assumed office, he backed down with the

points of agreement The average government

spending per day on

every Filipino is PhP 0.16

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First EJK in NCR under

Aquino, Antonio “Ka Nono” Homo Jr.Brgy. Corazon de Jesus

in San Juan may be a

small community but

their defiant stance against the Ejercito-Estrada country, the

same with Brgy. San

Roque, North Triangle,

Quezon City.

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Even the hype on the

punching incident against a

sheriff by Mayor Inday Sarah

Duterte of Davao left a mark

on the recent spate of

demolitions in the country. Yet what society missed

there is the rarity of such act

from a politician who had the

audacity to stand up for the

welfare of the people, one

thing Aquino doesn’t have.

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As the metro is plagued

with demolitions left

and right, the people

answered back with barricades and remained in their houses solely because

of their determined stand to rise up and defend what is due to

them – decent houses

and not PPP.

MALNOURISHED HEALTHCARE SYSTEM

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Women’s healthcare

could only be achieved

if the whole healthcare

system is addressed

well. Failure to do so

will lead to failure in

every specified healthcare department.

The government allotted

only PhP 38.6 billion from

Php 40 billion in 2010, a

3.5 percent slash. Aquino slashed PhP 318

million from the budget of

12 major public hospitals

in the country, including

Jose Fabella Memorial

Hospital, the sole maternity hospital in the

country. The average government

spending per day per head

is pegged at PhP 1.10 on

health.

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More than half of the

Philippine population do not

have health insurance while

a quarter do not see a

doctor when sick Nine out of 10 Filipinos

expect the government to

provide healthcare for all 32 out of 1, 000 live births

die before they reach the

age of five due to diseases

which are treatable and

preventable in nature

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PPP = Medical Tourism The Quezon City Central

Business District also

aims to privatize the

hospitals with specialization in the North

Triangle Philippine Heart Center

Lung Center of the Philippines National Kidney Institute

Philippine Children’s Medical

Center to pave way for a

first-class hospital like The

Medical City and St. Luke’s

Medical Center.

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Philippine hospitals are flooded everyday

with patients but lacks

facilities, doctors, nurses, buildings and

medicine. Just like in

schools.

EDUCATION NOW FOR SALE

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ALE The state of Philippine

education is in its most drastic point.

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Education budget went on a downtrend

from 17.4 percent in

2001 to 11.35 percent

in 2011

Aquino spent only 11.35 percent of the

national budget for education, definitely

lower than Arroyo and

Estrada administrations with

13 and 18.7 percent respectively.

ED

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The United Nations Educational, Scientific and

Cultural Organization

(UNESCO) and the International Commission

on Education for the 21st

century that governments

should allot at least six

percent of the gross domestic product of the

country for education.

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COUNTRY GDP ALLOTMENT ON

EDUCATION

Philippines 2.5 percent to 3 percent

Brunei 9.1 percent

Malaysia 8.1 percent

Thailand 5.2 percent

Source: NUSP

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Aquino claims that he has

allotted the highest budget

for education yet the statistics

on shortages show that the

basic education is in a

constant crisis. The government spending per

Filipino student per day is at

PhP 5.79. In the National

Capital Region (NCR),

The ratio of students per

classroom is 85:1 The ratio of the textbooks per

student is 3:1 The international standard of

student-classroom ratio is

25:1.

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ITEM DEFICIT

Classrooms 152, 000

Textbooks 95.5 million

Teachers 103, 500

Chairs 13.5 million

Water and Sanitation Facilities

424, 600

Source: Kabataan Party-list

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The national average

tuition rate has gone

up to 108.35% since

2001. The average tuition rate almost doubled to

P536.31 for A.Y. 2011-

2012. In NCR, the average tuition rate increased

by 145.93%, from P439.59 to P1, 078.60

in 2011.

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The Commission on Higher Education (CHEd) approved tuition increases in 340 private colleges

and universities across

the country, 69 of which are from NCR with an average of seven percent increase.

ED

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Apart from the tuition

fee, private schools also rake in profit in the form of miscellaneous fees

which usually comprise PhP 6, 000

to PhP 10, 000 on the

total payment

ED

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In the University of Sto.

Tomas, Thomasians are

faced with redundant fees

such as the student athletic and sports fees

which is separate from a

PhP 1,000 athletic fee. These three fees, an

energy fee (P1500), a

physical infrastructure fee

(P1500), and an information and development fee (P1,500),

netted UST PhP 349.8

million in additional income

ED

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ATIO

N N

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In the Lyceum of the

Philippines University,

students pay PhP 219

for the cultural fee yet

student organizations

still pay for their expenses when holding events.

ED

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OW

FO

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Some of the other dubious

fees being collected in

private schools are energy

fees, development fees,

accreditation fees, athletics fees, internet

fees, insurance fees,

aircondition fees, email

fees, copier fees, test

paper fees, ePurse Load

fees, etc.

Unlike the tuition, miscellaneous fee hikes

have remained unchecked

for the last few years

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CHEd said that miscellaneous fees are

vital for schools for them to provide better

facilities and additional

services.

Apparently, of the 1,

831 higher education

institutions (HEIs), only

100 or 5.5 percent have “adequate facilities”

ED

UC

ATIO

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Private schools have

successfully made education as

a highly sellable product.

Tobacco tycoon Lucio Tan owns

the University of the East

Mall magnate Henry Sy and the

Cojuangcos have stocks in the

Far Eastern University

Sy also owns the National

University The Yuchengco Group of

Companies own the Mapua

Institute of Technology

Manila Bulletin owner and

Manila Hotel chairman Emilio

Yap owns 55 percent of the

stocks in Centro Escolar

University

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SCHOOL PROFITS

Far Eastern University

PhP 585 million

University of the East

PhP 300 million

Centro Escolar University

PhP 275 million

Ironically, schools with highest tuition fees are handled by the

church such as UST, De La Salle University, Ateneo de Manila

University, Miriam College, Colegio de San Juan de Letran, San

Sebastian College-Recoletos among others.

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According to UNESCO, due

to the costly price of

education, 73 percent of the

Filipino youth were forced to

drop out.

7.93 million youths aged 6

to 15 are out of school. The Philippine Institute for

Development Studies (PIDS)

said that for every 100

students who enter Grade

12, only 14 of them will

graduate in college.

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ATIO

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K+12 Program A program that further

conditions youths to

accept the labor export

policy of the government

and be semi-skilled workers after completing

the K+12 program to be readily employed

even without a degree

and add up to the oppressed migrants with

cheap labor.

RESISTING AND EXISTING

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Attacks on the democratic rights of

farmers to land, of workers to

fitting jobs and wages, of migrants

to jobs here at home, of children to

better living conditions, of women

to equal rights, of families to

decent houses, of people to quality

and affordable healthcare system,

of youths to education created the

condition for campus journalists to

grasp firmly on their pens to create

and write the history the people

need. Such oppressions on people’s

democratic rights and interest

created the condition for the

campus press to firmly practice

adversarial journalism biased to the

people.

RESIS

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ND

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ISTIN

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Unlike the corporate media,

campus journalists demystified

the "journalistic objectivity"

which states that journalists do

not take sides. Unlike the corporate media,

campus journalists defy the

status quo. Unlike the corporate media, the

campus press offers alternatives

to every fundamental

predicament, that when rooted,

comes down to the clamor for

genuine land reform and

national industrialization.

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ND

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ISTIN

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The dismal situation of the

Filipinos makes it all the

more necessary for the

campus press to become one

with the people to challenge

the system, to publish

written words that shatter

the deafening silence and

blinding analyses of the

corporate media and to

mobilize the masses in a

unified struggle to change

the system. This has been the great

historical foundation of CEGP

in its 80 years of existence.

RESIS

TIN

G A

ND

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ISTIN

G

Fitting to be tagged as

the mosquito press during the Marcos dictatorship, the Guild

has advanced to being

dogs that don’t just bark

but bites by publishing

articles and leading undertakings aimed for

national liberation and

social emancipation.

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ND

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ISTIN

G

But like their readers, the campus

press is also oppressed by the

system under the new

administration. The College Editors Guild of the

Philippines has recorded 327

campus press freedom violations

across the country. Violations include censorship,

meddling of adviser and

administration, meddling of

funds, militarization, expulsion,

suspension, padlocking among

others which school administrators justify with the

flawed Campus Journalism Act of

1991.

RESIS

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ND

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ISTIN

G

As vanguards of the second

great propaganda movement, preceding the

propaganda movement

under the Hispanic reign

led by Jose Rizal, Marcelo

Del Pilar and Graciano

Lopez Jaena, the campus

press holds a pivotal role to

further expose and oppose

the tyrannical rule and

attack of the inutile and

puppet Aquino regime on

the democratic rights of

the people.

RESIS

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G A

ND

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ISTIN

G

The campus press bears

the capability to surpass

the reach of the mainstream media. To

have 750 publications

from more than 500 schools in 68 out of 78

cities and provinces nationwide gives a limitless avenue to publish articles that carry analyses that informs and educates

people of the dire situation.

RESIS

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G A

ND

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ISTIN

G

The gravity of such oppression only proves

that the campus press

remains true to their

commitment to be journalists for the people. When defending

campus press freedom,

journalists don’t defend

their jobs at the fore

front; they defend the

rights of their readers.

RESIS

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G A

ND

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ISTIN

G

For years, we have transcended from being typical school papers to being the bastion of true critical

thinking. As attacks continue, it is indispensable that we

struggle alongside our

readers – the masses.

RESIS

TIN

G A

ND

EX

ISTIN

G

JUNK CAMPUS JOURNALISM

ACT OF 1991! PASS THE CAMPUS PRESS

FREEDOM BILL! DOWN WITH ANTI-PEOPLE

POLICIES AND PROGRAMS!

INCREASE STATE SUBSIDIES

ON BASIC SOCIAL SERVICES!

RESIST THE INUTILE AND

PUPPET AQUINO ADMINISTRATION!

STRUGGLE FOR PEOPLE’S

DEMOCRATIC RIGHTS AND

INTERESTS!

Crises and

SuPRESSion

College Editors Guild of the Philippines-

NCR

July 15, 2011 | Philippine Normal University