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Congress grants SK officials honoraria under new bill

RG Cruz, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 03 05:46 PM

Congress has ratified a proposed law reforming the SK, paving the way for it to be sent to President Rodrigo Duterte for signature. Read more »

Solons seek probe into alleged police-perpetrated sexual abuse

RG Cruz, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 19 05:52 PM

The Makabayan bloc in the House filed a resolution seeking investigation into the alleged 'rising cases' of rape perpetrated by police officers. Read more »

Kabataan appeals for junking of case filed by NTF-ELCAC

RG Cruz, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Oct 18 09:05 PM

The incumbent representative in Congress of Kabataan partylist on Monday appealed to the Comelec to junk the disqualification petition filed against them by the NTF-ELCAC. Read more »

'Maling prayoridad' sa panukalang 2022 budget pinuna

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 03 07:01 PM

Lusot na sa Kamara ang panukalang higit P5 trilyong pambansang budget para sa 2022. Read more »

House OKs bill institutionalizing UP-DND Accord

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 21 10:55 PM

Without opposition, the House of Representatives has approved on final reading the act institutionalizing the 1989 UP-DND Accord. Read more »

Kabataan rebukes NTF-ELCAC, OSG disqualification case

Jauhn Etienne Villaruel, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 21 01:02 PM

Kabataan Party-list has rebuked allegations in the cancellation petition filed by government's anti-insurgency task force earlier this year. Read more »

Probe sought over unpaid benefits for health workers

RG Cruz, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Aug 18 06:18 PM

The Makabayan bloc has filed a resolution seeking a legislative investigation into alleged unpaid benefits for health workers. Read more »

'Economic charter change' aprubado sa second reading sa Kamara

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 27 08:03 PM

Aprubado na ng Kamara sa second reading ang Resolution of Both Houses No. 2. Read more »

Online, offline mix and match: CHEd denies 'gross negligence' in flexible learning implementation

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of May 24 02:43 PM

The chairman of the Commission on Higher Education (CHEd) on Monday denied the claim of Kabataan Partylist that it was "grossly negligent" in the flexible learning of students during the pandemic. Read more »

CHED hit for pushing flexible learning as new normal

Jaehwa Bernardo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of May 24 10:08 AM

Youth groups slammed the Commission on Higher Education's decision to continue implementing flexible learning in the coming years, saying it would exacerbate problems that students and teachers face under the new setup. Read more »

Lawmakers urged to pass bills institutionalizing UP-DND accord

Adrian Ayalin, ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 13 01:22 PM

Representatives of various youth groups urged Thursday lawmakers to swiftly approve bills seeking to institutionalize the accord between the University of the Philippines and Department of National Defense. Read more »

Teachers doubt distance learning program, lawmaker says

RG Cruz, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 22 10:47 PM

Kabataan Party List Rep. Sarah Elago claims educators are not confident their students are learning using the distance learning program deployed by the education department because of the social distancing requirements of the COVID-19 pandemic. Read more »

Philippine critics in firing line of anti-communist misinformation war

Cecil Morella and Jake Soriano, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Feb 25 01:20 PM

A torrent of misinformation on the social media platform has put activists, journalists, politicians and lawyers in the firing line as President Rodrigo Duterte's government and military out alleged supporters of a decades-old Maoist insurgency. Read more »

'Enough is enough': Party-list urges gov't to stop red-tagging youth

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 09 11:53 AM

Kabataan Party-list on Tuesday urged government to stop red-tagging the youth as it denied the claim of Lt. Gen. Antonio Parlade that he has several times invited them to a dialogue. Read more »

Pagbasura ng SC sa petisyong ipawalang bisa ang proklamasyon ng Duterte Youth, kinondena

Jeffrey Hernaez, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 26 10:30 PM

MAYNILA - Kinondena ng iba’t ibang grupo ng kabataan ang pagbasura ng Korte Suprema sa petisyong ipawalang bisa ang proklamasyon ng Duterte Youth sa Kongreso.  Read more »

Makabayan bloc naghain ng resolusyon para tutulan ang pagputol sa UP-DND Accord

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 20 03:59 PM

Naninindigan ang iba pang miyembro ng Makabayan bloc, na karamihan ay mga graduate rin ng UP, na hindi puwedeng basta na lang putulin ng DND ang kasunduan sa state university.    Read more »

Robredo, lawmakers blast termination of UP-DND accord

Jaehwa Bernardo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 19 02:51 PM

Vice President Leni Robredo as well as several lawmakers and progressive youth groups have condemned the Department of National Defense's move to end its decades-old agreement with the University of the Philippines that prohibits uniformed personnel from entering UP campuses without notifying school officials. Read more »

Kabataan party-list calls for 'academic break' following typhoons

Jaehwa Bernardo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 15 10:34 PM

Youth party-list Kabataan on Sunday urged education agencies to ease the workload of students and declare an 'academic break' after a series of typhoons ravaged parts of the country in the past weeks on top of the continued coronavirus pandemic. Read more »

LGBTQI+, youth groups gather in UP Diliman for equality rally

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 31 12:37 AM

Various LGBTQI+ and youth groups on Friday afternoon came together for an equality rally at the University of the Philippines Diliman (UPD), as part of the university’s annual pride celebration.  Read more »

Colmenares at Elago, pinag-aaralang kasuhan ang mga nasa likod ng 'gawa-gawang kaso'

Zandro Ochona, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 27 09:23 PM

Matapos ibasura ng Department of Justice nitong Lunes ang mga kasong kidnapping at iba pang reklamo laban kina Kabataan Rep. Sarah Elago at dating Bayan Muna Rep. Neri Colmenares, pinag-aaralan na nila ang pagpapanagot sa mga nasa likod ng mga gawa-gawa umanong kaso at patuloy na red-tagging laban sa kanila. Read more »