‘Basic problems of PH educ system to imperil educ reforms’
Kabataan Party-list Representative Raymond “Mong” Palatino today expressed apprehensions on the capability of the K to 12 reform program to improve basic education in the country given that the basic problems of shortages, underfunding, orientation, and access that continue to hound our education system remain unaddressed and wanting of genuine, long-term solutions.
As the House Committee on Basic Education and Culture started deliberating on proposed implementing laws of the K to 12 program, Palatino reminded education officials “not to get too carried …

The insufficient budget for social services and the bloated questionable funds for debt-servicing, unprogrammed funds, military and band-aid programs have prompted Kabataan Party-list Rep. Raymond “Mong” Palatino today to join the “camp-out” protest at Mendiola and to urge the youth to take part in the series of actions calling for systemic change.
Palatino explained that in 2012 national budget recently approved by the bicameral conference committee and now awaiting the signature of President Benigno Aquino III, Filipinos are being denied of their right to humane funding for basic social needs.
With the …