Kabataan Partylist Representative Raymond ‘Mong’ Palatino today announced  that so far they have documented 26 schools violating “no graduation fee policy” in elementary and high schools, as per Department of Education (DepEd) Order No. 13, s. 2010 or the Guidelines on Graduation Rites. Palatino said that they have received hundreds of complaints [...]

Students with arrears should be allowed to take final exams

Kabataan Partylist Representative Raymond ‘Mong’ Palatino today announced that students with unpaid fees could take their final examination in accordance with  Department Education (DepEd) Order No. 15, s. 2010. The said order was released February 18, 2010.
January 27 of this year, Kabataan Partylist sent a letter [...]

Kabataan Partylist Representative Raymond ‘Mong’ Palatino today urged newly appointed Department of Education (DepEd) Secretary Mona Dumlao-Valisno to strictly implement DepEd Order No. 13, s. 2010 or the DepEd Graduation Rites Guidelines, particularly the order forbidding schools from collecting any graduation fees.
“The DepEd Order is very clear in stating that strictly [...]

“Arroyo does not follow rule of law because she thinks she is the law” – youth solon
Kabataan Partylist today joined the Solidarity March of lawyers, law students, youth groups and concerned groups against Pres. Gloria Arroyo’s “midnight appointment” of the next Supreme Court chief justice.
In a press conference before the march, Kabataan Partylist Rep. Raymond [...]

Kabataan Partylist Rep. Raymond “Mong” Palatino today extended his congratulations to students, teachers and local officials in the Cebu community for the successful campaign to keep the University of the Philippines Cebu High School open.
U.P. High School Cebu is now accepting applications for admission to first year high school SY 2010-2011. The High School Admission [...]

Campus papers closing down due to flaws in the law – youth solon
Kabataan Partylist Rep. Raymond Palatino vowed to introduce amendments in the Campus Journalism Act of 1991 (CJA of 1991), saying that the law is flawed and being used to attack campus press freedom.
Palatino said that he would particularly prioritize the scrapping of the [...]

Urgent reforms needed in partylist law, says youth solon

Kabataan Partylist Rep. Raymond “Mong” Palatino today said that one of his group’s main legislative agenda is to reform the partylist law.

“The partylist system was established to empower the marginalized and not to serve as a backdoor entry for political dynasties,” Palatino said.

The youth solon earlier slammed [...]

Kabataan Partylist Executive Vice President Carl Marc Ramota today enumerated schools that are not implementing the Commission on Higher Education’s (CHED) anti-‘no permit, no exam’ policy memorandum.
Ramota said that the list is based on the compiled complaints of parents and students to Kabataan Partylist and NUSP’s (National [...]

‘Cabinet candidates’ part of ploy for Arroyo-dominated Congress

Kabataan Partylist Representative Raymond ‘Mong’ Palatino today slammed the partylist bids of presidential son Pampanga Cong. Juan Miguel ‘Mikey’ Arroyo and Energy Secretary Angelo Reyes.
The young Arroyo is reportedly eyeing a partylist seat as a nominee for AGP, a partylist of security guards, while Sec. Reyes has [...]

The EDSA People Power 1 Uprising showcased the collective action of the Filipino people in defeating martial rule and defying tyranny.  EDSA was the embodiment of a nation’s patriotism and unity in action. EDSA was People Power because it attested to the powers of a broad mass movement that marched as one to achieve a particular [...]