As school opens this June, Kabataan Party-list Representative Raymond “Mong” Palatino is seeking a congressional probe into the discrimination faced by lesbians, gays, bisexuals and transgenders in schools.
In filing House Resolution 1333, which seeks to investigate “prejudicial, discriminatory, and unjust practices and policies” against LGBTs “implemented and tolerated” in schools, the youth representative hopes to shed light on the plight of LGBTs in the academic setting.
According to Palatino, students who are LGBT, or are perceived to be LGBT, or who associate with LGBT people have been and are subjected to …

In line with the consecutive cases of oil spills, Kabataan Partylist Representative Raymond Palatino today filed House Resolution No. 136 in the 15th Congress to conduct an investigation on all the petroleum service contracts and pipelines franchises granted by the national government to private oil companies.
“Recent reports of oils spills are most alarming given the impact of the British Petroleum oil spill in the United States and the China National Petroleum Corporation in China. The country has already witnessed and realized the grim effect of income-driven projects such as oil …

Kabataan Partylist Representative Raymond Palatino today asked House Speaker Feliciano Belmonte to host the newly-formed Truth Commission tasked to ferret out the truth with regard to the abuses committed by the previous regime.
The youth solon today filed House Resolution 125 recommending the use of available office spaces and conference rooms at the Lower House to serve as office of the Truth Commission and as venue for its public hearings and conferences.
“Hindi na kailangang magpakalayo ng members ng Truth Commission para mangalap ng ebidensiya hinggil sa mga kaso ng katiwalian at …