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ACT asks Congress to amend Election Service Reform Act

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Credit to Author: besguerra| Date: Mon, 20 May 2019 23:25:38 +0000

MANILA, Philippines — The Alliance of Concerned Teachers (ACT) on Monday called on Congress to amend the landmark Election Service Reform Act (Esra) to resolve issues that hounded teachers during last week’s polls, which the group said was the worst since automated elections began in 2010.

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Scrap 5% tax, teachers ask BIR anew

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Credit to Author: besguerra| Date: Sun, 05 May 2019 23:22:14 +0000

MANILA, Philippines — One week before the midterm polls, public school teachers are calling on the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) to scrap the 5-percent tax it began imposing last year on compensation given to teachers with election duties.

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Comelec says ACT members may serve as poll inspectors

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Credit to Author: dmorcoso| Date: Mon, 29 Apr 2019 23:13:50 +0000

Comelec says ACT members may serve as poll inspectors

MANILA, Philippines — The Commission on Elections (Comelec) has denied the petition of the party-list group Tao Muna to bar members of the Alliance of Concerned Teachers (ACT) from serving on the board of election inspectors in May’s midterm elections. In a resolution handed down on March 19 but announced only on Monday, the Comelec […]

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ACT welcomes DepEd clarification not to prevent alliance members from poll duties 

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Credit to Author: jvicente| Date: Sat, 09 Mar 2019 05:29:39 +0000

ACT welcomes DepEd clarification not to prevent alliance members from poll duties 

ACT welcomed the DepEd’s clarification that it has not issued any order to disqualify ACT members from election duties.

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DepEd: No order barring teachers’ unions from election duty

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Credit to Author: mfrialde| Date: Fri, 08 Mar 2019 02:46:49 +0000

The Department of Education (DepEd) on Friday clarified that it did not issue any order barring members of teachers’ unions from serving

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Members of teachers’ union banned from election duty

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Credit to Author: clopez| Date: Wed, 06 Mar 2019 21:38:42 +0000

The Alliance of Concerned Teachers (ACT) said on Wednesday that certain local offices of the Department of Education (DepEd) had barred its members from serving as election inspectors

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ACT asks CA to reconsider dismissal of petition vs PNP

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Credit to Author: Alexander Magno| Date: Mon, 04 Mar 2019 18:11:15 +0000

The Alliance of Concerned Teachers (ACT) on Monday asked the Court of Appeals (CA) to rule on their petition against the Philippine National Police (PNP) for it alleged “profiling” of their members based on the merits and not on technicalities.

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ACT prods CA anew to stop PNP from profiling its members

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Credit to Author: jespinosa| Date: Mon, 04 Mar 2019 04:37:04 +0000

The Alliance of Concerned Teachers (ACT) has asked the Court of Appeals to reconsider its decision junking their bid to stop the Philippine National Police (PNP) from profiling their members, saying the outright dismissal is “too harsh.”

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ACT hits DepEd over campaign period guidelines

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Credit to Author: Alexander Magno| Date: Tue, 19 Feb 2019 16:21:47 +0000

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The Alliance of Concerned Teachers (ACT) scored the Department of Education (DepEd) for failing to “fully disclose” guidelines on the conduct of public employees during the campaign season for the May 2019 elections.

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