Credit to Author: kadraneda| Date: Thu, 08 Aug 2019 08:03:08 +0000
The kidnapping and other complaints filed against leaders of Anakbayan are aimed at “harassing” and “silencing” progressive youth groups, Kabataan Rep. Sarah Elago said Thursday.
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Credit to Author: besguerra| Date: Tue, 28 May 2019 21:33:55 +0000
MANILA, Philippines — Kabataan Rep. Sarah Elago and Gabriela Rep. Arlene Brosas on Tuesday slammed the proposed mandatory Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (ROTC) program, saying this would foster “blind obedience” and discourage critical thinking among students.
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The millennials still know what you did back then, Manang.
A youth leader in the House of Representatives on Thursday hurled back at Ilocos Norte Gov. Imee Marcos for claiming that the younger generation of Filipinos have “moved on” from her father’s two decades of tyrannical rule, a dark period in Philippine history marked by massive human rights violations and corruption.
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Rep. Sarah Elago of the Kabataan party-list group echoed allegations that the anti-crime operations of the Philippine National Police (PNP) were targeting poor people, despite a strong denial from the National Capital Region Police Office (NCRPO).
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Kabataan Rep. Sarah Elago called on the Philippine National Police to release all arrested “tambays” (loafers) after President Rodrigo Duterte clarified that he did not order the police to make such arrests. “Dapat pauwiin na ‘yong higit pitong libo na ilegal na na-aresto dahil sa Oplan Kontra Tambay na isinasagawa ngayon ng mga pulis,” Elago said in an interview after a forum at University of the Philippines on Saturday.
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