January 13, 2009

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Greetings fellow campus journalists!

The College Editors Guild of the Philippines invites you to this month's PRESS STATEMENT, a forum series on standard issues of the day, on January 24, 2009, from twelve to five in the afternoon, in the De La Salle University. It will be hosted by Plaridel, DLSU’s Filipino student publication.

PRESS STATEMENT aims to provide the Guild's member publications with analysis, information and venue for discussion of different youth and student concerns. It will be held on a monthly basis and is open to all editors, writers and staff of campus publications who are interested to attend.

For this month, PRESS STATEMENT offers discussions on the current national political climate and what Guilders, as campus journalists and students, must do. Representatives from some of CEGP's member publications will act as reactors.

The Guild is the oldest and largest intercollegiate alliance of student publications in the country. This year, CEGP will celebrate its 78th year of existence committed to the advancement of campus press freedom and the advancement of youth and students' rights and welfare.

Kindly confirm your attendance on or before January 22, 2009. For inquiries, please coordinate with Rheyne Robledo, CEGP-NCR Chapter Secretary-General, 09192845295 or 09056833397. Do include the name/s of those attending, in accordance with DLSU’s security policy.


For the Guild,
 


 
Mary Laurence Robledo
Secretary-General
College Editors Guild of the Philippines-NCR

 
Vijae Alquisola
National President
College Editors Guild of the Philippines

This is in reply to "Open Letter to the Philippine Collegian and Its Readers" by the Armed Forces of the Philippines

November 3, 2008
PRESS STATEMENT

OPEN LETTER TO THE ARMED FORCES OF THE PHILIPPINES,

AND ALL DEMOCRACY-LOVING YOUTH AND CITIZENS

 

The Armed Forces of the Philippines is resurrecting martial law in schools, universities and communities through its program of campus and urban militarization.

 

This move is clearly meant to silence, harass and repress youth and students who are committed in the fight for meaningful social change.

 

This is the very reason why the College Editors Guild of the Philippines (CEGP) stands by its position that the entry and intervention of the military in our schools through the launching of fora and symposia under the guise of 'information dissemination' is aimed solely to sow intrigue and division among youth and students and to demonize youth organizations critical of anomalies in government. This is the most accurate depiction of the present situation in our schools, universities and communities at present and there is no other way to perceive it.

 

We are not for a minute swayed by the diplomatic pitch of the AFP's 'Open Letter to the Philippine Collegian and Its Readers.' Its contents and allegations could not be any farther from the truth.

 

If the AFP really appreciates student activism as a right and freedom, why are they the prime suspects in the forced disappearance of Karen Empeno, Sherlyn Cadapan, Jonas Burgos and James Balao?

 

If this were true, what explanation could the AFP give for the results of the investigation conducted by United National Special Rapporteur for Human Rights Prof. Philip Alston on rampant extra-judicial killings of activists and journalists? Why did elements of the military and its intelligence personnel have to infiltrate a peaceful protest action at the Polytechnic University of the Philippines (PUP)-Sta. Mesa on August 29 to maliciously take photos and harass students who participated in the rally? Was it not the military that shot our colleague and human rights advocate Benjaline "Beng" Hernandez from Ateneo de Davao point-blank in the face in a legitimate fact-finding mission in Arakan Valley last April 5, 2002?

 

Was it not the military who filed false rebellion charges against the editor-in-chief, student council president and five other students of PUP-Lopez, Quezon who did no crime but to oppose policies affecting their basic rights and freedoms? Since when has student activism, which the AFP claims to accept and appreciate, become an act of rebellion?

 

Unlike the AFP's tactics, these incidents are not mere accusations, these are clear and present desperate moves of the military and its "commander-in-chief" to discredit, vilify and malign critical youth and student organizations.

 

This tactic of the AFP is not new. In 2005, a powerpoint presentation entitled, "Knowing Thy Enemy" released by the military for viewing in campuses and communities named organizations, including our Guild, as "enemies of the state" and baselessly tagged them as "communist fronts." It is precisely through this twisted interpretation that the AFP seems to gather license to harass, repress, torture and kill with impunity. Where now does the profession to accept activism figure in this scenario?

 

Because of these, the AFP is sowing an extraordinary "paranoia" – not aimed towards activists but towards any visible AFP element in any area. Kaya't huwag kayong magtaka kung bakit natatakot ang mga mamamayan sa inyong presensiya; inosente lang ang tanging may karapatang magtaka. And, sadly, the AFP could not convince anyone that it is innocent of the many atrocities hurled at it.

 

Lastly, we are proud of our activism. We do not and will not apologize for standing up for what is democratic and just. We maintain that it is the AFP, this government and its overly corrupt, militarist and tyrannical ways that are forcing youth and students to take up arms.

 

The College Editors Guild of the Philippines will never apologize for writing about the real situations in society and for the advancement of the youth and people's rights. To write is already to choose, and we choose justice, democracy and freedom of expression.

 

COLLEGE EDITORS GUILD OF THE PHILIPPINES

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BUKAS NA LIHAM SA SANDATAHANG LAKAS NG PILIPINAS

AT SA MGA ESTUDYANTE AT MAMAMAYAN

 

Ibinabalik ng presensya ng mga unipormado at armadong miyembro ng Sandatahang Lakas ng Pilipinas (SLP) sa aming mga pamantasan at komunidad ang panglaw ng Batas Militar.

 

Lumilikha ito ng labis na takot upang makisangkot ang mga estudyante at mga kabataang pag-asa ng bayan para sa isang makabuluhang panlipunang pagbabago. 

 

Kaya nananatili ang College Editors Guild of the Philippines at mga estudyanteng Pilipino sa aming posisyon: Ang pagpasok ng mga sundalo sa aming mga paaralan upang di umano ay maglunsad ng isang forum o symposium para sa "information dissemination" ay walang ibang pakay kung hindi busalan at siraan ang iba't ibang organisasyong bumabatikos sa gobyernong nasasadlak sa sandamakmak na anomalya. At ito ay isa mga "pinaka-accurate" na nagaganap sa panahong tulad ngayon, sa panahong dinarahas o di kaya ay pinapaslang ang mga lumalaban.

 

Ang diplomatikong tono ng bukas na liham sa Philippine Collegian, ang opisyal na pahayagan ng mga mag-aaaral ng Unibersidad ng Pilipinas-Diliman at sa mga mambabasa nito na pinakakalat ng SLP ay malayung-malayo sa katotohanan.

 

Kung talagang kinikilala ng SLP ang aktibismo bilang karapatan at kalayaan, bakit ang mga militar ang itinuturo ng mga kaanak nina Karen Empeno, Sherlyn Cadapan, Jonas Burgos at James Balao na dumukot sa kanila?

 

Kung totoong kinikilala ninyo ang aktibismo, bakit maging ang imbestigasyon na ginawa ni United Nations Special Raporteur for Human Rights Propesor Philip Alston ukol sa  pagpaslang sa mga aktibista at maging sa mga mamamahayag ay miyembro din ng SLP ang pinagpapaliwanag? Bakit kailangang pumasok ang mga sundalong nakasibilyan sa Polytechnic University of the Philippines (PUP)-Sta. Mesa noong ika-29 ng Agosto at kunan ng larawan at video ang isang programa ng mga mag-aaral doon laban sa dagdag na bayarin? Hindi ba't kasamahan n'yo rin ang bumaril sa mukha ng aming kapwa manunulat pangkampus at human rights advocate na si Benjaline "Beng" Hernadez mula sa Ateneo de Davao na nagsasagawa noon ng fact-finding mission sa Arakan Valley noong April 5, 2002?

 

Hindi ba't ang mga militar mismo ang nagsampa ng kasong rebelyon sa aming kasamahan na punong-patnugot ng PUP-Lopez at sa presidente ng konseho ng mga mag-aaral doon na wala namang ibang ginawa kung hindi tutulan ang mga polisiyang nakaapekto sa kanilang mga karapatan at kalayaan? Kailan pa naging rebelyon ang aktibismo na inyong "kinikilala?"

 

Hindi namin kayo inaakusahan, bagkus ay tahasan naming sinasabi na kayo sa SLP at ang desperado ninyong "commander-in-chief" ay naninira sa aming organisasyon at sa marami pa, upang makapanatili lamang sa ninakaw na posisyon.

Pinatutunayan ito ng powerpoint presentation na may titulong "Knowing Thy Enemy" na inilabas ng SLP noong 2005 na kung saan ay isinama ninyo ang aming organisasyon at marami pang ligal na samahan at maging organisasyong pangsimbahan sa listahan ng tinatawag ninyong communist fronts. Nasaan ang sinasabi ninyong pagkilala sa aktibismo?

 

Dahil sa inyong mga pinnaggagawa, lumilikha kayo ng isang pambihirang "paranoia." Kaya't huwag kayong magtaka kung bakit natatakot ang mga mamamayan sa inyong presensiya; inosente lang ang tanging may karapatang magtaka. At kalian man ay hinding-hindi matatawag na inosente ang taong lagi't laging nadadawit sa mga di-makataong gawain?

 

Hindi ba't ang kabuktutan at ang karahasan ng pamahalaang inyong pilit ipinagtatanggol, ang pangunahing dahilan kung bakit may mga kabataan at estudyanteng nagpasyang humawak ng armas?

 

Hinding-hindi kami hihingi ng paumanhin sa patuloy naming pagsusulat upang ipagtanggol ang mga mamamayang patuloy na pinagkakaitan ng karapatan at kalayaan, upang ibalita ang inyong di-makataong pamamaraan.

 

Kami, sa College Editors Guild of the Philippines ay mananatiling kaaway ng isang isang sistemang mapang-api, dahil ang pagsusulat ay paghahanap ng katarungan at isang lipunang may ganap na kalayaan.

 

 

COLLEGE EDITORS GUILD OF THE PHILIPPINES

Quick! Pre-register now!

Click to this page to download the pre-registration form! Accomplish and send to pinoycitizenjourn@gmail.com.

See you!

Rick Bahague of CPU has just confirmed that we have a venue for our Pinoy Citizen Journalism Seminar. It’s on the National Institute of Geological Sciences (NIGS) Building in UP Diliman, Quezon City.

Yehey!

To reach NIGS, one only has to ride the UP IKOT jeepney plying the main university streets. From Philcoa, one can ride the UP-Philcoa jeepney and get off at the security checkpoint. From there, one can ride the UP IKOT jeepney.

Pre-registration will start in a few days. Seen you there!

(Another map of the UP Diliman campus can be seen here.)

COLLEGE EDITORS GUILD OF THE PHILIPPINES

VISAYAS FORMATIONS

Email: cegp_visayas@yahoo.com

November 13, 2008

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Dear Sir/Madam:

Warm greetings from the campus press!

The College Editors Guild of the Philippines (CEGP) Visayas Formations will hold the 5^th Visayas-wide Convention, dubbed as LUBAS 2008, on December 19-21, 2008 at the Don Bosco Retreat House Lawaan, Talisay City, CEBU. This is a 3-day stay-in education festival and journalism skills training seminar open to all member and non-member student publications of high schools and colleges/universities in the Visayas.

CEGP holds a firm belief that the core of the writer is the people. Thus, LUBAS, a Cebuano word for core, is a gathering of campus journalists where they can hone their skills in the different aspects of campus journalism and equally important, exercise their role as the youth and young intellectuals the contribute much to the change in our society. With the theme, “Sharpening the pens of campus journalists in wielding their role for genuine social change.” the convention will help further our campaign and struggle against campus press repression and enforce the role of student writers, the youth, in asserting our democratic rights in and outside the campuses. One of the highlights of the program is the first ever Gawad Rachelle Mae Palang which will give honor to campus publications that have published peasant issues in their releases. The LUBAS 2008 AWARDS will also give honor to the deserving Campus Papers in the Visayas for publishing the Best Magazine, Tabloid, Broadsheet and Literary folio.

In lieu of this, we would like to invite your publication to partake in the 5^th Visayas-wide Convention of the CEGP Visayas Formations. The registration is pegged at ONE THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED PESOS (P 1, 800.00). This is inclusive of meals, accommodation, modules, kits and certificates for the 3-day live-in seminar. Confirmation of attendance is on or before December 11, 2008.

Attached is the program of activities for the LUBAS 2008, the CHED endorsement and pertinent information on the LUBAS AWARDS 2008.

For more inquiries and concerns, please do not hesitate to call or text: Xavieri (09266443599) or Carla (09235900307). You can also email us at cegp_visayas@yahoo.com.

We hope to hear from you soon.

For the alternative press,

JOSE XAVIERI YRASTORZA

CEGP Vice President for the Visayas

College Editors Guild of the Philippines

Visayas Formations

Email: cegp_visayas@yahoo.com

LUBAS AWARDS 2008 and

GAWAD Rachelle Mae Palang

The LUBAS AWARDS 2008 was conceptualized by the College Editors Guild of the Philippines (CEGP) Visayas formations to give honor to the best campus papers in the Visayas. This is part of the organization’s aim to uphold the highest standards and ethics of journalism as well as to maintain socially aware and nationalistic campus journalists. The LUBAS AWARDS looks into the technical expertise of each publication and the content of each article published.

The categories are:

• Best in Magazine

• Best in Tabloid

• Best in Broadsheet

• Best in Literary Folio

The GAWAD Rachelle Mae Palang or GAWAD RMP shall be given to student publications that carry peasant issues in their releases. These publications not only print peasant issues, but they must also have conducted basic masses integrations and other activities with the peasants.

Rachelle Mae Palang was martyred by the elements of the Armed Forces of the Philippines in the mountains of Southeast Negros on September 18 of this year. It has been an honor for the CEGP to have had Rachelle as the Vice-president for the Visayas for three years. The guild gives high respect to her dedication to serve the peasantry and the service she has given the Guild that in honor for her; CEGP holds this award.

RULES:

1. Any member or non member publication of CEGP may join as long as it is the official publication of the students in a college/university.

2. Any official publication may join any of the following categories

3. All entries for magazine, tabloid, broadsheet and literary folio must submit 20 copies each of the particular issue that they want to enter into a category they choose

4. All entries should be published/ distributed within the school year 2007-2009.

All entries must reach the LUBAS 2008 organizers on or before

December 9, 2008.

Mail your entries to:

ANCHOR PUBLICATION OFFICE

Ancla Bldg, University of Cebu-Maritime Education Training Center

Mambaling, Cebu City

LUBAS 2008

College Editors Guild of the Philippines – Visayas Formations

Don Bosco Retreat House Lawaan, Talisay City

“Sharpening the pens of campus journalists in wielding their role for genuine social change”

Program of Activities

Day 1- December 19, 2008 (Friday)

AM

7:30– 12:00– Arrival of Delegates / Registration

PM

12:00 -1:00– Lunch

1:00– 2:30 -Opening Program

• Invocation

• National Anthem

• Welcome Remarks

• Rationale and Roll call of Delegates

• Rundown of Activities

• Cultural Performance

• Keynote Speech

• CEGP orientation

2:30 – 6:00 - Basic Masses Integration with snack Break in the area

6:00 – 7:30 - Dinner

7:30 – 9:30 – CEGP orientation & Introduction of delegates

10:30 - Lights off

Day 2 – December 20, 2008 (Saturday)

AM

7:00 - 8:00 Breakfast

8:00 – 8:30 - Rundown of Activities

8:30- 9:30 – Film Showing & Discussion: Philippine Educational System / Phil. Youth Situationer

9:30 – 10:00 - Break

10:00 – 12:00 - Classroom Discussion 1 (News writing, Feature Writing, Editorial Writing, Copy Reading, Campus Paper Management)

PM

12:00 – 1:00 –Lunch

1:00 – 3:00 – Classroom Discussion 2 (Photojournalism, Editorial Cartoon, Investigative Journalism, Lay-outing)

3:00 – 5:00 – Classroom Discussion 3 (Youth on the March, The Need for Cultural Change, Student Power?)

Working snacks

5:00 – 6:00 – Discussion: World Financial Crisis

6:00 – 7:00 – Dinner

7:00 – 8:00 – Preparation for cultural night

8:00 – 9:00 – Cultural Night

10:00 - Lights off

Day 3 –December 21, 2008 (Sunday)

AM

8:00 –9:30 – Discussion: Campus Press Freedom and on the Campus Journalism Act of 1991

9:30 – 10:00 - Focus Group Discussion (FGD)

10: 00 – 10:30 - Break

10:30 – 11:30 – Reporting on the FGD (Local Situation of Campus Press)

11:30 – 12:30 – Lunch

PM

1:00 – 2:30 Closing Ceremonies

LUBAS 2008 AWARDS Ceremony and Awarding of Certificates

3:00 - HOME SWEET HOME

Tired of mainstream coverage of issues that affect you and your community? Do you feel that news reports about issues in your community are often slanted or inaccurate? Do you often wish you can report important events happening before your very eyes with the competence and skill of a professional journalist?

Then here is your chance to upgrade your skills! Come and participate in the Pinoy Citizen Journalism Seminar, entitled “May kuwenta ba kamo? E-kuwenta mo!”.

On November 29, 2008, from 9 am to 5 pm, ordinary citizens from various communities and sectors will converge in UP Diliman (venue to be announced) to talk about the prospects of true citizen empowerment through journalism. Through technological tools like the cellphone, the personal computer, and the digital camera, citizens have the opportunity to report events that unfold before their very eyes, from natural disasters to demolitions, from tragic accidents to state brutality and repression.

The Seminar will have a plenary discussion on the prospects of citizen journalism and the advent of technology that can be used for citizen reporting. In the afternoon, there will be breakout sessions on various journalistic skills, from news and features writing, to photography, videography and science journalism/blogging.

Invited speakers are practicing journalists from various mainstream media outfits like GMA-7, Philippine Daily Inquirer, Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism (PCIJ), and, of course, Pinoy Weekly.

No registration fee! Come as you are! It would be better if you have basic tools like laptop or camera with you, but you can do with paper and pen.

Pre-registration will be open soon! First fifty (50) pre-registrants will get a Pinoy Citizen Journalism kit and free lunch!

May kuwenta ba kamo? E-kuwento mo! A Citizen Journalism Seminar

November 29, 2008
UP Diliman
Sponsored by Pinoy Weekly, College Editors Guild of the Philippines (CEGP), AGHAM-Youth and Computer Professionals’ Union (CPU)
In association with PhilippineReader.Com

Visit http://pinoycitizenjourn.wordpress.com/

HINDI ito sermon mula sa nakatatanda kundi isang munting paalala.

Alam mo na ang iskedyul ng mga kilos-protesta mula ngayon hanggang sa pagtatapos ng semestre ngayong Marso. Malamang na magpapatuloy pa ang mga ito hangga't ang Pangulo ay hindi pa bumababa sa puwesto.

Inaasahan kang makiisa sa mga ito para ipakita sa mga nasa kapangyarihan ang
malawakang pagtutol ng mamamayan sa katiwalian ng pamahalaan at pangkalahatang kabulukan ng sistema.

Nasa iyo ang desisyon kung hanggang saan mo gustong dalhin ang iyong
pagkilos. Sa isang lipunang "normal," tungkulin ko bilang guro na sabihan kang unahin ang pag-aaral dahil ito ang pundasyon ng iyong magandang bukas.

Pero alam mong malayo sa "normal" ang ating kalagayan, at wala akong
karapatang sabihing magkakaroon ka ng magandang bukas dahil lang sa nakapagtapos ka ng pag-aaral. Bilang estudyanteng may mataas na antas ng
kamulatan, alam mong ang pagtatapos ng pinili mong kurso sa kolehiyo ay hindi
awtomatikong magpapaunlad sa iyong buhay.

Sa katunayan, mula sa pagiging kasama sa mga kilos-protesta, baka magiging
kasama ka na lang sa lumalaking bilang ng mga walang trabaho. O mas malala pa,
baka magiging kasama ka na lang sa nabigyan ng trabaho kapalit ng iyong
prinsipyo.

Ito ang dapat mong iwasan – ang pagkawala ng pakikibaka sa iyong pagtanda.

Marami na akong kakilalang seryosong kasapi ng parlamento ng lansangan na naging seryosong empleyado ng tubo. Tuluyan na nilang kinalimutan ang
kahalagahan ng pagkilos, at kasama na sila sa kumokondena sa mga nangyayaring
protesta bilang "simpleng pinagdaraanan lang ng kabataan."

Napapailing na lang ako sa kanilang katwiran: "Dati rin kaming aktibista, pero namulat kami sa katotohanang mahirap baguhin ang sistema. Kailan din
naming kumita para sa pamilya, kaya mas mabuti pang isipin na lang ang sariling
pag-unlad kaysa mapaos sa kasisigaw sa mga problemang mas matanda pa sa atin."

Sigurado akong may mga kakilala kang may ganitong aktitud na kumukumbinsi sa
iyong kalimutan na ang pagmamartsa dahil ang iyong pagsigaw ay pansamantala lang ang alingawngaw. Kahit sabay-sabay kayo, lulunurin lang ng ingay ng tao't sasakyan sa lansangan ang anumang mensaheng nais ipahatid. Ang nakararami diumano ay may praktikal na pangangailangang kumita para gumanda ang buhay ng pamilya.

Malamang na may mga panahong nagdududa ka kung tama ba ang pinili mong tahakin. Habang ang mga kaklase mo'y pinoproblema lang ang kasiyahang gagawin sa pagsapit ng gabi, nakikipagpulong ka sa iba pang kasama para sa mga susunod na pagkilos. Sa halip na malasing sa alak at basta na lang tumumba sa tindi ng tama, pinipilit mong magising sa tapang ng kapeng iniinom para labanan ang antok.

Mula sa iilang nakatatandang alam ang iyong pinagdaraanan, maniwala kang may dahilan para ipagpatuloy mo ang ganitong buhay. Sana'y huwag kang magpadala sa pambubuyo ng mga walangpakialam. Sana'y huwag kang matukso sa kinang ng salapi sa oras ng iyong pagtatapos sa kolehiyo. Patuloy mong tingnan ang pag-aaral hindi lang sa loob ng klasrum kundi maging sa labas nito.

Sa panahong katulad nito, lubhang kailangan ang mga katulad mo.

It's confirmed! Patatag's fund-raising concert and re-launch of our 3 albums will be held on November 21, 2008 at 70's Bistro in Anonas St., Quezon City. Showtime is from 6:00 to 9:00 p.m.

We will be singing old favourites -- featuring new musical arrangements -- and we will be joined by a new generation of Patatag -- our very own children who have now become musicians and singers in their own right!

Also sharing the stage with us on the 21st of November is a member of Patatag's family and dear friend, Susan Fernandez. Other performers will be making special appearances, we will keep you posted on the line-up!

How do you get to join us on this special night? Simple -- purchase a 3-CD pack that Patatag will be releasing very soon -- and the CD-pack becomes your ticket to the show. The 3-CD pack is a re-mastered (digital) release of our previous recordings, namely: "Nagbabagang Lupa," "Batang Clark," and "Masdan, O Yahweh."

How do you buy the 3-CD pack?
1. You can purchase an advanced-sales coupon from any Patatag member, entitling you to a 3-CD pack, which you can claim at the venue on 21st November;
2. You can purchase a 3-CD pack, as soon as it becomes available, and bring the CDs on the 21st of November -- it's your ticket to the show;
3. You can purchase a 3-CD pack at the venue gate on 21st November.

Confusing?
Write us back, at Patatag84@gmail.com and we'll try to clarify or arrange something! :-)

Oh, and the price of the 3-CD pack (and a night of music with Patatag and friends)... is Php 500.00. All proceeds go to a support fund for a fellow Patatag member who is currently undergoing regular dialysis treatment.

We look forward to sharing music, memories, hopes and new aspirations with you on this night and beyond.

See you on the 21st of November!

Yours in music,
PATATAG

Dear Friends,

Grassroots cultural workers need your help.

We cultural workers from SINAGBAYAN are preparing ANG MGA LORENA, a play adopted from a poem of national artist Bien Lumbera. It is a benefit play for the campaign of upholding human rights, for out-of-school youth's Cultural Education-Training and for the Medical Fund for Cultural Workers.

You can help us by:
Donating rice, canned goods, biscuits, refreshments for our rehearsals
Donating paint, bond papers, katsa, plain textiles for our set, costume and publicity
Donating cash to help us meet our rental fees for venue and lights
Volunteering as staff for publicity, marketing and production work
Referring to us someone you know who might be able to help and or might be interested

As donor and or sponsor, your name or company will find print in our Souvenir Program and in the history of Struggling People.

Maraming salamat and see you at the theater on December 6 and 7!

Contact Now our Production Manager Kathryn Manga 0920.7216759

Last November 6, the chair of the Department of Sociology verbally informed Prof. Sarah Raymundo that the tenured faculty of the department decided to deny her application for tenure. Further, she was told to refrain from meeting her classes today, Friday, until further notice.

Nearly a year since her application for tenure, and after nine long years of outstanding academic work, Prof. Sarah is bound to get nothing for her hard work and dedication to the University. Not even any clear and written explanation of her non-tenure.

Indeed, this is shocking news.

At the very least, this is tantamount to Prof. Sarah’s outright suspension or dismissal by the University, a decision normally imposed on members of the faculty who are being penalized for any violation of university policies. Worst, this can be the start of a crackdown directed toward progressive faculty and academic union members.

What puzzles us most - her former students, friends and colleagues - is that Prof. Sarah has several published articles and researches to her name. She has been invited to speak and participate in several colloquia here and abroad. Her work as a scholar and educator actualizes both academic excellence and social responsibility - core missions of a University that is regarded as the premiere state university.

To her students, Ma'am Sarah is one of the most engaging professors in the department, if not the only one. And proof to this is the number of students asserting their right to learn under her classroom even until this very moment when news of her unjust dismissal has spread all over the campus.

This case is not only about Prof. Sarah’s solo fight for survival in the University. We are called to challenge the lack of transparency in the tenure process. We are called to expose and resist all attacks to our democratic rights being orchestrated by the powers that be.

Let us monitor further updates, and hope to get a statement from Prof. Sarah soon. Colleagues from universities abroad have expressed solidarity to this campaign and vowed to support the call for Prof. Sarah’s immediate reinstatement.

END ACADEMIC REPRESSION, UNJUST LABOR PRACTICES, RED BAITING IN THE UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES!

FIGHT REACTION WITH ALL-OUT COLLECTIVE ASSERTION OF DEMOCRATIC RIGHTS!

As of November 3, almost 30 activist leaders from the Southern Tagalog chapter of the Bagong Alyansang Makabayan and its allied organizations as well as party list groups are facing arrest warrants for criminal charges of multiple murders and frustrated multiple murders while facing separate charges of arson. First to be arrested was Atty. Remigio Saladero, chief legal counsel of the Kilusang Mayo Uno and a resident of Antipolo, Rizal. Three others were subsequently arrested, including a bed-ridden peasant leader.

The trumped-up charges have targeted many of the prominent leaders of the mass movement in Southern Tagalog. This marks a renewed legal and political offensive against the most consistent opponents of the Arroyo administration. It should be recalled that the Southern Tagalog region was among the worst hit by the wave of extrajudicial killings and abductions of activists from 2001-2007. The targets then were activist leaders, union leaders, peasant organizers, environment activists and urban poor organizers.

As of March 2008, human rights group Karapatan -Southern Tagalog has documented 167 victims of extrajudicial killing and 31 of enforced disappearance in the region.

The Southern Tagalog 27
On September 30, 2008, volunteers of the human rights group Karapatan in Batangas stumbled upon a complaint filed against 27 persons who included activist leaders and members of progressive people’s organizations in the Southern Tagalog region. The original complaint was filed on August 12, 2008 at the office of the Batangas Provincial Prosecutor’s Office by a certain Marlo Timbreza on behalf of Globe Telecom Inc., regarding the bombing and burning of a Globe cell site in Lemery, Batangas last August 2. Timbreza alleged that the respondents committed arson, (deleted Article) the destruction of private property other than arson and conspiracy to commit rebellion.

The August 12 complaint named 19 respondents which included prominent activist-leaders Bayani Cambronero, 8th party list nominee and Southern Tagalog regional coordinator of Bayan Muna; Rolando Mingo, Vice President of the nationwide transport group PISTON, and president of the Southern Tagalog Region Transport Sector Organiztion; Atty. Remigio Saladero Jr, Kilusang Mayo Uno (KMU) Legal Counsel, member of PROLABOR law office, Free Legal Assistance Group (FLAG) and the National Union of People’s Laywers (NUPL); Agaton Bautista, Anakpawis, Batangas provincial coordinator; Noriel Rocafort, Bagong Alyansang Makabayan (BAYAN) - Batangas secretary general; Isabelo Alicaya, Chairperson of the Fisherfolk group PAMALAKAYA-Southern Tagalog and the Haligi ng mga Batangueñong Anak Dagat (Habagat).

Also included in the original complaint is Romy Aguilar of the Kalipunan ng Damayang Mahihirap (Kadamay) in Rizal who is now in a wheelchair due to diabetes.

The complaint would later be amended in September 5, 2008 to include 8 of the 9 grassroots activists who were abducted and tortured by elements of the Calabarzon PNP’s Regional Special Operations Group last August 31, 2008 in Tartaria, Cavite. They include 63 year old Renato Alvarez, Chairperson of the Katipunan ng mga Magbubuikd sa Kabite (Kamagsasaka-Ka), who experienced torture at the hands of his abductors.

The supposed witness to the crime of arson is a certain Arvin Leviste who claims to be a Deep Penetration Agent of the military who infiltrated the organization and planned and worked with the respondents in the burning of the cell site.

The Mindoro Case
On October 23, 2008, Atty. Remigio Saladero was reported missing. Later, his colleagues would learn that he was being detained in Camp Vicente Lim in Calamba City by virtue of a warrant of arrest.

The next day, Nestor San Jose, another ST 27 respondent would also be nabbed in Teresa town in Rizal.

The warrants of arrest were issued by Judge Tomas Leynes of the Calapan City Regional Trial Court in accordance with a criminal case filed against Atty. Saladero, San Jose and 70 others.
It was only then that lawyers discovered this separate case of multiple murder and frustrated multiple murder filed against 72 persons, including most of the Southern Tagalog 27.The information cited an NPA ambush in Puerto Galera, Mindoro Oriental in March 3, 2006. Around 30 of the 72 accused are active leaders, and members of progressive people’s organizations in Southern Tagalog.

On October 27, 2008, in a court proceeding regarding Atty. Saladero’s case, provincial prosecutor Josephine Caranzo-Olivar admitted that no preliminary investigation was conducted when the names of the 71 were added to the amended information. This means that no inquiry was held to determine if there was probable cause against the additional 71 individuals.

The same day, Crispin Zapanta also among the 72 accused, was arrested in Antipolo City.
Saladero, San Jose and Zapanta are now detained at the Calapan City Provincial Jail.
On November 4, Anakpawis Provincial Coordinator and spokesman of the Katipunan ng Magbubukid sa Kabite (Kamagsasaka-Ka) Rogelio Galit was arrested by the PNP in his house in Kaong, Silang, Cavite. Galit is bedridden and is suffering from diabetes.

Also included in the complaint are human rights victims themselves. They include Arman Albarillo, who lost both his parents after they were murdered by military forces, and Orly Marcellana, who’s wife Eden Marcellana (Karapatan ST Secretary General) was killed in Mindoro by soldiers under Gen. Jovito Palparan. Albarillo has been a consistent complainant in the impeachment cases filed against Mrs. Gloria Arroyo.

IMPLICATIONS
The current legal offensive against progressive leaders and activists in Southern Tagalog is not an isolated incident. It has been preceded by similar baseless criminal charges against Bayan and other mass leaders such as in the provinces of Negros and Davao. It should also be recalled that trumped-up murder charges were filed against Rep. Satur Ocampo, peasant leader Randal Echanis and other progressives in relation to alleged mass graves in Hilonggos, Leyte. Rep. Ocampo is out on bail while Echanis is detained at the Manila City Jail.

The cases against the ST activists is particularly alarming because of their wholesale and sweeping nature: Almost all high-profile regional and provincial leaders have been charged. Even more disturbing are the legal shortcuts that were resorted to by the prosecutor in implicating 72 respondents without the benefit of any preliminary investigation and the hasty issuance of arrest warrants by the Calapan RTC .

It appears that the principal impetus for the filing of these new cases against the 72 is consistent with the communist-labeling/demonizing being resorted to by the Arroyo regime and the state security forces. The cases portray and subsequently accuse legal activists to be members of the New People’s Army, the armed wing of the Communist Party of the Phililppines. But instead of filing rebellion cases against them, they are instead charged with common crimes such as murder and arson.

Like in the previous rebellion cases against partylist lawmakers and activists, the current multiple murder and frustrated multiple murder charges were filed through highly irregular procedures thereby denying the accused their right to due process.

These trumped-up charges have all the imprints of the Department of Justice, the InterAgency Legal Action Group (IALAG), the Armed Forces of the Philippines and the Philippine National Police.

What the Arroyo regime could no longer accomplish through extrajudicial killings and abductions, it now tries to accomplish through the filing of non-bailable criminal charges. The objective is clearly to neutralize the activist leaders by detaining them illegally or forcing them to go into hiding. At the same time, there is the intention to terrorize the remaining leaders, activists and the political mass base of Bayan and other progressive organizations and party list groups.

It is therefore necessary that freedom loving Filipinos oppose this crackdown on progressive activists with the same vigor as when we opposed extrajudicial killings and enforced disappearances. Four people have already been arrested and there is a great possibility that there may be more in the near future. While the issue is being fought in the legal arena, it is of crucial importance that people rise up and speak out against these abuses and outright political persecution and repression. It is important that pressure be made to bear on the Arroyo regime to put a stop to its drive to put democratic and nationalist leaders behind bars and out of commission.

Youth for Accountability and Truth Now, or Youth ACT Now! (YAN) is an alliance of student councils, national youth and student organizations, community-based youth, young professionals, artists and prominent youth leaders and personalities. The formation of Youth ACT Now! marks the further strengthening of youth and student participation nationwide in the fight for truth, accountability and genuine change in government.

In line with its commitment of engaging the youth, an assembly will be held on November 13, 2008 (Thursday) in Emilio Aguinaldo College, Taft, Manila at 4:00 in the afternoon.  This assembly aims to bring clarity to pressing issues of the day, such as charter change and the return of Jocelyn "Joc-Joc" Bolante, a most prominent figure in the fertilizer scam. We are all eager to know what we should do next. Attending this assembly may provide us with the next step the youth must take.

For queries, do not hesitate to contact Trina (09104803098) and Vanessa (09277515365). Thank you.

September 24, 2008

PRESS STATEMENT

 Justice for Rachelle Mae Palang (1986-2008),

press freedom fighter and nurse for the people

The College Editors Guild of the Philippines, in behalf of its National Office, regional formations and chapters, all member publications and affiliate organizations nationwide and across the globe, expresses its most heartfelt condolences to the family, friends and colleagues of Rachelle Mae Palang (1986-2008).

Rachelle, or Mae-Mae to her closest friends and colleagues, was beloved to the Guild for her bubbly, tongue-in-cheek demeanor. She graced the Guild's gatherings with her easy banter and infectious smile, but was always brisk and business-like in her leadership. She has served as a valuable pillar and driving force in all of the conventions and gatherings she has attended and helped organize. To most Guilders, she was not only a colleague but a precious friend and confidante.

Shock for her untimely demise are evident in her Friendster and Multiply accounts, riddled with comments ranging from disbelief, grief, and even anger – all directed at her, as if to attest that even at the time of her death her friends and colleagues still go to her for conciliation.

Such was Mae-Mae's legacy and brand of leadership. She has always been easy to approach, a rational adviser and generous in her time and efforts.

Mae-Mae was also an outstanding student at the Velez College in Cebu City where she took up and finished her nursing degree. She became editor-in-chief of Vital Signs, the official campus publication. As campus journalist and student leader, she exemplified deep commitment to uphold press freedom, freedom of speech and students' democratic rights and welfare. She is respected by her fellow campus journalists nationwide for her wit, intelligence and sharp grasp of issues.

She was elected as Vice President for the Visayas during CEGP's 67^th National Student Press Convention and 33^rd Biennial Student Press Congress held in Albay, Bicol in 2005.  She served her term for three consecutive years before she finally relinquished her post May of this year. The CEGP will without end be honored and grateful to have had someone as dedicated as Mae-Mae as one of its leading officers.

Mae-Mae worked hard to help re-open closed campus publications, establish student papers in universities who had none, and expose and fight campus press freedom violations as well as other forms of campus repression nationwide.  She led, organized and participated in countless poetry readings, cultural nights, Writers' Trips, journalist skills workshops and protest actions and activities. Even after her stint as VP for the Visayas, she proved instrumental in gathering and collating cases of campus press freedom violations in the region for CEGP's quarterly digest.

Mae-Mae had to cut short her attendance in CEGPs' 68^th National Student Press Convention and 34^th Biennial Student Press Congress in Davao City for her scheduled nursing licensure exams in May 2008.  She passed with flying colors and eventually became a registered nurse. Even before she left, she announced to the Guild her desire to pursue an alternative medical career, one that she would devote to the less-privileged. Mae-Mae also took and passed the National Medical Admission Test. She dreamt of becoming a doctor.

It therefore did not come as a surprise to the Guild to learn that upon achieving her nursing license Mae-Mae immediately volunteered for a three-month medical mission to the hinterlands of Negros.  Mae-Mae barely finished her volunteer work in Negros when her dreams died with her.

Mae-Mae was killed by elements of the Armed Forces of the Philippines on September 18, 2008 in an alleged encounter with New People's Army rebels. Her face was barely recognizable; she was shot at point-blank range. Her feet and legs were black and bruised, signs of torture evident elsewhere in her beaten body.

Mae-Mae's untimely demise reminds the Guild all too painfully of the same fate that another CEGP alumna suffered under the hands of the AFP.

In April 2002, Benjaline 'Beng' Hernandez, former CEGP Vice-President for Mindanao and a human rights volunteer, was murdered by the military while conducting a fact-finding mission in Cotabato province. Investigations revealed that the AFP, after wounding Beng, raped and shot her at close range. The AFP later on insisted that Beng was an NPA rebel.

Beng, like Mae-Mae, was also only 22 years old when she died.

The CEGP condemns in strongest terms accusations and insinuations by the AFP that Mae-Mae was armed and a combatant. She was in Negros in her capacity as a registered nurse and circumstances surrounding her brutal killing should be independently investigated.

The CEGP, in this regard, welcomes initiatives by the Commission on Human Rights Regional Office to conduct an investigation on Mae-Mae's case.

The CEGP is also reviled at the AFP's gall to celebrate Mae-Mae's death by bestowing incentives and acclaim to her killers. It is an awful and terrible reminder of the state and characteristic of our security forces. They who are supposed to protect civilians are the main enemies of human rights defenders and social workers.

The CEGP also condemns in strongest terms the AFP's malicious attempts to malign the Guild's name through red-tagging and nasty insinuations. It is precisely this kind of twisted mentality that gives license to the military to repress, harass, silence and kill with impunity. Journalists are easily treated and branded as rebels simply because they are exposed to the ills of society.

The CEGP calls on all its member publications and fellow journalist organizations nationwide and abroad to collectively wield their pens and raise their voices to denounce Mae-Mae's killers.

The CEGP regards the likes of Beng and Mae-Mae as heroes of the present generation, young martyrs who have chosen to exchange their lives of comfort for their noble convictions.

Highest tribute to Rachelle Mae Palang!

Justice for Beng and Mae-Mae!

Reference:

Vijae Alquisola, National President, 09162034402

Why walk out? (CEGP pooled editorial)

As others have done before us, the youth is once again called upon to leave our mark in history's pages.

This July, we are walking out in outrage over unending and unjust price hikes. Oil prices have risen 18 times this year, and more weekly spates of increases are set to burden our countrymen for as long as this government refuses to impose and implement regulative policies to cushion the blows of soaring oil prices. Prices of food, electricity and other basic commodities likewise continue to be padded up by economic policies such as the Value Added Tax (VAT) and other burdensome taxes.

We are walking out of this administration's continuous extravagance amid scarcity and national disasters. The lavishness of Arroyo's most recent junket to the United States is a disgraceful excess in a time when the country is beset with economic hardship.

We are walking out of this administration's false promises of education reforms. We have had enough of this administration's deceitful ways. Instead of allotting more for the education budget, it thrusts school administrations towards further commercialization at the expense of students, even as President Arroyo announced a tuition hike moratorium for the present academic year.

We are walking out of this farce of a democracy. Years have passed and we are still counting the days when we see Karen Empeno, Sherlyn Cadapan and Jonas Burgos re-united with their families and friends. We condemn the unresolved and incessant extra-judicial killings of journalists, activists and civil libertarians that continue with impunity.

We are walking out of attacks on press freedom and freedom of speech and expression. We view the Philippines' election to the vice president post of the United Nations Human Rights Council as a sham and an insult to all victims of human rights violations, political repression and the Filipino public in general.

We are walking out of President Arroyo's unprecedented lust for power. We cannot muster tolerance for her continued stay until 2010.

In a time of great deceit, we choose to walkout for honor. In a time of lavish spending, we choose to walkout for austerity. In a time of apathy, we choose to walkout for social significance. In a time when the state's abandonment of the people's welfare is at its peak, the youth chooses to stand steadfast against this administration's continuous neglect. In a time of greed for power, we choose to walkout for our democratic rights.

We are walking out for accountability in government and meaningful social change. Seven years of deceit, corruption, tyranny and social injustice has weighed its toll on the youth and the people. Enough is enough.

For the youth, walking out would mean entering the bigger picture and assuming our historical and significant role in society. We are asked at this point in time, 'Why walk out?' To which we reply, 'Why not?'

TAGUBILIN AT HABILIN
Ni Jose F. Lacaba

Mabuhay ka, kaibigan!
Mabuhay ka!
Iyan ang una't huli kong
Tagubilin at habilin:
Mabuhay ka!

Sa edad kong ito, marami akong maibibigay na payo.
Mayaman ako sa payo.

Maghugas ka ng kamay bago kumain.
Maghugas ka ng kamay pagkatapos kumain.
Pero huwag kang maghuhugas ng kamay para lang makaiwas sa sisi.
Huwag kang maghuhugas ng kamay kung may inaapi
Na kaya mong tulungan.

Paupuin sa bus ang matatanda at ang mga may kalong na sanggol.
Magpasalamat sa nagmamagandang-loob.
Matuto sa karanasan ng matatanda
Pero huwag magpatali sa kaisipang makaluma.

Huwag piliting matulog kung ayaw kang dalawin ng antok.
Huwag pag-aksayahan ng panahon ang walang utang na loob.
Huwag makipagtalo sa bobo at baka ka mapagkamalang bobo.
Huwag bubulong-bulong sa mga panahong kailangang sumigaw.

Huwag kang manalig sa bulung-bulungan.
Huwag kang papatay-patay sa ilalim ng pabitin.
Huwag kang tutulog-tulog sa pansitan.

Umawit ka kung nag-iisa sa banyo.
Umawit ka sa piling ng barkada.
Umawit ka kung nalulungkot.
Umawit ka kung masaya.

Ingat lang.

Huwag kang aawit ng “My Way” sa videoke bar at baka ka mabaril.
Huwag kang magsindi ng sigarilyo sa gasolinahan.
Dahan-dahan sa matatarik na landas.
Dahan-dahan sa malulubak na daan.

Higit sa lahat, inuulit ko:

Mabuhay ka, kaibigan!
Mabuhay ka!
Iyan ang una't huli kong
Tagubilin at habilin:
Mabuhay ka!

Maraming bagay sa mundo na nakakadismaya.
Mabuhay ka.
Maraming problema ang mundo na wala na yatang lunas.
Mabuhay ka.

Sa hirap ng panahon, sa harap ng kabiguan,
Kung minsan ay gusto mo nang mamatay.
Gusto mong maglaslas ng pulso kung sawi sa pag-ibig.
Gusto mong uminom ng lason kung wala nang makain.
Gusto mong magbigti kung napakabigat ng mga pasanin.
Gusto mong pasabugin ang bungo mo kung maraming gumugulo sa utak.

Huwag kang patatalo. Huwag kang susuko.

Narinig mo ang sinasabi ng awitin:
“Gising at magbangon sa pagkagupiling,
Sa pagkakatulog na lubhang mahimbing.”
Gumising ka kung hinaharana ka ng pag-ibig.
Bumangon ka kung nananawagan ang kapuspalad.

Ang sabi ng iba: “Ang matapang ay walang-takot lumaban.”
Ang sabi ko naman: Ang tunay na matapang ay lumalaban
Kahit natatakot.

Lumaban ka kung inginungodngod ang nguso mo sa putik.
Bumalikwas ka kung tinatapak-tapakan ka.
Buong-tapang mong ipaglaban ang iyong mga prinsipyo
Kahit hindi ka sigurado na agad-agad kang mananalo.

Mabuhay ka, kaibigan!
Mabuhay ka!
Iyan ang una't huli kong
Tagubilin at habilin:
Mabuhay ka!

Hindi karaniwan ang panahon. Nasa bingit tayo ng pagbabago: patindi nang patindi ang krisis na kinakaharap ng mamamayan, habang ang nasa poder ay nagpapakasasa sa dugo at pawis ng Sambayanan. Lingguhan na kung magtaas ang presyo ng langis: kung ikukumpara noong Enero, ang presyo ng langis ngayon, umaabot na sa P11-P12 ang diperensiya. Dumadagdag pa ito sa taas presyo ng bigas, na sa Mindanao ay umaabot na sa P50 kada kilo, at hindi na ito nalalayo sa presyo dito sa Maynila.

Hindi karaniwan ang panahon. Lumalala lalo ang presyo ng bilihin dahil sa mga krisis pampulitika na kinakaharap ng mga Pilipino ngayon: Hello Garci, NBN ZTE deal, at iba pa. Patuloy sa pagnanakaw sa kaban ng Bayan ang mga salarin, habang ang mamamayang Pilipino ang nagkakanda-hirap sa kasakiman ng mga buwayang nasa poder.

Hindi karaniwan ang panahon. Ang mga hiyaw ng mamamayan, pahayag ng kanilang dinaranas na kahirapan, ay umaalingawngaw sa ating diwa. Kahit ang mga may katungkulan ay naririnig ito, ngunit ang maiaalay lamang nila ay panandaliang solusyon, pamatid-uhaw, pantawid-gutom. Dahil naririnig nga nila, ngunit hindi nila naiintindihan. Hindi nila masipat kung ano ang puno't-dulo ng problema ng Sambayanan, dahil sila, ang rehimeng Arroyo, ang nagdulot nito.

Hindi karaniwan ang panahon. Bawat sektor sa lipunan ay nagpupumiglas na sa galit, lalo na ang kabataan. Silang itinuturing na pag-asa ng Bayan, na hindi makita ang pag-asa sa bulok na sistema. Silang mga anak ng Bayan, na hindi maalagaan, dahil inuuna ng pamahalaan ang kapakanan ng dayuhan. Silang mga kinabukasan ng Bayan, na walang nakikitang kinabukasan sa pamahalaang hindi nananagot sa mga kasalanan nito sa mamamayan.

Hindi karaniwan ang panahon. Hinahamon tayo mamulat, manindigan, kumilos. Kaya lumahok sa pambansang pagkilos ng kabataan sa July 10.    

Hindi ito panahon para sa agam-agam o pagdududa. Ito ay panahon ng pag-harap at pag-gampan sa ating tungkulin bilang mga pag-asa ng Bayan.

Kumilos na. Ngayon ka lalo kinakailangan ng iyong Bayan.

KABATAAN, MAGING PAG-ASA NG BAYAN!

KABATAAN, MANINDIGAN LABAN SA KATIWALIAN!

KABATAAN, KUMILOS NGAYON NA!

 

Para sa mga tanong, tumungo sa http://www.youthactnow.com o i-email ang youth.act.now@gmail.com. Maaari rin makipag-ugnayan sa Youth ACT Now secretariat sa 0910-4803098 o 0927-8012112.

“To write is already to choose.”

College Editors Guild of the Philippines

Office: Rm. 305, National Press Club Bldg., Magallanes Drive, Intramuros, Manila

Email: cegpnational@yahoo.com

Guilders:

Greetings from the National Office!

We may have taken a break from school and engaged in refreshing summer activities. However, while we were frolicking on the beach, an alumnus of the Guild has had his rights violated many times over.

Randy Malayao, CEGP Vice-President for the Visayas from 1991-1995, was abducted last May 15. For five days, his case was considered as an enforced disappearance, until  he was presented by the Philippine National Police Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (PNP-CIDG) to the media at Camp Melchor dela Cruz in Upi, Gamu, Isabela last May 20. During his five-day ordeal, he underwent isolation and torture. Charges, such as six counts of murder, have been filed against him in Isabela and Cagayan Valley. He is currently being held in a jail cell in Isabela.

Malayao, regardless of his political affiliations or ideological beliefs, is still a private citizen entitled to his democratic rights. Instead of jumping the gun, the military and police should have undergone due process, if they have evidence that Malayao is indeed accountable for the crimes they are accusing him of.

To be able to help in Malayao’s legal expenses, through the efforts of the Guild’s alumni, a fund-raising activity was arranged. This activity, RANDY: A Fund-Raising Night for the Legal Defense of Randy Malayao, will be held on the 14th of June 2008, Saturday, at the Newsdesk Café, at seven in the evening. Performances include Vin of Twisted Halo, Ebe Dancel of Sugar Free, Chikoy Pura, People’s Chorale, and more. For more information on how to reach Newsdesk, kindly refer to the attached sketch and invitation.

Tickets cost P300 each, with one beer consumable. Each publication is encouraged to send at least one representative. Malayao is not only an alumnus, but a victim of human rights violations as well. As student journalists, we must stand firm against infringement of democratic rights, and support true democratic freedom.

For inquiries, kindly contact Trina (09104803098).

For the Guild,

Vijae Alquisola
National President
College Editors Guild of the Philippines

Trina Federis
Secretary General
College Editors Guild of the Philippines