Kabataan Partylist

The Kabataan Partylist today made an appeal to the Commission on Elections (COMELEC) to put up more poster areas for partylist groups.

“COMELEC should give more consideration to partylist groups and put up more poster areas to accommodate marginalized political parties and organizations,” Kabataan Partylist president Raymond Palatino said.

“COMELEC’s common poster areas are inadequate and mostly are inaccessible from public view. Many of the identified poster walls are yet to be constructed or were not designed for such purpose. We are even appalled to discover that there are designated poster areas which are supposed to be present in non-existent streets or places such as the basketball court along Quirino Highway in Novaliches proper which was already transformed into an open park few years ago.”
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Inquirer
Last updated 04:02am (Mla time) 02/18/2007

MILITANT student and youth organizations nationwide are gearing for a boycott of classes in Metro Manila and key cities across the country on Feb. 22 to protest the new round of tuition and other school fee increases.

“Tuition and other fee increases in these times of economic hardship and poverty are clearly uncalled for. These only make college education more elusive to young Filipinos,” Kabataan Party-list president Raymond Palatino said in a statement.
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Kabataan Partylist joins the League of Filipino Students in vehemently condemning the merciless murder of student activist Farly Alcantara II in Camarines Norte yesterday.

22-year-old Alcantara was a member and former spokesperson of LFS and a graduating business administration student of the Camarines Norte State College (CNSC) in Daet.

He was shot dead by still unidentified gunmen Thursday night four meters away from the gate of his school.
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Massive class boycott set on February 22

The Kabataan Partylist, College Editors Guild and the National Union of Students today said students groups in major private school consortiums in Metro Manila and other cities are gearing up for a class boycott on February 22 to protest the new round of tuition and other fee hike proposals.

“Tuition and other fee increases in these times of economic hardship and poverty are clearly uncalled for. These only make college education more elusive to young Filipinos,” Kabataan Partylist president Raymond Palatino said. (more…)

Activist lover

By Mong Palatino
Inquirer
Last updated 03:24am (Mla time) 02/15/2007

WE rode the same bus when we were still in grade school. She was always neat, prim and prepared for school, while I was always late and drowsy. Her brother was the laughable bully in our community church boys’ group.

It was in college that I came to know her again. I was a sensational kid from the mighty campus of Diliman and she was the loudmouth of that old school along Padre Faura.

We exchanged furtive glances during the anti-Estrada rallies in 1999. The most memorable was the mammoth gathering on Ayala Avenue in August. I was with visiting Taiwanese students and she was the head of their school delegation. It could have been the heavy downpour or something else, but it was on that fateful day when I realized that I was smitten with the girl who used to mock me in elementary school.
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Youth vote to be decisive in upcoming polls

Using a multi-colored school bus, the Kabataan Partylist hit the road today to start off its election campaign and its bid to place the first youth sectoral representative in Congress.

Dubbed as “Kabataan Trip,” 27 year-old Kabataan Partylist President and main nominee Raymond Palatino said the group will be using the bus to travel across different parts of the country, transforming the school coaster into a ‘rolling campaign headquarters.’ (more…)