Youth Act Now against Tyranny-Ilocos

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Palayain ang Tugegarao 2!

RELEASE TUGUEGARAO 2!
RELEASE ALL ILLEGALLY ARRESTED ACTIVISTS FOR ATTENDING !

Youth Act Now Against Tyranny Baguio-Benguet joins the call to immediately release the 2 youth activists arrested earlier during the protest in Tuguegarrao, along with the increasing number of arbitrary and illegal arrests in various parts of the country holding the nationwide protest today in time for the President’s State of the Nation Address.

We condemned this outright violation of our right to peaceably assemble and right to dissent. The human rights crisis that the country faces today deserves nothing but massive protests raging all over the country.

The State of the Nation, where the Filipino people resist as one, can never be concealed by any form of harassment, intimidation and human rights violation. It is yet another reason to protest.

Resist!

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PRESIDENT DUTERTE, VETO THE TERROR BILL!

Join the Social Media Action!
July 2, 7:00pm


To President Duterte:

Hear the voice of the Filipino people who are united in rejecting your Terror Bill!

The country is in plunging into deeper crisis, and your administration has obviously failed in leading various efforts to combat the COVID-19 pandemic.

Amid all these, you certified as urgent the Terror Bill. Your minions and allies in Congress were obedient enough to swiftly pass the Terror Bill and transmit it to Malacanang for your action.

Many sectors have spoken against the Terror Bill: youth groups, Sangguniang Kabataan officials, university heads, school associations, business groups, church leaders, artists and actors. Several members of the House of Representatives even withdrew or corrected their "yes" votes to the Terror Bill.

Now, the bill is in your hands. If you let it lapse into law by July 9, or be brave enough to sign it before July 9, you will incite more people to stand up against your tyrannical, oppressive and corrupt administration.

In the interest of the Filipino people, we challenge you: veto the Terror Bill!

𝐏𝐀𝐇𝐀𝐘𝐀𝐆 𝐍𝐆 𝐀𝐍𝐀𝐊𝐁𝐀𝐘𝐀𝐍 𝐈𝐋𝐎𝐂𝐎𝐒 𝐀𝐓 𝐘𝐎𝐔𝐓𝐇 𝐀𝐂𝐓 𝐍𝐎𝐖 𝐀𝐆𝐀𝐈𝐍𝐒𝐓 𝐓𝐘𝐑𝐀𝐍𝐍𝐘-𝐈𝐋𝐎𝐂𝐎𝐒 𝐏𝐀𝐑𝐀 𝐒𝐀 𝐀𝐑𝐀𝐖 𝐍𝐆 𝐊𝐀𝐋𝐀𝐘𝐀𝐀𝐍

Isang palaban at nag-aalab na pagbati sa lahat ng mga kabataan sa rehiyon ng Ilocos at mamamayan ng bansa.

Ngayong araw ay pagdiriwang sa Kalayaan, ngunit may katanungang nananatili: tunay nga bang malaya ang ating bansa?

Malinaw at lantad ang katotohanang hindi pa tuluyang malaya ang Pilipinas mula sa kontrol ng mga dayuhan. Patuloy ang pananaig ng imperyal na tanikala sa larangan ng ating pulitika, ekonomiya, at kultura dahil sa pagpapaka-tuta ng ating gobyerno sa US at China.

Umalingasaw ang tunay at bulok na anyo ng rehimeng Duterte sa pagiging sunod-sunuran nito sa mga dayuhan.

Napatunayan din sa pandemyang ito ang lantarang karahasan at kasinungalingan ng administrasyon, pati ng mga ahensya nito, sa patuloy na pagpataw ng de facto martial law sa bayan. Ito ay sa pamamagitan ng kanyang EO70 (NTF-ELCAC) na ginagamit ang "whole of nation approach" para supilin at apakan ang karapatan ng mga kritiko at mamamayang lumalaban sa katiwalian.

Habang tumitindi ang kahirapan ng bansa ay tumindi rin ang pagyurak sa karapatan, kabuhayan, at kalayaan ng bawat mamamayan.

Mas piniling unahin ng rehimeng Duterte ang mga hakbang na magsisilbi lamang sa kanilang balikong sariling interes imbes na pagtuunan ng pansin ang paglalatag ng malinaw, konkreto, sistematiko, at makataong plano upang tugunan ang hinaing ng mamamayan.

Para kay Duterte at mga kasapakat nito, higit na mahalaga ang pagpapalakas at pagkapit nito sa kapangyarihang sila-sila lamang ang nakikinabang.

Ngayon ang mamamayan ay nasa rurok na ng hinagpis at p**t lalo na sa pagtutulak ng estado sa Anti-terrorism Bill na isang malaking banta at maaaring gamitin sa mas matindi pang pagkitil sa ating mga karapatan.

Ang rurok ng hinagpis at galit na ito ay para sa rehimeng Duterte na mas pinipiling atupagin ang pagsugpo sa kritiko at malayang pamamahayag kaysa pagsugpo sa nakamamatay na sakit at labis na kahirapan.

Hindi Terror Bill ang kailangan ng taumbayan. Hindi karahasan at pang-aapi ng estado ang susolusyon sa ating mga paghihirap.

Patuloy nating ipinapanawagan ang libreng lupa para sa mga magsasaka, maayos at regular na trabaho para sa ating mga manggagawa, libre at kalidad na edukasyon para sa kabataan, at solusyong medikal para puksain ang pandemya.

Hinahamon ng mga kabataan ng Rehiyong Ilocos ang administrasyong ito na unahin at isaalang-alang ang interes ng mamamayan. Kung hindi nito gagampanan ang kanyang tungkulin sa bayan ay marapat na magbitiw na lamang ito.

Patuloy at masidhi tayong nananawagan sa malawak na hanay ng kabataan at mamamayan. Panahon na para tayo ay magkaisa at lumaban.

Nasa ating harapan ang pagkakataong tumayo, tumindig, at kumilos para sa tunay na pagpapalaya sa ating Inang Bayan.

Nasa ating kamay ang paglikha ng kasaysayan.

ALERT! Presence of military from 81st IBPA are spotted at San Manuel Norte, Agoo, La Union. Since last year, the military group has been continuously harassing the community especially the Fisherfolk leader of the TIMEK-LA UNION.

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[TULONG KABATAAN: CALL FOR DONATIONS]

Cordillera Youth Center in coordination with KABATAAN PARTYLIST calls for donation for the victims of in Southern Tagalog.

They are in need of facemasks, mats, clothes, ready-to-eat food, water, cash, hygiene kits (including toiletries and menstrual pads) and other assistance.

We also encourage all youth organizations in the region to lend our hands and organize our efforts to help our kababayan. Organizations and institutions can open drop-off points in the respective schools and communities, please coordinate with us or directly to Southern Tagalog Serve The People Corps.

For the meantime, drop-off points for donations are as follows:

CORDILLERA YOUTH CENTER
#32 Camella St., Upper QM, Baguio City
0917-1586448

UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES BAGUIO
University Student Council Office
099-5460-8407

O'S CHICKEN AND GRILL
In front St. Louis University Gate 4
0948-067-6146

For monetary donations:

BPI Savings Account
008339 4735 53
Thalia R Villela

BDO Savings Account
012220 0134 36
Thalia R Villela

GCash
09169131297

PayPal
paypal.me/TulongKabataan

[CALL FOR DONATIONS]

Typhoon Ursula has left more than 40,000 residents of Bulalacao, Oriental Mindoro affected. Donations of food such as rice and canned goods, bottled water, toiletries, clothes, and other items are highly encouraged. Financial assistance to the families is also greatly appreciated.

For inquiries on dropping points and other matters, please contact the Mindoro State College of Agriculture and Technology Federation of Student Councils (MFSC) at 0967 217 1434.

YOUTH ALERT!

FULLY ARMED police personnel from the Police Regional Office Cordillera (ProCor) conducted 2 consecutive “Sulat Kamay” ‘counter-insurgency’ forum in Benguet State University (November 19) and University of the Cordilleras (November 20). Both forum tagged legal youth organizations such as LFS, Anakbayan, etc as Communist-Terrorist-Groups (CTGs) ‘front organizations’

Youth Act Now Against Tyranny Baguio-Benguet strongly condemns yet another attack against the youth. The entry of ARMED men in schools is an outright violation of RA 7610 (Child Protection Act), International humanitarian Laws (IHL), the 1982 Soto-Enrile Accord and the ultimate principle of schools as peace zones. Moreover, this “Sulat Kamay” ‘information drive’ and the whole of PNP and AFP’s red-tagging forum have been massively protested by students, faculty and the rest of the academe as it does not only malign legal and legitimate youth organizations but put its members and allies in great risk and further human rights violation.

It should be noted that similar cases of red-tagging and terrorist-labelling served as common pretext to the series of mass arrests, office and house raids, filing of trumped-up charges and arbitrary searches and seizures in Manila and Bacolod for the past weeks.

We cannot let these incidents cause further harm and threat against our life and liberty. Schools should remain as safe sanctuary for free and critical discourse. Should there be any harm or danger be inflicted among activists and human rights defenders in the region, we are sure to whom the culprit be pointed at.

DOCUMENT AND REPORT SIMILAR CASES! Contact us through this page or at 0917-158-6448.

Youth group questions “discriminatory” provisions in student handbook The youth group YANAT-Ilocos questions the new edition of the DMMMSU student handbook, saying the provisions on student attire constitute student repression and discrimination.

https://www.facebook.com/102623841181800/posts/120034892774028/

LOOK: Kenneth Eser Jose, vice chairperson of University of the Philippines Diliman University Student Council gives the opening remarks for today's 1st National Students' Day Youth Camp:

"Society keeps telling us to think, but not think too much; to speak but not speak too much; to argue, but not argue with us."

BUKAS NA LIHAM AT PAHAYAG NG YOUTH ACT NOW AT KABATAAN PARTYLIST ILOCOS SA LAHAT NG KABATAANG ESTUDYANTE, STUDENT BODY ORGANIZATION, AT PAMUNUAN NG DMMMSU.

Sa tumitinding atake sa mamamayan sa pamamagitan ng mga mapanlinlang na polisiya ng gobyerno ay naging matindi rin ang nararanasan ng mga kabataang estudyante sa loob ng paaralan.

Ang Youth Act Now Ilocos bilang alyansa ng mga kabataan, at ang Kabataan Partylist Ilocos chapter bilang represantante ng kabataan sa kongreso ay umikot para alamin ang iba’t ibang isyu ng mga kabataan sa loob ng paaralan. Ito ay sa pamamagitan ng Alternative Class Learning Discussion at student group interview. Sa pamamaagitan nito ay napag-alaman ng aming grupo na may mga represibong polisiya sa loob ng paaralan.

Ang ilan dito ay nakasaad sa Student Handbook ng DMMMSU sa ilalim ng Student Code of Discipline (Art.2). Nakitaan natin ito ng mga paglabag sa karapatan ng mga kabataang estudyante at indibidual sa pagpapahayag ng kanilang mga sarili. Ang malala dito ay ang polisiya na Pregnancy out of wedlock, malinaw na nilabag nito ang Magna Carta for Women. Hindi naman nakakaapekto sa pag-aaral ng isang estudyante ang kanyang personal na itsura, kung ano mang piniling kasarian nito at kasuotan. Marami sa mga mag-aaral ang hindi nakakaalaam ng isyung ito. Mula din sa pagkausap sa kanila ay may mga sumulpot na ibang isyu na tulad ng mga fines, mahal na uniporme, at pwersahang pagpapalit ng student I.D.atbp.

Makatwiran ang panawagan ng mga kabataan dahil nasa loob mismo ng Student handbook ng paaaralan ang malayang pagpapahayag ng mga kabataan ng saloobin. Ngunit tila ba pinipigilan ang mga ito sa mga polisiyang hindi angkop sa interes ng kabataan.

Kaya naman, nagkaroon ng inisyatiba ang mga ilang estudyante ng DMMMSU para gumawa ng petisyon at ipaikot ito sa lahat ng mag-aaral.

Mula doon sa petition ay nananawagan ang mga kabataan na bigyang pansin ng administrasyon ang isyu ng mga kabataan, nananawagan din ang mga ito ng maagap na konsultasyong kabataang para sa pagpapabasura ng mga polisiyang ito.

Ngunit sa kabila ng payapang pag-iikot ng petisyon at pagpapaliwanag ng isyu ng kabataan ay may mga kumalat na maling impormasyon, tulad ng may “Rally” at recruiter ng NPA. Ito ay mariing kinokondena ng organisasyon, gayun din ang mga nagaganap na red-tagging sa mga indibidwal at mismo sa organisasyon. Anumang pananakot o pagbibigay ng ligalig na inyong natatanggap ay maaring beripikahin munang mabuti. Nakakalungkot dito ay mga opisyal ang nagpapakalat ng maling impormasyon.

Nais lang din naming klarohin na walang rally bukas (Nov. 15). Ang mayroon lamang ay talakayan hinggil sa karapatan ng mga estudyante na magkapagbuo ng pagkakaisa, lalo na at gusto natin na magkaroon ng dayalogo ang estudyante at administrasyon ng paaralan para pag-usapan ang isyu. Gusto din natin na makapagbalangkas ng bagong Code of Discipline na rumerespeto sa karapatan ng mga estudyante.

Magpapatuloy din ang pagbibigay ng pag-aaral hinggil sa karapatan ng estudyante sa loob ng paaralan. Paglilinaw muli na hindi ito rally. Karapatan ng estudyante ang mapayapang talakayan at asembliya at walang nilalabag na batas.

Nananawagan kami sa Student Body Organization na maging mapanuri sa mga isyu ng estudyante at magsilbi batay sa interes nito.

Nananawagan din kami sa pamunuan ng pamantasan ng DMMMSU MLUC, nawa’y matugunan na agaran ang usaping ito.

Sa lahat ng mag-aaral ng DMMMSU, maging mapagmatyag at mapanuri tayo sa mga polisiyang umaapak sa ating mga karapatan.

IPAGLABAN ANG DEMOKRATIKONG KARAPATAN NG ESTUDYANTE!
IBASURA ANG MGA REPRESIBONG POLISIYA SA LOOB NG PAARALAN!

Alternative Classroom Learning Experience

Talakayan hinggil sa Demokratikong Karapataan ng mga Kabataang Estudyante sa DMMMSU.

Nagkaisa ang mga estudyante upang igiit na ipatanggal ang mga represibong polisiya sa kanilang pamantasan. Halimbawa ng mga ito ay ang forced leave of absence ng estudyante kapag nabuntis out-of-wedlock, pagbabawal na mag cross-dress, pagbabawal sa may mga tattoo, sapilitang pag-uuniporme, pagbabawal sa mga nakatsinelas lamang na pumasok at mga iba pa na nakasaad sa kanilang handbook.

Panawagan ng mga kabataang estudyante, LIBRE at DEKALIDAD na EDUKASYON HINDI REPRESIBONG MGA POLISIYA!

https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=2246674332297491&id=1432036267094639

La Union Peace and Justice Advocates (LUPJA) strongly condemn the brutal attack on Judge Mario Anacleto Bañez of RTC Tagudin Branch 25.

Judge Bañez was ambushed and killed on board his vehicle in Brgy. Mameltac, San Fernando City, La Union on his way home around 5:40 PM on November 5, 2019.

The suspect fled the crime scene after the incident. Judge Bañez was later rushed to Bethany Hospital for treatment but was declared dead on arrival.

Judge Bañez is the 6th judge killed under the Duterte Administration. In total, at least 42 judges, prosecutors, and lawyers had been killed since July 2016.

Earlier, on the same day, Major General Antonio Parlade, Jr. of the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF ELCAC) appealed to the Supreme Court (SC) to investigate judges who have been dismissing cases against communist terrorists.

Incidentally, Judge Bañez acquitted last September 4, 2019, Rachel Mariano, a human rights defender and health worker, of trumped-up charges of murder and frustrated murder filed against her by the 81st IBPA.

His decision reads, “This court is not morally convinced of her guilt. It may have been proven by her evidence that she is an activist working on the field of health as one of man’s basic rights but that does not make her a member of the New People’s Army. Much more, the allegation that she is one of the perpetrators of the treacherous attack is bereft of sufficient basis for the court to acknowledge any participation on her part.”

With the current Human Rights situation following the string of illegal arrests, raid and planting of fi****ms and explosives on private homes and offices of human rights workers, activists and people’s organization in Negros and National Capital Region, it cannot be denied that de facto Martial Law is in full effect, and is now here in the Province of La Union.

We call all human rights advocates and peace loving individuals to denounce these acts of injustice. Let us be vigilant and condemn all forms of human rights violations not only in our province but also to the rest of the country.

https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=2411243748974408&id=803429649755834

BREAKING: Farmer activist Reynaldo Malaborbor from MAKABAYAN ST was found dead after being shot by an unidentified gunman earlier this 9 pm at Brgy. Katapatan, Cabuyao, Laguna.

Rey was also part of Lumban 3, farmer activists who were freed last 2015 after being falsely accused of possessing illegal fi****ms and explosives.

https://www.facebook.com/193483107333794/posts/3070871172928292/

DUTERTERORISTA ALERT!

Last Saturday, October 26, the Philippine Air Force, using its new FA-50 jet aircraft, dropped 5 500-pound bombs against an alleged NPA camp in Las Navas and Matuguinao, Northern Samar.

Since the declaration of an “all-out war” versus the New People’s Army, the Duterte regime’s intensified counter-insurgency operations have resulted in countless civilian injuries and deaths in its fascist rampage. The bombing of civilians in Northern Samar is merely the latest in a long line of atrocities committed by Duterte’s armed forces against the Filipino people!

Youth Act Now joined the Peace Fellowship hosted by La Union Peace and Justice Advocates (LUPJA) to talk about the situation of the farmers in the face of rice liberalization issue.


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The Commuters' Manifesto for a pro-people mass transportation system. Do you agree? 82 signatures are still needed!

Konsultahang Kabataan para sa Buwan ng Magsasaka

Bilang pakikiisa ng mga kabataan, inilunsad ang talakayan hinggil sa reporma sa lupa at rice tariffication law upang mas maintindihan pa ng mga mamamayan ang kalagayan ng mga magsasaka sa Pilipinas.

Children rights advocates give Duterte failing grades ahead of Sona Before the State of the Nation Address (Sona), President Rodrigo Duterte received failing grades from different children rights advocates.

HUSTISYA PARA KAY KUYA NEP!
SUMAMA SA PAGKILOS MAMAYANG 5:30PM!

HUSTISYA PARA SA LAHAT NG PINASLANG SA ILALIM NG REHIMENG DUTERTE!
HUSTISYA PARA KAY NEPTALI MORADA!

Lubos na kinokondena ng Student Christian Movement of the Philippines (SCMP) ang walang habas at tuluy-tuloy na pagpaslang sa ilalim ng rehimeng Duterte.

Nitong Hunyo 17, pinatay si Neptali Morada, dating Bayan Muna regional head at dating miyembro ng SCMP. Binaril si Morada 7:30 nang umaga sa Brgy. San Isidro, Naga City, Camarines Sur habang patungo siya sa Camarines Sur Capitol Hall kung saan nagtratrabaho siya bilang staff ng dating Bise Gubernador na si Ato Pena. Sa kasalukuyan, hindi pa natutukoy kung sino ang bumaril.

Noong Hunyo 15, pinaslang naman sina Ryan Hubilla at Nelly Bagasala —mga miyembro ng KARAPATAN at human rights defenders — sa Brgy. Cadid-an, Sorsogon. Isang Senior High School student si Hubilla samantalang senior citizen naman si Bagasala. Gaya ni Morada, binaril sila nang walang kalaban-laban.

Kaugnay ng palalang krisis, pinasok pa ng sampung pulis ang isang United Methodist Church sanctuary sa Roxas, Oriental Mindoro kung saan naroon ang ilang mga staff at volunteer ng KARAPATAN-ST.

Kasama ito sa napakaraming kaso ng harassment at pag-atake ng rehimen laban sa mga taong-simbahan na tumitindig kasama ng iba’t ibang sektor ng lipunan. Noong nakaraang taon, napakasahol ng ginawang pag-atake at pagpapadeport ng rehimen kay Sister Patricia Fox na isang human rights worker.

Patunay ito na walang ibang hangarin ang rehimeng Duterte kung hindi ang patahimikin ang mga boses ng sambayanan upang maisulong ang mga anti-mamamayang polisiya. Kasalukuyang nasa ilalim ang Bicol ng Memorandum Order No. 32 na inilalagay ang Bicol, Samar, Negros Oriental, at Negros Occidental sa ilalim ng de facto Martial Law.

Nananawagan ang SCM Philippines na sa panahon ng lumalalang militarisasyon at pasismo ng estado, kinakailangang magkaisa ang iba’t ibang sektor ng lipunan upang tutulan ang sunud-sunod na pagpatay sa ilalim ng kasalukuyang rehimen. Bukas ang panawagan upang magsagawa ng mga fact-finding mission, pag-aralan ang kalagayan ng lipunan, at sumama sa mga pagkilos laban sa pasismo.

Sa sama-samang pagkilos at pagsandig sa masa maitutuloy ang laban na sinimulan na ng mga walang habas na pinatay.

Magkakaroon ng pagkilos mamayang 5:30PM sa NCCP upang kundenahin ang pagpatay kay Neptali Morada. Dumalo at magpadalo!

REFERENCES:
https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1131034/former-bayan-muna-bicol-head-gunned-down-in-naga-city

https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2018/11/25/1871608/afp-memorandum-order-no-32-no-prelude-nationwide-martial-law

https://www.rappler.com/nation/233260-activist-neptali-morada-death-june-2019

Black Friday Protest at San Fernando City, La Union

Sa pangunguna ng Makabayan Coalition Ilocos nagsagawa ng isang protest action laban sa dayaan sa halalan at pangreredtag sa mga progresibong partylist.

BREAKING: NYC Chair Ronald Cardema applied for substitution to be first nominee of Duterte Youth Party-list.

In this case, he will replace his wife, Ducielle Marie Suarez Cardema.

While serving both as National Youth Commission (NYC) Chair and head of Duterte Youth, Ronald Cardema spoke and campaigned for the bogus party-list. Aside from his wife, a distant relative named Elizabeth Anne Cardema is the fifth nominee of the party-list.

We can recall how the Duterte administration used the resources of government agencies, including NYC, not only to provide campaign machinery for Duterte-endorsed senatoriables and bogus party-lists, but also to systematically vilify and campaign against progressive candidates and genuine party-lists.

This is a historic hijacking of the party-list system by groups created or backed by political dynasties and the ruling clique in power. The Duterte government was able to successfully orchestrate this by controlling the whole election process mainly through COMELEC, PNP and AFP.

The Filipino youth refuses to accept Duterte Youth as its representative in Congress. This party-list, whose mostly adult members are required to pledge allegiance to Rodrigo and Sara Duterte, will obediently say yes to reviving mandatory ROTC, lowering the minimum age of criminal responsibility, continuing the fake war on drugs, approving Charter Change and death penalty, and further extending Martial Law in Mindanao.

In contrast, youth party-list Kabataan, which was served as a critical voice to expose the anti-people programs railroaded by Duterte’s Congress, is still vulnerable to being cheated on especially with the control of the Duterte administration over election results.

More than ever, the youth is vigilant over the election process. We will resist the sealing of fascist dictatorship through a rubberstamp Senate and House of Representatives.

Youth Act Now Against Tyranny compiled cases of electoral fraud, violence, anomalies in the ballot and machines, and cases of vote buying.

WHAT TO DO WHEN YOU WITNESS ELECTORAL FRAUD:

1. Gather pieces of evidence (photo, precinct no., location, video, first-hand statements)

2. Report to Youth Act Now Against Tyranny FB page

3. Use hashtags

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Prayer for H.O.P.E ; Hope Orderly Peaceful Election at City of San Fernando, La Union

"Todays prayer is still inculcate in our mind that there is hope , we will vote according to our free will, that we will think what is good for the future of our children. Together let us pray for our upcoming election and for the leaders of our nation, elect truly those who loved our country not themselves alone, We pray for honest, orderly, peaceful election." - Bishop Daniel Presto

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Prayer for H.O.P.E : Hope Orderly Peaceful Election

"I think of david faithfulness to God, the way he won the battle against King Nebuchadbezzar, and today it challenges us, that like david our faith should be like his, little may be we are in numbers but our faith in God should be bigger. If we stand firm in our faith we can contribute for the betterment and change of our todays politics." - UCCP CM Antero Guillermo

"The church is tasked to defend the workers' rights." - Fr. Jojo Quisada of St. William the Hermit Parish San Fernando City on his welcome speech for the Labor Day Forum here in La Union.

NOTE: Region 1 has one of the lowest minimum wage nationwide which ranges from P243-280. This is despite the P17-30 pesos wage increase the past week.