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                    [ArticleID] => 510409
                    [Title] => Deped's "anomalous" P17 million project: Proposed probe gains more support
                    [Summary] => 

The proposed Congressional inquiry into alleged irregularities in the bidding of a P17 million project by the Department of Education-Cebu province has gained support from another member of the House of Representatives.

[DatePublished] => 2009-10-03 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Cebu News [SectionUrl] => cebu-news [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 420167 [Title] => Coalition representing youth votes re-launched [Summary] => CEBU - A national youth group in the province recently relaunched a coalition which aims to lessen the disenfranchised votes of the youth sector come 2010 elections. [DatePublished] => 2008-12-02 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Cebu News [SectionUrl] => cebu-news [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 399802 [Title] => Name calling irks progressive group supporting RH bill [Summary] =>

CEBU - Cause-oriented group Akbayan Party, through its president, expressed indignation after a campaign launched recently by the Roman Catholic Church implied that those who support the Reproductive Health Bill are “anti-life” and “anti-family.”

[DatePublished] => 2008-09-11 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Cebu News [SectionUrl] => cebu-news [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 19432 [Title] => Akbayan-Cebu criticizes government inconsistency on barangay, SK polls [Summary] => [DatePublished] => 2007-10-08 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Cebu News [SectionUrl] => cebu-news [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 390833 [Title] => Letter to the editor – Arroyo's promise of job creation [Summary] => The Arroyo government claims that job creation is its primary goal. In reality, its overriding concern for political survival is what is driving its policy decisions, however negatively these may impact on the jobs crisis.

Furthermore, its actual policy thrust is to maintain price stability and achieve fiscal balance, primarily to ensure its continued access to credit in the international credit markets. In this sense, job creation is incidental to these macroeconomic objectives and plays a less than central role in macro policy.
[DatePublished] => 2007-03-22 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Freeman Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 389666 [Title] => Letter to the Editor — What we mean by peace [Summary] => For Akbayan, peace means the absence of war. Peace exists when violence no longer plays a determining role in resolving conflicts between governments and citizens, between peoples, and, between nations. Peace thrives on the principles of tolerance, pluralism, and, respect for human rights and diverse cultures.
[DatePublished] => 2007-03-15 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Freeman Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 372580 [Title] => Militants remember Bonifacio with protests [Summary] => Militants will remember Andres Bonifacio today with protest rallies.

However, instead of focusing on the martyrdom of the Philippine hero, members of Akbayan, Alliance of Progressive Labor and their allied groups will focus on issues on the upcoming 12th ASEAN Summit next month.

Similarly, Partido ng Manggagawa will continue the struggle of Bonifacio's unfinished revolution by launching its own "KKK" during said summit.
[DatePublished] => 2006-11-30 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Cebu News [SectionUrl] => cebu-news [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 360452 [Title] => Youth groups hold voters registration project [Summary] => Different youth groups yesterday launched the "First Time Voters Registration Project" to encourage young Filipinos to register to practice their right to vote, and educate them to vote for the right leaders during elections.

Ernie Edralin, Akbayan-Cebu spokesperson, said the project is the offshoot of the high number of disenfranchised first time voters during the 2001 and 2004 elections.

The project is also a way of preparing the youth for the plebiscite in case Charter change will push through next year, he added.
[DatePublished] => 2006-09-29 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Cebu News [SectionUrl] => cebu-news [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 321409 [Title] => Youth groups launch "text" drive vs. PGMA [Summary] => A new form of protest against President Gloria Arroyo has taken shape among some youth organizations by texting messages for her ouster reportedly direct to the mobile phone numbers in Malacañang.

The Akbayan Youth, Movement of Student Power, and the Student Council Alliance in the Philippines, among other youth organizations, yesterday joined together in launching this form of anti-Arroyo protest they named as the "text campaign."
[DatePublished] => 2006-02-12 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Cebu News [SectionUrl] => cebu-news [URL] => ) ) )
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