ACT Teachers secure allowances increase, reforms for teachers
DAVAO CITY, Philippines - ACT Teachers Party-list wasted no time on the first day of the 20th Congress as they secured agreements with the Department of Education to increase allowances…
ACT Teachers Party-list Representative France Castro (Photo from House of Representatives' Facebook page)
Who’s behind the ethics complaint vs ACT Rep. Castro?
On the heels of impeachment filing against Vice President Sara Duterte and the quad-comm House hearings on the war on drugs and POGO, an ethics complaint was filed against a House member who played a key role in the hearings, ACT Teachers Representative France Castro.
House House Deputy Minority Leader and ACT Teachers Party-list Rep. France Castro (center) outside of the Office of the City Prosecutor, Quezon City, after filing a criminal complaint against former President Rodrigo Duterte. (Photo from ACT Teachers Party-list's Facebook page)
Castro dismayed over dismissal of complaint vs ex-Pres Duterte
House Deputy Minority Leader and ACT Teachers Party-list Representative France Castro is dismayed over the Quezon City Prosecutor's dismissal of her complaint against former President Rodrigo Duterte.
Davao City 1st District Rep. Paolo Duterte (left), ACT Teachers Rep. France Castro (center), former President Rodrigo Duterte (right)
Dutertes defend (and attack) amid controversies
The Dutertes have constantly red-tagged the Makabayan bloc without basis, deflecting the criticisms against them.
Rosanilla "Lai" Consad (Photo courtesy of Karapatan Caraga)
Red-tagged union leader teacher arrested in Caraga
Several days after the memorandum of the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) tagging Alliance of Concerned Teachers (ACT) and COURAGE as communist fronts was exposed, the military and police arrested another progressive leader in Caraga region on March 17.