Youth: kita nasad sa kongresso! let OUR voices be heard!

[duke pikaso]

sa asa nga youth sector, sa left? mao diay wala ko kadungog ani. you can do your part sa kalambuan sa nasud bisan pa ug dili mo mag-apil-apil sa hugaw sa pulitika! Pareho ra mo ug linya ni Pacquaio bai.

wahahahaha!! kalingaw sad nimug response dah!!! ikumpara ba kay pacquiao!.. basaha sa ang programa sa kabataan beh... youth sector sa left?? diin man ka ana na term oi?? its not a matter of "left", "right" or neutral! its a matter of choice.. and yeah, dili lang ang pag apil sa pulitika ang pwede nimu buhaton para sa kalambuan.. but since these reps are politically inclined, that's their choice.. pwde ra gud ka muapil sa mga street sweeping projects, limpyu sa kanal sa ciudad sa sugbo, and the like.. u can do that!! mkapalambo jud ka sa nasud!! :mrgreen:

[duke pikaso]

Nearly half of Filipino registered voters are aware of the party-list system

Around one in two Filipinos (49%) reports awareness of the party-list system – which is marginally lower than the January 2007 figure (55%). Across the country’s geographic areas, levels of awareness range from 41% in the rest of Luzon to 63% in the Visayas. In terms of socio-economic classes, those belonging to the best-off socio-economic grouping are most aware of the party-list system relative to those in the poorer classes (59% in Class ABC versus 44% to 49% in Classes D and E)

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Bayan Muna leads 13 party-list groups with a chance of winning at least one seat in the House of Representatives

If the May 2007 elections were held today, 57% of Filipino registered voters would elect a party-list group to the House of Representatives. Out of the 97 party-list groups whose voter preferences are probed by Pulse Asia in March 2007, 13 currently have a chance of winning at least one congressional seat. Leading the list of probable winners is Bayan Muna with an overall voter preference of 11.9% – more than enough to give them three (3) seats in the Lower House. Other groups with three (3) seats are Gabriela Women’s Party (6.4%), Akbayan! Citizen’s Action Party (7.0%), and Anak Pawis (8.0%). On the other hand, nine groups (9) groups would be able to send one (1) representative each to the House of Representatives and these are: Citizens Battle Against Corruption (2.2%), Ahon Pinoy (2.2%), Kabataan (2.3%), Alyansa ng Sambayanan para sa Pagbabago (2.4%), Anak Mindanao (2.4%), Anak Mahirap Learning Center, Inc. (2.6%), Angat Ating Kabuhayan (2.7%), Angat Antas Kabuhayan Pilipino Movement (2.8%), and Aangat Tayo (3.6%). [Note: The survey has an overall margin of error of +/- 2 percentage points and this would have implications for identifying the probable winners in the election for party-list representatives based on current survey data.]

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update.

about Pulse Asia : http://pulseasia.newsmaker.ph/main.a...ion=About%20Us

Pulse Asia, Inc., an enterprise launched by professional academics with acknowledged expertise in their respective fields of study, is dedicated to monitoring salient socio-economic, political and cultural issues in the minds of the Filipino public. This mission is anchored on the belief that a periodic measurement of the public pulse is a key ingredient for creating a robust democracy.

[edgeknife]

It's time for a change in the Senate!!! CHIZ Escudero. Boses Mo. Boses Ko. Boses Natin sa Senado.

[duke pikaso]

Only four of 10 new graduates will land a job this year, says youth partylist

Joblessness awaits Batch 2007

The Kabataan Partylist today disproved government claims of an increase in employment rate, saying it’s nothing but a media stunt intended to conceal the anticipated rise in the unemployment rate this month with the entry of new graduates in the workforce.

Contrary to government claims, Kabataan Partylist President and 1st nominee Raymond Palatino said only a few of the more than 400,000 students who will graduate this month and on April will land a job within the next two years.

“Only four of every 10 graduates will land a job within the year of their graduation. Many of those able to get a job will be in call centers or work abroad,” he added.

“Unfortunately, the employment pool can accommodate only a few of these graduates thus leaving many others asking themselves whether college education was worth the time and money at all,” Palatino said.

“The economy is unable to absorb the large number of new entrants into the labor market each year. Even records of the Commission on Higher Education show business courses alone produce about 45,000 surplus graduates who end up unemployed. It is particularly difficult for young workers to find employment, and even more difficult for them to find well-paid, secure and safe jobs.”

“Thus many of this year’s graduates are left with only two options: either to work in call centers or leave the country. This largely explains the continuous brain drain in the country and the soaring underemployment rate.”

Palatino said the lack of job opportunities is forcing many college degree holders to work in call centers or as domestic helpers and caregivers just to earn a living, even if these jobs do not match their degrees for which their families spent large sums of money.

He added that these new graduates, as their previous batches were, are doomed to become idle in the following months, even years after graduation.

He cited a study conducted by Dr. Roberto Padua and Dr. Juliet Daguay of Mindanao Polytechnic State College which shows that lack of jobs has forced 41 percent of males and 50 percent of females to become idle after graduation.

Only 40 percent of the total graduates are likely to land jobs within the year of their graduation. The other 40 percent will not be able to find employment until next year while the remaining 20 percent will probably become unemployed for the next two years. On the average, a graduate has to wait for 18 months before being employed.

Palatino said the waiting period for most graduates may actually take forever.

Citing another study made by Dr. Adriano Arcelo of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), he revealed that jobs requiring higher education comprise only around 7.2 percent of the total job opportunities in the country. Ironically, he said, elementary graduates (11.1 million) and high school graduates (10.9 million) make up most of the employed sector based on the census data in 2003. It is probable however that these comprise the sector that is largely considered underemployed, are self-employed or doing odd jobs, he explained.

He also expressed doubts if the present administration can provide employment to the new graduates this year and if Arroyo can really deliver six million jobs at the end of her term.

Palatino said about 700,000 workers are laid-off every year due to “mass labor contractualization.” He chided the Arroyo government for its continued labor export policy which banks on international migration, saying it does not resolve the prevalent joblessness in the country. Some 2,800 Filipinos fly abroad everyday due to lack of job opportunities.

He said the unemployment problem is rooted in the country’s educational system wherein degree holders do not have the skills and knowledge required to qualify for the jobs they aspire for. “Raw training underwent by new graduates make them unqualified for in demand jobs, so most of them are forced to resort to underemployment,” he explained.

Palatino elaborated that the overconcentration of students on few courses also contributes to the growing unemployment rate. “Most courses in fact do not correspond to the actual need of the local economy for it to develop, and instead its graduates are designed to be exported outside the country to serve foreign interests,” he said.

He then urged the government and the education department to restructure the education curriculum in the context of national industrialization that would generate mass employment and will provide adequate income for the family of Filipino workers.

Palatino likewise advised basic skills training, retraining and upgrading for teachers to solve the poor passing rates in licensure examinations. “The government and our lawmakers must also investigate the proliferation of fly-by-night schools and pseudo-colleges which only serve as diploma-vending institutions but produce mediocre graduates,” he concluded.

[duke pikaso]

UP lang ni nko!!!

hapit naman eleksyon! hehehe

go kabataan!!


About KABATAAN

KABATAAN Partylist is the largest youth party in the country that will represent the youth sector in the 2007 elections.

This will be the second time for the party to run in the partylist elections. In 2004, it was the sole youth party that participated in the elections under its previous name Ang Nagkakaisang Kabataan Para sa Sambayanan or Anak ng Bayan Youth Partylist.

Anak ng Bayan was among the top choices for partylist based on pre-election surveys (Pulse Asia, SWS). However, the partylist fell prey to massive vote shaving. A significant number of its votes were anomalously counted in favor of another partylist group. It was just 35,000 votes short of clinching one seat in the Lower House.

Despite being cheated of electoral victory, the party went on with its advocacies and continued to carry on with the partylist’s principles and general program of action.

Together with some of its founding organizations such as the National Union of Students, College Editors Guild, the League of Filipino Students, Student Christian Movement of the Philippines, Anakbayan and Kabataang Artisa para sa Tunay na Kalayaan (KARATULA), it vigorously campaigned for youth and students’ interests and demands concerning education and employment.

Kabataan partylist remains at the forefront of youth and students’ campaigns against unabated tuition and miscellaneous fee increases, for higher state subsidy for education, adequate jobs for new graduates, the defense and recognition of human rights and civil liberties which include consumer rights and the right to health, and the protection and conservation of national patrimony. It continues to give primacy to the promotion of holistic development and genuine youth empowerment through volunteer work, leadership and skills training and other activities that cater to the needs and interests of young Filipinos.

Drawing inspiration from great youth leaders and the first youth party in the Philippines, Young Philippines, KABATAAN Partylist is determined to place the first youth sectoral representative in Congress and reaffirm the youth’s vanguard role and leadership in social transformation and nation building.

In this time of corrupt governance and political unrest/instability, the nation needs young, vibrant and innovative minds that will restore integrity and morality in governance and lead the nation to genuine progress and social change.

With its new brand of politics – politics of hope, struggle and change - KABATAAN Partylist ushers in a new era for Philippine politics, away from the kind of leadership that traditional politicians and dynasties have for the longest time instilled in government.

This coming elections, we vote for honest officials, for principled leadership and for change. Now more than ever is the time for the youth to be involved

Our future IS our choice. Kabataan, pag-asa ng bayan. Tayo naman sa kongreso!

[pinoytayo]

Well goodluck sa mga youth. I hope that you will not be corrupted as well like what happened sa SK in the baranggay level. I've seen youth groups as useless in the government but they are useful in community service. I really hope dili na ma virus pud ni nga mga bata sa congress if this group will win

[duke pikaso]

Well goodluck sa mga youth. I hope that you will not be corrupted as well like what happened sa SK in the baranggay level. I've seen youth groups as useless in the government but they are useful in community service. I really hope dili na ma virus pud ni nga mga bata sa congress if this group will win

not to underestimate SK leaders, i salute them as well, BUT, they are not HARD CORE politicians, unlike these representatives that will represent kabataan party

u can check the website at www.kabataanparty.com to know more about the party..

or, u can scroll this thread, ive posted some of the info bout kabataan reps...

[astroboyreal]

mo botar ko aning kabataan partylist.

what makes them credible? ang mga ni dagan ani proven and tested mo mo fight sa true meaning of democracy, isog kaau na ni pancit katong na.a pato siya sa san carlos. by the way 3rd nominee siya...

bai ang rally dile man samok samok, nagpakabana lang sila og ila lang gipagawas ang ilang sentimento, parehas sa U.P state college gud na, sooo meaning? dapat barato ang tuition fee or free, pero unsa man haitabo gi increasan og 300%, so kada unit mo abot nag 900-1k, asay tarong ana bai? kung walay mo lihok, kinsa paman? kung dile ta manglihok; kanus-a paman? the youth will play a huge role in our government kay kita gud ang sunod na generation, mo dpenend lang di.ay tag mga actor and actresses? mga trapo na politician? we need change

ang kabataan partylist kay formerly anak ng bayan na siya, katong last election... surveys says #4 sila pero pag abot sa election grabeh kaayo ang dagdag bawas.

and about sa question kinsay nag finance nila. kita baka na na.ay mga ga linya na poster? wala, gi gamit nila ang tanan resources na makaya, ang kabataan doesnt have millions of pesos to support in their campaign. nag rely ra sila sa word of mouth, internet, og mga vcd... like what we did dire sa cebu, nag himo mig video, amot amot kay dile man mi ka afford ipa air sa abs-cbn, nag burn mig cd then gi dissiminate (sak2 bah spelling kapoy og edit) sa mga youth sectors sa province, bukid og city then sila nay bahala og organize sa mga kabatan.onan. ing-ana ang pag dagan sa campaign dire sa cebu. kung sila migz zubiri na.a siyay john pratts; kung si kiko pangilinan na.a siyay sharon cuneta to boost sa ilang campaign... ang kabataan na.a mi angel locsin, ciara sotto, dennis trillo, atom aruallo, marvin agustin, katong vocalist sa brownman revival, jolina magdangal og etc... dire sa cebu mga local celebrity kay si chai fonacier (pinoy dream academy), paula walker (monster radio), karla baustista and etc...
nag rely pud ang kabataan sa mga student council sa mga universities na ipa botar. parehas sa san carlos, repressed kaayo mi bai sa mga bag-ong policies na dile connected sa learning or magpalambo sa istudyante. wala man mi boses bisan ang student council mag lisod kay ang pari dili man maninaw sa mga sentimento sa mga istudyante. ma.o na dapat na.ay representation ang mga youth, para ma forward ang concerns sa congress then diha debatehon kung anagayan banang polisya.

[astroboyreal]

dile ka relate ang isa ka politician na tiguwang (guwang guwang naman na sila dyotay nalang below 30) maka relate sa issues sa mga youth, mo ana dayon sila "mura man mi wala ka agi og pagka youth" tanan mo agi man jud, pero ila raman na e disregard kay mo focus mana sila sa ilang agenda og mga plataporma.

dapat jud nato botaran ang na.ay saktong plataporma

[The_Child]

the youth is said to be the future of our nation.