ABPL Newsletter March 2012

8/2/2019 ABPL Newsletter March 2012

1/8

Akap Bata Party-list

(ABPL) spearheads

ght to promote Day

Care Workers (DCW) rights

and welare. The Magna Carta

or Day Care or House Bill

5852 (HB 5852) was drated by

Bayan Muna Rep. teddy Casiohas recently paved its way to

the congress last Februry 14th.

The said bill ocuses on the

real plight o the workers,

wherein salary standardization

o Grade 8 or Php8,000.00 as

their starting pay and security

tenure wherein they cannot be

dismissed to work without due

cause. Benets such as hazard

pay overtime pay, social ser-

vice, medical benets was alsoconversed.

Child rights party-list

Akap Bata helped mon-

itor the implementation

o Dep Ed order number 8 se-

ries o 2012. The said memo

prohibits excessive and illegal

collection o Graduation Fees(Grad Fee). The Grad Fee

Monitor 2012 was launched

last February 14 which aims to

serve as a grievance desk and

hotline to monitor the said ees

in public elementary and high

school.

Correspondingly, Akap Bata

Party-List (ABPL) received

some complaints rom dier-

Akap Bata Spearheads Campaign forMagna Carta for Day Care Workers

Minsan walang sweldo, minsan

meron. Volunteer lang talaga.

(I we are lucky, we are no

replaced. Sometimes we have

salary, sometimes we have

This is just volunteer work)

They believe that this aects

child rearing and hampers childdevelopment.

The said research has also re-

vealed the glaring condition

o DCWs, most o the day

care workers are receives a

minimum salary or P500 up to

P2,000 as salary. She also said

that most o them are withou

assurance that they would keep

their work in the uture. HD-

CWs in private Day Care Cen-

ters (DCC) are more privileged

Akap Bata Monitors Graduation Fee Collectionent schools with regards the

said graduation ee. According

to reports, the highest priced

graduation ee is rom Bunga-

rin Elementary School in Rizal

which is around Php 1,500.00

and the lowest priced gradu-ation ee is rom Parang El-

ementary School in Marikina

City amounting to Php 238.00.

Some items that are being ask

or payments include toga,

graduation picture, decoration

and oods. Most complainants

lament that Kapag hindi nag-

bayad ng grad ee, di maku-

kuha ang card. While some

complainants were threatened

that graduation rites will be

cancelled.

As complaints regarding gradu-

ation ee esalated, ABPL re-

iterates to the Department o

Education (Dep Ed) SecretaryArmin Luistro to strictly imple-

ments the DepEd Order 8, se-

ries o 2005 which prohibits the

collection o any graduation ee

or any kind o contribution or

the graduation rites.

In a report, Luistro stated that

DepEd is such a big organiza-

tion and we need more hands

on deck in ensuring that gradu-

ation rites are devoid o pomp

and pageantry and that no ees

are collected rom students.

Likewise, Akap Bata Party Lis

National Secretary-Genera

Arlene Brosas said in a state-ment that We are one with the

DepEd in pushing this kind o

policy that will surely bene

our graduating students.

She also added As prices o

basic commodities and services

rise, all orms o charges im

posed against our graduating

students this year will be con

The Plight of DCWs

In a eld research, one DCW

was quoted saying May mga

kasamahan kami na ilang taon

na nagtuturo sa Day Care peropag napapalitan ang chairman,

napapalitan na rin sila (We have

collagues who are aected by

politicking. I the Barangay

chairman is replaced ater elec-

tions, DCW are replaced too.

She also added that Swertihanlang kung hindi kami alisin. continued on page 2

continued on page 2

Para sa Bata, Pamilya at Pamayanan Volume 1 Issue No. 1 | March 20


2/8

2

Akap bata South NCR

conducted eeding

program in Barangay

South Daang Hari in Taguig

City on January 29. Children

aged three to seven years oage were the main target o

the program. Jagz Dela Cruz

o Akap bata Pasay supported

the event together with other

organizations including Tra-

ditional Youth Organization,

Sk Council o Barangay South

Daang Hari (SDH), Anaka-

Bayan-SDH, Kabataan Party

List-SDH, and Kadmay SDH.

The objective o the activity is

to create local chapters to assist

in the establishment o ABPL.Rights o a child were tackled.

Parents o the children involved

were also present.

Aside rom Southern part o

NCR, eeding programs were

also held consequently amongdierent parts o NCR such

as Caloocan, Manila, Makati,

Quezon City, Pasig and Mariki-

na. The said program even

reached until the provinces o

Antipolo, Rizal and Cavite.

Akap Bata South NCR Coordi-

nator Jagz De La Cruz said that

Akap Bata eedding programs

are eorts exerted by the com-

munity. Everyone participates

to make the series o theseevents succesul. She also

NEWS

Akap Bata Holds Feeding Program

added that Hon. Teddy Casino

helped provide the hot meals.

Akap bata estimated a total o

5,000 children who benetted

rom the said program.

because their condition and

salary is relatively better.

Campaign Development

Akap Bata Party-list Secretary

General Arlene Brosas said that

As a basic social institution, itis just right and air to protect the

carers o our children as much

as we care or their uture. She

also added that Most o the day

care school teachers are proes-

sionals, either education or child

development graduate.

HB 5852 was rst discussed

last December 2011 during the

gathering o Federation o Day

care Workers in Antipolo City,

Rizal. The said event was at-

tended by over 180 DCWs. A

consultation with Cong. Ca-

sio together with the day care

workers o Brgy. San Luis, An-

tipolo City, day care teachers o

Akap Bata Philippines Inc also

took place. The bill and its pro-

visions were tackled.

Currently, the HB 5852 is being

lobbied in many parts o Luzon

Magna Carta...(from page 1)

and has now reached provinces

o Rizal, Ilocos, Baguio, Bi-

col and several parrts in Metro

Manila. It has gained various

support rom many child-rights

advocates, public ocials and

Church institutions. Various lo-

cal legislations has also beenadopted in Tabaco City, Albay

and Virac, Catanduanes as o

press time.

Supporters:

Most Reverend Bishop Joel Bay-

lon, City Social Welare and De-

velopment Ofcer- Maria Marlene

Guiuan-Manaya, RSW (Regional

Social Worker), Assistant City

Social Welare and Development

Ofcer- Elenor P. Homo, RSW o

Legaspi, Albay; Bikol Social Ac-

tion Center -CAPIU Child Abuse

Prevention and Intervention Unit;

CAR Day Care Worker Federation

President and Vice President North

Luzon Day Care Workers Federa-

tion- Ms. Conie Labon; Bulacan

Vice Governor Daniel Fernando

and Quezon City Councilors Al-

red Vargas, Masbate City Mayor,

Maureen Brizu (President, Region

5 Federation o DCW) and Quezon

City Councilor Candy Medina.

sidered exorbitant and unjust.

Brosas also said that they will

be rm in pushing sanctions

against violators.

Brosas also stated that We

challenged the administration

o President Benigno Simeon

Aquino III that i he really

wants to ensure that no ees

will be imposed against public

school students rom this day

onwards, tehn he must priori-

tize the sector o education in

terms o allotting higher budget

above anything else.

Graduation Fee... (from page 1)

Akap-Bata encourages parents

and students to report their

complains to this hotline (02)

5163206 regarding gradua

tion ees. Complainants most-

ly came rom the provinces

o Pampanga, Nueca Ecija

Marikina, Quezon, Antipolo

Eastern Samar, Zambales

Caloocan, San Juan Pasig, No-

valiches, Camarines Sur, Bicol

Bulacan, Batangas, Laguna, Al

bay and Quezon City. The com

plaints are now consolidated

and has been orwarded to the

Dep Ed.

In 2009, 3.3 million children

below 5 years old are under-

weight. This validated a survey

by the Social Weather Station

in 2011 that estimated 4.5 mil-

lion amilies experiencing in-

voluntary hunger at least once

in the last quarter o that year.

Akap Bata nally reminded the

government that Hungry peo-

Peoples Caravan...(from page 3)ple are angry people. Flores

ended that Parents and child

advocates cannot just stand by

while their amilies and chil-

dren go hungry. Corporate

prot and government greed

cannot be more important than

the lives o our children and

amilies.


3/8

3NEWS

A

kap Bata Party-List tells

PNoy, Stop Noynoying

over reports o rights

violations against children

Not at the expense o our chil-

dren. The Aquino administra-

tion must stop Noynoying over

rising slay cases and rights

abuses on children.

This has been the strong state-

ment o the child welare group,

Akap Bata Party-List today as

they air alarm over series o

news reports rom the mass me-

dia concerning rampant killings

and cruelties against Filipino

children. The group said that

the government o President

Benigno Simeon Aquino III

must treat such cases as a State

responsibility and social ob-

ligation instead o seeing it as

Akap Bata Airs Alarm Over Rising Casesof Violence Against Children

mere petty-crimes and regular

scene on daily news programs.

Akap Bata Party-List pointed-out that acts released by main-

stream media showing sharp in-

crease o rape-slay cases rom

2,587 (2001) to a record-high

4,016 (2011) and the Philip-

pine National Polices rape-slay

cases on February 2012 alone

that reached 17 incidents need

serious attention and resolu-

tion rom the government. They

stressed that President Aquino

must immediately do his home-

work and must not waste his

time doing nothing i he doesnt

want more children to be vic-

timized as days pass by.

The alarming rate and worsen-

ing child protection situation in

the Philippines clearly refects

the society we have and the u-

ture we want to pass-on to our

next generation. It urther man-

iests that our government lacksmeasures in deending and pro-

moting the rights o every Fili-

pino child, says Arlene Brosas,

national secretary-general o

Akap Bata Party-List.

She added, We challenge

PNoy to ully and strongly

implement existing child pro-

tection laws and policies like

Republic Act 7610 (Anti Child

Abuse Law), Republic Act

9262 (Anti-Violence against

Women and Children Law) and

others alike. What use are these

laws to children i they are not

implemented?

Akap Bata Party-List said that

i the State has clear child pro-

tection eorts then it must have

programs to train communities

and child carers, services or

children and greater subsidy orsocial services in the best inter

est o children. They added tha

i the State is able to address

and provide or the basic needs

o children and their amilies

like shelter, education, ood and

jobs or their parents, children

would be o the streets and less

prey to abuse, violence and kill-

ings.

We are not playing here. Presi-

dent Aquino must always bear

in mind that a single addition

to the growing number o death

and abuse cases o children

contributes vast social cost be

cause what we are losing here is

a lie and a productive orce o

the uture, ended Brosas.

Nothing left to feed our

children!

Child rights party-list Akap

Bata staged a Lugaw Protest

during the North Triangle ex-

pedition o the Peoples Cara-

van or Jobs, Homes and Social

Justice in Sitio San Roque in

Quezon City today. The group

gives rice porridge (lugaw)

to kids in the community as

orm o protest to the loom-

ing imposition o new rounds

o price hikes on oil products

this week, as announced by the

Energy Department. To date,

various commodities like sug-

ar, vegetable among others and

services like electricity raise

its prices due to increase o

uel charges.

Akap Bata Party-List Joins Peoples Caravan

for Jobs, Homes and Social JusticeThe group called the eight con-

secutive oil price hikes at the

onset o the year 2012 utter

greediness as they also criti-

cizes Aquino governments in-

action. The group said that The

road to tuwid na daan is clearly

expensive. This is because the

big oil companies, through the

help o its mouthpiece Aquino

government clearly choose

prot over ood.

Akap Bata Party-list Spokes-

person, Lean Peace Flores says,

While the prices o oil and ba-

sic commodities are skyrocket-

ing, the salary o our workorc-

es remains meager. I wonder

i the oil companies and even

the government ever wonder

or care how our parents, guard-

ians and child-carers will eed

the children? She added that

The way the Aquino admin

deend the price hikes, the an-

swer is obviously a clear and a

big no.

Akap Bata is alarmed by how

the constant oil price hikes a-

ect the prices o basic com-

modities like ood. The group

explained that when the oil

prices are high, the prices o

basic commodities will de-

nitely ollow. In the past ew

days, prices o vegetables have

skyrocketed due to increased

trucking ees.

A 2012 UNICEF study has

already exposed the dangers

o poverty and how it puts the

health condition o the children

at risk. The study said that this

is evident in the urban poor set-

ting. Flores agreed and said tha

For so long, Filipino amilies

cannot aord the nutritious

ood that their children needs

This will only worsen the health

condition o our children. Hun

ger incidences and malnutrition

gures among children wil

surely increase.

The number o underweigh

Filipino children rose over the

past years because o the ood

price spikes that reduced the

ability o poor Filipinos to buy

ood, according to the Food and

Nutrition Research Institute

continued on page 2


4/8

4

Maligayang pagbati sa mga opisyal at myembro ng Akap Bata at sa libu-libong mgaday care workers sa buong bansa!

Nais kong magpasalamat sa Akap Bata dahil naisusulong ang karapatan ng atingmga day care workers. Kayo ang naging tulay upang malaman ko at ng iba pangmga progresibong mambabatas ang kanilang kalagayan, nang sa gayon ay maitu-wid o mapaunlad ang batas at magkaroon sila ng kinatawan sa Kongreso.

Lubos ang aking paghanga sa mga day care workers. Sa kanila pinagkakatiwala,

ng mga magulang na katulad ko, ang pag-aaruga at pagtuturo sa mga batangkinabukasan ng ating bansa.

Kung tutuusin, ang kanilang responsibilidad at trabaho ay kasing bigat at maaar-ing higit pa nga sa ilang pagkakataon sa iba pang lingkod bayan. Ngunit hindisapat ang kanilang tinatanggap upang suportahan ang kanilang sariling pamilya.

Kaya naman sa tulong ng Akap Bata ay isinusulong natin ang House Bill (Panuka-lang Batas) 5852 o ang Magna Carta for Day Care Workers, na bunga ng konsulta-syon sa sektor. Hangarin ng panukalang batas na ito na maibigay ang nararapatna suporta para sa ating mga day care workers, kasama na rito ang regular napasahod, seguridad sa trabaho at mga benepisyo.

Panahon na upang mabigyan ng karampatang sahod, benepisyo at pasasalamatang ating mga dakilang day care workers. Sa pag-garantiya ng kanilang mgakarapatan ay mapapaunlad ang pagkalinga sa mga bata, para sa kinabukasannila at ng ating bansa.

Mabuhay kayo!

Pagpupugay sa AKAP BATA sa patuloy na pagpupunya-gi nito upang itaguyod ang karapatan at kagalinganng mga bata at bayan.

Nagagalak ang GABRIELA na ang AKAP BATA ay nag-

ing aktibong katuwang nito sa pagpaplaganap ng-kampanya laban sa karahasan sa kababaihan at bata.Simula ng maging isa sa mga mayor na convenor angAKAP BATA nang buuin ang MARIPOSA-isang networkna nagtataguyod upang wakasan ang Violence AgainstWomen and Children o (VAWC) noong nakaraaangnobyembre 25, 2011 sa selebrasyon ng InternationalDay for the elimination of violence against women o

IDEVAW, mahalaga at signipikanteng papel na angnagampanan ng akap bata sa kampanya.

Nitong buwan ng Pebrero hanggang Marso 8 sa paggunita sa pandaigdigang araw ng kababaihan, ibat

ibang aktibidad ang matagumpay na nailunsad ngGABRIELA sa pakikipagtulunagan at partisipasyon ngAKAP BATA.

Umani ng maraming suporta mula sa ibat ibang gurokawani, mag-aaral, at sa hanay ng admin ng TUPat sa La Consolacion College Pasig ang isinagawangPhoto-Video pledge to end VAWC , forum at petitionsigning laban sa child abuse. Sa mga aktibidad na itoiisa ang naging tugon ng mga napalahok: kailanganng sama-samang pagkilos, higit pang palawakin angkampanya! Hikayatin ang mga kaibigan, kapamilya a

katropa! END VAWC!

Higit pang pinatunayan ng AKPA BATA ang kanyangdedikasyon sa pagtataguyod ng interes ng mga bata atng buong bayan sa kanyang pagsanib sa malawak napanawagan ng kababaihan upang tutulan ang patuloyna pagtaas ng presyo ng langis at iba pang mga bilhinbilang pangunahing isyung ipinanawagan ng mga kababaihan sa selebrasyon ng araw ng mga kababaihanTumpak ang tindig ng AKAP BATA na habang patuloyna pinagsasamantalahan ang mga mamamayan lalona ang mayoryang manggagawa at magsasaka higina dadanas ng matinding kahirapan ang mga bata.

Congressman Teddy Acevedo

Casio represents a new

generation o Filipino leaders

young, principled, competent and

with a heart or the masses

A consistent voice agains

corruption and abuse, Teddy is

best known or upholding the

rights o the poor and

marginalized sectors as a three

term party list representative o

Bayan Muna


5/8

5OPINION

Kapag may demolisyon, laging

kawawa ang mga bata. Katulad

ngayon, magkakaroon ng mala-

wakang paglilinis sa kahabaan

ng Tondo Foreshoreland. Pribado

na kasi ang pantalan; isa sa may-ari si Eduardo Danding Co-

juangco Jr., ang tiyuhin ng kasa-

lukuyang panguo ng bansa.

Sabi nila, kailangang muling pa-

gandahin at pasiglahin ang panta-

lan. Kaya, kailangang gibain ang

mga barung-barong at anumang

pandumi sa lugar na iyon ng

Tondo. Makikinabang nga ba

ang mga mamamayan sa pinaba-

go at pinagandang piyer? Ang

sagot, nakalulungkot na hindi.

Tanging ang may negosyo angmakikinabang dito.

Saklaw ng buong Tondo Fore-

shoreland ang mga lugar ng Pa-

rola, Road 10-Mabuhay, Baran-

gay 105 na saklaw ang Hapilan,

Gawad Kalinga (GK), Tempo-

rary Housing at Sitio Damayan/

Ang Bata at Ang DemolisyonJosephine Lumawod, Akap Bata Manila Coordinator

dumpsite area, Isla Puting Bato

at Baseco. Ang Piyer 2 hanggang

18 ang naging pinakakanlungan

ng mga maralitang taga-probinsi-

ya na nakipagsaparalan, sa pag-

aakalang mapagagaang ng lung-sod ang hirp nilang buhay, doon

sa kanayunan.

Sa kasalukuyan, nakatayo

pa rin ang mga komunidad

ng Hapilan, GK, Temporary

Housing, Sitio Damayan/

dumpsite area, Baseco at mag-

ing ng mga komunidad sa loob

ng piyer. Ang 28,000 pamilya,

o katumbas ng 100,000 katao

ang tumatahan ngayon sa mga

komunidad na nabanggit at

karamihan nga, gaya nangnabanggit na, ay mga nakip-

agsapalaran sa Maynila na

probinsiyanot probinsiyana,

biktima ng nagdaan nang mga

demolisyon sa kahabaan ng pi-

yer, at ang walang mga kakaya-

hang kumuha sa socialized

housing project ng gobyerno.

Hindi na bago ang demoli-

syon sa mga taga-piyer.

Nauna nang giniba ang kaba-

hayan ng 200 pamilya sa Pi-

yer 6 noong huling kuwarto

ng taong 2011. Dahil walanamang ibang mapuntahan,

gumawa ng temporaryong

masisilungan ang mga ape-

ktado sa Piyer 8.

Subalit, talaga nga yatang

inaalat, isang Notice to Va-

cate ang ibinungad ng Phil-

MAHAL ng Panginoong He-

sus ang mga bata (C. Mt 14:

19). Sabi nga Niya, walang

mapaghaharian ng Diyos kundi

yaong may mga damdamin,

pag-asa, at pagtitiwalang tulad

ng isang bata (C. Mk 10:15);

at ang sinumang magtutulak

sa mga bata na mapariwara at

gumawa ng masama, tiyak na

parurusahan ng Diyos sa oras

ng Paghuhukom (Mt 18: 2 6).

Subalit ang binasbasangmga bata ng Panginoong Hes-

us, nanganganib na mapariwara

dahil sa patuloy na pag-iral ng

karalitaan at kawalang-galang

sa kanilang mga karapatan.

Sa pinakahuling ulat ng Unit-

ed Nations Childrens Fund

(Unice), naging napakabi-

lis ng pagdausdos ng uri ng

pamumuhay ng mga bata sa

kalungsuran, bagay na naghah-

antad sa kanila sa panganib ng

At pinagpala Niya ang mga bataIsang pagmumuni-muni ni Noel Sales Barcelona*

Ano ang epekto ng mga demoli-

syon sa mga bata? Tumatatak sa

isipan nila ang karahasang bunga

ng demolisyon. Hirap ang ka

tawan nila sa paulit-ulit paglipa

ng matitirhan. Masaklap nitowalang kabuhayan sa paglilipa

tan sa kanila. Natural, kapag al-

ang pera, alang pagkain, alang

pang-eskwela, alang lahat.

Ngayon, sino ang makapagsa

sabing hindi makatuwiran na sila

ay lumaban?

kawalang-tirahan, sakit, gutom,

at pang-aabuso.

Sa Pilipinas, dumarami

ang kabataang nasasadlak sa

prostitusyon (60,000 hanggang

100,000 bata ang ipinupuslit

t a u n - t a o n

para gawing

mga parau-

san) at su-

masabak sa

napakahi -

rap at de-l i k a d o n g

mga tra-

baho, para

l a m a n g

m a b u h a y

(2.4 milyon ang mga batang

manggagawa sa Pilipinas

noong nakaraang taon). Duma-

rami rin ang sanggol sa sinapu-

punan ang hindi na nabibigy-

ang karapatan na isilang at

magkapangalan dahil pinapatay

na sila ng kanilang mga ina

(800,000 aborsiyon taun-taon).

Lahat ng ito dahil sa kahirapan

at kawalang pag-asa sa buhay.

Sabi nga Mohandas K. Gandhi,

Ang kahirapan ang pinakama-

lalang uri ng

karahasan.

Bu-

kod sa kara-

hasan ng

kahi rapan ,

d i n a r a h a sdin ang mga

bata ng mili-

tarisasyon at

kalamidad.

Marami ang

nagsisiksikan at nagkakasakit

sa evacuation centers na nag-

ing tahanan na nila sa loob ng

mahaba-haba na ring panahon.

Habang nagpapatuloy ang kara-

hasan at ang sakunang dulot ng

pag-abuso sa kalikasan, patuloy

na nasasadlak ang mga bata sa

kahabag-habag na kalagayan a

patuloy silang napagkakaitan

ng paglagong pisikal, menta

at espirituwal. Batid naman

siguro natin na ang pananam

palatayang walang kalakip na

mabubuting gawang nasasala

lay sa hustisya sosyal ay sam

palatayang patay? (C. Mic 6:8

Jas. 2: 26)

_________________* Si Noel ay korespondent ng Cath-

olic Bishops Conerence o the

Philippines News Service at nagsu

sulat sa pahayagang PINAS Glob

al Newspaper. Kasalukuyan siyang

nag-aaral ng batayang kurso sa

Bibliya ng Catholic Home Study

Service sa U.S. at magsisimula sa

kanyang kursong B.A. in Theol

ogy major in Christian Apologetics

sa Trinity School o Theology and

Apologetics na nakabase sa ban

sang India.

ippine Ports Authority sa kanila

noong Pebrero 20, 2012. Labinli-

mang (15) araw lang ang ibinigay

na palugit ng PPA sa mga resi-

dente para makahanap ng bagong

matitirhan.

Palalaparin ang kalsada papun-

tang piyer at para magawa ito,

kailangang palayasin ang 400

indibiduwal sa Road 10. Saman-

tala, natapos na rin ang census-

tagging sa komunidad ng Sitio

Damayan/dumpsite area.


6/8

6

Sa loob ng isang araw ay may bentekwatro oras ngunit para sa ating maymga adbokasiya, tila baga kulang angmga oras na ito para gampanan lahatng ating gawain.

Talaga nga namang napakabilis ng pa-nahon. Sa unang kwarto ng taong ito,marami ang nangyari, nagbago at maymga panimulang tagumpay din tayongnakamit. Para sa National Secretariatng Akap Bata Party-list (ABPL), naihanayna ang mga coordinator sa buong NCR,nagkaroon tayo ng bagong opisina saCubao, nakiisa tayo sa laban para sapaninirahan at nagpasimula tayo ngkampanya para sa mga Day Care Work-ers (DCW).

Nuong Enero, nakiisa tayo sa laban sapaninirahan ng mga maralita. Nanini-wala tayo na ang pamayanan at angtahanan ay esensya sa pagkakalinga ngbatang Pilipino. Nitong Pebrero namanay nagsimula rin ang ating kampanya

Mensahe Mula saSecretary General

Nagpapasalamat tayo samga sumusunod na organ-isasyon/indibidwal na na-kasalamuha namin sa pag-

dalaw sa mga sumusunod naprobinsya:

Baguio - Bishop Carlito Cen-zon, Fr. Paul Basilio, DZWTReporter - Nick Calinao, May-or Mauricio Domogan, Coun-cilor Betty TabandaMs. ConieLabon- President Baguio DayCare Workers Federation,Vice President North Luzon(CAR)Day Care Workers Fed-eration, Fr. William-PacdalParish Priest

Itogon, Benguet - Mayor Os-car Camantilles, Grace O.Pocsol-MSWD, Flordeliza G.Diase- Community Affairs

Asst. Municipal Tourism Ac-tion Center

Cabugao Mayor Eddie BoyCobangbang

Bulacan - Vice Gov. DanielFernando, Rowena WhengTiongson-PSWDO

Meycauayan,Teacher MaryAnne, Kagawad Nelia San-cho, Msgr. Jose Antonio S.Galvez-Parish priest Immac-

Si Arlene D. Brosas ay kilalang

child rights advocate. Siya ay nag

ing E xecutive Director ng Akap sa

Bata ng Guro Kalinga Inc. nuong

taong 2008 - 2009 at 2009 - 2010

Naging tagapagsalita din sya ng An

ti-Child Pornography Alliance kung

saan matagumpay nitong naipasang

batas ang Anti Child Pornography

Bill nuong 2009. Sa kasalukuyan

sangkot si Arlene sa mas kompre

hensibong kilusan sa pagsusulong

ng kagalingan at karapatan ng mga

bata bilang Secretary General ng

Akap Bata Party-list

ulate Conception, Ms.IreneTaguinod-St. Paul UniversityExtension

Rizal - Gov. Casimiro Ynares,Russell Guiller C. Ynares-Provincial Administrator,Monet Martin- ECCD OfficerProvincial

Naga - Oscar ArcillaPili - Raquel Manjares c/oemsDaet - Bishop Gilbert A. Gar-ceraLegaspi - Bishop Joel Z. Bay-lon, Brenda Locsin, Mariamarlene guiuan-manaya-

cswdo, Elenor P. Homo- asstcswdoMasbate - Mary Jane Dalanon-nurse, Cinky Valencia

architect, Fr. Leo casas-SACdirector, Vice chair RegionaDevelopment Council, AileneCaritas Masbate, MayorSocrates Tuason, Edna Aribon Jazul- cswdo pasirunganCatanduanes - Kag. JuanVELCHEZ, Kag. Joy CabreraPBM/Kag. Lemuel P. SurtidaBony R. Sodela, Catandauanes President of ProvinciaDay Care Worker MaureenBrizu

sa DCW. Inulunsad din ang Grad FeeMonitor 2012 sa bwan na ito. Sa kasa-lukuyan ang mga reklamo at/o reportna nakalap natin ay nasa Departmentof Education na. Pebrero rin tayo nag-simulang maimbitahan sa mga pagpu-

pulong, forum at iba pang pagtitipon saibat ibang probinsya. Ngayong Marsonaman ay nakiisa tayo sa panawagansa pagbabasura ng Oil DeregulationLaw. Naniniwala ang ABPL na ang seryeng pagtaas ng langis at bilihin ay maka-kaapekto sa pangkalusugang aspeto ngmga bata. Ano na lamang ang ipapak-ain natin sa mga batang Pilipino?

Sa katapusan ng Marso hanggang un-ang linggo ng Abril, marami sa atingmga Day Care Centers ay magkakaroon

ng Moving Up ceremonies. May ga-ganapin ding City-wide formation angABPL-Caloocan at Secretariat Buildingnaman sa ABPL-Pasay. Inaabangan dinnatin ang Art Camp sa April 13 - 15 saPrado Verde sa Caloocan. Higit sa lahat,

ubos lakas tayong naghahanda para sa National Convention sa April 21.

Marami tayong nakasalamuhang mga bagong kasama, kaibigan at mga taga-suporta sa pagsusulong ngkarapatan at kagalingan ng mga bata. Bukod sa pa

glalatag ng kampanya sa isyung pambata sa MetroManila, nakarating at lumawak po ang ating kampanya hanggang sa Ilocos Sur, Baguio, Benguet, Bicol aBulacan. Nakatulong ng malaki sa maraming paraaanang ibat ibang kapatid natin sa Simbahan, ibat ibangpederasyon ng DCW, mga Local Government Units apati na rin mga Peoples Organization (PO).


7/8

7LITERARY

bata ka pa.

bakas sa iyong mukhaang kawalang-malay,

ang kamusmusan,ang kabataan mong

pilit inaagawng lipunang

kailanmay hindisa iyo mangangalaga.

bata ka pa.musmos pang maituturing

ang iyong kamalayan.tulad ng antas ng pag-iisip

nilang nang-aapisa iyong pamilya

at bayan.

bata ka pa.

hindi mo pa batid marahilang mga mali sa lipunan.mga maling pinapalabas na tama

nilang mgaganid at gahaman.

bata ka pa,

ngunit hindi ang pag-unawa mosa katotohanang tumatambad

sa mura mong isipan.alam kong hindi kailangang

maging matanda

upang tandaan ang realidadna direkta kang kasangkot

at kabilang.

bata ka papero hindi ka hiwalay

sa kanilang nakatatandangnaghahangad ng pagbabago.

hindi ka kailanman maliligtassa pang-aapi,

sa pagsasamantala,sa abuso

nilang panginoonglokal at dayo.

bata ka pa,ngunit kasangkot ka na.

karugtong ka

sa bawat impit na daingng iyong lipunangsinikilan ng kalayaan.ng iyong pamilyang

ninakawan ng lupat kabuhayan.ng iyong inat amang inagawan

ng mga makapangyarihan.

bata ka pa.tulad ng patutunguhan ng bayan

mo

matapos ang kasalukuyannitong pakikipaglaban

ang matandang lipunang ito,

ang kaayusang kinamulatangpuno ng inhustisyat paghihirap

ay tiyak magluluwal ng bago.

bata ka pa.

kayat sigurado mong aabutanang nalalapit

na tagumpay ng pakikibaka

pakikibakang magsisilang ngsupling

na hindi wangisng lipunan mo ngayon

at kahapon.

tiyak ito

na kahit bagong karanasaymangangalaga sa iyo

at sa susunod na salinlahi.mula sa sinapupunan ng pagla-

ban,ipapamana sa araw ng tagumpay

ang mas mainam na mundopara sa mga mga batang

katulad mong pinagkaitan,para sa sambayanan,

para sa sangkatauhan.

Sa Sinapupunan ng PakikibakaChristian Yamzon, Media Ofcer Akap Bata


8/8

8

Hanggang kailanKita matatagpuan

Sa lansanganSa sasakyan

Maghapon at magdamagNamamalimos

Para sa munting baryaPanandaliang lunas

Sa malaong kagutuman

Hanggang kailan mo

Papasanin ang kahirapan?Mamulot ng basura

Gutay gutay na damitPagal at lantad na katawan

Sinipsip ng sementoSa ilalim ng tulay

Sa kalyeDinadaanan ng marami

Katabi ang yong mga kalakal

Hanggang kailan

papagurin ang iyong isipNa mangarap

Ng Pagkain

DamitBubong na masilungan

GamotMakapag-aral

Desenteng pamumuhayNg malasakit

Ng init ng pagmamahal

Hanggang kailan papatakAng aking mga luha

At humagulgolSa pait na iyong sinapit?

MainisMagalit

Sa pamahalaangMakasarili

PabayaBakal

At ganid

Hanggat paladMoy nakabuka

Mga matay

NamumugtoKataway

Tuluyang mabuwalAt bumagsakSa lansangan

Patuloy ko kayongMaging inspirasyon

Paghuhugutan ng lakas

Sa pag-aambagNg pakilos

Na magbibigay ng pag-asa

Tungo sa maningningMong bukas

Kayong aking mahalNa paslit sa lansangan.

PaslitKa Elmo, Migrante Austria

Editorial Staff

Jo Anne Anastacio

Danica Casllo

Neshreen Kingking

Carol TanghalChrisan Yamzon

Contributing Writers

Noel Sales Barcelona

Josephine Lumawod

Contributing Photographers

Andrew Del Casllo

Noel Celis

For Feedbacks, please reach akap bata party-

list through the following:

Address: 74 A Stanford St., Cubao, Quezon City

Phone: 399.4064

email: [email protected]: hp://facebook.com/akapbata

twier: hp://twier.com/akap_bata_party

The "Balitang Akap Bata" is the official quarterly news-

letter of akap bata party-list. This maiden issue is pub-

lished by akap bata party-list to dessiminate informa-

tion, news updates and showcase writing and artistic

prowes of its members, friends and volunteers. Akap

Bata party-list is open for feedbacks and suggestions to

improve our newsletter.

Documents

ABPL Newsletter March 2012