The Quezon City Regional Trial Court has dismissed the charges filed against a University of the Philippines Diliman professor and former president of an academic employees’ union, who was arrested by the police last month in connection with her supposed failure to remit the Social Security System contributions of her house helper.
University of the Philippines Diliman (UPD) Professor and former President of All U.P. Academic Employees Union (AUPAEU), Dr. Melania Flores, was arrested in her home inside the UPD Campus Wednesday, Feb. 6 for an alleged violation of Social Security Law in relation to her house helper's benefits.
Progressive group Alliance of Concerned Teachers condemned yesterday the arrest of University of the Philippines professor Melania Flores in Quezon City for supposedly violating the law on remittance of Social Security System contributions.
Education workers and teachers delivered their 10-point challenge to the new administration days before Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos, Jr. took his oath as President and incoming Vice President-elect Sara Duterte assumed the post of Department of Education (DepEd) Secretary.
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