Teachers celebrating the annual Flores de Mayo festival in the Philippines call for significant increases in salaries to compensate for rising inflation.
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Dressed in gowns despite the sweltering summer heat, members of the Alliance of Concerned Teachers (ACT) Philippines held a Santacruzan-themed protest at the gates of the Department of Education (DepEd) in Pasig City on Friday, May 28.
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Public school teachers go creative in protesting low pay, lack of support
By ANNE MARXZE D. UMIL
MANILA – Public school teachers modified the traditional Flores de Mayo to bring attention to their plight in this time of distance learning.
Wearing gowns and adorned with flower arches, six teachers paraded around the Department of Education (DepEd) compound this morning, May 28. They bore the foll titles representing the woes of public teachers:
Reyna Abonada – who shoulders the operational expenses of remote learning such as internet connectivity costs;