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Teacher’ Neric Acosta commemorates International Women’s Day – Let’s take care of our teachers

Monday, 08 March 2010 10:14 administrator

Liberal Party Senatorial candidate ‘Teacher’ Neric Acosta joins the international community in honoring women today. March 8, 2010 is the 91st International Women’s Day.
As this occasion showcases how women are truly ”resourceful, resilient and courageous in these times of hardship”, Acosta also uses this as an opportunity to honor Filipino school teachers—many of them women.

“Our teachers have been exemplary role models for our students especially in the countryside. They go beyond teaching Math, Science and Languages, and go the distance in imparting knowledge on life skills and life lessons. I am proud to be a product of countryside teaching at Our Lady of Lourdes in Camp Philips, Bukidnon where I finished my elementary education. Teachers, the nurturers of the future of our country, should be very well taken care of,” Acosta says.

Higher salaries and more benefits
Acosta adds that these women teachers located in the countryside have been long neglected by the government. Most of them live in poverty or below the minimum standard and have difficulty sending their own children to school. This is ironic given that for several years, the Department of Education (DepEd) has been getting the biggest chunk of the national budget. However, the DepEd has been plagued by corruption scandals including substandard school buildings, defective textbooks and anomalous student feeding programs. “Kung walang corrupt, walang mahirap na teachers!” says Acosta.
‘Teacher’ Neric Acosta emphasizes the strong and urgent need for the government to provide Filipino teachers with their basic rights and privileges — including increasing the teachers’ wages and salaries, sick leaves and vacation leaves, medical and life insurance, and other necessary benefits.

LP Senatorial candidate: The Philippines is not a country of sellouts!

Wednesday, 03 March 2010 06:22 administrator

"Manny Villar claims that he'll end poverty in our country. Apparently, his idea of doing this is by paying everyone off--including his opponents."
This is the response of Liberal Party Senatorial candidate 'Teacher' Neric Acosta to recent news that Villar allegedly offered to pay Gordon and Erap to withdraw from the Presidential race.

"Hindi ako magugulat kung talagang nangyari ang kabalbalan na ito," says Acosta. "It's not beneath Villar to be this conniving considering all the other things he's done to attempt to turn a basic democratic exercise to a petty game for personal rewards."

‘Teacher’ Neric Acosta adds that "as Filipinos, we must feel insulted that someone who claims that he can lead our country thinks that we are a nation of sellouts and do not have the integrity to protect the democracy that so many of our countrymen have fought to restore."

‘Teacher’ Neric Acosta challenges Manny Villar: Truth or Dare?

Tuesday, 02 March 2010 00:00 administrator

Liberal Party Senatorial candidate ‘Teacher’ Neric Acosta challenges Manny Villar to add truth or dare to the many games that Villar is already playing including lying about his own campaign donors and deceiving children and their parents with his camote fund.

“He’s just jealous that ours is a people-powered campaign,” reacts Acosta to Villar’s call for his opponents to reveal their campaign donors.
“From the onset, Senator Aquino has been clear that neither he nor the party will accept contributions that are tied to conditions. Our supporters are there because they truly believe in our cause and the spirit of our campaign—that their support is an investment for democracy, not so that they may reap financial profit after the elections.”

“Our campaign isn’t run solely because of the contributions of businessmen. It’s also very much about our volunteers and the individuals from different sectors who contribute even only the small amounts that they can afford to the piso-piso para sa pagbabago fund. If Villar were truly poor, he’d understand the big difference that even small amounts can make… or perhaps, this is why he understands that we are formidable opponents.”
Moreover, ‘Teacher’ Neric Acosta strongly dares Villar to reveal his own list of donors, especially since AG Nielsen Media reports show that Villar spent over one billion pesos on ads between November and January.

“Villar claims that he paid for his own ads. On the contrary, the note at the end of his TV and radio commercials states that they were paid for by the ‘Friends of Manny Villar’. Ano ba talaga? Baka takot siyang sabihin kung sino itong mga kaibigan niya at baka itong mga kaibigan niya ay mga kaibigan din ni Presidente Arroyo,” Acosta says. “Dakilang sinungaling talaga siya!”

In addition to being a liar, Acosta calls the shamelessly deceptive Villar ‘ang dakilang manlilinlang’—recently shown through Villar’s desperate attempt to circumvent election law by distributing twenty-peso bills to children at a campaign sortie.

Such dole outs are in clear violation of Section 261 of the Omnibus Election Code and are considered vote-buying.

“Villar is full of excuses. He is yet again being deceptive and attempting to undermine the intelligence of the Filipino people. Just because children can’t vote, it doesn’t mean that he isn’t trying to win the votes of their parents or families with his camote fund,” Acosta says.

‘Teacher’ Neric Acosta vows that governance under the Liberal Party will be honest, transparent and free of deception.

Teacher’ Neric Acosta: Ipagpapatuloy ang tunay na diwa ng EDSA 1

Thursday, 25 February 2010 00:00 administrator

Liberal Party Senatorial candidate ‘Teacher’ Neric Acosta joins the Filipino people in commemorating the 24th anniversary of the EDSA Revolution today. He will join Liberal Party Presidential candidate Noynoy Aquino and LP members, friends and supporters at a program at the Araneta Coliseum this afternoon.

“EDSA 1, our proudest moment as a Filipino people, allowed us to reclaim our dignity as a nation at ating nadarama ang tunay na demokrasya,” ‘Teacher’ Neric Acosta says.
“Twenty-four years later, we are faced with the unfinished business of EDSA 1. We find ourselves under serious threat with leaders who have abused and undermined democracy to perpetuate themselves in power.”

‘Teacher’ Neric Acosta adds that “we now see and hear from the forces of dictatorship and those in cahoots that seek to rewrite history with vicious lies that EDSA 1 was a failure.”
“We are confronted by the same issues that we were fighting against during Martial Law—as the past nine years, since 2001 have shown massive corruption, rampant extra-judicial killings and the blatant disregard of the rule of law and human rights. Mas malala pa ngayon ang corruption sa ating bansa!”

“The Filipino people will not let this continue to happen. Lalaban tayo at hindi tayo papayag na magkaroon muli ng pamahalaang diktatura lalung-lalo na ngayon na mayroon tayong administrasyon na napakasakim sa kapangyarihan. We will not allow a return to power of these evil forces through a secret candidate or through those that believe that the Presidency is for sale.”

‘Teacher’ Neric Acosta calls on the Filipino people to rekindle the spirit of EDSA 1: “May 10, 2010 is about the fight of good versus evil. We need EDSA to rebuild and regain our country from the evil forces. Ipagpapatuloy natin ang laban at ang tunay na diwa ng EDSA People Power!”

LP candidate for the environment joins call to protect the seas

Tuesday, 23 February 2010 00:00 administrator

Liberal Party Senatorial candidate and environmental advocate 'Teacher' Neric Acosta joins the United Nations in its call to the Philippines and other Asian countries to protect the seas.

A recent report by the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) has shown that the Philippines and other economically viable ecosystems in East Asia are under threat from pollution and factors, which may increase poverty if the situation is not urgently ameliorated.

"The extent of disregard that some people have for the environment is alarming," 'Teacher' Neric Acota says. "I'm alarmed by the recent report that a whale shark was found killed in Batangas."

'Teacher' Neric Acosta, a proponent of legislation on clean water and biodiversity protection, calls upon the DENR, local government units and civil society to act quickly to protect marine biodiversity. "The environment is about life support systems, which are the foundations of society and the economy. Kailangan nating alagaan ang kalikasan para sa ating kalusugan at kabuhayan."

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'Teacher' Neric Acosta remains committed to bringing environmental issues to the forefront. While he was in Congress, Acosta was the principal author of the groundbreaking Clean Air Act, which served as a model for environmental legislation in Asia. He also authored laws on clean water and solid waste management. Together with other key environmental leaders, he is a convener of the Philippine Imperative on Climate Change.

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