Kabataan Partylist - USC

💥 OIL PRICE HIKE ALERT

Join the NOISE BARRAGE today, March 23, from 7:30 PM to 8:30 PM at the Petron Station along B. Rodriguez.

This coming Tuesday, March 24, another round of oil price increases is expected, reaching ₱16 to ₱18 for diesel, ₱7 to ₱11 for gasoline, and ₱15 to ₱18 for kerosene.

This will be held at night, during the time when more vehicles are expected to line up at gas stations every Monday evening (the night before the price hike takes effect).

The noise barrage is in line with the call of various sectors to oppose the Oil Price Hike (which will also result in increases in the prices of other basic goods) and the continuing war aggression of the US against Iran.

Express your anger! We must intensify our call to roll back oil prices, junk the Oil Deregulation Law, and scrap the excise tax and VAT on oil!

Everyone is encouraged to bring items that can be used for the noise barrage such as old pots, whistles, and similar objects.

IBASURA ANG 12% VAT!
IBASURA ANG EXCISE TAX!
IBASURA ANG OIL DEREGULATION LAW!
WELGA ANG TUBAG SA OIL PRICE HIKE!
BABAGAN ANG IMPERYALISTANG GERA!
SAHOD ITAAS! PRESYO IUBOS!

🚨 OIL PRICE HIKE ALERT!

Karong umaabot nga Martes, March 24, 2026, ang lain na pud nga hugna sa pagsaka sa presyo sa lana nga muabot sa P16 to P18 sa Diesel, P7 to P11 sa Gasolina, ug P15 to P18 sa Kerosene.

Subay sa panawagan sa lain-laing sektor para batukan ang Oil Price Hike, nga muresulta usab sa pagsaka sa presyo sa uban pang mga batakang palaliton, ug ang padayong gyerang agresyon sa US sa Iran, giawhag ang tanan sa pagsalmot sa ipahigayong NOISE BARRAGE ugma, March 23, 7:30PM-8:30PM sa Petron Station sa B. Rodriguez.

Giawhag usab ang tanan sa pagdala og mga pwedeng magamit sa noise barrage sama sa guba nga kaldero, whistle, ug uban pa.

Ibasura ang excise tax ug vat sa lana!
I-rollback ang presyo sa krudo ngadto sa P55.00!
Ibasura ang Oil Deregulation Law ug ipatuman ang price control sa petrolyo!
Ipatuman ang pagsaka sa plete sa tanang moda sa transportasyon, uban sa P1,200 nga family living wage!
Inasyunalisa ang industriya sa lana. Sa hinanali, ang gobyerno ang mupalit sa krudo ug ibaligya kini sa mas ubos nga presyo!
Ihunong ang gerang agresyon sa US!

CEBU TRANSPORTATION STRIKE UPDATE 🚌✊️

Multi-sectoral groups are now gathered in Colon Street to stand strong and united for the transportation strike, condemning the ongoing Oil Price Hike that greatly affects us commuters, jeepney drivers, public transportation operators, workers, vendors, and other members of the basic masses.

Kabataan Partylist USC calls for every Carolinian to stand in solidarity with our public transportation workers as we combat and resist all capitalistic and imperialist means of exploiting our Filipino people. In the endless US War Aggressions to multiple countries, we as Carolinians should resist policies that make us tools of war and not people of liberation. Join us in ongoing the Cebu Transportation Strike here at Metro Colon until 4:00 PM. ✊️

Laban sa drayber, laban pod sa komyuter!

𝗞𝗢𝗠𝗬𝗨𝗧𝗘𝗥, 𝗞𝗨𝗬𝗢𝗚 𝗦𝗔 𝗟𝗔𝗕𝗔𝗡 𝗦𝗔 𝗧𝗦𝗨𝗣𝗘𝗥!

In the worsening oil crisis due to the war being waged by the imperialist US, our best contribution as commuters and citizens, is to play an active role in the present struggle. This is an issue not only for the jeepney drivers and operators, but for all of us, who, everyday, must face the rising commute prices and that of all other expenses.

While oil prices have risen from P50, to now being P90 to P100 for gasoline, diesel, and kerosene, the big capitalists are using the crisis to gain even more money for themselves. In the corruption being sponsored by the government, the masses continue to bear the burden of VAT, excise tax, and the Oil Deregulation Law, which only serves to worsen our current state.

For this, we must be united in our call for the removal of the VAT and excise tax on oil, for the rollback of prices, and finally, to trash the Oil Deregulation Law; we also call for the nationalization of the oil industry so that it may serve the masses, and not the big foreigners nor the bureaucrat-capitalists, while we are being denied higher wages and lower prices for basic commodities. Lastly, we call for an end to the US war aggression which has cause the crisis we are facing right now.

Commuters, let us join the strike! Show the power of the commuter and jeepney driver united against the price hike, against the imperialist involvement, and for the genuine good of the masses!

STRIKE CHOKE POINTS:

📍Petron Eskina Cabancalan, Talamban
📍Harolds Hotel, Lahug
📍Andoks, Mabolo
📍Landbank, P. Del Rosario
📍General Milling Corporation, Lapu-Lapu City

CONVERGE POINT:
📍 Land Bank, P. Del Rosario

✊🚩 SINGGIT SA SUGBUANONG KABATAN-ONAN-ESTUDYANTE, UBAN ANG MGA KAUBANG DRAYBER UG GAGMAYNG OPEREYTOR: WELGA KARONG MARSO 19 ANG TUBAG SA OIL PRICE HIKE!

Join the strike GC: https://m.me/ch/AbYQTNqrOiS7bXZ4/?send_source=cm:copy_invite_link

𝘿𝙊𝙉𝘼𝙏𝙀 𝙁𝙊𝙍 𝙊𝙐𝙍 𝙅𝙀𝙀𝙋𝙉𝙀𝙔 𝘿𝙍𝙄𝙑𝙀𝙍𝙎 𝙊𝙉 𝙎𝙏𝙍𝙄𝙆𝙀!

The relentless surge in fuel prices, worsened by the Oil Deregulation Law and regressive taxes, has reached a critical point. For the drivers and operators who survive on a constant daily income, they are a direct threat to their livelihood and their ability to provide for their families. For students who rely on jeepneys to go to school, the oil price surge may mean higher jeepney fares, and inflation on basic goods and products.

We recognize that participating in this protest is a massive sacrifice for our drivers who are risking themselves from earning their daily income. In an industry where earnings are already depleted by high pump prices, choosing to strike is a courageous act of protest for the benefit of the riding public and the Filipino masses.

To support the participating drivers, we are launching this donation drive where the money received will be given to the participating drivers who will have zero earnings during these two days of protest. 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝗺𝗮𝘆 𝗱𝗼𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗤𝗥 𝗰𝗼𝗱𝗲𝘀 𝗯𝗲𝗹𝗼𝘄.

Every peso directly helps bridge the gap for a driver who has chosen to prioritize our collective welfare over their daily income. Let us prove that our different sectors stand united in the face of an economic crisis.

𝗔𝗡𝗚 𝗟𝗔𝗕𝗔𝗡 𝗦𝗔 𝗗𝗥𝗜𝗩𝗘𝗥, 𝗟𝗔𝗕𝗔𝗡 𝗦𝗔 𝗞𝗢𝗠𝗬𝗨𝗧𝗘𝗥! 𝗦𝗨𝗣𝗣𝗢𝗥𝗧 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗧𝗥𝗔𝗡𝗦𝗣𝗢𝗥𝗧 𝗦𝗧𝗥𝗜𝗞𝗘 𝗧𝗛𝗜𝗦 𝗠𝗔𝗥𝗖𝗛 𝟭𝟵-𝟮𝟬!

Kabataan Partylist - USC’s Statement on the University’s Recent Memo Response to Oil Crisis: 𝐃𝐈𝐋𝐈 𝐃𝐀𝐏𝐀𝐓 𝐄𝐒𝐓𝐔𝐃𝐘𝐀𝐍𝐓𝐄 𝐔𝐆 𝐓𝐑𝐀𝐁𝐀𝐇𝐀𝐍𝐓𝐄 𝐀𝐍𝐆 𝐌𝐀𝐆 𝐏𝐀𝐒-𝐀𝐍 𝐒𝐀 𝐎𝐈𝐋 𝐂𝐑𝐈𝐒𝐈𝐒!

Kabataan Partylist - USC expresses serious concern over the administration’s recently announced changes to learning and work arrangements in response to the ongoing oil crisis. While the memo frames these measures as efforts to reduce commuting burdens and energy costs, its implementation risks shifting the weight of the crisis onto students and university workers rather than providing meaningful relief.

For many Carolinians, the shift to online lectures on Fridays and Saturdays will not necessarily translate into savings. There will be less spent for transportation but it just leads to shouldering additional expenses for mobile data and higher electricity and water consumption in their homes or dormitories to attend online classes. In cases where students have both laboratory and lecture classes on Fridays, they will still need to commute to campus for their labs while also spending on internet data for online lectures. In effect, some students may end up spending even more.

Beyond the financial burden, online classes also raise concerns about the quality of learning. Limited interaction, technological barriers, and the isolating nature of remote learning weaken meaningful engagement between students and educators. Rather than strengthening academic support during a crisis, this setup risks deepening an individualized and disconnected learning environment, undermining the collaborative and dynamic learning environment that face-to-face education provides.

The university’s shift to a four-day workweek for employees is also equally concerning. While presented as a measure to manage rising fuel costs, this arrangement may result in reduced salaries or longer workdays which can be potentially up to ten hours without corresponding overtime compensation.

Altogether, these measures reflect a familiar neoliberal response to economic crises, where the burden is offloaded onto individual students and workers while institutions prioritize cost-saving measures. The university administration must instead pursue solutions that genuinely support students and uphold the quality of education. Face-to-face learning should therefore continue, alongside concrete measures to alleviate the financial strain on students. These include scrapping the 6.7% Tuition and Other Fees Increase (TOFI), lowering or rolling back tuition and other school fees, and expanding financial assistance programs for those affected by rising living costs.

At the national level, the broader structural causes of rising fuel prices must be addressed. The Oil Deregulation Law should be repealed to allow the government to regulate oil prices, and the excise tax and VAT on petroleum products should be suspended to provide immediate relief to the public.

In times of crisis, solutions must prioritize the welfare of students and workers—not merely institutional cost savings. The university administration must ensure that its policies genuinely support the community it is meant to serve.

📣 MGA SUKI UG KOMYUTER, LINGI DIRI !! 👀

Taas na ba og linya sa mga gasolinahan? Nimahal na ang mga palaliton? Makahangyo pa ba ka sa Carbon? Ngano gaha na?

Samtang nagpadayon ang tensyon ug gyera sa lain-laing parte sa kalibutan, nisaka ug mosaka pa usab ang presyo sa lana —ug sa sunod, mosaka pud ang presyo sa pamasahe, pagkaon, ug uban pang palaliton. Samotan pa kini sa pribatisasyon sa Carbon Public Market nga aduna pud hapak sa pagsaka sa presyo sa mga produkto.

Maong karong weekend, tun-an nato ang ugat sa gubat ug krisis sa kalibutan ug unsay epekto niini sa lokal nga panginabuhian pinaagi sa usa ka Forum ug BMI. Di lang ta magtuon, pero makighimamat ta mismo sa mga sektor nga pinaka-naapektuhan.

📌WHAT: “Gubat sa Kalibutan, Krisis sa Katawhan: Global Oil Conflict and The Threat to Livelihood” Forum and OPH-Carbon BMI
🗓️WHEN: March 14-15, 8AM Assembly
📍WHERE: Carbon Public Market

🔥SUGBOANONG KABATAN-ONAN UG ESTUDYANTE, kuyog ta nga isalikway ang makihut-ong nga interes sa imperyalistang gyera, ug panalipdan ang panginabuhian!

🚫NO TO CARBON PUBLIC MARKET PRIVATIZATION! NO TO OIL PRICE HIKE! JUNK JVA! JUNK OIL DEREGULATION LAW! SUSPEND VAT AND EXCISE TAX NOW!

📢 𝙋𝘼𝘿𝘼𝙔𝙊𝙉 𝘼𝙉𝙂 𝙋𝘼𝙆𝙄𝙂𝘽𝙄𝙎𝙊𝙂 𝙋𝘼𝙍𝘼 𝙎𝘼 𝙆𝘼𝘽𝘼𝘽𝘼𝙔𝙀𝙉-𝘼𝙉 𝙐𝙂 𝙏𝙄𝘽𝙐𝙊𝙆 𝙆𝘼𝙏𝘼𝙒𝙃𝘼𝙉, 𝙎𝘼𝙇𝙈𝙊𝙏 𝙎𝘼 𝙋𝙍𝙊𝙏𝙀𝙎𝙏𝘼!

On March 8, and in every day that follows, we honor the strength, courage, and leadership of women around the world. But recognition must go beyond celebration—it must mean struggle, collective action, and resistance.

Across the Philippines, women bear the heaviest burdens of poverty, rising prices, low wages, and violence as they fight daily battles in their homes, workplaces, and communities. The persistence of the 12% VAT and other regressive taxes like the excise taxes on oil, exposes a deeply unjust economic system that extracts the most from those with the least, inflating transport, fuel, and food costs that women who manage household budgets and stretch every peso to feed their families endure most harshly. These hardships are compounded by policies that disproportionately harm women from working-class and peasant communities: the defunding of healthcare and housing, lack of protection for domestic workers, labor export programs that place many Filipina OFWs in vulnerable conditions, and the prioritization of militarization over social welfare. Such systemic failures fuel inequality, trafficking, prostitution, and gender-based violence. Under these conditions, women are forced to compensate for these failures—working harder, sacrificing more, and enduring conditions they did not create.

Our political institutions and society at large further reinforce economic and social inequalities. Even in the first week of Women’s Month, recent sexist remarks from public officials drew attention, including statements by Rep. B**g Suntay. These highlight the danger when leaders, especially members of Congress who should model basic respect and accountability, normalize language that demean or objectify women. Such behavior should not be tolerated as it extends harm beyond words, intensifying the harassment, discrimination, and violence that women already face in their daily lives.

This International Working Women’s Day, Kabataan Partylist - USC calls on everyone to join the biggest women’s protest of the year! ✊🩷💜🤍

𝘐𝘣𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘬 𝘢𝘯𝘨 𝘨𝘪𝘬𝘢𝘸𝘢𝘵 𝘯𝘨𝘢 𝘣𝘶𝘩𝘪𝘴!
𝘞𝘢𝘭𝘢𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘨 𝘝𝘈𝘛!
𝘚𝘶𝘱𝘢𝘬𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘨 𝘬𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘢 𝘴𝘢 𝘮𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘴𝘮𝘰 𝘶𝘨 𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘰𝘨𝘺𝘯𝘺!
𝘛𝘢𝘯𝘢𝘯 𝘬𝘰𝘳𝘢𝘱 𝘥𝘢𝘱𝘢𝘵 𝘱𝘢𝘯𝘶𝘣𝘢𝘨𝘰𝘯!

📢 𝗝𝗢𝗜𝗡 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗜𝗡𝗧𝗘𝗥𝗡𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡𝗔𝗟 𝗪𝗢𝗥𝗞𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗪𝗢𝗠𝗘𝗡’𝗦 𝗗𝗔𝗬 𝗠𝗢𝗕𝗜𝗟𝗜𝗭𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡!
🗓 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝟴, 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲 | 𝟴:𝟯𝟬 𝗔𝗠 𝗔𝘀𝘀𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗹𝘆
📍 𝗙𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗱𝗼𝗺 𝗣𝗮𝗿𝗸
👚 𝗪𝗲𝗮𝗿 𝗽𝗶𝗻𝗸, 𝗽𝘂𝗿𝗽𝗹𝗲, 𝗼𝗿 𝘄𝗵𝗶𝘁𝗲

Join the centralized group chat here: https://m.me/cm/AbahumieLdBUQScS/?send_source=cm:copy_invite_link

𝐔𝐍𝐈𝐓𝐄 𝐀𝐆𝐀𝐈𝐍𝐒𝐓 𝐑𝐄𝐏𝐑𝐄𝐒𝐒𝐈𝐎𝐍, 𝐃𝐄𝐅𝐄𝐍𝐃 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐑𝐈𝐆𝐇𝐓 𝐓𝐎 𝐎𝐑𝐆𝐀𝐍𝐈𝐙𝐄!

Last February 25, Carolinian students marched in a Snake Rally inside USC - Talamban Campus to oppose the 6.7% Tuition and Other Fees Increase (TOFI) and to defend accessible education. This mobilization was a legitimate act of student resistance—an expression of the students’ right to assemble and speak out against policies that directly affect the student body. However, instead of engaging with the students’ concerns, the university administration responded with surveillance and disruption, including the deployment of security personnel and the photographing of protesters.

A university must uphold an environment that fosters critical inquiry and democratic participation rather than one that fosters compliance through intimidation or punitive measures. When student activists are threatened with disciplinary cases or institutional sanctions, the consequences extend beyond the individuals involved; they restrict the democratic space of the broader student body and undermine the university’s responsibility to uphold academic freedom and the fundamental rights of its students.

This incident highlights the urgent need to institutionalize stronger protections for student rights. The Students’ Rights and Welfare (STRAW) Bill, filed in the 20th Congress, offers an important framework for safeguarding these freedoms. Among its key provisions are the recognition of students’ right to freedom of expression, peaceful assembly, petitioning authorities, and freely discussing or criticizing university and national policies, while protecting them from disciplinary action for exercising these rights.

Amidst these cases of repression, Kabataan Partylist - USC calls on the university administration to uphold students’ right to organize, mobilize, and express dissent that must be respected and protected—not monitored and suppressed. At the same time, this situation underscores the urgent need to strengthen and fully implement policies that safeguard student rights. The struggle of Carolinian students today is part of the broader fight for accessible education, genuine academic freedom, and the protection of students’ democratic rights.

Yesterday, Carolinians conducted a historic snake rally against the 6.7% tuition fee increase. The snake rally was conducted because of the USC administration’s continued push for a 6.7% tuition fee increase, in spite of widespread student opposition as seen in student surveys, consultations, and previous protests. Should the tuition fee increase push through, it will further burden students and families who already struggle to pay USC’s high tuition rates.

Yet instead of listening to Carolinians’ legitimate concerns, the administration responded with intimidation tactics. The Student Disciplinary Officer repeatedly took photos of protesters, while security personnel were ordered to stop the snake rally.

We vehemently condemn such violations of Carolinians’ right to organize. We condemn the repressive stipulations in the 2023 Student Manual that prevent rallies and student demonstrations “without permit”. We assert the correctness of collective and militant student action, especially against a profit-driven and repressive system that inherently refuses to act in students’ best interests.

𝗖𝗔𝗥𝗢𝗟𝗜𝗡𝗜𝗔𝗡𝗦, 𝗥𝗘𝗦𝗜𝗦𝗧 𝗧𝗢𝗙𝗜! 𝗥𝗘𝗦𝗜𝗦𝗧 𝟲.𝟳%!
💥📢 𝗝𝗢𝗜𝗡 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗦𝗡𝗔𝗞𝗘 𝗥𝗔𝗟𝗟𝗬 𝗧𝗢𝗠𝗢𝗥𝗥𝗢𝗪!

A 6.7% increase is not a minor adjustment. It intensifies financial pressures on students and narrows equitable access to education. Education must remain a right, not a commodity.

The February 28 deadline for TOFI submission to the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) is fast approaching. Once filed and processed, approval becomes largely procedural given the university’s autonomous status. Our strongest opportunity to resist is NOW!

Carolinians, let us rise once again and assert our right to accessible education!

Join the Snake Rally against Tuition Increase
📍 FEB 26 | 12:00 NN | USC-TC SAS Open Theater

Sign the petition here:
📍 bit.ly/NOTOTOFI2026

Calculate your tuition increase:
📍 uscfeeswatch.live

📢 𝙄𝙆𝙄𝙉𝘼𝘽𝙐𝙃𝙄 𝙉𝘼𝙏𝙊 𝘼𝙉𝙂 𝘿𝙄𝙒𝘼 𝙎𝘼 𝙀𝘿𝙎𝘼, 𝙎𝘼𝙇𝙈𝙊𝙏 𝙎𝘼 𝙋𝙍𝙊𝙏𝙀𝙎𝙏𝘼!

Forty years ago, the streets shook a dictatorship. Today, the fight rages on. We rise against state repression, against the privatization of Carbon Public Market, and against every force that threatens our communities, our livelihoods, and our rights. No compromise. No surrender. No silence.

This February 25, we march not to remember alone, but to demand justice, reclaim public spaces, defend democratic rights, and unleash the power of collective resistance. We won EDSA through our unity and courage. We can win Carbon. We can crush repression—together, once again!

📌 𝗣𝗘𝗕𝗥𝗘𝗥𝗢 𝟮𝟱 | 𝟴:𝟯𝟬 𝗔𝗠 | 𝗙𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗱𝗼𝗺 𝗣𝗮𝗿𝗸

✊ Batukan ang pribitisasyon sa pampublikong serbisyo ug edukasyon! Iduso ang katungod sa pag-organisa batok sa pamasismo! Palagputon ang palisod, korap, ug papet nga rehimeng US-Marcos ug Duterte!

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