BAGUIO CITY— Asserting that they are “activists, not terrorists,” at least 300 students from the University of the Philippines (UP) Baguio and the Saint Louis University (SLU) on Friday (Feb. 28) protested what they said was government harassment of campus militants and a new round of tuition increase. UP and SLU held separate rallies at their campuses at 3 p.m. before converging at downtown Session Road. ADVERTISEMENTThe students wore red as a symbol of rage against military and police forums held inside high school and university campuses, which label school activists as front organizations of communist rebels. The petition urged CHED to hold a dialogue on “the loss of reasonableness in these tuition increases,” and asked regulators to once again review the process of setting tuition. They also asked schools to “junk exorbitant, redundant, and dubious fees.”Edited by TSBRead NextEDITORS' PICKMOST READ

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer February 28, 2020 10:30 UTC