Open Letter to UP Mass Communication Students Administrative staff and Alumni
Jaqueline Gonzales is one of the 43 health workers arrested in Morong, Rizal and is now detained by the AFP. Fellow Masscom students, Jaq is a former Chairperson of the College of Mass Communication Student Council. We remember her as the student leader who constantly fought for our rights and against tuition fee hikes and other exorbitant fees. We saw her in the streets fighting against corruption and the tyranny of Gloria Macapagal Arroyo. We were not surprised when she decided to become a fulltime community organizer in the countryside.
The AFP claims that the 43 arrested are hardcore members of the New People’s Army. We say Jaq’s only guilt is caring for the oppressed masses and being a staunch critic of the GMA administration. Whether they are members of the NPA or not is irrelevant. No one has a right to illegally arrest, physically nor emotionally abuse anybody for any reason at all.
Fellow MassComm students, this is a time when our solidarity is most needed. We must condemn the illegal arrest of Jaq and the 42 other health workers. We must call for their immediate release. We urge Journ students to write reports and articles on this issue. We call on Broadcast majors to talk about it in your organizations, classes and peers. We urge Communication Research students to conduct studies involving similar atrocities and injustices brought about by this regime. We urge film students to shoot documentaries or create short film clips calling for their release. We call on every MassComm Professors, lecturers, administration staff and alumni to be involved in calling for the immediate release of the 43 health workers.
Free Jacqueline Gonzales!
Free the 43 health workers!
Stop Gloria’s regime of fascism!
Armin Adina
Chairperson, UP College of Mass Communication Student Council
AY 1997-1998
Khei J. Sanchez
Chairperson, UP College of Mass Communication Student Council
AY 1998-1999
Kristine Clare Bugayong
Chairperson, UP College of Mass Communication Student Council
AY1999-2000
Emil James Mijares
Chairperson, College of Mass Communication Student Council
AY2001-2002 Archie Padalhin
Josser Alex Quilendrino
Chairperson, College of Mass Communication Student Council
AY2002 - 2003
Archie Padalhin
Chairperson, College of Mass Communication Student Council
AY2003-2004
The AFP claims that the 43 arrested are hardcore members of the New People’s Army. We say Jaq’s only guilt is caring for the oppressed masses and being a staunch critic of the GMA administration. Whether they are members of the NPA or not is irrelevant. No one has a right to illegally arrest, physically nor emotionally abuse anybody for any reason at all.
Fellow MassComm students, this is a time when our solidarity is most needed. We must condemn the illegal arrest of Jaq and the 42 other health workers. We must call for their immediate release. We urge Journ students to write reports and articles on this issue. We call on Broadcast majors to talk about it in your organizations, classes and peers. We urge Communication Research students to conduct studies involving similar atrocities and injustices brought about by this regime. We urge film students to shoot documentaries or create short film clips calling for their release. We call on every MassComm Professors, lecturers, administration staff and alumni to be involved in calling for the immediate release of the 43 health workers.
Free Jacqueline Gonzales!
Free the 43 health workers!
Stop Gloria’s regime of fascism!
Armin Adina
Chairperson, UP College of Mass Communication Student Council
AY 1997-1998
Khei J. Sanchez
Chairperson, UP College of Mass Communication Student Council
AY 1998-1999
Kristine Clare Bugayong
Chairperson, UP College of Mass Communication Student Council
AY1999-2000
Emil James Mijares
Chairperson, College of Mass Communication Student Council
AY2001-2002 Archie Padalhin
Josser Alex Quilendrino
Chairperson, College of Mass Communication Student Council
AY2002 - 2003
Archie Padalhin
Chairperson, College of Mass Communication Student Council
AY2003-2004
