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Dr. Emmanuel Abraham, Assistant to the Chancellor of the University of the Philippines Los Banos (UPLB), expressed his own views of the tuition and other fees increases. "I support the increase. "

Borrowing the perspective of the chancellor, he explained the concept of UP students being "Iskolar para sa Bayan " in contrast with the UP students being "Iskolar ng Bayan ". He uttered that UP should try o generate graduates for the country. "Hindi lang dapat isipin na bayan ang nagpapa-aral satin. "

With his own clear views of the increases he said, "The university is trying to make a choice, a pro-active choice of ensuring its viability and capacity to provide services. If we do not have the funds, do we stop? "

"You cannot raise a person in a higher ground unless you are in the higher ground. " He added.

Today, the NBN-ZTE scandal is one of the noisiest scandals in the history of the Philippines. After the star witness Jun Lozada surfaced, rallies and protests are relentless. Lozada continues to advance the search for truth in behind the anomalous deal.

The star-witness, in his campus tour at the Philippine General Hospital yesterday, furthered that the people should not let the administration fool them again. " Ang mga tao ay gising na. Gusto ng tao tapusin talaga ´to " He said.

"There will be no assurance. But if we all decide na mas mabuti na ang susunod dito, we can make it happen. "

He elucidated that unless the public is determined and strong-willed, every sacrifice would be wasted.

"Sana after nito wag ng matulog ang damdamin ng tao " He said.

Lozada, among others, seeks for justice for all the anomalies and corruption behind the deal. If the government have that billions of pesos for their private pockets, surely the funds are just misappropriated.

The funds that are supposed to be designated for public and social services are allocated to the services benefiting the few, powerful people in the government. If these corrupted funds are to be allotted to the education sector, surely the funds will benefit the Iskolar ng Bayan para sa Bayan.