Unified Student Organizations - UNISO

𝐒𝐓𝐎𝐏 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐁𝐔𝐑𝐃𝐄𝐍 𝐎𝐅 𝐎𝐈𝐋 𝐏𝐑𝐈𝐂𝐄 𝐇𝐈𝐊𝐄𝐒!
𝐒𝐔𝐏𝐎𝐑𝐓 𝐎𝐔𝐑 𝐉𝐄𝐄𝐏𝐍𝐄𝐘 𝐃𝐑𝐈𝐕𝐄𝐑𝐒!
𝐒𝐓𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐖𝐈𝐓𝐇 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐌𝐀𝐒𝐒𝐄𝐒!

UNISO-led community pantry in response to the oil price hike for jeepney drivers

Ang laban ng tsuper, laban ng komyuter!

The recent surge in oil prices has greatly affected each individual in the community, what more so for the jeepney drivers whose everyday expenses depend heavily on their earnings from their pamamasada. With this extra burden placed upon our jeepney drivers, their everyday earnings have been consumed by their fuel costs that still continue to rise beyond sustainable levels. This situation has not only diminished their capacity to provide for their families but has also disrupted the stability of local transportation, which remains vital to the daily lives of countless commuters. The rising cost of fuel has become a symbol of the broader economic strain that ordinary workers face, one that demands both empathy and collective action.

Recognizing these challenges, the Unified Student Organizations (UNISO) took the initiative to establish a community pantry dedicated to supporting our jeepney drivers. As Iskolar ng Bayan, our education is anchored in service to the people. The community pantry serves as a manifestation of this principle, an act of solidarity that bridges the gap between the academic community and the working class. An act that shows we are with the masses through all times. Through this initiative, UNISO seeks not only to provide immediate assistance but also to reaffirm the value of compassion and unity in addressing social and economic hardships. Through the collective efforts of volunteers and supporters, we were able to distribute 50 packs of groceries to our jeepney drivers as a concrete expression of solidarity and support.

More than a simple act of giving, the community pantry represents a shared commitment to uphold dignity and hope amid adversity. It reminds the people that progress is not measured solely by personal success but by our willingness to stand with those who bear the weight of systemic inequities and government injustice. In extending support to our jeepney drivers, we also honor their indispensable role in sustaining the rhythm and balance of our communities; their perseverance, despite economic challenges, reflects the hardship the Filipino people continue to endure.

UNISO extends its deepest gratitude to all volunteers and partner organizations who have contributed their time, effort, and resources to make this initiative possible. Your dedication and generosity have greatly helped the initiative, proving that when individuals and institutions unite for a common cause, change becomes attainable. Together, we continue to affirm that service, empathy, and solidarity remain the strongest foundations of a just and compassionate society.

Serve the People!

𝐃𝐄𝐅𝐄𝐍𝐃 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐈𝐒𝐊𝐎𝐋𝐀𝐑 𝐍𝐆 𝐁𝐀𝐘𝐀𝐍! 𝐒𝐓𝐎𝐏 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐒𝐓𝐀𝐓𝐄 𝐀𝐆𝐆𝐑𝐄𝐒𝐒𝐈𝐕𝐄 𝐓𝐄𝐑𝐑𝐎𝐑-𝐓𝐀𝐆𝐆𝐈𝐍𝐆, 𝐑𝐄𝐏𝐑𝐄𝐒𝐒𝐈𝐎𝐍, 𝐈𝐍𝐓𝐈𝐌𝐈𝐃𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍, 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐀𝐓𝐓𝐀𝐂𝐊𝐒 𝐎𝐍 𝐃𝐄𝐌𝐎𝐂𝐑𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐂 𝐑𝐈𝐆𝐇𝐓𝐒!

The Unified Student Organizations (UNISO) stand in unwavering support and solidarity with our fellow Iskolar ng Bayan and all sectors confronting and resisting the escalating attacks against democratic rights and civil freedom. We strongly condemn the aggressive state terror-tagging, vilification, and systematic repression directed towards students, youth leaders, activists, organizers, organizations, and members of the academic community.

As Iskolars ng Bayan, we have long carried the tradition and responsibility of serving the people. Throughout history, student movements have stood at the forefront of struggles for accessible education, democratic rights and freedom, accountability, and social justice. Time and again, students have gone beyond the four corners of the classroom to stand with workers, farmers, and other marginalized sectors in challenging systems of oppression and inequality.

Just like Ding, a former Computer Science student from UP Cebu, a student leader, activist, worker, writer, who was recently killed on May 16, 2026, together with the rest of the Cauayan 5 by troops of the 15th Infantry Battalion under the 302nd Infantry Brigade in Cauayan. Ding dedicated his student years to advancing the rights and welfare of the people. He opposed the Socialized Tuition and Financial Assistance Program (STFAP), campaigned for free and accessible education in State Universities and Colleges (SUCs), and joined mobilizations against the pork barrel scam and the Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement (EDCA). Even after graduation, he chose not to pursue a life detached from the struggles of ordinary Filipinos. Instead, he continued to stand with workers and marginalized communities, dedicating himself to genuine service and collective struggle.

We strongly condemn the state’s continuing attempts to erase the humanity and dignity of Ding, alongside the Cauayan 5, the Toboso 19, and countless other victims of militarization and counterinsurgency operations. Rather than addressing the deeply rooted problems faced by the masses—such as landlessness, poverty, lack of social services, and systemic injustice—the state responds with intensified militarization, attacks, harassment, and repression. Instead of implementing genuine land reform and social justice for farmers and other oppressed sectors, it criminalizes dissent and labels those who stand with the people as enemies of the state.

These acts reveal a state that prioritizes silencing critics over addressing the legitimate demands of the people. The continued violence against activists, organizers, and community leaders exposes how state forces are being used not to protect the people, but to preserve a system that benefits only a privileged few while the majority continue to suffer from exploitation and neglect.

In this context, universities remain crucial spaces for critical thinking, collective action, and the pursuit of truth and genuine freedom. As institutions meant to cultivate social awareness and intellectual growth, campuses should remain environments where students are encouraged to analyze social realities, engage with pressing national issues, and exercise their democratic rights. Yet these very spaces are increasingly threatened by state mechanisms that seek to suppress dissent and criminalize activism under the guise of maintaining “peace and order.”

Across the country, students and youth organizations continue to face surveillance, intimidation, harassment, and dangerous labeling. Those who speak out on issues such as inaccessible education, labor exploitation, land grabbing, human rights violations, environmental destruction, corruption, and widespread social inequality are often subjected to accusations intended to isolate and silence them. These realities are also seen locally. Here in Cebu, the intensified presence of police and armed personnel near student mobilizations and protest actions reflects a growing pattern of state intrusion into democratic spaces. Such actions cultivate fear and intimidation, undermining academic freedom and threatening the right of student and sectoral communities to organize, express dissent, and engage in critical discourse.

The recent intensification of aggressive state terror-tagging against Iskolars ng Bayan reflects a broader pattern of repression against those who dare to question systemic problems and stand with marginalized communities. Rather than addressing the roots of poverty, inequality, land grabbing, inaccessible education, unemployment, and other social crises confronting the Filipino people, the state continuously redirects attention toward suppressing those who expose these realities and advocate for meaningful change. It is precisely because these conditions and the present realities faced by the nation and the world continue to persist that activism, collective resistance and struggle continue to emerge and flourish as collective responses to injustice. Such actions do not arise in a vacuum, but from the lived experiences of people confronting injustice and demanding accountability, genuine change, and social transformation.

Thus, UNISO remains firm in asserting that education should empower students to think critically, question injustice, and participate meaningfully in social transformation without fear of intimidation and reprisal. We refuse to remain silent while attacks against students and democratic spaces continue to intensify.

UNISO call for:
- An immediate end to aggressive state terror-tagging, red-tagging, and all forms of political repression;
- The protection of students, activists, and academic institutions from intimidation, surveillance, and harassment;
- Accountability for all AFP-PNP personnel involved in human rights violations
- Justice for all victims of state violence and fascism
- Genuine land reform, democratic rights, and social justice.

We call on every Iskolar ng Bayan to collectively resist the continuing attacks on our democratic rights and freedoms. Fear should never define the spaces where truth is pursued. Silence should never become the price for safety. No amount of intimidation, harassment, or repression can erase the historic role of the youth in advancing the interests, welfare, and aspirations of the Filipino people and the broader masses. The youth have always been at the forefront of social change and today remains no different.

The youth shall not be silenced.

Defend Academic Freedom!
Uphold democratic rights!
Ang pasistang estado, babagsak!
Resist repression and fight for truth, justice, and genuine social change!

UNISO UNITY STATEMENT ON UP WALKOUT-STRIKE

Unified Student Organizations (UNISO) stands firm in solidarity with the Filipino people as the nation continues to suffer and faces economic crisis because of the relentless oil price hikes, rapid increase of transportation fares, rising food prices, and the escalating costs of basic commodities. Because of this, we are forced to shoulder the burden of a crisis we did not create. While the broader masses struggle to survive, the state remains to be anti-people and useless, offering no genuine solutions to the worsening economic crisis and instead forcing ordinary Filipinos to “adjust” to increasing hardship.

This kind of abandonment is a direct contradiction to the 1987 Philippine Constitution, stated in Article II, Section 9, which mandates the State to “promote a just and dynamic social order…and free the people from poverty,” and Article II, Section 10, states that “the State shall promote justice in all phases of national development.”

Rather than solving the roots of the crisis, the government maintains and values an exploitative system that profits from the suffering of the people. This is again in contradiction to Article XIII (Social Justice and Human Rights), which mandates the State to prioritize the needs of the marginalized and underprivileged sector of the society.

UNISO stands in firm solidarity with the Filipino masses in condemning the persistent deterioration of living conditions under a social structure molded by imperialist regimes, anti-people economic policies, and the state’s continuous abandonment of its duty to always uphold the welfare of the people.

The crisis we are experiencing right now is not and will never be accidental. A semi-colonial and semi-feudal regime perpetuated by deregulation, privatization, inhuman taxation, and acceptance of foreign monopoly capital which was amplified in policies such as the Oil Deregulation Law or the Republic Act No. 8479, which allows free oil pricing, and the Republic Act No. 10963 otherwise known as Tax Reform for Acceleration and Inclusion Law(TRAIL LAW), which raised fuel taxes. Under these exploitative orders and policies, the people are made to suffer while big corporations and foreign interests continue to profit.

Additionally, these exploitative policies compromise the constitutional principle stated in Article XII, Section 19, which says that monopolies should be controlled and businesses should not take advantage of people. Instead, these policies allow big corporations to make huge profits while ordinary Filipinos suffer.

Students and the youth carry a distinct burden in this crisis. Every increase in transportation fares and basic commodity prices makes education even more expensive and beyond the reach of ordinary Filipinos. This reality in our education now, really violates Article XIV, Section 1 of the 1987 Constitution, which mandates that “the State shall protect and promote the right of all citizens to quality education at all levels.”

Education is now viewed as a privilege only available to those who can afford to survive, rather than as a right. As the cost of living rapidly rises, many and more students are compelled to miss classes, reduce their course load, or worse, abandon their education entirely in order to meet the demands of daily survival.

The struggle of the youth is inseparable from the struggle of the people.
Our fight for accessible education is a fight for economic justice.
The struggle against the increasing costs of living is a struggle against imperialism and all systems of exploitation.

In light of this, UNISO takes courage and fully supports the April 21 Walkout and Strike as a justifiable, necessary, and principled form of resistance against the escalating crisis in education and livelihood.

Walking out is not mere absence from class.
It is a militant resistance and rejection of a system that sacrifices the future of the youth for profit.
It is an act of moral solidarity with workers, drivers, peasants, and oppressed sectors of the society in their fight for justice.
It is a recognition that real education is not limited within the four corners of the classrooms, but is sharpened in the struggle to transform society.

On April 21, 2026, we call all students, organizations, and sectors of the society to unite and mobilize. Let us turn our indignation into organized resistance, and our resistance into collective power.

There is definitely no future for the youth in a system built on exploitation.
In a system that amplifies and tolerates crisis, resistance becomes a necessity.

STUDENTS, WALK OUT AND STRIKE ON APRIL 21!
MAKIBAKA, HUWAG MATAKOT!
DOWN WITH U.S. IMPERIALISM!
IBAGSAK ANG PASISTANG US-MARCOS UG DUTERTE REGIME!
ADVANCE THE STRUGGLE FOR GENUINE DEMOCRACY!

CALL FOR SECGENS NOW OPEN!!

Ikaw ba tong
🧐 dili niya type pero paspas motype ug di ganahan og gubot nga minutes?
🎨 or kanang mutan-aw og pubmat ug makaingon, “wala na’y mas nindot pa ani? maghimo ko bi”?

Kung oo, para nimo ni.

Nag-abli na ang Unified Student Organizations (UNISO) og aplikasyon para sa mosunod nga posisyon para sa A.Y. 2025–2026:

📝 Secretary-General for Records

🎨 Secretary-General for Publicity

Importante ni nga mga papel. Kay kung walay klarong records, walay accountability. Kung walay kusog, demure, ug mindful nga publicity, walay mapalanog ug maabot nga panawagan.

Kung andam ka mo-ALAGAD, mo-commit, ug mo-barug para sa estudyante ug sa masa, this is your sign. ✊

🖇️ Apply here: http://bit.ly/46tItIu
🗓️ Deadline: April 15, 2026
📩 Further updates will be given after submission

Ang ka estudyantehan ug ang katawhan nagkinahanglan nimo. Daghang salamat ug dugang kadasig!✊

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