Educators, students condemn Pax Silica

TEACHERS, professors and students gathered on Thursday at the Bantayog ng mga Bayani in Quezon City to condemn and oppose the United States-led Pax Silica initiative.The rallyists also launched the Schools and Colleges Resist the Aggression and Plunder of Pax Silica (Scrap Pax Silica).Michael Pante, lead initiator, told The Manila Times that Scrap Pax Silica is a unity statement signed by more than 500 education stakeholders, including college deans, faculty regents and union presidents "to demonstrate our strong objection to Pax Silica."Among the signatories are 11 deans and directors from different institutes and colleges of the University of the Philippines (UP) Diliman as well as UP faculty and students, Ateneo de Manila University and Philippine Normal University.Pante said teachers' groups such as the Alliance of Concerned Teachers and Manila Public School Teachers' Association also signed the statement.Ramon Guillermo, one of Scrap Pax Silica lead initiators, stressed the need for genuine…