Young Public Servants

Why YPS?

A question we were asked when we started this group was "aren't there enough youth oriented sites spreading the gospel of community involvement?". Well I suppose the answer is yes and no. Yes if you consider the sheer number of youth oriented websites and no if you consider that there are still too many people who have no idea on how to get involved with their community.

Featured Blogs

Getting ONDOY off my chest

Jaime Garchitorena

I suppose everyone knows by now that many parts of Metro Manila and other areas outside the city are not in the best of shape.

The flooding still persists in some areas, right now its 240 dead and probably rising, and I think I’m in some sort of empathetic shock over what happened over the last weekend.

This disaster has really showed us all how this government has wasted so much of our money on useless things, held back money for truly important projects, and how much money government officials have stolen for themselves.

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The Call for an Education President

Ching Jorge

STATISTICS SHOW HOW INADEQUATE OUR education system is in providing the quality and level of standards needed by Filipino students to learn, develop and acquire skills. From low enrollment rates, high illiteracy rates, low achievement rates to a mismatch between acquired skills and industry requirements, not to mention poor teacher quality and morale, the Philippine education system has shown little improvement through the years. Changes in leadership and poor governance are only some of the factors contributing to the decline.

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Continuously Seeking for TRUTH, Demanding Public ACCOUNTABILITY, And Pushing For Meaningful & Long-term REFORMS

Randy Tuaño

Find below the statement of the public accountability group that I belong to. This statement was written on the eve of Arroyo's state of the nation address.
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By Way of a Homecoming

Tanya Hamada

Climbing the Marcos Highway at sunrise, one is greeted by “cloud-kissed mountains” to borrow a phrase from my grandfather. Today is the celebration of Baguio’s Centennial as a chartered city. Today I am coming home to a city I have not lived in for 23 years. My memories are of a kinder and gentler city. The images I return to again and again in my mind are greener and filled with characters a young girl grew up fascinated with. All of us have that place we call home, a repository of our identities and an anchor for our idea of family.

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Events And Announcments

Public Forum: THE POWERS OF THE PRESIDENCY: PREVENTING MISUSE AND ABUSE

30 January 2010

TPIC/BANCOM Room, Fuller Hall, Asian Institute of Management Paseo de Roxas, San Lorenzo, Makati City

8:00 to 12:30pm
Organized by the International Center for Innovation, Transformation
and Excellence in Governance (INCITEGov)in partnership with the
Asian Institute of Management (AIM)

Youth Vote Philippines Flash Dance Mob!

22 January 2010

Trinoma Activity Center

Join YouthVote Philippines on January 22 at the TriNoma Mall Activity Center as we officially launch our Voter's Education campaign! We need dancers, photographers, videographers and dynamic individuals for a Flash Dance Mob supporting Education, Informed Voting and the Elections to sign-up and be counted!

YPS Facebook

06/02/2009

Youth Vote buzz

06/02/2009