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Fresh protest at Pisay over photo scandal as graduation nears

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Dharel Placido, ABS-CBN News

<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2019/news/05/27/20190527-pisay-students.jpg?ext=.jpg"/><figcaption>Students and members of the parents-teachers council of the Philippine Science High School (PSHS) on Monday, May 27, staged a protest at the school grounds as the premier science high school’s board of trustees has yet to release a decision on the fate of 6 male students who allegedly shared lewd photos of their female schoolmates online. <em>Dharel Placido, ABS-CBN News</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>MANILA -- Philippine Science High School students and parents staged another protest on Monday, as they awaited the fate of 6 male seniors accused of posting lewd photos of female schoolmates online.</p><p>Carrying signs that read &quot;Stop tolerating sexual predators&quot; and &quot;protect your students&quot; some 20 protesters gathered at the PSHS grounds ahead of the graduation rites on Wednesday.</p><p>The school&#x27;s board allegedly allowed the 6 male seniors to graduate in spite of the allegations.</p><p>One of the protesters, Devi Negre from the school&#x27;s parent-teacher group, quoted PSHS Deputy Executive Director Rod De Lara as saying that there was no final list of graduating students yet, contrary to reports that the roster included the 6 seniors.</p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">WATCH: Philippine Science High School students hold a rally at the school grounds to call for the barring from graduation of male students who allegedly shared lewd photos of their female schoolmates. <a href="https://twitter.com/ABSCBNNews?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@ABSCBNNews</a> <a href="https://t.co/eaFg9wOnJW">pic.twitter.com/eaFg9wOnJW</a></p>— Dharel Placido (@dgplacido) <a href="https://twitter.com/dgplacido/status/1132922088723865600?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 27, 2019</a></blockquote><div><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charSet="utf-8" type="text/javascript"></script></div><p>The &quot;harshest&quot; possible punishment should be given to the male students since the victims are young women, said PSHS alumna Sabrina Gacad.</p><p>&quot;Ngayon, you would see all these things come up on social media on a regular basis. I just did not realize that it would hit Pisay too,&quot; Gacad said.</p><p>Julliane Negre, PSHS’s Batch 2019 council president, said the senior class would would not let the incident dampen their graduation rites.</p><p>“As the advise of our teachers, director, even if merong nangyaring ganito, it’s still your graduation, it’s still the 6 years you’ve worked so hard for,” she said.</p>

<p>Carrying signs that read "Stop tolerating sexual predators" and "protect your students" some 20 protesters gathered at the PSHS grounds ahead of the graduation rites on Wednesday.</p>

Carrying signs that read "Stop tolerating sexual predators" and "protect your students" some 20 protesters gathered at the PSHS grounds ahead of the graduation rites on Wednesday.

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Fresh protest at Pisay over photo scandal as graduation nears

Dharel Placido,

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Published May 27, 2019 04:58 PM PHT

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Updated May 27, 2019 08:21 PM PHT

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