Senator Risa Hontiveros and Akbayan Party-list have filed a bill seeking amendments to the Party-List System Act to guard it against abuses by political dynasties and contractors. Hontiveros has filed Senate Bill No. 1656 which primarily seeks to ban political dynasties from participating in the...
Akbayan Partylist gained access to Vice President Sara Duterte’s Statement of Assets, Liabilities, and Net Worth (SALN), which showed that she has a net worth of P88,512,370.22, up by P16.8 million from when she first became vice president. The partylist publicized Duterte’s SALN on Wednesday,...
Hundreds of protesters trooped to the Chinese Consulate in Makati City on Wednesday, Oct. 22, to call for a stop to China 's aggression toward Filipino fishermen and demanded the country to stop its unlawful incursions and environmental destruction in the West Philippine Sea (WPS), including...
The Akbayan Partylist, led by Rep. Perci Cendaña, staged a protest outside St. Gerrard Construction in Pasig City on Friday, Aug. 29, to condemn contractors Curlee and Sara Discaya over their alleged involvement in anomalous flood control projects. “Ang masasabi ko po dito sa mga nangyayari...
Senate Deputy Minority Leader Risa Hontiveros on Tuesday, May 13 welcomed the inclusion of former senators Paolo “Bam” Aquino IV and Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan in the top 12 of the May 2025 midterm elections. Hontiveros is also elated with the result of the party-list race. Akbayan is...
(Photo from Akbayan) Protesters stormed the Chinese Consular Office in Makati City on Thursday, April 24, to demand for the release of three detained residents of Palawan who were jailed by Chinese authorities for alleged espionage. Akbayan Rep. Perci Cendaña said the group condemned the...
Akbayan Partylist has called for the passage of two budgetary reform measures that safeguard public funds against misuse of the national budget and ensure transparency in government. The partylist was referring to the Savings and Augmentation Bill (HB 11389) and the Freedom of Information Act (HB...
Members of Akbayan trooped to the Chinese Consular Office in Makati and called on the Chinese government to pay for the environmental damages it has caused in the WPS. Protesters from a cause-oriented group trooped to the Chinese Consular Office in Makati City on Wednesday, March 19,...
Akbayan Partylist and the Office of Senator Risa Hontiveros have joined forces with volunteers and supporters in campaigning for senatorial aspirants Bam Aquino and Kiko Pangilinan. Senator Risa Hontiveros campaigns for the Akbayan Partylist and Kiko-Bam tandem in Tondo, Manila. She is joined by...
Akbayan Party-list Rep. Perci Cendaña (left), Senator Ronald "Bato" dela Rosa (Facebook) Akbayan Party-list Rep. Perci Cendaña chided Senator Ronald "Bato" dela Rosa on Saturday, Feb. 8 after the latter poked fun at his physical...
Akbayan Party-list Rep. Perci Cendaña has called on the government to take action against rice cartels, which according to him are the only ones benefitting from high price of rice even as ordinary Filipinos struggle to make ends meet. Cendaña's call came as the Department of Agriculture (DA)...
Vice President Sara Duterte (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) Various civil society groups, including victims of extrajudicial killings (EJKs), filed on Monday, Dec. 2 an impeachment complaint against Vice President Sara Duterte at the House of...
