For most netizens, the P10,000 cash assistance or "ayuda" is a meme. For the Makabayan bloc, the P10,000 ayuda is necessary for the survival of poor Filipinos. (Mari Gimenez/ Unsplash) Militant party-list solons Rep. Arlene Brosas of Gabriela, Rep. France Castro of ACT Teachers, and Rep. Raoul...
Tha camp of Manila 6th district Rep. Bienvenido Abante Jr. has downplayed the filing of its very own measure that sought to define and protect the rights of heterosexuals. Manila 6th district Rep. Bienvenido Abante Jr. (Facebook) "While we welcome interest in HB 5717, it is our hope that attention...
Imposing value-added tax (VAT) on non-resident digital service providers (DSPs) would only mean higher subscription payments for consumers, Gabriela Partylist Arlene Brosas said on Thursday, Aug. 18, as she thumbed down the recently approved legislation that taxes digital services and products....
Makabayan bloc solons have pitched different ways for government to generate revenue even as they thumbed down the proposed tax on “ukay-ukay” or second-hand clothes. 'Ukay-ukay' clothes This, after House Ways and Means Chairman and Albay 2nd district Rep. Joey Salceda said that his committee...
Lawmakers of the Makabayan bloc have questioned the validity of the sugar shortage and at the same time criticized President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. for his plan to import 150,000 metric tons (MTs) of sugar despite rejecting the initial proposal to import 300,000 MTs of the sweetener....
Makabayan bloc lawmakers are seeking reparations for victims of human rights violations (HRV) and proper documentation of such HRVs that took place during the martial law era under the administration of late President Ferdinand Marcos Sr. (From left to right) Kabataan Party-list Rep. Raoul Manuel,...
Lawmakers of the House minority bloc want to investigate the delisting of 1.3 million Filipinos as beneficiaries of the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps). (From left to right) Abalos, Brosas, OFW Party-list Rep. Marissa Magsino, and Lee at the Minority Bloc press conference on Aug. 10....
Gabriela Women’s Party-list Rep. Arlene Brosas has filed a House bill (HB) seeking regularization, salary increase, and improved benefits for child development workers (CDWs). Gabriela Women's Party-list Rep. Brosas and representatives of the CDW sector (Makabayan/Gabriela Media) Brosas filed HB...
These three solons won't be seeing "that" movie. (From left to right) Kabataan Party-list Rep. Raoul Manuel, ACT Teachers Party-list Rep. France Castro, and Gabriela Women's Party-list Rep. Arlene Brosas (Makabayan photo) Members of the Makabayan bloc have zero interest in seeing the controversial...
"A huge win for child rights advocates and victims of abuse." (Unsplash) That's how Gabriela Party-list Rep. Arlene Brosas described the lapsing into law of the bill on the Anti-Online Sexual Abuse and Exploitation of Children (OSAEC). The bill has already lapsed into law on Friday, July 29, 2022,...
The priority bills being eyed by President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. are pro-big businesses and not pro-masses, says Gabriela Women’s Party-list Rep. Arlene Brosas. Rep. Arlene Brosas of the Gabriela Women's Party-list (File Photo) “Marcos Jr.'s priority bills are pro-big businesses;...
Gabriela Women’s Party-list Rep. Arlene Brosas has promised to push for increased financial subsidies for victims of natural disasters in the 2023 annual budget. (Photo from Gabriela Women's Party-list Facebook) “In the upcoming budget deliberations, we will definitely push for more budget for...
