The Makabayan bloc, particularly Bayan Muna Party-list, wants to conduct a House probe on the "outrageous and highly condemnable" arrest of suspected Communist Party of the Philippines-New People’s Army (NPA) member, Dr. Maria Natividad Castro. (Photo from Bayan Muna Party-list Rep. Carlos...
Bayan Muna Party-List Rep. Carlos Zarate slammed the Commission on Elections’ (Comelec) “Oplan Baklas” which sees the removal of posted campaign materials not compliant with the poll body's regulations. Bayan Muna Rep.Carlos Isagani Zarate (MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO) “Nakita natin kung...
House Deputy Minority Leader and Bayan Muna Party-list Rep. Carlos Zarate wants the Office of the Ombudsman and the Department of Justice (DOJ) to look into the Department of Agriculture's (DA) alleged pro-important policy for what he described as "economic sabotage". (Office of Bayan Muna...
Given continued upticks in global oil prices, Filipino consumers will need to shell out higher budget for their fuel consumption this week as the price of diesel will rise by P1.90 per liter; while gasoline prices will go up by P1.45 per liter. The oil companies similarly sent pricing advisory...
House Deputy Minority Leader and Bayan Muna Rep. Carlos Isagani Zarate on Tuesday, Jan. 11 called for a congressional investigation into the Manila Bulletin report that a new incident of data breach of Commission on Elections (COMELEC) servers took place over the weekend. Bayan Muna Rep. Carlos...
As oil companies move to implement a big time oil price hike starting this week, an opposition leader aired strong suspicion that government economic managers are blocking efforts in Congress to suspend excise tax on petroleum products for at least six months. Gasoline pump Deputy Minority Leader...
House Deputy Minority Leader and Bayan Muna Rep. Carlos Isagani Zarate on Monday, Dec. 21 strongly endorsed the grant of bail to convicts who have reached their twilight years or those who have become sickly while serving their sentence. Makabayan bloc2 Zarate aired the proposal in reaction to the...
Deputy Speaker and Bayan Muna Rep. Carlos Isagani Zarate on Monday, Dec. 20 called on the Senate to fast track the approval of its version of the Permanent Evacuation Centers Bill that proposes to ensure safe and secured evacuation venues for victims of typhoons and other natural and man-made...
House Deputy Minority leader and Bayan Muna Rep. Carlos Isagani Zarate on Saturday, Nov. 11 called the attention of the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas on “glaring errors” found in the newly-released P1,000 bill. Zarate found the two errors referring to the image of the Philippine eagle as “quite...
The country’s oil companies are being flagged for allegedly ‘shortchanging consumers’ by implementing lower-than-expected price rollbacks at the pumps, prompting stronger calls for the unbundling of pass-on costs of petroleum commodities. According to Bayan Muna Representative Carlos Isagani...
House Deputy Minority Leader and Bayan Muna Rep. Carlos Isagani Zarate on Thursday, Nov. 18 dared all national candidates in the 2022 elections to clearly state their respective stand on the West Philippine Sea dispute with China. Former Rep. Nery Colmenares Zarate said the Philippine government...
House Deputy Minority leader and Bayan Muna Rep. Carlos Isagani Zarate on Wednesday, Nov. 3 welcomed the filing of a petition seeking to disqualify former Senator Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. from the presidential race in 2022. Rep. Carlos Isagani Zarate A fierce critic of the Marcos family,...
