"We will touch base with the widest women, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender (LGBT), and children’s rights constituencies in keeping with our reputation as the sole women’s partlylist in Congress.” This was stated by Gabriela Partylist Representative Arlene Brosas when she took her oath of...
Gabriela Women’s Partylist, on Friday, June 10, demanded the immediate release of over 90 agrarian reform beneficiaries (ARBs) and advocates in Tinang, Concepcion, Tarlac. (Gabriela Women's Partylist / Manila Bulletin) “Tumitindig ang Gabriela Partylist laban sa iligal at marahas na pag-aresto...
The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) welcomed on Monday, June 6, the BRP Teresa Magbanua (MRRV-9701) after its “successful” maiden mission in Makassar, Indonesia last month. BRP Teresa Magbanua (Photo courtesy of Philippine Coast Guard) The PCG held an arrival ceremony for BRP Teresa Magbanua at...
Gabriela, a national alliance of women in the Philippines, reiterated that the scrapping of Oil Deregulation Law, as well as the removal of excise tax on major oil products may help solve the continuously soaring oil prices in the country. (Mark Balmores / Manila Bulletin File Photo) The women’s...
Gabriela Women’s Partylist, on Saturday, May 14, slammed a report on the apparent 8.3 percent growth of the Philippine gross domestic product (GDP) in the first quarter of 2022. (Gabriela Women's Partylist / Facebook) An increasing GDP indicates that a country’s economy is growing. However,...
Parties and candidates of the Makabayan bloc have not been disqualified from the 2022 national elections despite claims made by a fake document; members of the bloc have even described the disinformation as a “desperate act by anti-democratic and fascists minions of NTF-ELCAC (National Task Force...
Gabriela Women’s Partylist, on Monday, April 18, called on President Rodrigo Duterte to “urgently sign” the Expanded Solo Parents’ Welfare Act to help alleviate the suffering of solo parents in the country. (Photo by Ted ALJIBE / AFP / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN) Solo parents, according...
Gabriela Party-list Rep. Arlene Brosas is prodding the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) to ensure an impartial and urgent investigation on the case of a young female foreign service officer (FSO) who was allegedly harassed by a DFA official. (Photo from Arlene Brosas's Facebook) This, after...
Party-lists belonging to the Makabayan bloc have condemned the "desperate move" of spreading fake sex videos involving Aika Robredo, eldest daughter of opposition standard-bearer Vice President Leni Robredo. (Sergey Zolkin/ Unsplash) In a statement Monday, April 11, Gabriela Party-list Rep. Arlene...
Gabriela Women’s Party, on Monday, April 11, denounced the online sexual harrasment that was perpetrated against Vice President Leni Robredo’s eldest daughter Aika Robredo. Vice Presidential daughter Aika Robredo at a house-to-house campaign in San Rafael, Bulacan on Monday, April 4. (Leni...
The Gabriela Women’s Party-list has moved up two spots in Pulse Asia’s March 2022 survey, where it now stands at 6th place among 177 running party-lists. (Photo from Gabriela Women's Party-list Facebook) “This affirms the unwavering support of Filipino women and the people for our consistent...
A distasteful display of women's subjugation to men in power. That's how Gabriela Party-list Rep. Arlene Brosas described what local election candidates in Laguna did in a dance number during a campaign rally. (Photo from Gabriela Partylist Arlene Brosas's Facebook) Brosas called attention Friday,...
