Women’s group Gabriela issued a warning on the “harmful effects” of mandatory Reserved Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) on female students as well as to those belonging to the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex, and queer (LGBTIQ) community. Manila Bulletin File “The...
Progressive group GABRIELA on Friday, Aug. 11 expressed concern about the increasing unemployment rate, especially among women, and called for a bigger budget to be allotted for social services. ALI VICOY / MANILA BULLETIN / FILE PHOTO “Pinasisinungalingan ng papalaking bilang ng kababaihang...
Gabriela Party-list Rep. Arlene Brosas (Screenshot from Zoom) A "victory for justice". That's how Gabriela Party-list Rep. Arlene Brosas described the acquittal of activist Reina Mae Nasino and her companions on charges of illegal possession of firearms and explosives. "We welcome this decision as...
(ACT Teachers Party-list) Makabayan solons ACT Teachers Party-list Rep. France Castro and Gabriela Party-list Rep. Arlene Brosas will let their outfits do the talking on the day of the State of the Nation Address (SONA). Castro's office sent to House of Representatives reporters Thursday, July 20...
Gabriela Party-list Rep. Arlene Brosas (Facebook) An "infuriated" Gabriela Party-list Rep. Arlene Brosas wants the House Committee on Women and Gender Equality to hold an investigation on the "sexy dance number" that took place during a recent National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) command...
Gabriela Party-list Rep. Arlene Brosas (Facebook) Gabriela Party-list Rep. Arlene Brosas has challenged President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. to prioritize the creation of a new and genuinely redistributive agrarian reform program. This, even as the Makabayan solon hailed Marcos for signing...
Gabriela Party-list Rep. Arlene Brosas (Facebook) "It can hardly buy a kilo of rice." With this remark, Gabriela Party-list Rep. Arlene Brosas slammed the recently approved P40 minimum wage increase in the National Capital Region (NCR), and called it far from sufficient as it falls short of...
Gabriela Party-list Rep. Arlene Brosas (Facebook) Gabriela Party-list Rep. Arlene Brosas has blamed what she described as the "borderline softcore pornography"-themed films that have been streaming online as contributing factors to the harmful stereotyping of women and normalized gender-based...
Former senator Leila de Lima (Senate PRIB) Makabayan solons Gabriela Party-list Rep. Arlene Brosas and ACT Teachers Party-list Rep. France Castro have expressed disappointment over a Muntinlupa City Regional Trial Court's (RTC) junking of former senator Leila de Lima's petition for bail. "We, in...
Gabriela Party-list Rep. Arlene Brosas The additional P9-million fine that was recently imposed by the Philippine Competition Commission (PCC) against Grab Philippines shouldn't come as a surprise to the company "given its history of non-compliance". Thus, said House Assistant Minority Leader...
House Speaker Martin Romualdez (rightmost) leads the distribution of P10,000 ayuda to displaced sugar farmers in Balayan, Batangas. (Speaker's office) House Speaker Martin Romualdez has led the distribution of P10,000 worth of cash assistance or "ayuda" each to some 800 sugar farmers in Batangas...
Pro-women lawmaker Gabriela Party-list Rep. Arlene Brosas has recently filed a measure that, if enacted, would grant all female employees in the private and public sectors a maximum of two days of fully paid menstrual leave per month. Brosas filed House Bill (HB) No.7758, or the proposed Menstrual...
