Alliance of FIlipino women Gabriela on Friday, Jan. 27 urged President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. to heed the demands of Filipino employees and specify the national government’s plan for workers in the country. After the International Labor Organization conducted the High-Level...
Filipino workers who are set to hold a dialogue with the International Labor Organization for the High-Level Tripartite Mission (ILO-HITM) earned the support of the national alliance of women Gabriela. The women’s group on Monday morning, Jan. 23 trooped to Makati City in time for the opening of...
The Philippine goverment must take prompt decisive actions on the latest sanctions imposed by the United States (US) Department of Treasury against controversial preacher Apollo Quiboloy, the Gabriela Women’s Party said on Sunday, Dec. 11. Gabriela Rep. Arlene Brosas (left) and Pastor Apollo...
Gabriela Party-list Rep. Arlene Brosas is up in arms over the restoration of the P10-billion budget of the controversial National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) in the proposed 2023 national budget, which is nearing enactment. Gabriela Party-list Rep. Arlene Brosas...
Gabriela Women’s Party-list Rep. Arlene Brosas on Monday, Nov. 28, asked the Marcos administration to ratify and enforce the International Labor Organization’s (ILO) Convention 190 (C190), which recognizes the right of everyone to a violent-free workplace, including gender-based violence and...
United States (US) Vice President Kamala Harris's recent visit to the Philippines had nothing to do with the empowerment of women, according to pro-women group Gabriela Party-list. US Vice President Kamala Harris during her recent Philippine visit. (Ali Vicoy/ MANILA BULLETIN) Instead, the visit...
Progressive groups in the country pushed for the prosecution of former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte for his alleged “crimes against humanity.” Alliance of Filipino women, Gabriela, on Monday, Nov. 14, said attacks carried out against women activists during the Duterte administration...
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...
Alliance of Filipino women, Gabriela, on Monday, Aug. 22, condemned the “harassment” and “physical assault” perpetrated by the Philippine National Police (PNP) from Batasan Police Station 6 against children’s rights advocates on the first day of classes for the School Year (SY) 2022-2023....
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....
