A recent study by the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) revealing that 18.9 million Filipinos are considered “functionally illiterate” should be considered a national emergency. “This is not just a crisis—it's a national emergency,” ACT Teachers Partylist Rep. France Castro...
Bagong Henerasyon Party-list nominee Redd de Guzman (Facebook) Bagong Henerasyon (BH) Party-list nominee Redd de Guzman is up in arms over Pasig City congressional candidate lawyer Christian Sia's alleged “disrespectful and offensive”...
(John Louie Abrina/MANILA BULLETIN) Former Bayan Muna Party-list Rep. Carlos Zarate has a big problem with the government’s justification for the hefty fare hike on the Light Rail Transit (LRT)-1. In particular, Zarate questioned the...
Members of Akbayan trooped to the Chinese Consular Office in Makati and called on the Chinese government to pay for the environmental damages it has caused in the WPS. Protesters from a cause-oriented group trooped to the Chinese Consular Office in Makati City on Wednesday, March 19,...
ACT Teachers Party-list is planning to raise in the next Congress META's action of deactivating Facebook accounts, which the group has slammed as a form of politically-motivated censorship that curtails freedom of expression in the country. This, after the party-list current's representative in the...
Former Magdalo Party-list Rep. Gary Alejano (left), former president Rodrigo Duterte (Facebook) The executioner has finally been caught. Former senator Antonio Trillanes IV wrote this celebratory message on Facebook Tuesday, March 11,...
Bayan Muna party-list on Monday, March 10, asked the Commission on Elections to investigate the massive and widespread black propaganda being perpetrated against them and other affected party-lists and candidates to file criminal cases. (Photo from Bayan Muna) In a letter to the Comelec sent by...
Mamamayang Liberal (ML) Partylist first nominee Leila de Lima called on educators and students to rise against oppression, abuse of power, and far-right movements in a bid to defend democracy despite its imperfections. Mamamayang Liberal Partylist first nominee Leila de Lima talks about...
Akbayan Partylist and the Office of Senator Risa Hontiveros have joined forces with volunteers and supporters in campaigning for senatorial aspirants Bam Aquino and Kiko Pangilinan. Senator Risa Hontiveros campaigns for the Akbayan Partylist and Kiko-Bam tandem in Tondo, Manila. She is joined by...
There’s no need to take a selfie with former senator Leila de Lima’s standee as she can now freely campaign in person as Mamamayang Liberal (ML) Partylist first nominee. (From left) Mamamayang Liberal Partylist nominees Teddy Baguilat, Leila de Lima, and Erin Tañada at the proclamation...
Akbayan Party-list Rep. Perci Cendaña (left), Senator Ronald "Bato" dela Rosa (Facebook) Akbayan Party-list Rep. Perci Cendaña chided Senator Ronald "Bato" dela Rosa on Saturday, Feb. 8 after the latter poked fun at his physical...
Magsasaka Partylist nominee Lejun dela Cruz. (Photo from Eli Sanfernando) Marikina City Police chief Col. Erwin Dayag denied the abduction allegations made by Magsasaka Party-list nominee Lejun dela Cruz on Sunday, Feb. 2, stressing that his arrest was a legitimate police operation. Dayag said Dela...
