(Unsplash) Kabayan Party-list Rep. Ron Salo believes that the livestreamimg of Sangguniang Bayan sessions can promote greater transparency in local governance. For this purpose, Salo filed House Bill (HB) No.11294, titled, "An Act...
Former Bayan Muna Party-list Rep. Neri Colmenares (PPAB) Bayan Muna Chairman and former congressman Neri Colmenares lambasted the “scandalous disparity” between the million-peso salaries of Social Security System (SSS) officials and the...
ILOILO CITY – Bayan Panay slammed Mayor Jerry Treñas here for banning political speeches in the upcoming 2025 Dinagyang Festival. FIRST Lady Liza Araneta-Marcos addresses the 2023 Dinagyang Festival in Iloilo City. With her are Mayor Jerry Treñas and House Speaker Martin Romualdez. (Mayor...
(US Army) Bayan Muna criticized the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) over its plans to acquire the United States’ (US) Typhon missile system, and claimed that this would put a heavy strain on an already debt-saddled national budget. In a...
(Ali Vicoy/ MANILA BULLETIN) Bayan Muna is pushing for the immediate implementation of oil price unbundling to assert transparency as oil prices are expected to face another round of increases during the Christmas season. "The price of fuel in gas...
(MANILA BULLETIN) Bayan Muna has expressed its firm opposition to a measure aiming to extend the maximum period foreigners can lease lands in the country from the previous 75 to 99 years, citing its threat to sovereignty and farmers’ rights. This, after...
The majority of the country’s top government officials saw a dip in their approval and trust ratings in November, according to a survey conducted by Pulse Asia and released on Saturday, Dec. 21. President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. and Vice President Sara Duterte (Malacañang, OVP photos)...
A total of 118 couples got married under the Muntinlupa City government’s Kasalang Bayan program. Mayor Ruffy Biazon officiated the wedding of the couples held at the Muntinlupa Sports Center in Barangay Tunasan. The program was spearheaded by the Community Affairs & Development...
BANGUED, Abra – The Sangguniang Panlalawigan has ordered officials of Barangay Calaba here who enacted an ordinance imposing a “death sentence” over garbage dumping to continue working while their suspension case is being reviewed. In an order this week, the SP told Barangay Captain Renato...
Non-profit organization Go Negosyo and the Department of Health (DOH) are looking to revive the Botika sa Barangay program which aims to build drug outlets in villages that offer cheap medicines. Botika ng Bayan (Photo courtesy of DOH-Calabarzon) Go Negosyo founder Joey Concepcion said that he and...
ILOILO CITY – Social officer Ann Rapunzel “Rara” O. Ganzon of the Iloilo provincial government is a recipient of this year’s Presidential Lingkod Bayan Award, the highest citation given to public servants by the Civil Service Commission (CSC). SOCIAL officer Ann Rapunzel 'Rara' O. Ganzon of...
President Marcos has declared Sept. 3 as Day of National Mourning over the passing of Manlilikha ng Bayan Federico Caballero. (Photo courtesy of NCCA) Marcos made the declaration through Proclamation No. 678 signed by Executive Secretary Lucas Bersamin. “The death of Manlilikha ng...
