The House leadership will give appropriate action to the Makabayan bloc's resolution asking for the return of full face-to-face plenary sessions in the lower chamber. This, after Majority Leader and Zamboanga City 2nd district Rep. Mannix Dalipe said he would refer the measure to the appropriate,...
Militant solons from the Makabayan bloc want full face-to-face plenary sessions to come back in the House of Representatives. For this purpose, the Makabayan led by House Deputy Minority leader and ACT Teachers Party-list Rep. France Castro filed House Resolution (HR) No. 859. "It is unfortunate and...
The House Committee on Basic Education and Culture on Monday, March 13, formed a technical working group (TWG) to consolidate House Bills (HBs) 346, 549, and 6940, which would provide protection for teachers from wrongful allegations of child abuse. The three bills—Institutionalizing support...
The Makabayan bloc in the House of Representatives on Monday, March 13, urged President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. to certify as urgent House Bill (HB) No. 7568, which would mandate a P750 across-the-board wage increase for those working in the agricultural and non-agricultural...
For the Makabayan bloc, it would be insensitive for congressmen to debate about Charter change (Cha-cha) while public utility jeepney (PUJ) drivers are on strike. The House plenary (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) As such, the militant solons are asking the House leadership to postpone the...
An irked Vice President Sara Duterte did not mince words when she slammed former Bayan Muna Rep. Eufamia Cullamat over her remarks about her traditional Bagobo Tagabawa dress attire during the State of the Nation Address (SONA), alleging the Makabayan bloc of Congress, of which she is a member, to...
The progressive Makabayan bloc in the House of Representatives filed a resolution calling for the “urgent revocation” of the resolutions designating leftist organizations and their armed wing as terrorists and urged the government to resume peace talks thereafter. Gabriela Women’s Party Rep....
Deputy Minority Leader and ACT Teachers Party-list Rep. France Castro on Saturday, Feb. 4, warned against the planned expansion of the Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement (EDCA), and called on Filipinos to guard the country’s freedom and sovereignty against foreign excursions. ACT Teachers...
If the Philippine government “has nothing to hide", then President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. should let the International Criminal Court (ICC) continue its investigation into the previous Duterte administration’s bloody war on drugs, Gabriela Party-list Rep. Arlene Brosas said. Permanent...
The Makabayan bloc in the House of Representatives urged the public to “resoundingly reject” moves to change the Constitution as it lambasted the Marcos administration and its allies for attempts to amend key provisions set to safeguard the country’s democracy. (From left) Kabataan Party-list...
A fisherfolk group called on the national government to certify House Bill 1112 or the National Farmers’ Day bill as urgent. The bill, which was filed by the Makabayan bloc, seeks to declare Jan. 22 of every year as a special working holiday to honor and remember the 13 farmers killed in...
The Makabayan bloc in Congress on Monday, January 9 expressed hope that the perjury charges filed against 10 human rights defenders would be dismissed. In a statement, the group reiterated their belief that the filing of perjury cases against the human rights defenders is a clear act of retaliation...
