Kabataan Party-list Rep. Raoul Manuel on Tuesday, Dec. 6, called on Filipino youth to reject what he called a mandatory Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (ROTC) “in disguise” as a joint committee hearing approved the substitute bill for House Bill (HB) 6486, or the “National Citizens Service...
Shocked and surprised? Not likely. Lawmakers and the chairman of the National Youth Commission (NYC) on Tuesday, Dec. 6, dispelled claims by the National Union of Students of the Philippines (NUSP) that they were surprised by the sudden discussions on the mandatory Reserve Officers' Training Corps...
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...
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....
Makabayan solons, on Tuesday, Aug. 16, filed a resolution, condemning several commissioners of the Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino (KWF) and officials of the Sonshine Media Network International News (SMNI) for red-tagging authors of some books that were alleged to be subversive, while ordering that...
The word war between Vice President and Department of Education (DepEd) Secretary Sara Duterte and the Makabayan bloc continued to rage on Thursday, Aug. 11, after one of the militant lawmakers referred to Duterte as the new “red-tagging queen". Vice President Sara Duterte (left) and Kabataan...
Makabayan bloc lawmakers are seeking reparations for victims of human rights violations (HRV) and proper documentation of such HRVs that took place during the martial law era under the administration of late President Ferdinand Marcos Sr. (From left to right) Kabataan Party-list Rep. Raoul Manuel,...
House Speaker Martin Romualdez and other members of the Congress paid their last respects to the late former president Fidel V. Ramos on Thursday, Aug. 4. House Speaker Martin Romualdez visits wake of FVR. (Photo courtesy of Romualdez’s office) Today is the first day of the viewing of Ramos’...
These three solons won't be seeing "that" movie. (From left to right) Kabataan Party-list Rep. Raoul Manuel, ACT Teachers Party-list Rep. France Castro, and Gabriela Women's Party-list Rep. Arlene Brosas (Makabayan photo) Members of the Makabayan bloc have zero interest in seeing the controversial...
President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. delivered his first State of the Nation Address (SONA) on Monday, July 25, before some 1,300 people at the Batasang Pambansa Complex in Quezon City, marking the first time in two years a full in-person SONA was held by the Congress. House Speaker Martin Romualdez and...
A dress code was in order, banning any attire with political messages, for President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s first State of the Nation Address (SONA). But this did not stop the Makabayan bloc and other lawmakers from flaunting their outfits. (From left to right) House Speaker Martin Romualdez, ACT...
The National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) objected to a proposed legislation at the House of Representatives which seeks to decriminalize libel, a move that is seen to draw mixed reactions from lawmakers. (PIXABAY / MANILA BULLETIN) The bill, House Bill (HB) No....
