Despite its seeming unpopularity these days, the Makabayan bloc in the House of Representatives vowed to criticize the administration of President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Jr. whenever it deems it necessary. ACT Teachers Party-list Rep. France Castro (Facebook) ACT Teachers Party-list Rep. France...
Neophyte lawmaker and Kabataan Party-list Rep. Raoul Manuel filed 10 House bills (HBs) and 10 House Resolutions (HRs) last June 30, or the first day for the fifiling of measures for the 19th Congress. Top-billing the measures is a request for the House to look into the alleged fraud during the May...
Aiming to address the “root” of social strife due to landlessness and poverty, Makabayan representatives, together with peasant and fisherfolk leaders refiled the Genuine Agrarian Reform Bill (GARB) in the 19th Congress. Makabayan representatives along with peasant and fisherfolk leaders...
Party-lists belonging to the Makabayan bloc have condemned the "desperate move" of spreading fake sex videos involving Aika Robredo, eldest daughter of opposition standard-bearer Vice President Leni Robredo. (Sergey Zolkin/ Unsplash) In a statement Monday, April 11, Gabriela Party-list Rep. Arlene...
The Legal Advocates and Defenders for Leni (Leni LEAD) asked Undersecretary Lorraine Marie Badoy, spokesperson of the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC), to take down Facebook posts red-tagging Vice President Leni Robredo or face legal actions. Presidential...
Members of the Makabayan coalition have filed criminal complaints against National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) spokesperson Lorraine Badoy and other NTF-ELCAC officials before the Commission on Elections' (Comelec) Law department. Makabayan bloc nominees hold up the...
The Makabayan Coalition has underscored their call to stop the act of red-tagging, and to start implementing tax cuts to counter the fuel crisis during a press conference on Monday, March 14. Makabayan Bloc logo (Photo from Wikipedia) They alleged that the administration had taken more interest in...
Presidential aspirant Vice President Leni Robredo and her running mate Senator Kiko Pangilinan welcomed on Saturday, Jan. 29, the endorsement of progressive coalition Makabayan, saying that this opens doors for unity and cooperation that will benefit Filipinos. Vice President Leni Robredo and...
Following its swift approval on second reading four months ago, the bill proposing to institutionalize the 1989 University of the Philippines-Department of National Defense Accord still has no guarantee of being enacted. UP Diliman campus This was gathered after the six-man Makabayan bloc...
The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) on Friday, Jan. 14, hit back at ACT-Teacher's Rep. France Castro, of the Makabayan bloc, for branding the inventory of the unvaccinated individuals against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) as a “witch hunt’’ despite assurances that...
The House of Representatives has unanimously approved on third and final reading a bill that will help guarantee the effectiveness of loans secured by government under the Official Development Assistance. Infrastructure project Principally authored by Makabayan lawmakers, House Bill 10322 was...
House Deputy Minority Leader and Bayan Muna Rep. Carlos Isagani Zarate on Thursday, Nov. 18 dared all national candidates in the 2022 elections to clearly state their respective stand on the West Philippine Sea dispute with China. Former Rep. Nery Colmenares Zarate said the Philippine government...
