‘I lied.’’ Senator Imee Marcos admitted that she lied to then-Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon during the previous 18th Congress that the scheduled December 2022 barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) elections would be the last postponement. Marcos recalled this incident after Senator...
A Sangguniang Kabataan council in a barangay in Taguig gave self-defense kits, including taser flashlights, to young women as protection against crimes. The Sangguniang Kabataan in Barangay San Miguel chose 40 young women as recipients of its self-defense kits. The self-defense kit includes an...
Millions of students trooped to their respective schools on Monday, Aug. 22, as the country reopened schools two years after being locked down in an online learning setup. However, progressive party-list groups and youth-led organizations urged students to document and expose “both examples of...
ZAMBOANGA CITY - A chairman of the Sangguniang Kabataan in Manukan Municipality, Zamboanga del Norte was arrested by authorities during a drug buy bust operation on Wednesday, Aug. 17. P/Maj. Shellamie Chang, Police Regional Office-9 Public Information Officer, identified the suspect as Mark...
Makabayan bloc solons have pitched different ways for government to generate revenue even as they thumbed down the proposed tax on “ukay-ukay” or second-hand clothes. 'Ukay-ukay' clothes This, after House Ways and Means Chairman and Albay 2nd district Rep. Joey Salceda said that his committee...
The Parish Pastoral Council for Responsible Voting (PPCRV) is not in favor of postponing the December 5, 2022 Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections. PPCRV In a statement, the church-based poll watchdog group said the calls to postpone the BSKE seem to "undermine the barangay’s important...
The Pasig City local government recognized on Monday, Aug. 15, the Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) of Barangay Maybunga for being named as one of the country's top 10 outstanding SK councils by the Philippine SK Awards (PSKA) 2022. Photo from Pasig PIO The council was awarded for its "commitment to...
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,...
Young members of the National Citizens Movement for Free Elections (Namfrel) has urged Congress to allow the Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections (BSKE) to push through on Dec. 5, 2022. Namfrel In their position paper on the proposed postponement of the BSKE, they said, they believe that...
As far as Kabataan Party-list Rep. Raoul Manuel is concerned, the public support that the movie "Maid in Malacañang" is enjoying is merely "manufactured". Kabataan Party-list Rep. Raoul Manuel The neophyte solon made this claim Thursday morning, Aug. 4, during the weekly press conference of the...
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...
