For most netizens, the P10,000 cash assistance or "ayuda" is a meme. For the Makabayan bloc, the P10,000 ayuda is necessary for the survival of poor Filipinos. (Mari Gimenez/ Unsplash) Militant party-list solons Rep. Arlene Brosas of Gabriela, Rep. France Castro of ACT Teachers, and Rep. Raoul...
A Makabayan lawmaker is up in arms over the reported 31 million doses or P15.6 billion worth of Covid-19 vaccines that have gone to waste. Covid-19 vaccines (MANILA BULLETIN) "The government should not take the over 31 million doses of wasted Covid-19 lightly. This wastage is worth an estimated...
Filipino teachers are more "overworked" now than ever before, House Deputy Minority Leader and ACT Teachers Rep. France Castro reckoned Wednesday, Nov. 2. ACT Teachers Party-list Rep. France Castro Castro, a member of the militant Makabayan bloc in the House of Representatives, made this bold claim...
The suprise visit of the police to a journalist’s home is similiar to the supposed “profiling of teachers,” House Deputy Minority Leader and ACT Teachers Party-list Rep. France Castro said on Sunday, Oct. 16. ACT Teachers Party-list Rep. France Castro (Screenshot from HReps livestream) Castro...
The House leadership's list of institutional amendments worth P77.5 billion to the proposed 2023 national budget is good, but not enough. ACT Teachers Party-list Rep. France Castro (Screenshot from Facebook live) Deputy Minority Leader and ACT Teachers Party-list Rep. France Castro had this to say...
Lawmakers of the Makabayan bloc condemned the killing of veteran radio journalist Pervical “Percy Lapid” Mabasa, and at the same time called on the Marcos administration to immediately probe the brutal shooting. Justice for Percy Lapid (Image courtesy of KMU) READ:...
The killing of veteran radio commentator and columnist Percival Mabasa is proof of the “worsening culture of impunity” in the Philippines, an opposition lawmaker said on Tuesday, Oct. 4. (Screenshot from Lapid Fire radio show/Ali Vicoy/MANILA BULLETIN) In condemning the killing , House Deputy...
SAGIP Party-list Rep. Rodante Marcoleta and Albay 1st district Rep. Edcel Lagman had a friendly debate about linguistics on Friday, Sept. 16 at the House of Representatives, with "red-tagging" being the main topic. SAGIP Party-list Rep. Rodante Marcoleta (left) and Albay 1st district Rep. Edcel...
Makabayan solon ACT Teachers Party-list Rep. France Castro issued a dare to Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) Secretary Manuel Bonoan. The latter said, "G." DPWH Secretary Manuel Bonoan (left) and ACT Teachers Party-list Rep. France Castro (Screenshot from Zoom) Castro, during the...
Makabayan solons have filed a measure that, if enacted, would abolish the country's regional wage board system in favor of a uniform national minimum wage. Gabriela Party-list Rep. Arlene Brosas (Facebook) Under House Bill (HB) No.4898, the proposed national minimum wage will be implemented through...
The National Commission on Indigenous People (NCIP)--an attached agency of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD)--became the first agency to have its budget briefing deferred by the House Committee on Appropriations. Gabriela Party-list Rep. Arlene Brosas (Screenshot from Facebook...
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....
