House Deputy Minority Leader and Bayan Muna Rep. Carlos Isagani Zarate on Tuesday, Jan. 11 called for a congressional investigation into the Manila Bulletin report that a new incident of data breach of Commission on Elections (COMELEC) servers took place over the weekend. Bayan Muna Rep. Carlos...
House Deputy Minority Leader and Bayan Muna Rep. Carlos Isagani Zarate on Monday, Dec. 21 strongly endorsed the grant of bail to convicts who have reached their twilight years or those who have become sickly while serving their sentence. Makabayan bloc2 Zarate aired the proposal in reaction to the...
Deputy Speaker and Bayan Muna Rep. Carlos Isagani Zarate on Monday, Dec. 20 called on the Senate to fast track the approval of its version of the Permanent Evacuation Centers Bill that proposes to ensure safe and secured evacuation venues for victims of typhoons and other natural and man-made...
House Deputy Minority leader and Bayan Muna Representative Carlos Zarate has called for the passage of House Bill 5249 or Free Funeral Services for Indigent Families on Sunday, October 31. Zarate lamented that HB 5249 is still pending at the House Appropriations Committee although the House...
As oil prices continue to rise, the political opposition called on government to buy back Petron as part of the effort to control the runaway prices. Gasoline pump picture House Deputy Minority leader and Bayan Muna Rep. Carlos Isagani Zarate and Makabayan senatorial bet and Bayan Muna chairman...
Members of the House of Representatives were united in pushing for an increase in the 2022 budget of the judiciary, after the executive department slashed its allocation. House of Representatives (Alvin Kasiban/MANILA BULLETIN File Photo) Bayan Muna Party List Representative Carlos Zarate...
Officials of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources reportedly authorized the use portions of the agency’s savings in 2018 instead of reverting the full amount to the Bureau of Treasury (BT) as provided by law. Deputy Minority Leader and Bayan Muna Rep. Carlos Isagani Zarate made...
House Deputy Minority leader Carlos Isagani Zarate on Monday, September 4, scored the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) and the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) for still having more than P4.1 billion worth of funds “parked” at the Philippine International Trading...
House deputy minority leader and Bayan Muna Representative Carlos Isagani Zarate on Monday, August 30, hit the Duterte administration's supposed lack of transparency on the trillions of pesos in loans and savings it generated these past years. House of Representatives Zarate claimed that these...
The House of Representatives is eyeing Sept. 30 as the target date for the passage of the proposed P5.024 trillion national budget for 2022. Speaker Lord Allan Velasco Speaker Lord Allan Velasco on Thursday, Aug. 26 said the Lower House should work swiftly and smoothly to pursue this goal in order...
Progressive lawmakers have assailed anew Department of Health (DOH) Secretary Francisco Duque after the reported deficiencies of his department in spending some P67.32 billion in COVID-19 response funds. Health Secretary Francisco Duque III (PCOO) Bayan Muna Party List Representative Carlos Zarate...
A heated exchange ensued between Bayan Muna Representative Carlos Zarate and Agriculture Secretary William Dar and on Tuesday, August 10, after the latter accused the lawmaker of distorting facts on the impact of African swine fever (ASF) outbreak on the local hog industry. Department of...
