‘Thanks, but why spare Palace, Senate pork?’

Credit to Author: Alexander Magno| Date: Tue, 16 Apr 2019 15:21:04 +0000

‘Thanks, but why spare Palace, Senate pork?’

MANILA, Philippines — Progressive party-list groups on Tuesday welcomed President Rodrigo Duterte’s veto on House insertions in the 2019 spending law, but they remained skeptical on why he kept intact billions-worth of alleged pork insertions by senators. Bayan Muna and ACT Teachers party-list warned that the president’s veto should not be an immediate cause for […]

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Duterte in a bind over budget veto – Zarate

Credit to Author: ggaviola| Date: Fri, 12 Apr 2019 16:18:55 +0000

MANILA, Philippines – President Rodrigo Duterte appears to be in a bind whether or not to veto supposed insertions of the House of Representatives and the Senate in the General Appropriations Act (GAA), Bayan Muna party-list Rep, Carlos Zarate said on Friday.

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LOOK: Protesters prepare to march toward Chinese Embassy

Credit to Author: jvicente| Date: Tue, 09 Apr 2019 02:11:19 +0000

LOOK: Protesters prepare to march toward Chinese Embassy

Various organizations started to converge near the Makati Central Fire Station ahead of a planned protest march toward the Chinese Embassy.

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Bayan Muna hits Duterte’s threat  on habeas corpus, revolutionary gov’t

Credit to Author: ggaviola| Date: Fri, 05 Apr 2019 14:32:04 +0000

MANILA, Philippines – President Rodrigo Duterte’s plan to suspend the writ of habeas corpus and install a revolutionary government are his reactions to critics of his administration and a video linking his son to the drug trade, Bayan Muna leaders said on Friday.

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Colmenares: If gov’t doesn’t act on West PH Sea, we will

Credit to Author: cbibe| Date: Tue, 02 Apr 2019 04:02:54 +0000

Colmenares: If gov’t doesn’t act on West PH Sea, we will

Bayan Muna chair Neri Colmenares is calling on groups and personalities to join protest movements against the Chinese occupation of the WPS.

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Bayan Muna threatens to sue cops, soldiers in ‘massacre’ of 14 farmers

Credit to Author: Alexander Magno| Date: Sat, 30 Mar 2019 15:27:30 +0000

Bayan Muna threatens to sue cops, soldiers in ‘massacre’ of 14 farmers

MANILA, Philippines — Bayan Muna on Saturday threatened to file charges against the police officers and soldiers involved in what it called a “massacre” of 14 farmers, whom police said were killed in separate, legitimate operations in Negros Oriental. READ: 14 killed in PNP, Army operations vs loose firearms in Negros Oriental “We warn the police […]

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Party-list group defends critics of China loan agreement

Credit to Author: clopez| Date: Wed, 27 Mar 2019 21:38:23 +0000

Party-list group Bayan Muna on Wednesday blasted Malacañang for trying to turn the tables on critics of the administration’s loan agreement with China for an irrigation project

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Penalize Manila Water, petitioners ask MWSS

Credit to Author: besguerra| Date: Mon, 25 Mar 2019 23:26:36 +0000

Penalize Manila Water, petitioners ask MWSS

MANILA, Philippines — Several customers of Manila Water Co. led by a party-list lawmaker petitioned the Metropolitan Waterworks and Sewerage System (MWSS) Regulatory Office on Monday to penalize the company for breach of contract for the water shortage in large areas of Metro Manila and parts of Rizal province early this month.

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