Credit to Author: eestopace| Date: Tue, 12 Feb 2019 08:50:14 +0000
Bayan Muna chair Neri Colmenares has contradicted President Rodrigo Duterte’s recent statements on the high cost of oil products.
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Read moreCredit to Author: cbibe| Date: Tue, 12 Feb 2019 01:58:58 +0000
Makabayan senatorial candidate Neri Colmenares started his campaign for the 2019 midterm elections with senior citizens in Quezon City.
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Credit to Author: mfrialde| Date: Thu, 07 Feb 2019 04:02:07 +0000
Bayan Muna chair and senatorial candidate Neri Colmenares has slammed Malacañang for being a “hypocrite” for condemning the murder
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Credit to Author: ggaviola| Date: Tue, 05 Feb 2019 11:50:34 +0000
ROXAS CITY, Philippines – Bayan Muna chairperson Neri Colmenares reminded government that the 4.4 percent inflation recorded in January 2019 is not something to crow about, especially on a year-on-year basis. Colmenares noted in a statement issued Tuesday that the high inflation rates recorded in 2018 — which peaked to 6.7 percent in September — […]
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Credit to Author: besguerra| Date: Sun, 27 Jan 2019 23:22:57 +0000
“Imperial” Metro Manila will continue to receive a bigger slice of the spending pie in the proposed 2019 national budget, while the Visayas and Mindanao will suffer cuts, according to the Bayan Muna party-list group.
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Read moreCredit to Author: cbibe| Date: Thu, 17 Jan 2019 02:47:47 +0000
MANILA, Philippines — As consumers braced for higher oil prices and a new round of excise tax on fuel products, lawmakers urged the Department of Energy (DOE) to release its “long overdue” memorandum itemizing oil prices in the country to identify overpricing companies. Energy Secretary Alfonso Cusi ordered the unbundling of prices of petroleum products […]
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Read moreCredit to Author: cbibe| Date: Mon, 14 Jan 2019 03:18:30 +0000
The passport data mess could have been prevented if passport printing was not subcontracted to a private company, Bayan Muna said.
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Read moreCredit to Author: kadraneda| Date: Thu, 10 Jan 2019 06:26:12 +0000
Bayan Muna Rep. Carlos Zarate hit Budget Secretary Benjamin Diokno on Thursday for aeemingly holding hostage state workers’ salary increase.
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Credit to Author: hniitsu| Date: Wed, 09 Jan 2019 07:18:39 +0000
MANILA, Philippines – President Rodrigo Duterte’s recent tirade and remark on the abduction and torture of Commission on Audit (COA) auditors and officials for supposedly hampering government work proves his unabashed disdain for accountability and checks and balances, Akbayan party-list Rep. Tom Villarin said on Wednesday. READ: Duterte: Let’s just kidnap and torture COA execs Villarin warned […]
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