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Party-list group Bayan Muna has blamed President Duterte and the alleged massive black propaganda by the government for its failure to secure a seat in Congress during the May 9 elections.

NTF-ELCAC spokesperson and Communications Undersecretary Lorraine Badoy (File photo) MANILA - The defeat of the Bayan Muna Party-list in the May 9 elections was due to "massive rejection by Filipino people" and not by massive vote shaving, an official of the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) said Wednesday. In a statement, NTF-ELCAC spokesperson for sectoral affairs and sectoral concerns, Communications Undersecretary Lorraine Badoy, insisted that th...

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Instead of providing genuine representation for marginalized sectors, the party-list system has become a tool for political clans to remain in power.

“Given Remulla’s atrocious track record of shameless apologia for red-tagging, human rights violations, and attacks on press freedom, we express grave concern over his impending appointment as DOJ secretary, especially when his appointment also means that he will get to sit as a member the Anti-Terrorism Council.”

MANILA - The National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) is elated by the electoral loss of party-list groups linked to the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People's Army-National Democratic Front (CPP-NPA-NDF). In a press statement on Sunday, NTF ELCAC spokesperson for sectoral concerns and Communications Undersecretary Lorraine Badoy thanked Filipinos for not voting for Reds-linked party-list groups Bayan Muna and Anakpawis. "The expulsion, particularly...

EMPTY PROMISES. Eleven New People's Army (NPA) rebels surrender on Friday (May 20, 2022) in Pigcawayan, North Cotabato due to empty promises of the terrorist organization. The surrenderers denounced, torched an NPA flag, and pledged allegiance to the Philippine flag.(Photo courtesy of the Army's 602nd Infantry Brigade) COTABATO CITY - Empty promises by the New People's Army (NPA) have pushed 11 NPA rebels to surrender Friday to government authorities in North Cotabato, officials said...

“We assert that a convict, liar, and unrepentant son of an ousted dictator like Marcos Jr. should have never been allowed to run for public office, let alone the highest position in the land. The Supreme Court must uphold truth, justice, and democracy, and heed our calls to disqualify Marcos Jr. now."

The progressive party-list group Bayan Muna has pushed the Supreme Court (SC) to act swiftly on the petition seeking to cancel the certificate of candidacy (COC) of presumptive president Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. Bayan Muna Party-list Rep. Carlos Zarate (Photo from Bayan Muna) “There

According to the Philippine Embassy in Canada, voting turnout is at 35.05% this year, higher compared to the 28.62% seen in the 2016 presidential elections.