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The Philippine National Police (PNP) has denied any involvement in a poster displayed in front of a police station in Tarlac which allegedly links a party-list representative to the Communist Party of the Philippines- New People's Army (CPP-NPA). In a statement, PNP chief information officer Brig.

The secretary of the Department of Agriculture (DA) remained firm on the Sugar Regulatory Administration’s (SRA) decision to import  refined sugar to boost the country’s supply and mitigate price spikes. During the Laging Handa public briefing on Tuesday, Agriculture Secretary William Dar reiterated the need to import the commodity to…

"The police has no control [over] those who are responsible [for] mounting the said tarpaulin especially [since] it was placed on the outer portion of the gated police station."

Bayan Muna party-list Rep. Carlos Zarate MANILA - The Philippine National Police (PNP) on Monday denied the alleged red-tagging of individuals and groups, particularly Bayan Muna party-list Rep. Carlos Zarate. This, following reports of a tarpaulin displayed in front of the Capas Municipal Police Station in Tarlac that prompted Zarate to issue a statement condemning the alleged red-tagging linking his name to the communist terrorist organization Communist Party of the Philippines-New People'...

This comes after a joint advisory between the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration and the Pag-IBIG Fund made securing Pag-IBIG membership identification numbers and paying the monthly contributions mandatory for overseas Filipino workers.

Congress has oversight powers on the implementation of laws like the Indigenous Peoples Rights Act. It may also hold hearings in aid of legislation.

Sorsogon, Philippines– Members of various art groups, multi-sectoral coalitions, and civil society organizations launched the Sorsogon Initiatives for

Bayan Muna Party-list has slammed the Employers Confederation of the Philippines’s (ECOP) “free occupancy” of a government office space, describing the ECOPs failure to pay rent as “freeloading” on the backs of workers and the government. Bayan Muna Rep. Ferdinand Gaite “Freeloading na sa pawis

“It is a resounding and indubitable proof that extrajudicial killings had been committed by state security forces, in this instance by members of the military. The government cannot, with any credibility say that there are no extrajudicial killings much less its security forces are not engaging in such atrocious acts and more than that, that it is an orchestrated and premeditated policy and practice.”

Following Bayan Muna's resolution alleging that the absentee voting in Hong Kong (HK) were “chaotic and disorganized,” Consulate General of the Philippines in HK Consul General Raly L. Tejada denied the claims made by the party-list. (Photo courtesy of Raly Tejada/ Philippine Consulate General in