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National Task Force to end Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) spokesperson for sectoral concerns and Presidential Communications Undersecretary Lorraine Badoy (File photo) MANILA - No one is "red-tagging," National Task Force to end Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) spokesperson for sectoral concerns and Presidential Communications Undersecretary Lorraine Badoy said on Wednesday. In a statement, Badoy said "the term red-tagging is just a tool" of front organi...

Cristoni "Jong" Latiban Monzon (Screengrab from RTVM) MANILA - A former rebel has revealed that "red tagging" is a term concocted and being used by the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People's Army-National Democratic Front (CPP-NPA-NDF) to protect their so-called "legal fronts" such as Party-list groups Kabataan, Anak Bayan, Bayan Muna, Gabriela, Karapatan and ACT-Teachers from culpability. "Red tagging is a word used by the communist group to cover...

Incoherent as usual, but unusually brief, was President Duterte’s remark a week ago: He warned that, per an intelligence report, communist insurgents are conniving with the political opposition to disrupt the May 9 elections.

Bayan Muna Party-list solons under the militant Makabayan bloc wants a House probe into the unused P4.99-billion loans for micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs) that was provided by the "Bayanihan 2" Law. Bayan Muna Party-list Rep. Zarate (Photo from Bayan Muna) On March 2, The Commission

The chairman of the House Committee on Labor and Employment will ask the National Wages and Productivity Board  to implement an immediate nationwide minimum wage increase. House Committee on Labor and Employment chairman and 1-Pacman party-list Rep. Eric Pineda on Wednesday said the current minimum daily wage of P537 couldn’t sustain…

“We should not allow Duterte and NTF-ELCAC to use red-tagging as a political weapon to divide the opposition. We should push back against the escalating attacks against Robredo and the political opposition."

Without a special session, according to Bayan Muna Rep. Carlos Zarate, lawmakers will only be able to tackle the suspension of fuel excise taxes after elections, on May 23.

The House Committee on Energy approved a substitute bill “subject to form and style” to amend the 1998 Downstream Oil Industry Deregulation Act or the Oil Deregulation Law. 71888 House Bill (HB) 10505, authored by Pampanga 2nd district Rep. Juan Miguel ”Mikey” Arroyo to amend the Oil Deregulatio

Hontiveros urged the government to keep the tax at 5% in light of current economic conditions.

MANILA - To mitigate the rising prices of petroleum and fuel products, a measure seeking to amend the Downstream Oil Industry Deregulation Act hurdled committee level at the House of Representatives. The House Committee on Energy, chaired by Pampanga Rep. Juan Miguel Arroyo, approved Tuesday, subject to form and style, the substitute bill that would amend Republic Act 8479, or the "Downstream Oil Industry Deregulation Act of 1998". Under the measure, the proposed amendments to RA 8479 ...