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Labor Day peaceful, no untoward incidents –PNP By JOAHNA LEI CASILAO, GMA News Published May 1, 2021 11:51pm The 119th International Workers Day or Labor Day was orderly and ended peacefully, the Philippine National Police (PNP) said Saturday evening. PNP chief Police General Debold Sinas said no significant untoward incidents were reported as various groups gathered to call for wage subsidies. The PNP chief said that around 1,850 individuals participated in the rallies. Meanwhile, ...

Published May 1, 2021, 4:26 PM House deputy minority leader and Bayan Muna Rep. Carlos Isagani Zarate on Saturday, May 1, called on President Duterte to call for a special session of Congress to fast track the approval of their so-called P10,000 ‘’Ayuda Bill” and the bill providing for P100 a day wage subsidy for workers affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. House of Representatives (MANILA BULLETIN File photo/Alvin Kasiban) “Our workers are hungry and in dire need and the government shoul...

Published April 30, 2021, 5:52 PM SAN JOSE DEL MONTE CITY, Bulacan – Unfulfilled promises have prompted many members of Bayan Muna and the Kalipunan ng Damayang Panlipunan (Kadamay) from Central Luzon to return to the fold of the law, it was disclosed during a mass surrender ceremony here Friday. TURNING ON A NEW LEAF — Police, military, and local officials led by Mayor Arthur Robes grace the mass surrender ceremony for members of Bayan Muna and Kadamay. (Photo courtesy of the local governm...

Published April 29, 2021, 1:33 PM The death of a man who is remembered for putting up the forerunner of the now popular community pantry will be commemorated Friday, one year after he was mercilessly murdered in his rented room in Iloilo City. As his family and friends remember Bayan Muna coordinator Jory Porquia, many of his colleagues remain convinced that he was silenced for initiating the community kitchen that served as a reminder of government’s alleged ineptness and failure to addres...

Published April 29, 2021, 4:38 PM It’s now high time for President Duterte to choose between “two masters” – the Philippines or China, Bayan Muna Rep. Ferdinand said on Thursday, April 29. Gaite chided Duterte for saying the other day that although Philippines “is greatly indebted to China”, he will order military vessels to remain in the West Philippine sea where Chinese militia have made an imposing presence. “Duterte is desperately trying to show that he’s able to serve two m...

Labor leaders on Thursday, April 29, called on Congress to pass and treat with urgency House Bill 9262 that proposes a P100 emergency daily wage subsidy to the country’s 23 million workers. On the other hand, Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas chairman and former Anakpawis Rep. Rafael Mariano appeal

(Photo from Gabriela) According to the Makilala Municipal Police Station, Lilia Cagulada Gecana alias “Commander Ligaya” is a high-ranking leader of the NPA Guerilla Front 72 and a designated chairperson of Gabriela Malabuan cluster. In a statement, Gabriela disputed the authorities’ claim, asserting that “no one in Gabriela-Mindanao knows Gecena” and she “has never been a member nor a spokesperson in Cotabato or anywhere in the country.” “This is nothing more than a shameful an...

Published April 28, 2021, 6:24 PM House Deputy Minority Leader and Bayan Muna Rep. Carlos Isagani Zarate on Wednesday, April 28, asked government to deploy the Philippine Coast Guard in the West Philippine Sea to escort Filipino fishermen. Zarate aired the appeal to President Rodrigo Duterte as he strongly condemned China for harassing and seizing the catch of Filipino fishermen from waters covered by the Philippine territory in Bajo de Masinloc and other parts of WPS. “Send our coast guards ...

Task force on EJKs urged to probe killing of Bayan Muna coordinator last year By VIRGIL LOPEZ, GMA News Published April 26, 2021 12:34pm The son of slain activist Jory Porquia on Monday urged Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra to let the inter-agency task force on extrajudicial killings handle the investigation. Porquia, a coordinator for Bayan Muna party-list, was killed on April 30, 2020 inside his rented home in Iloilo City by still unidentified suspects. His son Lean said that since...

Published April 25, 2021, 2:12 PM House Deputy Minority leader and Bayan Muna Rep. Carlos Isagani Zarate and Bayan Muna chairman former Rep. Neri Colmenares on Sunday (April 25) dared President Rodrigo Duterte to also look into excesses of monopolies in the power industry that have been holding consumers hostage in order to increase electricity rates. Zarate and Colmenares said Duterte should rattle power monopolies in the way he did water oligarchs when he pointed to the onerous concession agr...