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Makabayan bloc lawmakers filed a bill seeking to launch a probe on the sharp increase in teenage pregnancies in the Philippines.

The Department of Agriculture’s insistence in resorting to importation of meat products has raised serious suspicions on its actions that require a congressional investigation, House Deputy Minority Leader and Bayan Muna Rep. Carlos Zarate said Sunday.

Search You Are Here:Home → 2021 → February → 6 → Group defends Bayan Muna solon vs NCIP-backed tribe leaders Group defends Bayan Muna solon vs NCIP-backed tribe leaders Bayan Muna Rep. Eufemia Cullamat (Photo by Carlo Manalansan/Bulatlat)“The NCIP’s so-called ‘datus’ vaguely label Rep. Cullamat’s participation in the protest as a ‘disrespectful act.’ We ask these datus: how is speaking in a peaceful protest action ‘disrespectful?’ How is the exercise of...

Published February 5, 2021, 10:27 AM House Deputy Minority leader and Bayan Muna Rep. Carlos Isagani Zarate on Friday, February 5 accused China and the Armed Forces of the Philippines of collusion in hiding from the public the harassment of fisherfolk at the West Philippine sea and this includes the case of fisherman Larry Hugo. (FLICKR / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN) Bayan Muna chairman Neri Colmenares supported Zarate’s claim, saying that the harassment of Filipino fisherfolk by China’s c...

(Photo courtesy of Save Our Schools Network) In a joint statement, Save Our Schools Network (SOSN) and Sabokahan Unity of Lumad Women said that, since July 2020, the lumad, Moro, and other national minority individuals and organizations have been filing petitions to question the constitutionality of the anti-terror law. The groups added that the anti-terror law targets indigenous peoples and their advocates, citing the arrest of two Aeta evacuees Japer Gurung and Junior Ramos, who were both fal...

Published February 2, 2021, 8:49 AM Lawyers of petitioners participating in Tuesday’s, February 2, oral arguments before the Supreme Court (SC) on the Anti-Terrorism Act (ATA) have been reminded to let the people’s welfare be their inspiration. “Let not the Constitution and the law be your only master, nor conscience your only guide and justice your only aim,” National Union of People’s Lawyers (NUPL) president Edre Olalia said in a statement. (MANILA BULLETIN) “But let the rights, ...

By Teresa S. Abesamis I don’t remember who said that military intelligence is an oxymoron, or a contradiction in terms. That is obviously an exaggeration; but I find the joke consoling in the midst of the lame brained overzealousness personified by military General Antonio Parlade who has not inhibited himself from posting his red tagging thoughts on social media. It seems National Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana has dismissed another general for being political on social media; but Parlad...

Published February 1, 2021, 8:59 PM Petitioners against the Anti-Terrorism Act are optimistic the Supreme Court will strike down the controversial law as “unconstitutional” as they sent a topnotch legal team to point this out on Tuesday’s oral argument of petitions assailing the law. Former Solicitor General Jose Anselmo Cadiz and former Bayan Muna Rep. Neri Colmenares will be among the seven legal civil and human rights lawyers who will attempt to convince the High Court to rule in favor...

MANILA BULLETIN FILE PHOTO House Bill 8317 on the SSS measure received 227 affirmative votes while HB 8512, referring to the Philhealth bill,  228 “yes” votes, as the Lower House approved the two measures on final reading. Six members of the Makabayan bloc rejected the two bills as they called for permanence in the blocking of any move by both SSS and Philhealth to adjust premium payments of their members. Speaker Lord Allan Velasco lauded his colleagues for swiftly passing the two measure...

Search You Are Here:Home → 2021 → February → 1 → How the Supreme Court decided on key public interest issues How the Supreme Court decided on key public interest issues By BULATLAT STAFF An independent judiciary is integral in a democratic society. After the ouster of former president Ferdinand E. Marcos, the framers of the 1987 Philippine Constitution included provisions guarding freedoms fought for by those who resisted the former dictator. While safeguards against ano...