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Tag: Makabayan Bloc

Throwing the baby out with the bathwater

"The party-list system should instead be reformed so that it effectively shuts out politicians of all stripes"   President Rodrigo Duterte wants to change the 1987...

Palace for nth time: No to Cha-cha

Malacañang has said for the nth time President Rodrigo Duterte is not interested in extending his six-year term under the Constitution which expires in...

Death penalty backed, bucked in wake of killings

Senator Ronald Dela Rosa, former chief of the National Police, revived on Tuesday his push to reinstate death penalty in the Philippines after a...

No to red-tagging, yes to peace process

"We won’t achieve our goals by calling each other names."     In her complaint for malfeasance and misconduct against government officials who have red-tagged her, Sarah...

DND chief slams Makabayan

Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana insisted Sunday that leftist lawmakers belonging to the Makabayan bloc should be removed from the House of Representatives, saying their...

Poll ban on Makabayan bloc eyed; Rody won’t criminalize red tagging

A government body wants to disqualify the Makabayan bloc’s party-list groups from running for Congress or any public office before the Commission on Elections...

Makabayan bloc hits Red tag

Lawmakers belonging to the leftist Makabayan bloc in the House of Representatives on Tuesday slammed President Duterte's “incoherent rants” against them and denied that...

House told to hasten probe on power firms

A party-list organization belonging to the Makabayan Bloc in the House of Representatives and a consumer advocacy group on Monday urged the House Committee...

Lawmaker slams late modules

A member of the minority bloc in the House of Representatives on Friday chided the Department of Education for the late delivery of printed...

Red-tagged lawmakers told: Face Senate hearing

National Security Adviser Hermogenes Esperon on Thursday dared congressmen belonging to the Makabayan Bloc at the House of Representatives “to show courage and face...

Makabayan bloc ‘not a Red front’

A lawmaker representing one of the progressive groups in Congress on Thursday has denied that their organizations are fronts for the Communist Party of...

Velasco hits Parlade for red-tagging solons

Spealer Lord Allan Velasco on Tuesday defended the progressive Makabayan bloc over the issue of red-tagging of Lt. Gen. Antonio Parlade Jr. In a statement,...

’Realign security budget’

The House of Representatives Makabayan Bloc has sought the realignment of P641.5 billion earmarked for security services in the proposed 2021 budget to “address...

DOJ rejects accusation of ‘red-tagging’ policy

Department of Justice officials on Friday told legislators that the agency is confident on its mechanism on the investigation of political violence and does...
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