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Beware of this ‘Bishop Ted Bacani’ impostor

Ellen T. Tordesillas
Posted at Jun 14 02:05 AM

Last Friday afternoon, June 11, I got a call from an unidentified number while I was attending a VERA Files activity. The caller introduced himself as “Bishop Ted Bacani.” Read more »

Arrest order vs face mask 'violators' prone to rights abuses: CHR, Makabayan bloc

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 06 06:20 PM

President Rodrigo Duterte's latest order to arrest and detain Filipinos caught improperly wearing face masks could lead to possible human rights abuses, the Commission on Human Rights and the Makabayan bloc in Congress said Thursday, with the latter urging the chief executive to backtrack on the policy. Read more »

Pondo ng NTF-ELCAC ilaan na lang sa mga community pantry: Gabriela

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 22 06:29 PM

Ipamahagi na lang sa community pantries ang pondo ng National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC), hiling ng Gabriela party-list sa mga kapwa mambabatas, imbes na maaksaya pa umano ito sa red tagging. Read more »

Women push for right to protest

Jire Carreon, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 08 05:19 PM

Gabriela Partylist Rep. Arlene Brosas argues with a police officer during a brief scuffle, as members of anti-riot police block protesters from nearing Mendiola during their march to the Mendiola Peace Arch in observance of International Women’s Day, Monday. Read more »

Gabriela to join 2022 elections despite NTF-ELCAC disqualification plea

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Mar 08 11:20 AM

Gabriela Women's Party-list on Monday filed a manifestation of intent to participate in the 2022 elections despite a pending cancellation of registration plea from the government's anti-insurgency panel. Read more »

‘Paano mo nasisikmura?’ Gabriela solon slams Duterte’s ‘women empowerment’ call

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 04 07:31 PM

The party-list said organization members would not be fooled by the chief executive's latest "women empowerment" message.  Read more »

House OKs bill giving additional benefits to solo parents

RG Cruz, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 19 10:46 PM

Voting 208-0, the House of Representatives has approved on 3rd and final reading House Bill 8097 which amends Republic Act 8972 to give additional benefits to solo parents. Read more »

Pulisya nilito ang publiko sa Christine Dacera case: Gabriela

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 06 06:27 PM

Ang pulisya ang dapat sisihin sa kalituhan ng publiko sa kaso ni Christine Dacera, ayon sa Gabriela.  Read more »

Gabriela solon says security of tenure bill 'pro-capitalist,' fails to address 'endo'

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 26 07:38 PM

A lawmaker from the Makabayan bloc slammed Thursday the passage on second reading of House Bill 7036 or the proposed security of tenure law, claiming the legislation failed to address exploitative labor contractualization such as endo. Read more »

House OKs on final reading bill expanding prohibited discriminatory acts vs women in workplace

RG Cruz, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 23 08:14 PM

Voting 226-0 with no abstention, the House of Representatives on Monday approved on third reading House Bill 7722, expanding the prohibited acts of discrimination against women on account of sex in the workplace. Read more »

Brosas: Red-tagging rights advocates, defenders stokes war, conflict

Aleta Nieva Nishimori, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 24 11:50 AM

MANILA - A lawmaker on Saturday defended celebrities speaking out as advocates of women and human rights, saying the move to villify them only promotes war and conflict.   Read more »

2 decades of legislative work: Gabriela dares AFP to prove alleged terror links

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 23 05:09 PM

Gabriela Rep. Arlene Brosas said AFP's intensified red-tagging is part of a larger scheme to eventually remove her and other members of the progressive Makabayan bloc from their congressional seats.  Read more »

Military official warns Liza Soberano, Catriona Gray on ties with women's rights group

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 22 01:01 AM

MANILA - An official of the government's National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) on Wednesday warned actress Liza Soberano on her ties with Gabriela Youth after she participated in a women’s rights online talk. Read more »

Gabriela stands by Liza Soberano amid red-tagging

Mario Dumaual, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Oct 18 01:13 AM

Amid the controversial red tagging of Liza Soberano after her guesting in a women’s rights online talk, Gabriela Women’s Party expressed solidarity with the actress and lauded her courage against gender-based violence.  Read more »

DENR: Suspended mining companies complied with requirements

Anjo Bagaoisan, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 15 08:48 AM

Has the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) begun to support destructive mining?   Read more »

House defers 2021 budget deliberations for NSC, NICA

Anjo Bagaoisan, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 30 06:19 AM

After a 2-hour-long interpellation Tuesday night, the House of Representatives deferred its budget deliberations on the 2021 budgets of the National Security Council (NSC) and the National Intelligence Coordinating Agency (NICA).  Read more »

'This is where your taxes go': Solons chide military, police after Facebook takedown

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 24 05:25 PM

Members of the House of Representatives' progressive bloc on Thursday chided the Philippine military and police in the wake Facebook's discovery that some propaganda networks were linked to country' security forces. Read more »

House records another COVID-19 case, total now at 76

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 17 02:14 PM

A staff of a lawmaker who earlier contracted COVID-19 has been infected, House Secretary General Jose Luis Montales said Thursday. Read more »

Party-list solon contracts COVID-19; House cases now at 75

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 16 04:33 PM

MANILA (UPDATE) - Another lawmaker has tested positive for the coronavirus, House Secretary General Jose Luis Montales said Wednesday. Read more »

Emergency powers kay Duterte para mareporma ang PhilHealth iminungkahi

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 02 07:13 PM

Ipinanukala sa Kamara na bigyan ng emergency powers si Pangulong Duterte para mas mapabilis ang mga reporma sa PhilHealth.   Read more »