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Makabayan bloc disputes Senate report on red tagging probe

RG Cruz, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 26 05:55 PM

Solons of the Makabayan bloc at the House of Representatives disputed Friday the findings of a Senate panel that probed into the alleged "policy of the state" to link activists and dissenters to the communist movement.    Read more »

Makabayan bloc naghain ng resolusyon para tutulan ang pagputol sa UP-DND Accord

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 20 03:59 PM

Naninindigan ang iba pang miyembro ng Makabayan bloc, na karamihan ay mga graduate rin ng UP, na hindi puwedeng basta na lang putulin ng DND ang kasunduan sa state university.    Read more »

'Siya itong nagta-tantrums': Makabayan bloc blasts Duterte for 'sexist' remark

RG Cruz, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 15 06:04 PM

Lawmakers from the Makabayan bloc of the House of Representatives slammed President Rodrigo Duterte on Friday following his statement that women are not fit for the presidency, with critics branding the remark as "sexist." Read more »

Economic provisions unang tatalakayin ng Kamara sa panukalang pagamyenda sa Konstitusyon- Garbin

Zandro Ochona, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 07 08:07 PM

Siniguro ng ilang mambabatas sa Kamara na economic provisions muna ang tatalakayin sa Cha-cha sa susunod na linggo. Read more »

Lawmakers want probe into alleged police 'impunity' after mother-son slay

RG Cruz, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 22 05:56 PM

Some lawmakers at the House of Representatives are seeking probe into what they said was "impunity in the system" that led to the brutal killing by a police officer of an unarmed mother and son in Tarlac last Sunday. Read more »

ASEAN Parliamentarians urge Duterte admin to 'end red tagging' opposition lawmakers

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Dec 17 05:05 PM

MANILA - Parliamentarians from Southeast Asia on Thursday called on President Rodrigo Duterte to end the dangerous campaign of red tagging opposition lawmakers allegedly as an attempt to silence his critics, which Malacañang rejected. Read more »

SC urged to investigate QC judge, others amid series of arrests of activists

Adrian Ayalin, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 14 03:58 PM

Human rights groups on Monday asked the Supreme Court (SC) to look into judges who allegedly issued questionable search warrants that led to "indiscriminate arrests" of activists. Read more »

Makabayan bloc says Supreme Court should probe 'factory of warrants' vs activists

RG Cruz, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 11 04:16 PM

The Makabayan bloc said they will file a resolution to investigate the alleged modus operandi of planting fake evidences to supposedly serve as basis for trumped up charges and subsequent detention. Read more »

Makabayan bloc nanggagalaiti sa bicam-approved budget ng NTF-ELCAC

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 09 08:12 PM

Nanggagalaiti ang Makabayan bloc na biktima umano ng matinding red-tagging ng kontrobersiyal na ahensiya.  Read more »

'Ceasefire is dead': Duterte says no more truce with Reds

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 08 12:37 AM

President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday said there will be no more truce between the government and communist rebels until the end of his term. Read more »

Lawmakers join calls for release of activist Amanda Enchanis, baby

Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Dec 04 11:30 PM

MANILA (2nd UPDATE) - The Senate minority bloc on Friday called for the release of activist Amanda Echanis and her month-old baby from detention for humanitarian reasons. Read more »

Lacson bares being bashed online from gov't-linked accounts amid red-tagging probe

Sherrie Ann Torres, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 03 12:27 PM

Senator Panfilo Lacson on Thursday disclosed being subjected to social media bashing, following his decision to conduct a series of hearings on security agencies’ alleged "red-tagging/red-baiting" activities against government critics. Read more »

Paglahok sa halalan ng mga progresibong grupo balak harangin

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Dec 02 08:09 PM

Ipapa-disqualify umano ng anti-communist task force ang mga grupong progresibo para hindi makalahok sa halalan.  Read more »

Makabayan lawmakers say Duterte's tirades a 'diversionary tactic'

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 01 10:42 PM

Progressive House lawmakers fought back after President Rodrigo Duterte labeled them as legal fronts of Communist rebels. Read more »

Anti-Reds task force seeks disqualification of Makabayan bloc from elections

Ina Reformina, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 01 10:28 PM

The government body created to weed out communist insurgency in the Philippines on Tuesday bared its determination to seek the disqualification of the Makabayan bloc's party-list groups before the Commission on Elections (Comelec).    Read more »

Mga aktibistang na-red-tag nagharap ng sarili nilang testigo vs militar

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 01 08:45 PM

Nagpresenta ang mga aktibistang biktima ng red-tagging ng sarili nilang mga testigo laban sa mga militar.   Read more »

NPA-tagging ni Duterte 'panakip-butas' lang sa kapalpakan: Makabayan bloc

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Dec 01 08:56 PM

Inakusahan ni Pangulong Duterte ang Makabayan bloc sa Kongreso na mga komunista pero di siya nagbigay ng ebidensiya.  Read more »

CHR finds no 'good reason' in military's photo op with body of Cullamat daughter

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Dec 01 10:58 AM

The Commission on Human Rights (CHR) said Monday they could not make sense of the military's decision to pose with the dead body of Jevilyn Cullamat who was killed in an encounter in Surigao del Sur on Saturday. Read more »

Makabayan bloc members deny CPP-NPA links in Senate probe on red-tagging

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 24 10:51 PM

Progressive House lawmakers strongly deny their supposed ties with communist rebels during Tuesday's Senate hearing on red-tagging.  Read more »

Makabayan bloc rejects push to sell war reparation assets in Japan, cites symbolic value

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Nov 10 04:04 PM

The Philippine government's war reparation assets in Japan should not be sold as they hold "symbolic value" to the country, especially to war veterans who fought during the Japanese occupation, according to lawmakers of the Makabayan bloc Tuesday, as they made their case against attempts to dispose of the properties. Read more »