Bayan Muna urges Marcos to cancel PrimeWater contracts with water districts nationwide
“We are filing this complaint because PrimeWater’s horrendous service and unjust rates are unacceptable. Water is a basic human right, not a profit-making commodity for oligarchs,” Bayan Muna said.
BAYAN: Marcos’ action plan for peace ‘fascist non-solution to armed conflict’
Reyes said the NAP-UPD only strengthens and empowers the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC) instead of positively responding to calls for its abolition.
Dayang slay worsens risks for scribes
The April 29, 2025 murder of Johnny Dayang right in his home in Kalibo, Aklan strikes terror among journalists in rural areas just as a local court this month acquitted those accused in the murder of Juan “Johnny Walker” Jumalon, who was also shot dead right in his broadcast booth at home while hosting an online show on Nov. 5, 2023.
‘Comelec, ano na?’: Bayan Muna files complaints vs red-taggers anew
Bayan Muna said Comelec should act on the complaints “with utmost dispatch and action, as the campaign period winds up for the May 12 midterm elections.”
Acquit ‘Tacloban 5’
The signatories decried the injustice done to the accused. “The supposed evidence confiscated against the five activists (most young and each of them grassroots leaders) fits a proforma narrative, often accompanied by evidence planting and fabricated testimonies
Candidates cooperative in guerilla zone campaigning—CPP
“Political candidates, mostly running for local seats, have generally shown goodwill and properly coordinated with local units of the New People’s Army (NPA) before conducting their campaign sorties in areas where the NPA operate,” CPP chief information officer Marco Valbuena said on Tuesday.
Bayan Muna, network serve PrimeWater ‘disconnection notice’
“PrimeWater has failed the people. For years, residents in service areas like San Jose del Monte have suffered from dirty, undrinkable water, high rates, and water supply that comes for only two hours a day—sometimes in the dead of night,” former Bayan Muna Rep. Ferdinand Gaite said.
Bogus farmer partylists
Four out of the 10 so-called “pro-farmer” partylists do not represent farmers. Manalo urged all voters — especially those in rural communities — to stay vigilant, critical, and organized, and to reject partylist groups and candidates who exploit farmers’ names for personal and political gain.
Poll observers: Billionaires behind biggest political parties
Three of the country’s wealthiest families are behind the country’s three biggest political parties, accounting for a full third of the current Congress, an international poll observers’ mission reported.
Sts. Sara, Paulo Duterte unmasked
Sts. Sara and Paulo want to reduce the matter to “political harassment” even as the latter admitted that the mauling happened after an extended drinking session which ironically started from the businessman’s home. It proves that the Dutertes cannot countenance any adverse publicity against them, particularly an incident that happened in the Obrero district of their sultanate.