“In a sense, one can say that dynasties can get ideas from how other dynasties operate but the underlying current is still their uncompromising resolve to retain and strengthen political and economic leverage not just against other political clans, but also against the people in whose name they claim to run,’’ Kontra Daya convenor Dr. Danilo Arao said.
“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.
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.
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.”
“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.
“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.
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.
“Agri-workers are like third-class citizen in their own country,” observed UMA national chairperson Ariel Casilao. “No land of their own, no food to eat and, based on how government treats them, no dignity.”
The NPA’s sacrifices made in the struggle for democracy and freedom are priceless, CPP information officer Marco Valbuena said.
“Overwhelmingly, it (red-tagging) comprises 78.7 percent of the violations monitored by election watchdog and 2025 IOM partner Vote Report PH as of April 30,” ICHRP revealed.
