WAR CRIMINALS BLINKEN AND AUSTIN ARE NOT WELCOME IN THE PHILIPPINES United States Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and Secretary of State Antony Blinken are not welcome in the Philippines. These war criminals, who are responsible for fanning proxy conflicts around the world and for enabling genocide in Palestine, are here in Manila to expand US…

IT RAINED LIES INSIDE CONGRESS DURING BBM’S SONA Bayan reaction to Sona 2024 It may be raining hard in the streets but it was raining lies inside the Batasang Pambansa during the State of the Nation Address of Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. After two years in power, he keeps on saying the lives of ordinary…

#PeoplesSONA ‘UMBAGANG PILIPINAS’ EFFIGY DEPICTS MARCOS-DUTERTE FEUD AMID RISING POVERTY AND PUBLIC OUTRAGE Bagong Alyansang Makabayan is readying a protest effigy depicting the rivalry and feud of the Marcos and Duterte political dynasties amid the intensifying crisis and discontent in the country. The effigy features Marcos Jr and Sara Duterte engaged in a slapping brawl…

#PeoplesSONA WILL HIGHLIGHT IMPACT OF POVERTY AND HIGH PRICES ON ORDINARY FILIPINOS; BAYAN TO DEFY UNJUST POLICE RESTRICTIONS The People’s Sona on July 22 will highlight the impact of worsening poverty and cost of living crisis on ordinary Filipinos, and the failure of the Marcos Jr government to address these problems. Our people endured more…

Papalapit na ang ikatlong State of the Nation Address (SONA) ni Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr, pero ang sitwasyon ng karaniwang mamamayan ay lalo lang lumubha. #SONA2024 #PeoplesSONA            

BAYAN RESPONSE TO POLICE ABOUT THE BURNING OF EFFIGIES #SONA2024 The police should neither dictate what form of protest is to be tolerated nor impose restrictions on the people’s right to freedom of expression. Burning of effigies is protected speech. It reflects the people’s outrage over the gross incompetence and grave abuses of the Marcos…

BAYAN: DISMISS TRUMPED UP CASES VS SATUR OCAMPO, FRANCE CASTRO, AND LUMAD SCHOOL DEFENDERS Bagong Alyansang Makabayan expresses solidarity with former BAYAN MUNA Partylist Rep. Satur Ocampo, Act Teachers Party-List Rep. France Castro, and 16 members of the National Solidarity Mission whose trumped up case in Davao is set for promulgation on July 15. They…

Bayan ready to march and protest during SONA 2024 Bagong Alyansang Makabayan and various people’s organizations will march and protest during the 3rd State of the Nation Address of Ferdinand ‘Bongbong’ Marcos Jr to highlight the duplicity and failure of the government in addressing the people’s demands for wage hike, decent jobs, and adequate social…

SIGN-ON STATEMENT ON THE PHILIPPINES-JAPAN RECIPROCAL ACCESS AGREEMENT SIGNING On July 8, 2024, the Philippines and Japan are set to sign the Reciprocal Access Agreement (RAA), a move that Bagong Alyansang Makabayan (BAYAN), AWC-Japan (Asia-Wide Campaign against the U.S.-Japanese domination and aggression of Asia), GABRIELA | A National Alliance of Women, Lila Pilipina, Migrante Japan…

Pahayag ng Bayan tungkol sa papalapit na ang ikatlong SONA ni Bongbong Marcos: SA “BAGONG PILIPINAS”, PILIPINO LALONG NAGHIHIRAP! Papalapit na ang ikatlong State of the Nation Address ni Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr pero ang sitwasyon ng karaniwang mamamayan ay lalo lang lumubha. Hindi abot ng masa ang nagtataasang presyo ng bilihin kabilang ang bigas.…