Bagong Alyansang Makabayan

BAYAN Calls for International Solidarity with Venezuela, Condemns US Naval Blockade, Terrorist Designation, and Fabricated “Drug War” Pretext In the most brazen escalation of imperialist aggression to date, U.S. President Donald Trump has announced a “total and complete blockade of all sanctioned oil tankers going into, and out of, Venezuela,” declaring the nation to be…

BAYAN RAISES RED FLAGS ON P3.6 BILLION MAHARLIKA–ATI DEAL The planned P3.6 billion buy-in of the Maharlika Investment Corporation (MIC) in the privately-owned Asian Terminals Incorporated (ATI) raises serious constitutional and public trust concerns, says the Bagong Alyansang Makabayan (BAYAN). In a recent disclosure to the Philippine Stock Exchange, ATI said MIC offered to buy…

BICAM ROUND 3: PORK BARREL GOES ON A WINNING STREAK The bicameral conference committee’s decision to balloon the DSWD’s Assistance to Individuals in Crisis Situation (AICS) budget to ₱63.8 billion, more than double the ₱27 billion originally proposed in the National Expenditure Program (NEP), is the latest and clearest proof that the pork barrel system…

BICAM DEADLOCK ON DPWH BUDGET IS ALL ABOUT KICKBACKS The current deadlock in the bicameral conference committee over the proposed 2026 national budget is plain and simple about pork. More specifically, about how much can be skimmed off the bloated budget of the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH). The Lower House and Executive…

BICAM ROUND 2: IMPASSE ON PORK FORCES A DRAW For Bagong Alyansang Makabayan (BAYAN), the second round of the bicameral conference committee (bicam) deliberations on the 2026 national budget has again exposed the real battle behind closed doors: the fight to preserve billions in pork barrel funds. The current impasse stems from the House contingent’s…

BICAM ROUND 1: PORK BARREL WINS The first round of the bicameral conference committee (bicam) deliberations on the proposed 2026 General Appropriations Bill (GAB) has made one thing clear: pork barrel once again emerged victorious at the expense of transparency, accountability, and the people’s urgent needs. Instead of heeding widespread calls to cut or substantially…