Statement on the CBCP Public Affairs Commission engagement with the NTF-ELCAC The CBCP is reminded of the limits of any engagement with the so-called NTF ELCAC. While we believe that the CBCP has by and large stood for basic human rights especially against red-tagging and extrajudicial killings, joining the NTF ELCAC sends the wrong message…

Without oversight and transparency, confidential funds should be abolished Without any meaningful congressional oversight and transparency, it is high time the anomalous “confidential funds” be abolished. Yesterday’s budget hearing at the House of Representatives shows the basic defect of these lump-sum appropriations. They are never open to scrutiny. There is no transparency and no clear…

Bayan on budget bill: Same old corrupt governance under Marcos Jr presidency Bagong Alyansang Makabayan said the budget bill submitted by the government of Ferdinand ‘Bongbong’ Marcos Jr reflects the alarming continuation and expansion of pork barrel programs disguised as confidential and intelligence funds (CIF). It is proof that the so-called ‘Bagong Pilipinas’ branding is…

Message of BAYAN Chair Emeritus, Carol Pagaduan-Araullo at the Tribute for Prof. Raul Segovia + (23 January 1933 – 19 August 2023) On behalf of the allied organizations of Bagong Alyansang Makabayan (BAYAN), I express deep sympathies to Manang Lorna and all the Segovia children, in-laws and grandchildren as well as all other relatives and…

Bagong Alyansang Makabayan denounced the Chinese coast guard for its use of water cannons to block Philippine ships from carrying out a resupply mission in Ayungin Shoal. Despite the court arbitral ruling recognizing the sovereign rights of the Philippines in the West Philippine Sea, China has consistently rejected this by conducting illegal patrols in the…

The President in his SONA said that a “Bagong Pilipinas” has arrived (dumating na). However, as with his father’s Bagong Lipunan, sorely lacking or absent in his vision for a Bagong Pilipinas is the issue of human rights. For the second year in a row, he failed to address this pressing concern especially with the…

19 July 2023 Statement of BAYAN Emeritus Chairperson Carol Pagaduan-Araullo on the Filing of Civil Damages suit against notorious redtaggers Lorraine Badoy-Partosa and Jeffrey Celiz I am filing today a civil damages lawsuit against Lorraine Badoy-Partosa and Jeffrey Celiz, two notorious redtaggers/terrorist labelers because they have incessantly and wantonly engaged in a vilification spree to…

We welcome the recent ICC decision to continue its investigations into the Philippines’ human rights violations and crimes against humanity. It is time for Mr. Marcos and the Philippine government to stop invoking sovereignty every time those in power wish to escape accountability under our international treaty obligations especially for gross human rights violations and…

Members of Bagong Alyansang Makabayan (Bayan) and its allied organizations will march in Quezon City on the day of the second State of the Nation Address of Ferdinand ‘Bongbong’ Marcos Jr amid the worsening poverty and hunger, rampant cronyism, intensified US military intervention, and continuing attacks on human rights defenders. Over the past 12 months,…