IS ABRA DE ILOG UNDER A DE FACTO MARTIAL LAW REGIME? Bagong Alyansang Makabayan condemns the escalating human rights abuses in Abra de Ilog, Occidental Mindoro, brought about by indiscriminate bombing and overkill military operations of the Armed Forces of the Philippines. We hold the US-Marcos Jr. regime responsible for Read more…
2026 GAA IS PROOF THAT CONGRESS IS A DEN OF UNREPENTANT THIEVES On the day of the expected ratification of the Bicameral Conference Committee report on the 2026 General Appropriations Bill (GAB), Bagong Alyansang Makabayan (BAYAN) strongly condemns Congress for railroading a national budget that is brazenly designed for plunder, Read more…
BUDGET FOR PLUNDER BEGINS AND ENDS WITH THE PRESIDENT President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s expected signing of the 2026 General Appropriations Act (GAA) this week is the final act in the passage of a rotten, pork-laden, and repressive national budget that clearly serves corrupt political dynasties, entitled legislators, favored contractors and Read more…
BOMBS WILL NOT BREAK THE PEOPLE: BAYAN CONDEMNS US IMPERIALIST AGGRESSION, STANDS WITH BOLIVARIAN VENEZUELA SOVEREIGNTY Bagong Alyansang Makabayan – Philippines (New Patriotic Alliance) strongly condemns the recent military attacks launched by the United States against the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela. On January 3, the United States launched military strikes Read more…
2026 GAA is proof that Congress is a den of unrepentant thieves – BAYAN On the day of the expected ratification of the Bicameral Conference Committee report on the 2026 General Appropriations Bill (GAB), Bagong Alyansang Makabayan (BAYAN) strongly condemns Congress for railroading a national budget that is brazenly designed Read more…
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,” Read more…
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 Read more…
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 Read more…
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). Read more…
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 Read more…