Bagong Alyansang Makabayan

BICAM APPROVED BUDGET IS A REPLAY OF FISCAL MISMANAGEMENT AND ELECTIONEERING The bicameral committee’s televised approval of the 2025 budget is nothing more than a show to appease public outrage while maintaining the entrenched system of patronage politics and fund misuse. Despite the supposed public nature of the deliberation, the public was still kept in…

BROAD COALITION FILES HISTORIC IMPEACHMENT COMPLAINT VS. VP SARA DUTERTE OVER CONFIDENTIAL FUNDS SCANDAL PRESS STATEMENT BAYAN KOALISYONG MAKABAYAN Today, 74 complainants from various sectors, more thab 1/3 of whom are from the youth, several are public school teachers, government employees, religious leaders, workers and peasants, human rights victims along with former members of congress,…

ON PRES. MARCOS’ REMARKS THAT IMPEACHMENT IS A “WASTE OF TIME” Bayan Chairperson and former Bayan Muna Rep. Teddy Casino Holding government officials accountable, whether by impeachment or filing the appropriate cases in the Ombudsman or Sandiganbayan will never be a waste of time and resources. All the more we should hold government officials to…

BAYAN ASSERTS THE CALL FOR JUSTICE AND ACCOUNTABILITY AMID THE DESPERATE ACTIONS OF THE DUTERTES Rodrigo and Sara Duterte should be held liable for their crimes against the people amid their desperate diversionary tactics to evade justice. Rodrigo Duterte must face prosecution for the grave human rights violations under his presidency. The Marcos Jr government…

SARA’S THEATRICS AIMED TO DIVERT ATTENTION FROM HER PLUNDER OF CONFIDENTIAL FUNDS By BAYAN Chairperson Teddy Casiño Vice Pres. Sara Duterte’s latest stunt in the House of Representatives premises, no less, is a desperate attempt to divert the public’s attention from the emerging evidence in the House investigation that shows how she may have plundered…

BAYAN DENOUNCES THE ‘COMBINED COORDINATION CENTER’ INSIDE CAMP AGUINALDO AS A DE FACTO EDCA SITE Bagong Alyansang Makabayan denounces the Marcos Jr government for signing the General Security of Military Information Agreement (GSOMIA) between the Philippines and the United States and for agreeing to build a “combined coordination center” inside Camp Aguinaldo. US Secretary of…

US Defense Secretary to talk about military buildup as the Philippines is under a state of calamity The US and Philippine governments are set to talk about military exercises and weapons procurement at a time when successive typhoons have battered the country. United States Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin III is visiting the country again…

TIME TO EXPAND QUADCOMM PROBE INTO OTHER HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS OF DUTERTE Renato Jr. Reyes The biggest danger to the rule of law and human rights articulated by former President Duterte during the Quadcomm hearings is the idea that “justice” can be meted out if one is presumed to be a criminal. He has repeatedly…