It’s not a case of extortion but a reflection of an ongoing civil war. Renato Reyes, secretary general of the leftist group Bayan Muna, on Tuesday dismissed military claims that the New People’s Army (NPA) attack on the convoy of Mayor Ruth Guingona was a “case of plain extortion.”
The militant Bagong Alyansang Makabayan (Bayan) said that the incident at Tubbataha involving the Guardian raised more questions against the unhampered entry and permanent presence of US forces in the country under the VFA.
Malacañang’s newly established human rights “super body” is defective and could just be a “public relations effort,” a leftwing group said Tuesday.
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) on Friday announced that it allowed Akbayan and Bayan Muna partylists to run in the 2013 polls.
MANILA, Philippines—Militant groups describe the administration of President Benigno Aquino III on Monday morning along Commonwealth Avenue as “maka-dayuhang rehimen (regime catering to foreign interests),” a few hours before he delivers his third State of the Nation Address. Despite the rains, protesters earlier from various militant groups led by Bayan-Southern Tagalog staged their protest, estimated [...]
MANILA, Philippines—Militant group Bagong Alyansang Makabayan (Bayan) said Monday the blockage of ralliers who converged before Ever Gotesco Mall on Commonwealth Avenue, Quezon City near Batasang Pambansa, where President Benigno Aquino III is set to deliver his third State of the Nation Address, is a violation of the constitutional rights of the people. The Philippine [...]
The Philippines is not truly free because of the continuing presence of foreign troops in the country, a militant group said in a statement Tuesday, the country’s 114th Independence Day.
The government’s move to fence a poor community along the stretch of the Ninoy Aquino International Airport all the way to the Philippine International Convention Center (PICC), venue of the ongoing annual meeting of Asian Development Bank Board of Governors, has drawn criticism from human rights and militant groups.
After a survey firm showed a drop in President Benigno Aquino III’s satisfaction rating, the militant group Bagong Alyansang Makabayan (Bayan) said the Chief Executive should start addressing the demands of the public, adding that he sounded like former president Gloria Macapagal Arroyo in “dismissing” survey results.
Transport caravans and protest actions were held simultaneously in parts of Laguna and Cavite on Thursday as militant groups joined a national protest against high prices of petroleum products.
Malacañang on Saturday challenged lawmakers calling for the suspension of the 12-percent value-added tax (VAT) on oil to file the necessary bill to lower the consumption tax on petroleum products if they deem the 12-percent rate too high and burdensome to consumers.
The nation may be forging on with another Aquino at the helm 26 years after the 1986 EDSA People Power Revolution, but for the militant group Bagong Alyansang Makabayan, this is not necessarily a sign of better things to come.
Militant group Bagong Alyansang Makabayan (Bayan) said the demolition in Barangay Corazon de Jesus in San Juan City early Wednesday could have not resulted in a violent confrontation if the city government considered residents’ suggestion of an in-city relocation.
