“How can I go home and grieve? How can we cry for justice when justice is elusive for people who fight for justice? I can only place my rage in words that mean nothing to those who killed you,”
Bayan Muna leader killed in Iloilo City
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Lumad solon to DA: Ancestral lands are not idle
“We (IPs) protect the ancestral lands against mining and plantation companies because we ourselves are dependent on those lands for food security.”
‘Use national government’s P6.10 billion of quick response funds for COVID-19 response’ – solon
“Instead of overburdening the LGUs, particularly the barangays, the concerned executive departments with embedded QRF should also maximize the use of these funds to immediately augment the needs of our people to combat COVID-19 and its effects.” By ANNE MARXZE D. UMIL Bulatlat.com MANILA – Bayan Muna called on all departments of the national government…
More firetrucks needed to suppress forest fires in Benguet – solon
“…rather than give firefighters guns, it would be better if they are given better fire fighting equipment against forest and industrial fires.”
#KuwentongBM: Campaigning for Bayan Muna in 2001
As BM-Youth campaigners, we saw the election as an effective platform to broadcast our programs, organize young voters, and expand our presence in schools and communities. We formed new alliances, learned some of the intricacies of electoral tactics, and improved our way of communicating our messages to different types of voters.
Bayan Muna rising to the challenge of looming fascist rule
As progressive partylist Bayan Muna turns 20 this year, its three lawmakers in the incoming 18th Congress of the House of Representatives must rise to the various challenges these days under the Duterte administration: looming fascist rule, allowing of foreign intervention, and the dire human rights situation in the country, to name a few. Bayan…
Manobo leader Eufemia Cullamat to represent indigenous peoples in Congress
“I represent, not only the lumads and the indigenous peoples, but all the humble citizens of the country.”
Ferdinand Gaite, from union to lawmaking
“As lawmakers, we should not be served. We, as public servants, must serve the people.”
Carlos Zarate, former journo turned lawyer, legislator
“These systematic attacks on us only prove that our fight against their corruption is getting into their skin. We have exposed the rottenness of Duterte and his administration.”
Groups denounce ‘political persecution of Robredo, critics’
“The objective here, as what has been done in other cases, is to confuse, corrupt and crush every one who dares to stand up against Duterte.”
Bayan Muna solon warns against Duterte’s Charter Change, other maneuvers
“He’s [Duterte] not just crossing out the protectionist provisions but he’s also trying to bring back dictatorship together with historical revisionism.”