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(Eagle News)–Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo on Thursday, Oct. 10, said he would commute to the Palace the following day, but said media coverage would not be allowed. Panelo, who issued the statement after accepting the challenge of leftist group Bayan for him to take public transportation, added he would also have no bodyguards during the commute which would see him use a jeepney and the Light Rail Transit. Bayan’s secretary-general Renato Reyes issued the challenge […]
(Eagle News)–The Palace on Tuesday, Oct. 8, denied Metro Manila was experiencing a “mass transit crisis,” saying commuters could still get to their destinations. Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo issued the statement after Bayan Secretary General Renato Reyes Jr.’s comment following the breakdowns of the Light Rail Transit 1 and 2, and the Metro Rail Transit 3 last week. Panelo added commuters could also adjust to the situation and leave early to get to their destinations […]
(Eagle News)–The Palace on Wednesday, May 15, slammed militant group Bayan for its claims the results of the 2019 elections were due to President Rodrigo Duterte’s “dark magic.” In a statement, Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo said that while these were expected given the “crushing defeat” of “many” left-leaning party-list groups and Neri Colmenares, their senatorial bet, they have “not been backed by any semblance of evidence and can easily be fact-checked.” In the first place, […]
(Eagle News)–The militant Bagong Alyansang Makabayan slammed the results of the recent elections, saying the polls were “neither free nor fair.” In a statement, Bayan secretary general Renato Reyes Jr. said for instance, the “entire state machinery was used against critics, opposition groups and progressives,” with the “attacks” on Neri Colmenares and the Makabayan partylist groups “unprecedented.” He said there was the “use of government resources to favor administration bets,” martial law in Mindanao, and […]
(Eagle News) — Two left-leaning groups on Friday, May 11, slammed the decision of the Supreme Court to nullify the appointment of Maria Lourdes Sereno as Chief Justice. In a statement, the National Union of People’s Lawyers described as “deplorable, contemptuous and a contortion of the Constitution” the decision favoring the quo warranto petition filed by Solicitor General Jose Calida against her, with a vote of 8-6. “It is abhorring to see the Supreme Court […]
(Eagle News) — Protests in Manila that will be held during the Association of Southeast Asian Nations Summit will be confined to Plaza Miranda and Liwasang Bonifacio. In a statement, Manila Mayor Joseph Estrada said no demonstrations are allowed near the venues of the 31st Asean Summit and Related Meetings, and near the hotels where foreign dignitaries, delegates and heads of state are billeted, including the Manila Hotel, Manila Diamond Hotel, New World Manila Bay, […]
(Eagle News Service) — The militant group Bagong Alyansang Makabayan called on President Rodrigo Duterte to implement “sweeping economic reforms” to address workers’ demands, as several groups held rallies in selected places to mark Labor Day. In a statement, Renato Reyes, Bayan secretary general, said “pump-priming through infrastructure spending or ‘Dutertenomics’ is,” after all, “not enough to develop the economy.” “This has been tried before by other regimes, all the way back to the Marcos […]
(Eagle News) — A leftist group has called on President Rodrigo Duterte to stand by two “progressive” individuals whose appointments to several departments have been bypassed by the powerful Commission on Appointments. In a statement, the Bagong Alyansang Makabayan said it would be a “big loss and a huge embarrassment for the Duterte government” if the appointments of Judy Taguiwalo and Rafael Mariano at the helm of the social welfare and agrarian reform units, respectively, were […]
The militant group Bayan says the appointment of Solicitor General Francis Jardeleza as the newest Associate Justice of the Supreme Court as part of President Aquino’s war with the Supreme Court over the controversial DAP which the Supreme Court unanimously declared unconstitutional.
The militant group Bayan asked help from the Alliance of Health Workers regarding the chemical added to the water used to bombard protesters in SONA.
BAYAN continues its protest against the framework agreement between the Philippine and US military. Here’s Eagle News Reporter Eden Suarez with the details.
