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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 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)–Bagong Alyansang Makabayan secretary general Renato Reyes Jr. on Friday, March 22, slammed President Rodrigo Duterte for terminating the peace talks “permanently,” saying the chief executive “does not understand there is broad support” for such a process. “The President fails to grasp that…addressing the roots of the armed conflict, and not a militarist approach, is the most effective way to a just peace,” he said. According to Reyes, localized peace talks “appear doomed from the […]
(Eagle News)–“A lame publicity stunt.” This was how Bagong Alyansang Makabayan Secretary General Renato Reyes described lawyer Ferdinand Topacio’s offer of a P1 million bounty for the arrest of former Bayan Muna Reps. Satur Ocampo and Teodoro Casiño, former Gabriela Rep. Liza Maza and former Agrarian Reform Secretary and Anakpawis Rep. Rafael Mariano, who have been ordered arrested by a Nueva Ecija court. “What is the point of the PR gimmick of Topacio et al when […]
(Eagle News) — The Philippine National Police on Tuesday filed a case against former Bayan Muna Rep. Teddy Casiño, Bagong Alyansang Makabayan secretary general Renato Reyes, and another over a rally that saw at least 16, including six policemen, hurt. In the complaint filed before the Manila Prosecutor’s Office, the police said Casiño, Reyes and Neil Legaspi violated the Public Assembly Act of 1985 when they committed breach of peace, assault, and disobedience and resistance to […]
