Relief of USS Guardian officials not enough – Bayan
Press Statement April 4, 2013 Reference: Renato M. Reyes, Jr. BAYAN Secretary General The relief and reassignment of four officials of the USS Guardian, including the ship commander, executive officer,...
View ArticleGroups hold caravan vs. Balikatan. US war games to heighten regional tension
News Releas April 5, 2013 Amid news that four officers of the USS Guardian minesweeper being relieved from their posts following the grounding of the ship in the Philippines, various cause-oriented...
View ArticleFine not enough: Other liabilities, VFA should also be looked into
News Release April 8, 2013 The umbrella group Bagong Alyansang Makabayan said that Malacanang is wrong in settling for $1.4 million in fines for the damage wrought by a US minesweeper to the Tubbataha...
View ArticleBayan slams defense chief for bases remark
News Release April 13, 2013 The umbrella group Bagong Alyansang Makabayan today slammed Department of National Defense Secretary Voltaire Gazmin for suggesting the possibility of the return of US bases...
View ArticleDismissal of raps vs. “Pabaon” generals a victory for impunity
News release April 13, 2013 The umbrella group Bagong Alyansang Makabayan today decried the dismissal by the Ombudsman of the charges of plunder against several generals accused by whistleblower,...
View ArticleBishops, environmentalists, activists sue US Navy, PH president over...
News Release April 17, 2013 Some 19 petitioners, including two Catholic bishops, environmentalists, activists and lawyers filed a petition for a Writ of Kalikasan today before the Supreme Court over...
View ArticleStatement on the NPA action involving Mayor Ruth Guingona
Press Statement April 23, 2013 Bayan is deeply saddened by the shooting incident involving a New People’s Army unit in Misamis Oriental and the convoy of Gingoog Mayor Ruth Guingona. We offer our...
View ArticleOn PSALM’s refusal to implement ERC refund order
Press Statement April 23, 2013 We protest PSALM’s plans to question the ERC-mandated refund of the double-charged line rental fees. PSALM owes it to power consumers to make possible the refund in the...
View ArticleNoynoy in “Wonderland” over economy
Press release April 26, 2013 Multisectoral alliance Bagong Alyansang Makabayan (Bayan) dismissed the claim of a foreign think tank that the Philippines is a “rising star” in terms of economic growth,...
View ArticleThe Aquino government is insincere in peace talks with NDFP
Press statement May 1, 2013 Reference: Dr. Carol Araullo, Chairperson, Bagong Alyansang Makabayan (Bayan) Bayan denounces the Government of the Republic of the Philippines’ (GPH) unilateral declaration...
View ArticleLabor Day meaning again lost on Aquino
News Release May 1, 2013 It is his third Labor Day as Philippine President yet the meaning of the holiday is still lost on Benigno Aquino III, according to the umbrella group Bagong Alyansang...
View ArticleBayan’s tribute to Comrade Manny Loste
The Bagong Alyansang Makabayan ( New Patriotic Alliance ) mourns the passing of Comrade Manny Loste, Chairperson of Makabayan-Cordillera Chapter and National Vice-Chairperson of Bayan Muna partylist....
View ArticleCivil society strongly condemns the recent Mayor Hashimoto’s remark on the...
1. Toru HASHIMOTO, the mayor of Osaka and a co-leader of the Japan Restoration Association, a political party with 57 lawmakers in Parliament, remarked on May 13 that the “comfort women” for the...
View ArticleForeign-dictated Cha-cha will worsen jobs crisis, poverty – Bayan
News release May 21, 2013 Multisectoral alliance Bagong Alyansang Makabayan (Bayan) slammed fresh plans by the House of Representatives (HoR) to push for Charter change (Cha-cha), disputing that more...
View ArticleWhy is Palace silent on question of accuracy of vote count? — Bayan
News Release May 30, 2013 After vigorously campaigning for the candidates of Team PNoy, president Benigno Aquino is now eerily silent on the issues of transparency and accuracy of the vote count of the...
View ArticleElection-boosted GDP growth elates the elite, not the poor
News release May 31, 2013 Multisectoral alliance Bagong Alyansang Makabayan (Bayan) today dismissed the reported growth in the economy, saying that the series of supposedly positive economic news has...
View ArticleTutulan ang panibagong pagtataas ng singil sa tubig! Labanan ang pribatisasyon!
Gabay sa pagtalakay Inihanda ng Bagong Alyansang Makabayan (Bayan), Hunyo 2013 Panimula Kung masusunod ang plano ng mga pribadong kumpanya sa tubig at Metropolitan Waterworks and Sewerage System –...
View ArticleSmartmatic slammed for misleading website, Other countries warned
Press Statement June 4, 2013 Renato M. Reyes, Jr, Bayan Secretary General Smartmatic is trying to dupe people again through the disinformation posted on its website according to the Bagong Alyansang...
View ArticlePeople do not stand to benefit from leadership change in the Senate
News Release June 6, 2013 It’s still about narrow partisan politics, so the people only stand to gain nothing from it. This was how the Bagong Alyansang Makabayan described the ongoing Senate...
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