July, 2009

MANILA, Philippines — Malacañang yesterday trumpeted President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo’s meeting with President Barack Obama and the country’s designation as the US regional coordinator with Southeast Asia as a “triumph for all Filipinos.” Gabriela party-list Rep. Liza Maza said Obama was “misinformed” considering the human rights violations and repression in the Philippines.  read more »

Gabriela’s Party-list Rep. Liza Maza said the memory of President Cory’s courage and the quiet grace of her spirit will always be a reminder to those who aspire to be dictators or tyrants that the Filipino people, inspired by the same memory, will never allow them to rule again.  read more »

At the House, Gabriela party-list Rep. Liza Maza called Palparan and Alcover rabid dogs for their anti-communist campaign. She said the two were installed in Congress to persecute members of "legitimate" organizations.  read more »

“Mga kambal na asong ulol sila sa Kongreso!” Ito ang bansag ni Gabriela party-list Rep. Liza Maza kina Bantay partylist Rep. Jovito Palparan at Aliance for National and Democracy (ANAD) partylist Rep. Pastor Alcover matapos akusahan ang Fil-Am activist na si Melissa Roxas bilang miyembro ng New People’s Army.  read more »

SAYING that the government’s response to retrenchments in several economic zones of the country as a result of the global economic crisis does not address the current plight of Filipino workers, militant legislators are seeking an investigation into  the impact of the global economic crisis on these workers, particularly those who were dislocated.  read more »

“The bitchiest SONA ever,” is a general, if somewhat cheeky assessment of Monday’s State of the Nation Address, which is expected to be the last of President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo’s 9-year term.  read more »

The alleged abduction and torture of Filipino-American activist Melissa Roxas by the military calls for the immediate passage of the anti-torture bill pending in both chambers of Congress, House legislators said Wednesday.  read more »

Pero ang pinaka-bonggang bongga talaga kahapon ay si Representative Lisa Maza dahil nasapawan niya ang mga naggagandahang gowns ng mga senadora. Bakit kamo? Kasi, she was a show-stopper with her mocking hand painted image of the President! Hmmm, buti hindi siya pinalabas ng Batasang Pambansa ano?  read more »

MANILA, Philippines—Rain soaked a 12-foot effigy of a decaying President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo on a full-steam bulldozer running over the Constitution, but militants nonetheless sent the protest centerpiece up in flames on Commonwealth Avenue in Quezon City, before the start of her State of the Nation Address (SONA).  read more »

Sa mga datos namang ibinigay ng Pangulo na anito’y nagpapakitang umuunlad ang Pilipinas sa ilalim ng kanyang administrasyon, nangibabaw muli ang pagdududa. Ayon kay Gabriela party-list Rep. Liza Maza, hanggang sa panghuling SONA ay puro kasinunga-lingan pa rin ang iniuulat ni Mrs. Arroyo. “A string of lies. It’s a pity that in her last SONA, she still didn’t tell the truth about the real situation of our country,” ani Maza.  read more »

Gabriela Rep. Liza Maza appeared in a beaded gown, hand-painted with the President’s image and embroidered with the word con-ass made of a katsa cloth ( flour sack ) and handpainted by social realism artist Boy Dominguez. The gown, according to her the gown represents the real state of the nation. Truly, its not just a State of the Nation Address but also a Fashion State of this year as it also represents different expressions of themselves in public.  read more »

MALIBAN  sa rali sa labas ng Batasan ng complex na pinagdausan ng State of the Nation Address(SONA) ni
Pangulon Gloria Arroyo kahapon, nagpatingkad at nagpakulay din sa ulat sa bayan ng Pangulo ang mga
makulay na kasuotan  ng mga dumalo sa huling ulat sa bayan ng Pangulo.  read more »

Assistant minority leader and Gabriela Rep. Liza Maza appeared in a beaded gown, hand-painted with the President’s image and embroidered with the word con-ass.  read more »

Eight militant party list lawmakers also left the chamber simultaneously to listen to the “true Sona” of the people in the streets. They are Satur Ocampo, Teodoro Casiño and Neri Colmenares of Bayan Muna; Liza Maza and Luz Ilagan of Gabriela; Rafael Mariano and Joel Maglunsod of Anakppawis; and Raymond Palatino of Kabataan.  read more »

Opposition lawmakers including Gabriela Rep. Liza Maza have expressed alarm at continued moves to amend the Constitution.
"This is a dangerous direction," she said in an interview with reporters after Nograles' speech.  read more »

Several lawmakers opted to skip her State of the Nation address, with one saying he would join street protests against Arroyo, Inquirer.net reported.  read more »

MANILA, Philippines — Protest against the administration’s push for Charter change and purported plan to extend President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo’s term came in the form of fashion courtesy of Gabriela party-list Representative Liza Maza.  read more »

MANILA - For President Arroyo's State of the Nation Address (SONA), assistant minority leader and Gabriela Rep. Liza Maza donned a P700 beaded gown hand-painted with the President's image and an embroidery of the word Con-Ass. Below the President's image are people strangled by its thread.  read more »