December, 2009

A total 67 congressmen will "graduate" from the House of Representatives, with most of them expected to either run for another position or get relatives to alternate for them.  read more »

MANILA, Philippines - GABRIELA Rep Liza Maza was not surprised when television host and talent manager Boy Abunda agreed to appear in political ads endorsing her bid for the Senate.  read more »

MANILA, Philippines – In the aftermath of Ondoy’s devastation and amid the continuing fallout from the global economic decline, a vast majority of Filipinos—86%, according to a Pulse Asia survey—are entering 2010 with hope, much more than those who said they were optimistic about 2009.  read more »

A MILITANT legislator described as inaccurate and misleading the analysis made on the latest Pulse Asia’s presidential pre-elections survey.  read more »

MANILA – In a bid to halt a potential source of campaign kitty for the Arroyo administration and relieve the public, especially the motorists, of additional financial burden come January 10, progressive partylist representatives and aspiring senators Satur Ocampo and Liza Maza, with Bayan Muna Representative Teddy Casino and Piston secretary general George San Mateo, asked the Supreme Court Wednesday to void the looming LTO-Stradcom RFID project.  read more »

DAVAO CITY – Progressive candidates eyeing for a senatorial post in 2010 defended their move to run as “guests” of the Nacionalista Party (NP).  read more »

REP. Jovito Palparan (PL-Bantay) yesterday assailed the senatorial bids of Representatives Satur Ocampo (Bayan Muna) and Liza Maza (Gabriela), saying their candidacy is part of the Communist Party of the Philippines’ "obsession of taking over our country’s democratic and free government."  read more »

Bantay party-list Rep. Jovito Palparan on Wednesday warned the public against voting for militant lawmakers Satur Ocampo and Liza Maza, saying the two senatorial aspirants’ pro-poor platforms are only “deception."  read more »

MANILA, Philippines – A move by the government to install equipment that will detect illegal public transport is being opposed by partylist and transport groups that have asked the Supreme Court to stop the implementation of the project.  read more »

MANILA, Philippines - Various groups on Wednesday urged the Supreme Court to declare as unconstitutional a government plan to put radio frequency ID tags on all vehicles starting next month.  read more »

MANILA, Philippines -- Militant party-list representatives and a public transport group asked the Supreme Court on Wednesday to nullify the Land Transportation Office’s radio frequency identification system for being unconstitutional.  read more »

LEFTIST PARTY-LIST lawmakers yesterday asked the Supreme Court to stop the implementation of a controversial vehicle-tracking project in January.  read more »

MANILA, Philippines – A militant transport group and some lawmakers are set to ask the Supreme Court to block the Land Transportation Office’s (LTO) planned implementation of the controversial radio frequency identification (RFID) system.  read more »

They all belong to the Nacionalista Party (NP) senatorial slate, but militant lawmakers Satur Ocampo and Liza Maza will not be supporting Ilocos Norte Rep. Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr.'s renewed bid for a Senate seat in the 2010 elections.  read more »

MANILA, Philippines - Sen. Manuel Villar’s Nacionalista Party (NP) announced yesterday that the party had officially adopted party-list Representatives Satur Ocampo of Bayan Muna and Liza Maza of Gabriela as guest senatorial candidates in the coming May 2010 elections.  read more »

MANILA, Philippines—Talk about strange bedfellows.

Ilocos Norte Rep. Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. is looking forward to having a “good working relationship” with militant party-list Rep. Satur Ocampo of Bayan Muna now that they are both senatorial candidates of the Nacionalista Party (NP).

Marcos said he was more than willing to share the stage during campaign sorties with Ocampo even if the long-time activist and Gabriela party-list Rep. Liza Maza had expressed their “misgivings” about having a Marcos in the NP senatorial ticket.
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MANILA, Philippines — Even if they are altogether running together under Senator Manuel Villar’s Nacionalista Party (NP), senatorial candidates Satur Ocampo and Liza Maza said they will not support the senatorial bid of Ilocos Norte Representative Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr.  read more »

MANILA — When it comes to human rights and democracy, the Arroyo government never fails to provide ironies.  read more »

MANILA, Philippines—All's well that end's well. After initial hitches, Senator Manuel Villar and militant party list Representatives Satur Ocampo of Bayan Muna and Liza Maza of Gabriela are running under one banner in the May 2010 election.  read more »

Rep. Satur Ocampo and Rep. Liza Maza of the Makabayang Koalisyon ng Mamamayan (Makayaban) announced today that they have joined the Nacionalista Party ticket as senatorial guest candidates in the 2010 elections. They also said they are supporting the candidacy of Manny Villar for president and Loren Legarda for vice president.  read more »

Militant lawmakers Satur Ocampo and Liza Maza have finally agreed to become senatorial candidates of the Nacionalista Party (NP), sharing the slate with Ilocos Norte Representative Ferdinand “Bongbong" Marcos Jr.  read more »

MANILA, Philippines – The Nacionalista Party (NP) announced the formal entry of Bayan Muna Rep. Satur Ocampo and Gabriela Rep. Liza Maza as the party's guest senatorial candidates for the 2010 national elections.  read more »

Manila, Philippines (AHN) - Reps. Liza Maza and Satur Ocampo announced on Monday that they will be Senate candidates next year under the Nacionalista Party. The two leftist lawmakers previously withdrew plans of running under the party after its chairman forged an alliance with the party created by former President Ferdinand Marcos during martial law.  read more »

NO matter what it takes, there is no excuse for violation of human rights, and it can never be forgotten, Party-list Rep. Satur Ocampo of Bayan Muna told Ilocanos when he met with his supporters in Ilocos Norte in the capital city of Laoag.  read more »

Rep. Satur Ocampo and Rep. Liza Maza of the Makabayang Koalisyon ng Mamamayan (Makayaban) announced today that they have joined the Nacionalista Party ticket as senatorial guest candidates in the 2010 elections. They also said they are supporting the candidacy of Manny Villar for president and Loren Legarda for vice president.  read more »