Gabriela Women's Party is enraged at the heightening political repression and harassment in the country at the eve of the start of official campaign period for the May elections. The group said that the current administration under President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo in undoubtedly behind the recent arrests and harassment of leaders and members of legitimate organizations. read more »
Proponents of the Reproductive Health (RH) bill on Monday said they are standing by the controversial measure despite top bishops' call for Catholics not to vote for the bill's supporters. read more »
THE GOVERNMENT has found an ally in the vehicle-tagging device scheme from transport groups which asked the Supreme Court (SC) yesterday to quash a petition by militant lawmakers to junk the project.
SEVERAL transport groups have expressed support for the implementation by the Department of Transportation and Communications (DOTC) and the Land Transportation Office (LTO) of the controversial Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) Project.
IKinuwestiyon ni Gabriela Rep. Liza Maza ang muling pagbuhay sa National ID system na gagamitin umano ni Pangulong Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo sa darating na 2010 elections. read more »
A party-list congressman who is vying to be a senator in the forthcoming elections has hit the government’s sudden resurrection of its push for the implementation of a national identification system that aims to envelop all State-issued IDs into one. read more »
Two militant lawmakers on Tuesday asked the Commission on Elections (Comelec) to dismiss separate bids to disqualify them as senatorial candidates in the May elections. read more »
