Press Releases

Gabriela Women’s Party Representative Luz Ilagan today said the Filipino women’s daily fare of poverty, hunger and increasing maternal deaths due to inaccessibility of healthcare easily debunks the WB report placing the Philippines sixth among 129 countries in gender equality.

“The WB report on gender equality is but a sorry attempt to create an illusion that the Filipino women’s quality of life has improved when it has in fact worsened. Mothers are dying every day,” said Ilagan.  read more »

“President Aquino has learned well his lesson in deception from ex-President Gloria Arroyo. We are all familiar with the previous administration’s penchant for tweaking statistics to desperately paint a rosy picture of her “achievements.” We now see this trickery being put to use by the Aquino administration as well in its reported increase in the employment rate,” GWP Rep. Emmi De Jesus said on the NSO report that says the country’s employment rate improved in April 2012.  read more »

“Read the latest list of Forbes magazine’s 40 richest Filipinos and you will meet the very few families who gained a great deal from Aquino’s pro-rich policies in his two years of power in Malacañang,” commented GWP Representative Emmi De Jesus.  read more »

Gabriela Women’s Party Rep. De Jesus berated President Aquino for not walking his talk on combating graft and corruption in this country in the case of former President Gloria Arroyo.  read more »

The failure of the Aquino Administration to reduce maternal mortality justifies an immediate review of its health care policies,” according to GWP Rep. Emmi De Jesus on the DOH report that the Philippines failed to reduce maternal mortality despite efforts and interventions.  read more »

Gabriela Women’s Party Representative Luz Ilagan today said the increase in maternal deaths and the worsening health situation of women in the Philippines is but an unfortunate consequence of the Aquino government’s failure to prioritize policy and legislation that will improve Filipino women’s access to healthcare.   read more »

“Members of Congress should realize that corporatization has dire, life-threatening implications for their ailing constituents and that it will result to the inaccessibility of healthcare services for poor Filipino families. Corporatization and the Aquino government’s Public-Private Partnership inevitably result to higher hospital fees.”  read more »

Gabriela Women’s Party today joined “Jasmin” at the Department of Justice in her first hearing on the rape case she filed on May 7, 2012 against Pantabangan Vice Mayor Romeo R. Borja, Jr.

“Gabriela Women’s Party lauds the Department of Justice for the prompt action on the rape case filed by Jasmin against Vice Mayor Romeo Borja, Jr. This has flamed Jasmin’s resolve to pursue the case despite the fact that the vice mayor has been using his power and money in an attempt to discredit Jasmin’s claims,” said GWP Rep. Emmi De Jesus.  read more »

“The government is sowing false hopes with its continued persistence in implementing the K+12 program”, thus said GWP Rep. Emmi De Jesus on today’s opening of public school classes and start of K+12 program.  read more »

"Hindi pa tapos ang laban. We must not rest and remain ever more vigilant. The conviction of Chief Justice Renato Corona, while significant in the people’s crusade in making those who plundered the nation’s coffers accountable, does not in any way assure us that a bigger plunderer and a bigger human rights violator will be held accountable. It does not in any way assure us that the Aquino government will not be as corrupt as its predecessor.”  read more »