Gabriela Women's Party Representative Luzviminda C. Ilagan lambasted
today the Department of Agriculture (DA) for blaming farmers for
soaring rice prices, and renewed calls for immediate and drastic
changes in the country's policies on agriculture and the enactment of
a genuine agrarian reform program.
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"Let us not give peasants false hopes and take HB 4077 for what it
really is. It is another sham agrarian reform program no different
from what has been implemented in the past 20 years."
Gabriela Women's Party Representative Liza Maza reiterated today their
bid for genuine agrarian reform via House Bill 3059 as they pitched in
debates against the bill to extend the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform
Program. Earlier today, President Gloria Arroyo has certified the
measure to extend the CARP as urgent.
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“Pinapa-ikot lang tayo ng Malacanang, pretending it is out to give relief to consumers when all it is out to do is make taxpayers subsidize their own electric bills, and at a limited scope and time period at that. Malacanang can very well reduce our electric bills significantly and give much needed respite by removing the taxes it imposes on the power industry. Besides, removing the VAT on electricity is by itself a form of direct subsidy to consumers.”
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Gabriela Women’s Party today renewed its calls for the removal of the 12% Value Added Tax (VAT) on oil saying this would be a better way to address the woes of the public transport sector rather than implementing round after round of fare increases.
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Binasa ni Gabriela Women’s Party Rep. Liza Maza sa huling pagpaparangal kay
Anakpawis Rep. Crispin Beltran sa Mababang Kapulungan
Mayo 28, 2008
Sa plenaryong ito, ating nakasama si Kinatawan Crispin “Ka Bel” Beltran, isang magiting na kinatawan, tunay na lingkod ng mamamayan, tinig ng mga mangggagawa, magsasaka’t mga maralita, lider ng bayan. read more »
Representatives of the women’s partylist group Gabriela today criticized as a mere public relations bid, Malacanang’s announcement for a moratorium in tuition increases. “It was conveniently late. This conspicuous timing betrays the announcement for a tuition hike moratorium for what it really is—a spin.” read more »
Gabriela Women's Party mourns the passing away of veteran labor leader and militant partylist Representative Crispin "Ka Bel" Beltran.
In his death, we have lost a most formidable ally of workers, peasants
and the urban poor.
He has lived a worthy life in defense of the rights of workers and the
toiling masses as president of the Kilusang Mayo Uno and eventually as
a representative of Bayan Muna in the 12th Congress and of Anakpawis
Partylist in the 13th and 14th Congress.
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Gabriela Women’s Party Representatives Liza Maza and Luz Ilagan today joined partylist solons from Bayan Muna in filing a bill to remove the 12% Value Added Tax (VAT) on electricity in a bid to immediately reduce electricity rates.
“This measure is a much needed relief for consumers amid skyrocketing food and oil prices. Initial studies show that if this is approved, electricity rates can be reduced by as much as P1.50/kWh,” said Rep. Maza.
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Women’s Partylist group Gabriela today said the outright dismissal of rape charges against the US serviceman accused of raping a Filipina in Okinawa is a grave injustice. “We feel that our kabaro has beenvictimized twice over in the name of foreign relations.”
Gabriela Women’s Party Rep. Liza Largoza Maza said “it is apparent that both the Japanese and Philippine governments have succumbed to pressure from the United States. That the statement of the accused failed to agree with that of the victim is not a sufficient enough reason to have the charges dropped.” read more »
Gabriela Women’s Party Representative Luz Ilagan denounced today the killing of Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas Southern Mindanao Region (KMP-SMR) spokesperson, and Bayan -SMR vice chairperson Celso Pojas.
Pojas was killed on May 15,2007 at around 6:00 am, right outside the gate of the Farmers Association of Davao City, of which Pojas was secretary general. read more »
