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“President Aquino’s issuance of an Executive Order on Mining instead of supporting legislative efforts for the enactment of an Alternative Minerals Management Bill or the People’s Mining Bill, pending in the House of Representatives betrays this government’s intent of upholding and strengthening the destructive and anti-people Philippine Mining Act of 1995.” Thus said Gabriela Women’s Party Representative Luz Ilagan as President Aquino signed an Executive Order on Mining over the weekend. The EO considers all existing mining contracts, agreements and concessions approved. <  read more »

“Every day that President Aquino’s administration delays the delivery of justice in relation to the Ampatuan massacre and ex-President Arroyo’s trial, he further cultivates and fosters the culture of impunity,” said GWP Rep. Emmi De Jesus as Myrna Reblando, an Ampatuan massacre widow, fled the country to seek political asylum in Hongkong for fear of her life.  read more »

“Every day that President Aquino’s administration delays the delivery of justice in relation to the Ampatuan massacre and ex-President Arroyo’s trial, he further cultivates and fosters the culture of impunity,” said GWP Rep. Emmi De Jesus as Myrna Reblando, an Ampatuan massacre widow, fled the country to seek political asylum in Hongkong for fear of her life.  read more »

Gabriela Women's Party Representatives Luzviminda Ilagan and Emmi De Jesus are now sisters, having Scandal as their new surnames.

“We added Scandal to our Facebook surname to express our concern over the proliferation of internet scandals as a form of Electronic Violence Against Women (EVAW) and to support Gabriela’s Bury the Past Project,” explained Rep. Emmi De Jesus.  read more »

Gabriela Women’s Party Representative Luz Ilagan today joined women and mothers in a dialogue with Department of Health officials in airing their concern over the increased inaccessibility of healthcare for the majority of Filipino women and their families.  read more »

“Charter change has been used time and again as an excuse to solve one social ill after another. The clamor has been raised consistently under all administrations after Cory Aquino under seemingly profound guises. What its pushers fail to admit is that these social ills they prescribe charter change for, emanate from social inequity and the dominant traditional politics, and not a weak constitution," explained Gabriela Rep. Emmi De Jesus.  read more »

Gabriela Women's Party Representatives Luz Ilagan and Emmi De Jesus expressed today their concern over the proliferation of internet scandals and E-VAW or Electronic Violence Against Women. The partylist solons gave their commitment to push for legislation that will penalize E-VAW perpetrators and called for vigilant and responsible internet use.  read more »

"Two years into the Aquino administration, we have not seen any significant improvement on the lives of Filipino women. Widespread hunger, poverty, unemployment and the virtual absence of social services for the past two years as a result of President Aquino's economic policies have all contributed to the deterioration of Filipino women and children's lives." Thus said Gabriela Women's Party Representative Luz Ilagan as progressive partylist organizations joined today's protests to mark President Aquino's second year in office.  read more »