Rep. Liza Maza of Gabriela Women’s Party today challenged the Arroyo administration to immediately issue preventive suspension orders on all Ampatuans holding public office and order the arrest State forces allegedly involved in the massacre that killed at least 57 people in Maguindanao, especially within the 36 hour-period when the Department of Justice will ascertain the liability of Mayor Andal Ampatuan Jr. in the incident. read more »
Weeks of speculation that progressive party-list groups are aligning with the Nacionalista Party and would be supporting the candidacy of Senator Manny Villar finally ended when Representatives Satur Ocampo and Liza Maza formally announced last November 24 their decision to run for the Senate as independent candidates. They will not run as part of the senatorial lineup of the Nacionalista Party (NP) which until last week had seemed like a possibility. It met “a stumbling block” with the formal alliance of the NP and the Kilusang Bagong Lipunan (KBL) and the declaration of Congressman Bongbong Marcos’ senatorial candidacy under this alliance, Ocampo and Maza said in a joint statement. read more »
Sana’y sasama, sa unang pagkakataon, ang tinaguriang progresibong mga puwersa sa senatorial slate ng isang tradisyunal na partidong pampulitika. Pero sa halip, pinili ng mga kandidato sa pagkasenador na sina Satur Ocampo at Liza Maza na tumakbo bilang mga independiyente. Umano’y dahil ito sa paninindigan: ang bagay kung saan din sila unang nakilala bilang mga aktibista at kinatawan ng mga party-list. read more »
PARTY-LIST Reps. Satur Ocampo (Bayan) and Liza Maza (Gabriela) backed out from being guest candidates in the senatorial ticket of the Nacionalista Party (NP) and will instead run as independents. read more »
MANILA, NOVEMBER 25, 2009 (STAR) By Jess Diaz - Bayan Muna Rep. Satur Ocampo and Rep. Liza Maza of Gabriela party-list yesterday announced that they are running as independent senatorial candidates in the 2010 elections. read more »
LEFTWING lawmakers yesterday dropped negotiations to join Senator and presidential candidate Manuel Villar’s Nacionalista Party after he included Ilocos Norte Rep. Ferdinand Marcos Jr. in the party’s senatorial slate. read more »
SENATOR FRANCIS Joseph "Chiz" G. Escudero yesterday formally abandoned his ambition for the 2010 elections, in an apparent move to support the candidacy of Senator Benigno Simeon "Noynoy" C. Aquino III of the Liberal Party (LP). read more »
MANILA, Philippines – Not all is doomed yet as far as the political alliance between the Nacionalista Party (NP) led by Senator Manuel Villar and the militants seeking senatorial seats in the May 2010 election. read more »
MANILA, Philippines—Shocked and outraged by the Monday massacre in Maguindanao province, President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo’s allies Tuesday called on her to swiftly go after a scion of the clan that helped her clinch victory in the 2004 presidential election. read more »
On the occasion of November 25 United Nations International Day on the Elimination of Violence Against Women , Rep. Liza Maza of Gabriela Women’s Party today expressed outrage and strongest condemnation on the massacre in Maguindanao that killed at least 21 women. read more »
