Rep.Liza Maza of Gabriela Women’s Party today questioned the presence of 6,000 US troops aboard the US Navy aircraft carrier USS George Washington docked at the Manila Harbor for their so called 4-day “goodwill” visit to the Philippines and asked the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) to explain the nature and scope of their visit. read more »
MANILA, Philippines -- President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo should make
a pitch for increased military assistance and strengthened economic
partnership with the United States when she meets with President Barack
Obama, leaders of the House of Representative said on Monday. read more »
QUEZON CITY — Assistant minority leader and Gabriela Women’s Party
representative Liza Maza expressed alarm that US troops entering the
Philippines would again use the US-RP Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA)
this time as a convenient excuse to be exempted from quarantine
inspection despite the alert released by the World Health Organization
(WHO) declaring that the A (H1N1) virus outbreak has escalated to a
“public-health emergency of international concern”. read more »
“Let Nancy Speak! Let’s provide her a venue to talk about what she knows regarding corruption in the AFP. Safety not only for Nancy but also to her children and her family should therefore be secured.” read more »Click the images below for bigger versions:
Assistant Minority Leader and Gabriela Women’s Party Rep. Liza Maza,
together with Kabataan Partylist Rep. Raymond Palatino, also filed
House Resolution 1160 directing the chamber’s committees on national
defense and good government to conduct an investigation on the alleged
pocketing of funds for the Balikatan exercises. read more »
Gabriela party-list Rep. Liza Maza said she would file a separate
resolution to probe Gadian’s complaints of harassment and threats
against her and her family.
Maza said she has been in contact with Gadian through the phone.
At the House, Rep. Liza Maza of the party list group Gabriela filed a resolution calling for an inquiry. "Gadian should be encouraged to speak instead of being gagged and harassed as her exposé concerns the very controversial US-RP Balikatan exercises," she said.
MANILA, Philippines
- Militant lawmakers asked Monday the House of Representatives to
provide protection for the military officer who blew the whistle on the
alleged misuse of the 2007 RP-US Balikatan funds as they sought the
chamber's investigation into the scandal. read more »
House Resolution (HR) 1160 filed by Representatives Liza Maza and
Luzviminda Ilagan of Gabriela, Rafael Mariano and Joel Maglunsod of
Anakpawis, and Raymond Palatino of Kabataan filed with the committees
on national defense and good government aims to criminalize those
accountable and protect Gadian and her family as well. read more »
MANILA, Philippines -- Militant partylist lawmakers on Monday asked
the House of Representatives to investigate the alleged misuse of a
P46-million fund for joint exercises between Filipino and American
soldiers in 2007, and provide protection to a Navy lieutenant who blew
the whistle on the anomaly. read more »
