‘People’s Sona’ crowd estimate at 10,000 so far — Bayan

Zacarian Sarao 07/24/2023

MANILA, Philippines — Protest against President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s State of the Nation address (Sona) drew at least 10,000 people in Metro Manila, said Bagong Alyansang Makabayan (Bayan) on Monday. Bayan secretary-general Mong Palatino told INQUIRER.net that the total…

Cebu solon: Selecting ‘quality fund managers’ key to Maharlika’s success; militant group wants it junked

Morexette Marie B. Erram 12/22/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines – A lawmaker from Cebu said that having ‘quality fund managers’ for the controversial Maharlika Investment Fund (MIF) would help it become an effective vehicle for investment. But militant groups here continue their calls…

Police monitor 50 rallyists in Cebu City protesting poll results

Pegeen Maisie M. Sararaña 05/13/2022

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Progressive groups staged a protest rally in Cebu City today, May 13, questioning again the unofficial election tally results wherein the Marcos-Duterte tandem had been leading the count. Police Lieutenant Colonel Wilbert Parilla,…

With new round of oil price hike, Bayan says suspending oil taxes is just, humane

Gabriel Pabico Lalu 03/29/2022

MANILA, Philippines — The right thing to do with the recent round of oil price increases is to suspend oil taxes, like value added tax (VAT) and the excise tax, activist group Bagong Alyansang Makabayan (Bayan) said…

Police arrest protesters in Cebu City for violating GCQ guidelines

Alven Marie Timtim 06/05/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Police here said they arrested members of cause-oriented groups who staged a protest in front the University of the Philippines (UP) Cebu campus on Friday morning, June 5, 2020, for violating guidelines on…

ABS-CBN shutdown is ‘anti-labor’ — Labor group

Rosalie O. Abatayo 05/06/2020

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Progressive groups in Cebu has tagged the cease-and-desist order against media giant ABS-CBN as an attack to both press freedom and the labor sector and misdirected efforts amid the coronavirus pandemic. In a…

CCPO cops on red alert for SONA; militant groups to hold protest rally

Alvin Marie A. Timtim 07/21/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines — With President Rodrigo Duterte delivering his fourth State of the Nation Address (SONA) in Congress on Monday, the Cebu City Police Office (CCPO) will also be on red alert. Aside from that, militant…

Cause-oriented groups file complaints against PRO-7 officials for playing loud music during EDSA day protest

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 03/15/2019

  CEBU CITY, Philippines — Cause oriented groups including BAYAN Central Visayas have filed five complaints against Chief Superintendent Debold Sinas and other officials of the Police Regional Office in Central Office (PRO-7) at the Office of…

Loud music was not meant to disrupt rally, says Sinas

Morexette Marie B. Erram 02/26/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines – The Police Regional Office in Central Visayas (PRO – 7) denied allegations that it attempted to drown the speeches of militants who staged a rally in front of its headquarters last Monday, February 25,…

PRO-7 to file cases against 70 protesters for damaging camp gate

Delta Dyrecka Letigio 02/25/2019

CEBU CITY, Philippines—The Police Regional Office in Central Visayas (PRO-7) will file charges against 70 protesters who broke the gate at the Camp Sergio Osmeña on Monday, February 25. According to Senior Superintendent Oliver Lee, the chief…

NBI, PCSO nab 40 Peryahan ng Bayan workers in Cebu

PR 11/27/2018

The National Bureau of Investigation has arrested at least 40 individuals in simultaneous raids on illegal Peryahan ng Bayan operations in Cebu and Mandaue cities last week, the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office said on Tuesday. PCSO General…

Animals ng bayan

Jason A. Baguia 11/06/2018

After 15 man years, Marga has died. Marga is a mongrel whose happy grounds were the campus of the University of the Philippines (UP) in Lahug, Cebu City. Members of the UP Cebu community led by the…

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