Aside from senatorial candidate Neri Colmenares, the Makabayan Coalition has announced the endorsement of eight more candidates it will support in the upcoming 2019 midterm elections.
National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) chief political consultant Jose Maria Sison has branded President Rodrigo Duterte as inventor of a cock-and-bull story and emphasized that the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) will not discriminate women and LGBT in the recruitment of fighters of the New People's Army (NPA).
The worsening arbitrary totalitarian rule that shamelessly unfolds before our eyes signals the deterioration of the state’s respect for human rights, valuation of human dignity, and respect for the common good. It adds great injury on our nation, which is now enduring the lashes of economic and social crises.
Members of the Makabayan bloc in the House have expressed deep concern on the commercialization of the public health services of the government with the passage of the Universal Health Care Act.
The City Social Services and Development Office (CSSDO) has called on all concerned citizens in the city to extend donations to the victims of the fire that broke out last February 20 and razed more than 200 houses and displaced hundreds of families in Barangay 23-C, Purok 4-A and 4-B.