Four Arroyos in the House is a world record - Casino
14th and 15th Congress
This is one worthy of the Guinness World Records.
For two straight congresses, the Arroyo family dynasty has cornered four seats in the Philippine House of Representatives – possibly the most number of seats in a parliament ever occupied by a family.
Saying that existing libel statutes are inconsistent with the Constitution and are a hindrance to the people's right to know, Bayan Muna representatives Teddy Casiño and Neri Colmenares have re-filed an important measure removing the crime of libel from the Revised Penal Code.
HB 1009 repeals Articles 353, 354, 355, 356, 357, 360, 361, and 362 of Act No. 3815 that specify libel in the Revised Penal Code.
There will be no end to the extrajudicial killings of activists unless Pres. Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III drives the decisive blow against impunity. He must act now before another life is taken.
Seven members and supporters of our parties, including a municipal councilor, a human rights lawyer and a public school teacher, have been murdered since after the May 10, 2010 elections. In the first two weeks of the new administration, three activists were slain.
Casiño: Remove VAT and other onerous charges, rationalize power generation
Anti-consumer electricity rate hike
“We cannot go on accepting the problematic situation of electricity hikes foisted on the majority of consumers and while we have power distributors and so-called independent power producers (IPPs) laughing all the way to the bank. Immediate action must be done to at least mitigate our rising electricity bills.”
Thus declared Bayan Muna Rep. Teddy Casiño following the announcement of the Manila Electric Co. (Meralco) on Tuesday of a “slight” increase in rates by 5.8 centavos per kilowatt-hour (kWh) in July due to a generation charge hike to P5.6546 per kWh.
Casiño: Truth Commission should prioritize killings of activists and journalists
IN the wake of two extrajudicial killings early into the Aquino administration, Bayan Muna party-list Rep. Teddy Casiño today strongly recommended that the Truth Commission being formed by the Aquino administration “should focus on cases that really need fact-finding, like the extrajudicial killings (EJKs) of activists and journalists, rather than cases that have already been extensively investigated like the graft-ridden NBN-ZTE deal, the fertilizer fund scam and the Hello Garci controversy.”
Pres. Benigno "Noynoy" Aquino III called for the Truth Commission (but has yet to issue an executive order) to resolve the corruption controversies that hounded the nine-year rule of former president and now Pampanga Rep. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo.
Bayan Muna condemns assassination of Aklan provincial leader
First activist killing under Aquino
Bayan Muna President Satur Ocampo and Bayan Muna party-list Rep. Teddy Casiño today vehemently condemned the assassination of Sangguniang Bayan member and Bayan Muna provincial coordinator Fernando I. Baldomero of Lezo, Aklan, who was shot early morning today in front of his rented house in Brgy. Estancia, Kalibo, Aklan while preparing to bring his child to school.
The 61-year old Baldomero was a second-term councilor, Bayan Muna coordinator for Aklan as well as an official of the Makabayan Coalition in the province. He is the 145th Bayan Muna member to fall victim to extrajudicial killings in the country and the first activist and elected local government official slain under the Aquino administration.
14th and 15th Congress
There will be no end to the extrajudicial killings of activists unless Pres. Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III drives the decisive blow against impunity. He must act now before another life is taken.
