For 2018, Congress passed a P3.767-trillion budget. In a democracy, that budget is of, for, and by the people. Galing sa tao, para sa tao, at pinamamahalaan para sa tao. Ibig sabihin galing sa buwis ng tao, para sa mga proyektong pakikinabangan ng tao, at itatalaga ng mga kinatawan ng tao, ng mga congressman. That’s […]
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We join the whole world in celebrating International Human Rights Day. Today reminds us that there’s so much work to be done to make this a more meaningful celebration. Sa pagdiriwang natin nito, mahalagang matiyak na namamayani pa rin ang karapatang pantao ng bawat Pilipino, sa panahon ngayon na tila ito’y naisasantabi na. Naririyan na […]
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Liberal senators urged the government to conduct a fair and impartial investigation into the failed dengue vaccine program. “We support calls for investigation of this issue as thousands of children’s lives are at stake here. We must ensure that the investigation will not be selective and will cover all periods of implementation of the program,” […]
We join the people of all nations in celebration of World AIDS 2017, which promotes the theme “Right to Health.” The theme highlights the desire of everyone, including Filipinos, for access to safe, effective, affordable, and quality medicines, health commodities and health care services. The statistics on the prevalence of HIV-AIDS in the country is […]
The Liberal Party of the Philippines grieves the death of Dr. Surin Pitsuwan, a respected democracy champion in the region. As founding president of the Council of Asian Liberals and Democrats, former Thai foreign minister, and ASEAN secretary general, he promoted the region’s integration at the international stage and steered it to new horizons by […]
We mark the 154th birth anniversary of Andres Bonifacio, one of the country’s most revered freedom fighters, against the backdrop of talks of a revolutionary government under this administration. Such talks or threats by top government officials cheapen the gallantry and sacrifices of our heroes, who have fought for self-determination and social order, freedom and […]
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Ladies and gentlemen, good evening. Allow me first to congratulate the Freedom Flame awardees tonight and thank you to the FNF for this tradition. During Marcos’s martial rule, and even before the dictator and his family fled in February of 1986, as a student activist, I already knew the taste, the feel, and the smell […]
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The government’s plan to bring the Philippine National Police (PNP) back to its war on drugs raises suspicions about its sincerity in solving the drug problem and its real objectives, according to Partido Liberal senators. “Bakit ibabalik sa PNP? Kumpiyansa na ba tayo na wala nang mga mapang-abusong kapulisan? Wala namang malinaw na cleansing, wala […]
It is unthinkable for then President Benigno Aquino III to make a decision that would endanger the lives of our policemen and soldiers, or parade them helpless in the firing line. No President, or any father of the nation, would do that. We maintain that President Aquino, after thorough consultation with officials, only did what […]
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NON-POLITICIANS TAKE OATH AS PARTIDO LIBERAL, ‘READY TO TAKE ON CHALLENGES OF THE TIMES’
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Over 100 non-politicians on Tuesday night took their oath as new members of Partido Liberal in Quezon City, marking the shift of the opposition party into a people’s party, the direction set by party president Sen. Kiko Pangilinan. Partido Liberal chairperson Vice President Leni Robredo administered the oath to the new members who come mostly […]