BAYAN Muna

Bayan Muna party-list Rep. Carlos Zarate on Tuesday called on the Department of Information and Communication (DICT) to be transparent and disclose how it spent its confidential funds.

As the dreaded African swine fever (ASF) has already affected at least a thousand pigs in Davao Occidental, Bayan Muna party-list Rep. Carlos Isagani Zarate on Sunday said the "economic time bomb" he warned about during a House probe "is…

Bayan Muna chairman Neri Colmenares on Wednesday reiterated that the case against President Rodrigo Duterte in the International Criminal Court (ICC) will continue despite the withdrawal of lawyer Jude Sabio, asserting that the evidence…

Bayan Muna party-list Rep. Carlos Zarate on Wednesday said Congress should condemn the United States for putting overseas Filipino workers in the Middle East in danger with its airstrike that killed a top Iranian general in Iraq.

Bayan Muna party-list Representatives Carlos Zarate and Eufemia Cullamat on Thursday called for a moratorium on payments of loans or debts incurred by farmers hit by Typhoon Ursula.

Bayan Muna party-list Rep. Carlos Zarate on Tuesday objected strongly to President Rodrigo Duterte's statement that the China-funded Kaliwa Dam project as well as his warning to the courts not to issue a temporary restraining order (TRO)…

Bayan Muna party-list Rep. Carlos Zarate on Sunday welcomed “with cautioned enthusiasm” the joint announcement of a possible unilateral and national reciprocal ceasefires between the government panel and the National Democratic Front of the…

Bayan Muna party-list Rep. Ferdinand Gaite on Sunday commended Pasig City Mayor Vico Sotto for his support to the arrested workers of Regent Foods Corporation, saying the country needs more leaders like him and less of the likes of…

Bayan Muna party-list Rep. Carlos Isagani Zarate on Thursday scoffed at the proposal of Albay Rep. Joey Salceda for the grant of emergency powers to President Rodrigo Duterte to complete his Build-Build-Build infrastructure program.

Chief Justice Diosdado Peralta on Friday (Nov. 8) defended the decision of Quezon City Judge Ceculyn Burgos-Villavert to issue search warrants which led to the arrests of 62 activists in Bacolod.

Bayan Muna party-list Rep. Carlos Isagani Zarate on Thursday condemned what he called “another extra-judicial killing (EJK)” of a radio broadcaster in Dumaguete City, Negros Oriental.

Bayan Muna chairman Neri Colmenares and party-list Rep. Carlos Zarate on Monday said the 11 point drop in Pres. Duterte's trust rating in the latest Pulse Asia Survey can be attributed to the still high prices of commodities and the…

Bayan Muna party-list Rep. Carlos Zarate on Tuesday said the Department of Energy (DOE)’s admission that the supposed oil price rollbacks should have been bigger showed the urgent need for the “unbundling” of oil prices, allowing consumers…

MANILA – Militant solons from the Makabayan bloc will not partake of any of the so-called P100-million worth of allocation per congressman under the proposed P4.1-trillion national budget for 2020, Deputy Minority Carlos Isagani Zarate…

Now is the best time to repeal the Tax Reform for Acceleration and Inclusion (TRAIN) law as oil price hikes loom following the attacks on Saudi oil refinery, Bayan Muna chairman Neri Colmenares and Bayan Muna Rep. Carlos Isagani Zarate said…

Bayan Muna chairman Neri Colmenares and Bayan Muna Rep. Carlos Isagani Zarate on Monday raised fears that exorbitant oil price hikes may be in store due to developments in the Middle East, following attacks on two plants at the heart of…

Bayan Muna chairman Neri Colmenares and Bayan Muna Rep. Carlos Isagani Zarate on Thursday asked why alleged pork barrel mastermind Janet Lim Napoles was covered by the good conduct time allowance (GCTA) program during Sen. Bato dela Rosa's…

Disqualified Duterte Youth Party-list nominee Ronald Cardema may be held liable for graft after his admission of giving bribe money to an alleged emissary of Commission on Elections (COMELEC) Commissioner Rowena Guanzon.

In spite of the 15 counts of murder he is facing, former Bayan Muna representative Satur Ocampo will remain free.

Bayan Muna party-list Representatives Carlos Zarate and Ferdinand Gaite urged their colleagues to pass a law setting a standard rate of transaction fees and charges on Automated Teller Machines (ATMs).

Bayan Muna chair Neri Colmenares and Bayan Muna party-list Rep. Carlos Isagani Zarate on Tuesday expressed skepticism about President Rodrigo Duterte’s “verbal” agreement with China in 2016 to allow the Chinese to fish in the country’s…

The Philippine government has long been transparent about the agreement between President Rodrigo Duterte and Chinese President Xi Jinping to allow China to fish in Philippine waters, according to a Palace official.

Bayan Muna chairman Neri Colmenares and Bayan Muna Rep. Carlos Isagani Zarate slammed President Rodrigo Duterte for dismissing the sinking of a Filipino boat by a Chinese vessel at Recto Bank in the West Philippine Sea as a “little maritime…