June, 2012

Gabriela Women's Party Representatives Luz Ilagan and Emmi De Jesus expressed today their concern over the proliferation of internet scandals and E-VAW or Electronic Violence Against Women. The partylist solons gave their commitment to push for legislation that will penalize E-VAW perpetrators and called for vigilant and responsible internet use.  read more »

"Two years into the Aquino administration, we have not seen any significant improvement on the lives of Filipino women. Widespread hunger, poverty, unemployment and the virtual absence of social services for the past two years as a result of President Aquino's economic policies have all contributed to the deterioration of Filipino women and children's lives." Thus said Gabriela Women's Party Representative Luz Ilagan as progressive partylist organizations joined today's protests to mark President Aquino's second year in office.  read more »

Gabriela Women’s Party Representatives Luz Ilagan and Emmi De Jesus said they remain confident that the cases of rape and sexual abuse filed against Pantabangan Vice Mayor Romeo Borja, Jr. will still proceed toward the latter’s conviction despite the complainant's hasty decision not to pursue the case.  read more »

“Ang pagpapautang ng $1B sa International Monetary Fund para diumano tumulong sa pagsalba ng bumabagsak na ekonomya ng mundo ay sukdulan na ng pagyurak ng Pangulo sa dangal ng mahihirap na Pilipino. It is the height of his pagpapalapad ng papel at the expense of the poor,” said GWP Rep. Emmi De Jesus on President Aquino’s pledge to pitch in $1 billion (P42.26 billion) from the country's international reserves to help bail out failing European economies.  read more »

Women’s partylist group Gabriela is set to file a resolution for the House of Representatives to probe the frequent port calls of US nuclear submarines and warships in Subic Bay, Zambales and look into the contract entered into by US warship builder and developer AMSEC Huntington Ingalls Industries with Subic based shipyard company Hanjin Heavy Industries.  read more »

“Gabriela Women’s Party stands in solidarity with the families of the victims of torture and other human rights violations. We will continue fighting for the day when torture is rooted out from institutions like the police and military,” said GWP Rep. Emmi De Jesus on today’s commemoration of the International Day in Support of Victims of Torture.  read more »

Gabriela Women’s Party Representative Luz Ilagan today said the Filipino women’s daily fare of poverty, hunger and increasing maternal deaths due to inaccessibility of healthcare easily debunks the WB report placing the Philippines sixth among 129 countries in gender equality.

“The WB report on gender equality is but a sorry attempt to create an illusion that the Filipino women’s quality of life has improved when it has in fact worsened. Mothers are dying every day,” said Ilagan.  read more »

“President Aquino has learned well his lesson in deception from ex-President Gloria Arroyo. We are all familiar with the previous administration’s penchant for tweaking statistics to desperately paint a rosy picture of her “achievements.” We now see this trickery being put to use by the Aquino administration as well in its reported increase in the employment rate,” GWP Rep. Emmi De Jesus said on the NSO report that says the country’s employment rate improved in April 2012.  read more »

“Read the latest list of Forbes magazine’s 40 richest Filipinos and you will meet the very few families who gained a great deal from Aquino’s pro-rich policies in his two years of power in Malacañang,” commented GWP Representative Emmi De Jesus.  read more »

Gabriela Women’s Party Rep. De Jesus berated President Aquino for not walking his talk on combating graft and corruption in this country in the case of former President Gloria Arroyo.  read more »

The failure of the Aquino Administration to reduce maternal mortality justifies an immediate review of its health care policies,” according to GWP Rep. Emmi De Jesus on the DOH report that the Philippines failed to reduce maternal mortality despite efforts and interventions.  read more »

Gabriela Women’s Party Representative Luz Ilagan today said the increase in maternal deaths and the worsening health situation of women in the Philippines is but an unfortunate consequence of the Aquino government’s failure to prioritize policy and legislation that will improve Filipino women’s access to healthcare.   read more »

“Members of Congress should realize that corporatization has dire, life-threatening implications for their ailing constituents and that it will result to the inaccessibility of healthcare services for poor Filipino families. Corporatization and the Aquino government’s Public-Private Partnership inevitably result to higher hospital fees.”  read more »

Gabriela Women’s Party today joined “Jasmin” at the Department of Justice in her first hearing on the rape case she filed on May 7, 2012 against Pantabangan Vice Mayor Romeo R. Borja, Jr.

“Gabriela Women’s Party lauds the Department of Justice for the prompt action on the rape case filed by Jasmin against Vice Mayor Romeo Borja, Jr. This has flamed Jasmin’s resolve to pursue the case despite the fact that the vice mayor has been using his power and money in an attempt to discredit Jasmin’s claims,” said GWP Rep. Emmi De Jesus.  read more »

“The government is sowing false hopes with its continued persistence in implementing the K+12 program”, thus said GWP Rep. Emmi De Jesus on today’s opening of public school classes and start of K+12 program.  read more »