Gadian

Assistant Minority Leader and Gabriela Women’s Party Rep. Liza Maza, together with Kabataan Partylist Rep. Raymond Palatino, also filed House Resolution 1160 directing the chamber’s committees on national defense and good government to conduct an investigation on the alleged pocketing of funds for the Balikatan exercises.  read more »

At the House, Rep. Liza Maza of the party list group Gabriela filed a resolution calling for an inquiry. "Gadian should be encouraged to speak instead of being gagged and harassed as her exposé concerns the very controversial US-RP Balikatan exercises," she said.

TWO resolutions were filed in the House of Representatives urging two committees to investigate the reported Balikatan 2007 fund scam.  read more »

MANILA, Philippines - Militant lawmakers asked Monday the House of Representatives to provide protection for the military officer who blew the whistle on the alleged misuse of the 2007 RP-US Balikatan funds as they sought the chamber's investigation into the scandal.  read more »

MANILA, Philippines -- Militant partylist lawmakers on Monday asked the House of Representatives to investigate the alleged misuse of a P46-million fund for joint exercises between Filipino and American soldiers in 2007, and provide protection to a Navy lieutenant who blew the whistle on the anomaly.  read more »

Rep. Liza Maza of the party list group Gabriela called for a House inquiry.

She also said the Armed Forces resorted to “draconian” measures by placing Gadian’s 13-year-old son and 11-year-old daughter under military surveillance.  read more »

“These alleged harassment and evil tactics employed by the AFP apparently shows that they are threatened over Gadian’s exposé,” she said.

Gabriela party-list Rep. Liza Maza said an investigation is in order. “The allegations of corruption and kickbacks involving high-ranking military officers merit no less than a serious and immediate investigation.”

Maza also scored the military for allegedly placing Gadian’s 13-year-old son and 11-year-old daughter under surveillance.  read more »

“These alleged harassment and evil tactics employed by the AFP apparently show that they are threatened by Gadian’s exposé,” she stressed.

Gabriela Rep. Liza Maza, one of the staunchest critics of the RP-US Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA), said that the allegations of corruption and kickbacks involving high-ranking military officers merit no less than a serious and immediate investigation by the House.  read more »