Entries from September 2008

September 30, 2008

GABRIELA SOLON SEEKS FULL DISCLOSURE OF GSIS INVESTMENTS AMID GLOBAL FINANCIAL MELTDOWN

Gabriela Womens Party Representative Liza Maza today renewed calls for the GSIS to fully disclose immediately its foreign investments as the global financial meltdown worsens in the midst of a foiled US bailout.
“The clamor for a full public disclosure of GSIS investments is urgent. The pension of at least 2 million government employees, including public [...]

September 24, 2008

EO 739 ERASES CIVILIAN AUTHORITY, CREATES POLICE STATE -MAZA

Gabriela Women’s Party Representative Liza Maza today criticized President Arroyo’s Executive Order 739 as “a dangerous move towards the operationalization of a police and betrays the Arroyo regime’s propensity for totalitarianism.”
According to Maza, EO 739 which reorganizes the National Peace and Order Council places the country, down to the smallest and most isolated barangays under [...]

September 24, 2008

REP. LIZA MAZA’S SPONSORSHIP SPEECH ON THE REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH BILL

Committee Report 1156 Regarding HB 5043
AN ACT PROVIDING FOR A NATIONAL POLICY ON REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH,
RESPONSIBLE PARENTHOOD AND POPULATION DEVELOPMENT AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
Gabriela Women’s Party Rep. Liza Largoza Maza
September 17, 2008
Mr. Speaker, Distinguished Colleagues
I rise to sponsor Committee Report 1156 on House Bill No.
5043, AN ACT PROVIDING FOR A NATIONAL POLICY ON REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH, RESPONSIBLE [...]

September 16, 2008

P897M IN QUESTIONABLE DA FUNDS RELEASED AT IMPEACHMENT PEAK -MAZA

Gabriela Womens Party Representative Liza Maza yesterday sought clarification from Agriculture Secretary Arthur Yap on the Department on Budget and Management’s fund releases amounting to P897M which was awarded to the Department of Agriculture at the height of the deliberation of the impeachment case filed against President Arroyo.
“There may be something fishy going on here. [...]

September 9, 2008

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September 9, 2008

REVEAL GMA CHACHA WISH LIST IN NATIONWIDE TRANSPARENT PUBLIC HEARINGS

Gabriela Women’s Party Representative Liza Largoza Maza today pushed for nationwide, transparent, public hearings on Charter Change, arguing that the conduct of simultaneous district-level consultations being proposed by the allies of the administration is prone to political manipulation.
“We want nothing less than the conduct of truthful, thorough, transparent public consultations on the issue of charter [...]

September 4, 2008

GMA’S DISSOLUTION OF THE PEACE PANEL IS A DECLARATION OF WAR -MAZA

“It can be seen as no other way. The dissolution of the peace panel is tantamount to a declaration of an all-out war against the Bangsamoro people. The Arroyo government’s obstinacy, all the while ignoring the legitimate demands of the Bangsamoro does not bring the conflict anywhere near resolution.”
Thus said Gabriela Women’s Party Representative Liza [...]

September 3, 2008

125 ACROSS THE BOARD WAGE HIKE NOW

Sponsorship Speech on HB1722: An Act Legislating 125 Wage Hike
Gabriela Women’s Party Representative Liza Largoza-Maza
03 September 2008

I am glad that finally, the committee scheduled the deliberation of this very important bill, House Bill No. 1722 or An Act Providing for a P125.00 across the board legislated wage increase for all workers in the private [...]

September 2, 2008

P125 WAGE HIKE BEFORE GMA’S 100% SALARY HIKE -MAZA

“Hindi na nahiya. Bago pa man matalakay sa budget at bago pa man ipagtulakan ang 100% dagdag sahod sa mga opisyal ng gubyerno, higit na karapatdapat mabigyan ng dagadg sahod ang mga karaniwang manggagawa. More than President Arroyo and more than any other government official who has enjoyed the privileges of public office, it is [...]