ANG PROPOSED 2011 BUDGET NG ADMINISTRASYONG AQUINO
Para sa taong 2011, ang panukalang budget ng administrasyon ni Pangulong Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III ay umaabot sa halagang mahigit P1.6 trilyon. Ayon sa kanya, ang panukalang budget para sa 2011 ay nakatuon sa “reform” at sa kanyang pangakong “matuwid na daan.” Aniya, ang budget ng kanyang administrasyon ay may pagkiling para sa mga mahihirap.
Ngunit, kung susuriin nang mabuti, ipinagpapatuloy lamang ng 2011 Budget ang pangkabuuang polisiya ng nakaraang mga administrasyon, ang polisiya ng sistematikong pagbabawas-gastos sa mga serbisyong panlipunan sa ngalan ng pagtitipid …

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Privilege Speech of Kabataan Partylist Rep. Raymond Palatino
August 4, 2010
Mr. Speaker, distinguished colleagues.
I wish to speak about the events this week which I think might affect my duties as a member of this House. We are all adjusting to the new situation: a former president is now a member of Congress.
Sabi ng marami, we are now at the crossroad of history. In the President’s own words, narito tayo ngayon sa isang punto kung saan pipili tayo kung alin ang tatahakin nating landas—ang daang baluktot o ang daang matuwid.
Cliché as it …

Kabataan Partylist Representative Raymond Palatino today asked House Speaker Feliciano Belmonte to host the newly-formed Truth Commission tasked to ferret out the truth with regard to the abuses committed by the previous regime.
The youth solon today filed House Resolution 125 recommending the use of available office spaces and conference rooms at the Lower House to serve as office of the Truth Commission and as venue for its public hearings and conferences.
“Hindi na kailangang magpakalayo ng members ng Truth Commission para mangalap ng ebidensiya hinggil sa mga kaso ng katiwalian at …

Kabataan Partylist Representative Raymond Palatino expressed dismay over Commission on Election’s (COMELEC) decision today giving multimillionaire and former President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo’s son Mikey Arroyo a seat in Congress as the representative of Ang Galing Pinoy, a partylist claiming to represent security guards, taxi and jeepney drivers.
“COMELEC’s decision is a clear mockery of the partylist system. This is a grave insult to the Filipino people. We do not want, and will not allow another Arroyo in the Congress,” says Palatino.
Palatino called on COMELEC to review their decision, saying the move contradicts …

Kabataan Partylist Representative Raymond “Mong” Palatino today said that Pres. Gloria  Arroyo’s declaration of Martial Law in Maguindanao has her “hitting several birds with one stone.”
“Arroyo is one clever tactician and sharpshooter. By declaring Martial Law in Maguindanao, Arroyo has just set-up a veritable white-wash to exonerate the Ampatuans. She also now seems to be testing the waters and gauging public reaction for martial law, and preparing for a ‘GMA forever’ scenario,”  the young opposition solon said.
“Proclamation 1959 is designed to fail. The Ampatuans were charged with rebellion, a charge …

Kabataan Party-list Representative Raymond “Mong” Palatino today said that the $35,000 spent for grandiose US dinners by Arroyo and her entourage could have been better used to subsidize students under the Department of Education’s feeding program.
Palatino said that the DepEd spends an average of a measly P21 per meal for every student.
“Let’s do the math. Based on DepEd’s budget allocation, Arroyo’s lavish feasts alone could have fed 80,000 students.”
Palatino also pointed out that while P21 per meal for every student may already appear insufficient, the DepEd spends a …

Magandang tanghali po mga kababayan at mga kasama sa pakikibaka! Halos isang dekada na si Gloria Arroyo sa Malakanyang. Isang dekada na ring nagtitiis at lalong naghirap ang ating bansa. Para po sa amin na naging bahagi ng Edsa Dos, ang nakalipas na siyam na taon ay parang bangungot. Bakit ang People Power president ay naging “halimaw sa banga”? Imbes na pagbabago, imbes na kaunlaran, ang nasaksihan natin ay ang kabaligtaran. Kung mayroon mang pagbabago, eto ay ang pagdami ng mga tagong yaman ng First Family; at ang pag-unlad ng …

Hits state abandonment on education, unemployment, blatant corruption
Kabataan Party-list Representative Raymond “Mong” Palatino announced today that he will join other progressive party-list solons in boycotting Gloria Arroyo’s ninth State of the Nation Address on July 27, saying that Arroyo will only deliver a speech “glittered with grandiose rhetoric and numerous promises.”
“We expect that PGMA will boast of her administration’s legacy in her last SONA. However, we do not need the President to tell us that wha her administration has given us is a legacy of abandonment. With the dwindling …

5 punto kung bakit dapat natin dapat tutulan ang Charter change ni Arroyo.