DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 25 February) — Forty years ago, the air in General Santos City didn’t just carry the tropical heat of February 1986; it carried a weight that buzzed just beneath the skin. It was a feeling we’d
(Message delivered during the Manila launch of the late Fr. Amado Picardal’s book, “The Beloved: Journals, Diaries and Letters of a Priest,” on 23 August 2025 at the Commission on Human Rights in Quezon City. The book was earlier launched
Today, we grieve the passing of Julie S. Alipala, our dear friend and colleague, who faced cancer with unwavering courage. Julie was more than a journalist; she was a force of nature, a woman who charted the often-stormy political and
(Pribilihiyong Talumpati ni Bayan Muna Rep. Carlos Isagani T. Zarate,House Deputy Minority Leader, 30 May 2022) Kagalang-galang na Speaker: Isang mainit na pagbati sa ating lahat! Noong June 21, 2013, ako po ay nanumpa bilang elected member ng 16th Congress na kinakatawan ang aming partido, ang Bayan Muna.
[Turno en Contra Sa HB 10153 (FY 2022 General Appropriations Bill) delivered by Bayan Muna Rep. Carlos Isagani Zarate, House Deputy Minority Leader, on 30 Sept. 2021] Ginoong Speaker, Dalawang taon na tayong nakikipaglaban sa pandemya. Ikalawang pambansang badyet ang
[Bayan Muna Rep. and House Deputy Minority Leader Carlos Isagani Zarate delivered this “Pagsumada Sa Mga Argumento para i-renew ang ABS-CBN Franchise” (Summary of Arguments for the renewal of ABS-CBN’s franchise) during the Joint Committees on Legislative Franchise and Good
[Bayan Muna partylist Rep. Carlos Isagani T. Zarate, explains his “No” vote to HB 6875 (the proposed Anti-Terrorism Act of 2020), at the House of Representatives on 3 June 2020] Ang kinatawan na ito ay nagpapahayag ng isang mariing pagboto
(Paliwanag ng “No” na boto sa HB 6616 ni Bayan Muna Rep. Zarate noong special session ng House of Representatives noong 23 March 2020. Si Zarate ay isang Mindanawon mula sa General Santos City at Davao City). Ginoong Speaker, mga
(Bayan Muna Rep. Carlos Isagani T. Zarate, Deputy Minority Leader, delivered this privilege speech at the House of Representatives on 17 February 2020). Ginoong Speaker: Sa pagitan ng ika-1:00 at ika-2:00 ng madaling araw noong Pebrero 7, 2020 ay
NO ang boto ng kinatawan ng Bayan Muna sa planong ekstensyon ng Martial Law sa Mindanao.
Ito ay panibagong pahinang itim sa kasaysayan ng land of broken promises!
(Statement of Bayan Muna Rep. Carlos Isagani T. Zarate on the GRP-NDF peace talks) I think that the issues raised by Sec. Dureza can be addressed at the same time that the peace talks are ongoing. They should not be
(Explanation of the No vote on the Substituted HB 6475 or the Bangsamoro Basic Law, by Bayan Muna Rep. Carlos Isagani T. Zarate on 30 May 2018 at the House of Representatives in Quezon City). Kinikilala at nakikiisa ang Bayan
(Explanation of “No” vote sa Panibagong Extension ng Martial Law sa Mindanao, delivered by Bayan Muna Rep. Carlos Isagani Zarate during the Joint Session of Congress on 13 December 2017 at the Batasang Pambansa in Quezon City) Mariin naming tinututulan ang
(Keynote address of Bayan Muna partylist Representative Carlos Isagani T. Zarate at the launching of the book, “DEFENDING JOURNALISM” at the Roma Room, Pinnacle Hotel in Davao City on Saturday, 18 November 2017. Zarate wrote for the Media Mindanao News
(Paliwanag ni Bayan Muna Rep. Carlos Isagani Zarate sa Botong “No” sa Pagpapalawig ng Proclamation 216 o Martial sa Mindanao, Hulyo 22, 2017 Joint Special Session ng Kongreso. Tatlo lang sa 64 na Kongresista na taga Mindanao ang bumoto ng ‘No’)
(Privilege Speech of Bayan Muna Rep. Carlos Isagani T. Zarate delivered on Nov. 21 at the House of Representatives in Quezon City, on the 7th anniversary of the Nov. 23, 2009 Ampatuan Massacre, and the International Day to End Impunity)
(Privilege Speech ni Bayan Muna Rep. Carlos Isagani T. Zarate sa Kongreso, Agosto 2, 2016) Ginoong Speaker: Noong ika-dalawampu’t anim ng Hulyo, inilabas ng Korte Suprema ang naging desisyon nito sa Motion for Reconsideration na inihain ng Bayan Muna at
(Privilege Speech delivered by Bayan Muna Rep. Carlos Isagani T. Zarate on the position of the Makabayan Bloc on BL-BAR, delivered at the House of Representatives on 2 February 2016) Mr. Speaker, I rise on personal and collective privilege on
(Privilege speech delivered by Bayan Muna Rep. Carlos Isagani T. Zarate at the House of Representatives in Quezon City, on 23 November 2015, the sixth anniversary of the massacre in Ampatuan, Maguindanao) Mr. Speaker, my dear colleagues: Today, I rise
(Privilege Speech delivered by Bayan Muna Rep. Carlos Isagani T. Zarate at the House of Representatives on 27 May 2015) Ginoong Speaker, mga kapwa ko Mambabatas: Noong Lunes lamang ay nagtalumpati ako sa Kamarang ito ukol sa isa sa
By Bayan Muna Rep. Carlos Isagani T. Zarate Last July 17, I and six (6) other members of the Makabayan Bloc – partylist representatives from Bayan Muna, Gabriela Women’s Party, Anakpawis, ACT Teachers and Kabataan – jointly filed House Bill
Inaugural address of Bayan Muna Rep. Carlos Isagani T. Zarate on Friday afternoon, June 21, at the Garden Oases Convention Center in Davao City, where he took his oath of office before Judge Virginia Hofilena-Europa. The oath-taking was witnessed by
