"Samahan nyo po ako sa aking byahe, sabay po nating silipin ang mga buhay-buhay ng mga karaniwang Pilipino. Tara, sama ka sa trip ko!" - Cong. Teddy Casino

On Trip ni Teddy, Bayan Muna Rep. Teddy Casiño goes out of the Halls of Congress to meet the people outside Batasan. Teddy gives us a slice of what goes in the everyday life of the masses, what they think of the current issues and what makes them proud to be Filipino.

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Makabayan is a political coalition of eight Philippine progressive parties: Bayan Muna, Anakpawis, Gabriela, Kabataan, COURAGE, Migrante, ACT and Katribu. The council also includes personages in the field of arts, governance, mass media and people’s organizations. READ MORE

What we stand for

We are a coalition with a definitive vision for change. A coalition that advances the aspirations, triumphs, and potential of the people’s parties. A coalition that promotes nationalism, democracy, and the rights and welfare of the people at all times. READ MORE

The 2013 Elections

Latest News

  • Casiño hints at senate run, says new blood needed in Upper House

    Naga City - Party list Rep. Teddy Casiño, today hinted at a possible senate run next year as big political parties start filling out their senatorial slates and gear up their political machineries for the 2013 election.

    Speaking at a gathering of local leaders in this city, Casiño said: "'What the Upper House and the Filipino people need are not the same old names who came from the same old politcal clans. Ang kailangan natin ay mga bagong dugo na maghahatid ng tunay na boses ng karaniwang tao sa Senado."

  • Today is Health Workers Day: Casiño hits cuts in allowances, hazard pay for health workers

    In commemoration of Health Workers’ Day, partylist Rep. Teddy Casiño joined health workers from various hospitals in decrying attempts to cut their allowances and hazard pay at the same time demand for higher wages and benefits for the sector.

    Casiño pointed out that it has been more than a decade since the rates of P50 a day and P150 a month were prescribed for subsistence and laundry allowances, respectively, of public health workers. But instead of upgrading the rates, Casiño said the Department of Budget and Management even wants to reduce it.

  • Delima Subpoena a delaying tactic: Quashal of Subpoena a must if trial is to end by June 2012

    Impeachment Prosecutor Bayan Muna Representative Neri Colmenares, who filed yesterday the Motion to Quash the Subpoena on Sec. Leila Delima, declared as untrue the claim of the defense that their presentation of Sec. Leila de Lima is valid as it will touch on matters that they were not allowed to ask when she testified before the Impeachment Court last February.