Giant Medusa, Vulture Effigy greet last GMA SONA

News Release
July 27, 2009
BUKLURAN NG MANGGAGAWANG PILIPINO (BMP)

Giant Medusa, Vulture Effigy and the like greeted the last SONA of the GMA Administration

Thousands of participants coming from various points belonging to the BMP-Sanlakas group converged at Tandang Sora, Commonwealth for a big march going to Batasan.

After serving an eviction and closure order at the office of NHA along Elliptical road, marchers identified with the urban poor group, KPML (Kongreso ng Pagkakaisa ng Maralitang Lungsod) and ZOTO (Zone One Tondo Organization) joined the delegations at Tandang Sora

For their turn, 500 tricycles massed up along North Avenue near Elliptical Road and simultaneously joined by the urban poor as they marched towards Tandang Sora while members of Kalayaan and KPP (Koalisyong Pabahay sa Pilipino) waited patiently across Iglesia ni Cristo along Commonwealth to join the march.

By 1:30pm, a huge build up of rally participants numbering around 10,000 at Tandang Sora were converging and a program was held anticipating their march by past 2pm. The march was a colorful display of effigy depicting Gloria as the vulture and “medusa” marking the 9 years of the GMA administration.

In a related development, Mr. Leody De Guzman, BMP President said “Only fools will believe that the GMA administration is telling the truth because the past SONA’s are full of make believes and half truths and this time the last SONA is perfectly 99% lie and 1% truth. What is more lamentable is that the one percent is her earnest desire to stay in power whether it be through Con-Ass or any form that would be possible for the administration.”

Upon reaching the nearest point of their march along Commonwealth near St. Peter’s at around past 3pm, the group launched a formal program in time with GMA’s SONA. The program highlighted the burning of the vulture and “medusa” to which the group attributed these as a fitting symbol of ending the elite and trapo rule in the country.

Pahayag ng BMP-ST sa SONA

BUKLURAN NG MANGGAGAWANG PILIPINO
(Southern Tagalog)

July 9, 2009

Nalalapit na ang huling SONA ng Pangulo. Ang Global Financial Crisis (GFC) na nagresulta ng malawakang tanggalan sa trabaho at pagbabawas ng oras paggawa sa mga pabrika ay wala pa ding malinaw kung hanggang kailan ito matitigil at makakabangon ang lugmok na kabuhayan ng masang manggagawa at sambayanan.

Ang Cha-Cha (Con-Ass / HR 1109) na isinusulong ng mga Congressman sa House of Representative ay patuloy na pinagdududahan at kinukondena. Ang palanong automation voting ng COMELEC ay pinagdududahan din. Diumano’y, layunin lamang nito ang makapanatili sa mataas na pwesto ng ating pamahalaan ang kasalukuyang pangulo (GMA) at mga kaalyado nito.

Marami ang nababahala sa mga nagyayari ngayon. Umiiral ang Global Financial Crisis, Isinusulong ang Cha-Cha (Con-Ass Thru: HR 1109), ang COMELEC Automation Voting ay pinagdududahan, may naganap na mga pagsabog at nalalapit na din ang pambansa at local na halalan sa Mayo 14, 2010.

Marami ang nag-aalala na baka hindi na matuloy ang pambansa at lokal na halalan sa Mayo 14, 2010, kung ipipilit ang Cha-Cha bago ang 2010 election, kung hindi matitigil at magpapatuloy ang mga pagsabog (bombing). At higit na nakakabahala ang pangitain nang pagpapanumbalik ng bangungot na Martial Law. State of Emergency o Junta Militar.

Kaugnay nito, kami ay naniniwala, na ang anumang hakbangin o balakin, na hindi magsisilbi at makakabuti sa interes ng nakakaraming populasyon at sa halip, magsisilbi lamang sa personal na inters at personal na ambisyong pulitikal ay hindi makakabuti sa buong publiko at sambayanang Pilipino.

Dahil dito, ang Bukluran ng Manggagawang Pilipino - SouthernTagalog, Calabarzon Displaced Workers Association – CADIWA. Kapatiran para sa Seguridad sa Paninirahan – Calabarzon. SUMAPI Federation, Pagkakaisa ng mga Manggagawa sa Trasportasyon - PMT. At Makabayang Pilipinas-MP ay nananawagan na magkaisa, magkaroon ng mahigpit na ugnayan at maging mapagbantay (Vigilant) sa kasalukuyang takbo ng ating sitwasyon.

Nananawagan kami na tayo ay maglunsad ng mga pagpupulong o talakayan, para magtulong tulong na suriin ang kasalukuyang kalagayan. Sa panimula, kami ay nag-aanyaya sa inyo na dumalo at makibahagi sa ilulunsad na Malayang Talakayan (Multi-Sectoral Forum) na gaganapin sa mga sumusunod na lalawigan at Bayan, Upang paksain ang Temang: “SA GITNA NG GLOBAL FINANCIAL CRISIS, TANGKANG CON-ASS AT NALALAPIT NA 2010 ELECTION, ANONG KINABUKASAN ANG NAKAAMBA SA ATIN? ANO ANG NARARAPAT NATING GAWIN”:

CAVITE: July 19, 2009. Ganap na ika-1:00 ng hapon. Gaganapin sa Brgy. Madiran, Covered Court, General Mariano Alvarez-GMA.

LAGUNA: July 17, 2009. Ganap na ika-2:00 ng hapon. Gaganapin sa River View Conference Resort, Brgy. Parian, Calamba City.

BATANGAS: July 19, 2009. Ganap na ika-2:00 ng hapon. Gaganapin sa Brgy. Poblacion – 4 Sto. Tomas Batangas (Malapit sa Munisipyo ng Sto. Tomas)

QUEZON: July 23, 2009. Ganap na ika-1:00 ng hapon. Gaganapin sa CADIWA Office, Brgy. Masin Norte, Candelaria, Quezon. (Tapat ng Nursery Hospital)

At sa nalalapit na huling SONA ng pangulo ngayong July 27, 2009., tayo ay sama samang magtungo sa Batasang Pambansa upang sama-sama nating ipahayag at hilingin sa House of Representatives (SONA ni GMA), sa buong publiko at samabayanang Pilipino ang mga sumusunod:

1. TRABAHO, KABUHAYAN AT SIGURIDAD SA PANINIRAHAN! HINDI CON-ASS/CHA CHA NG MGA TRAPO AT ELITISTA!
2. PATAS, MALINIS AT MAPAYAPANG HALALAN, HINDI CON-ASS, KAGULUHAN AT DAYAAN!
3. CHA-CHA LABAN SA GLOBALISASYON AT GFC! HINDI PARA SA PERSONAL NA AMBISYONG PULITIKAL!
4. CON-CON DELEGATE NG MASA, HINDI NG MGA ELEITISTA!
5. NO TO MARTIAL LAW! NO TO CORRUPTION SA GOBYERNO!

Militants slammed the GMA Administration for the unabated bombings in the country

Press Release
Bukluran ng Manggagawang Pilipino (BMP)
Partido Lakas ng Masa (PLM)
July 10, 2009

Militants slammed the GMA Administration for the unabated bombings in the country

Members of the Militant BMP-Sanlakas and Partido Lakas ng Masa (PLM) picketed in front of the office of the NICA (National Intelligence Coordinating Agency) along V. Luna St., Quezon City to denounce and condemn the recent spate of bombings in the country. The group further believed that these unabated bombings is no longer a joke but a desperate move to preserve the illegitimate GMA government and is out to create a scenario that will ultimately entertain the possibility of declaring a state of emergency or worst a Martial Law option.

“These bombings are reminiscent of the era of President Marcos where a scenario of chaos are being hatched to scare the people and in anticipation of declaring Martial Law” Mr. Sonny Melencio, President of PLM (Partido Lakas ng Masa) said.

Mr. Melencio, who also sits as member of the BMP National Central Council further elaborated that, “The real bombs that besieged the Filipino people is the ramming through of Con-Ass to amend the Charter and the ever worsening economic crisis”.

The picketers presented a huge bomb made of paper with issues written on its surface and symbolically placed it in front of the gate of the NICA to register their message that it is returning the genuine bomb that will explode anytime and in turn will pave the way for more real chaos and disorder.

The group held a short program and took turns in lambasting the government’s hand in these bombings and singled out the culpability of Norberto Gonzalez, the incumbent National Security Adviser and an expert of terrorist acts like bombings during the time of Marcos.

The group vowed to escalate their efforts to expose and oppose the ploy of the government and calling on the Filipino people to exercise their utmost vigilance and frustrate any move to preserve and prolong the ascendancy of power of the illegitimate GMA administration.

Reps. Nanette at Bingbong, Hinarana ng Protesta

News Release
Bukluran ng Manggagawang Pilipino (BMP)
June 23, 2009

BMP-KPML-PLM protesters offered songs
and flowers to pro con-ass legislators

In a bid to sustain its hounding shame campaign, members of the militant labor group BMP and its allied organizations, KPML (Kongreso ng Pagkakaisa ng Maralitang Lungsod) and Partido Lakas ng Masa (PLM) trooped their way to 2 members of the lower house residing in Quezon City.

This time around, the group simultaneously offered flowers and songs to Reps. Nanette Daza and Bingbong Crisologo in what they perceived was a way to convince the above mentioned lawmakers to withdraw their signatures to the House Resolution 1109.

Romy Castillo, PLM spokesman explained to the public that “All those lawmakers who were not vocal but became part of the signatories should be reminded of their anti-people act and therefore must heed to the urgent call to withdraw”.

The group further believed that if these legislators reconsider their signatures, then their chances of recovering their lost grounds would be intact and would work favorably come the peoples’ verdict in 2010.

“Prime movers in the mold of Nograles and his cohorts should be singled out for entertaining chaos from the possible wrath and discontentment of the Filipino people. This early, various sectors and concerned personalities and individuals were already wary of the consequences of the convening of the Constituent Assembly.” Castillo added.

BMP and its allied organizations vowed to vigorously pursue their hounding shame campaign to the 211 pro Con-Ass legislators.



(Sa tono ng klasikong awiting "Santa Clara, Pinung-Pino")


NANETTE DAZA, ANG CON ASS NYO

Nanette Daza, ang Con Ass nyo
Hiling namin, sana’y ibasura nyo
Pagbalik mo diyan sa Kongreso
Pirma sa Con Ass ay bawiin mo

Koro:
Nanette Daza (4x)
Pirma mo, bawiin mo, bawiin mo, bawiin mo!

Nanette Daza sa Kongreso
Kami po ay pagbigyan nyo
Na iyang Con Ass ay ibasura nyo
At ang pirma'y agad bawiin nyo


PARENG BINGBONG, ANG CON ASS NYO

Pareng Bingbong, ang Con Ass nyo
Hiling namin, sana’y ibasura nyo
Pagbalik mo diyan sa Kongreso
Pirma sa Con Ass ay bawiin mo

Koro:
Pareng Bingbong (4x)
Pirma mo, bawiin mo, bawiin mo, bawiin mo!

Pareng Bingbong, sa Kongreso
Kami po ay pagbigyan nyo
Na iyang Con Ass ay ibasura nyo
At ang pirma'y agad bawiin nyo

Goldilocks Workers Slammed Corruption in NLRC

News Release
16 June 2009
Bukluran ng Manggagawang Pilipino (BMP)

Goldilocks Workers Slammed Corruption in NLRC

Hundreds of workers belonging to the Goldilocks Union together with the militant labor group Bukluran ng Manggagawang Pilipino (BMP) joined by other labor groups and sectors gathered in front of the building occupied by the NLRC National Labor Relations Commission (NLRC) along Banawe Ave, Quezon City for a huge rally.

The rally was a condemnation of the workers to an earlier decision by the NLRC through Commissioner Nieves De Castro involving the case of Goldilocks Union. The decision ordered the dismissal of 127 union leaders on the basis of launching an illegal strike. The decision was a far out for no strike ever took place at the Goldilocks.

The workers further believed that Commissioner De Castro’s decision was grossly unfair to the workers and totally anomalous. Not a single individual would agree that what Commissioner De Castro did was fair and just.

The workers are demanding that Comm. De Castro should inhibit the pending case of Motion for Reconsideration they have earlier filed in response to the decision.

Joel Lachica, the Goldilocks Union President, asserted that “There’s should be no place for a GMA-clone in the mold of Comm. De Castro at the NLRC. She must immediately resign to preserve the integrity of the commission.”

The group vowed to escalate its protests to ultimately achieve justice of their case and pursue its crusade to clean up the scalawags hibernating at the commission. #

“Prayer Warriors” went to the house of Judas Nograles

Bukluran ng Manggagawang Pilipino (BMP)
June 15, 2009

News Release

BMP-Sanlakas-PLM “Prayer Warriors” went to the house of Judas Nograles, the leader of the 211 traitors at the house of Representatives

Members of the militant labor group BMP-KPML-Sanlakas trooped to the house of Speaker Prospero Nograles as part of their sustained hounding shame campaign to the 211 pro-con ass legislators.

The group once again performed their litany of prayers through their “prayer warriors” with messages denouncing the act of passing the HR 1109 but this time presenting to the public the house of the legislator they dubbed as the abode of “ Judas Nograles “ adjudged as the Speaker and leader among the Judases of the lower house.

The group decided to hound Judas Nograles to remind him their act of betrayal to the Filipino masses. Mr. Teody Navea, BMP Secretary General and spokesperson of the group stressed that “We singled out Judas Nograles for we believed his culpability of the passing of the resolution. We are disturbed that Judas Nograles seemed unmoved, unaffected and totally disregard the overwhelming negative reactions of Filipino people.”

Judas Nograles earlier claimed that what they have done do not merit denouncement from the masses and as if nothing happened with matching wanton display of arrogance.

The group reiterated their responsorial psalm “Con-Ass ng mga Hudas dapat nang magwakas” among the crowd who witnessed the picket cum prayer rally at the house of Judas Nograles.

The group vowed to continue their crusade with more lined up houses of traitors to be visited for their hounding shame campaign.

Anti-Con Ass QRF at Philcoa, with 2 poems

NEWS RELEASE
12 JUNE 2009

Con Ass Representatives are Modern Day Illustrados and Traitors

Members of the militant groups Bukluran ng Manggagawang Pilipino (BMP), Sanlakas, Partido Lakas ng Masa (PLM), Kongreso ng Pagkakaisa ng Maralitang Lungsod (KPML) and Samahang Demokratiko ng Kabataan (SDK), trooped to Philcoa along Commonwealth Ave. to commemorate Philippine Independence Day. Faces of PRO-CONASS congressmen, which includes Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo. Dubbed as “Modern Day Illustrados and Traitors”, their faces were prominently displayed in a shooting range that was set up by the groups. Two poems were also read by the group.

The said activity was part of the hounding shame campaign to all the solons which endorsed and signed the controversial House Resolution 1109 that will convene the house as a constituent assembly amending our present charter.



BUDHI NG BAYAN ANG MAY ATAS
ni Gregorio V. Bituin Jr.
11 pantig, soneto


Budhi na ng bayan ang nag-aatas
Kung bakit dapat labanan ang Con Ass
Pinatunayan nitong sadyang ungas
Ang mga lingkod bayang di parehas.

Dahil sa dal’wampung milyong pisong kas
Ay pinaglaruan nila ang batas
Ang mamamayan, at pati ang bukas
Ng bayan nating kanilang hinudas.

Kongreso’y parang pugad na ng ahas
Tulung-tulong ang mga talipandas
Kaya kababayan, tayo’y lumabas
Magtulungan tayo laban sa Con Ass.

Budhi na ng bayan ang nag-aatas
Kaya dapat labanan itong Con Ass.


30 PILAK NOON, 20M PISO NGAYON
ni Gregorio V. Bituin Jr.

Tatlumpung pirasong pilak noon
Ang tinanggap ng alagad na si Hudas
Dalawampung milyong piso ngayon
Ang tinanggap para ipasa ang Con Ass.

Baya’y tuluyang ibinabaon
Sa krisis ng mga kongresistang ungas
Na walang pakialam sa nasyon
Mamamayan man ay magkalagas-lagas.

O, bakit kaya sila’y ganoon?
Sariling interes ang kanilang batas!
Iyan ang alam ng mga iyon
Kaya sa mamamayan ay naghuhudas!

Con Ass ng trapo’y itapon ngayon
At ipalit natin ang magandang bukas.