Top 10 Reasons Filipinos in the US Should Say No to Arroyo’s Cha-Cha!

Top 10 Reasons Filipinos in the US Should Say No to Arroyo’s Cha-Cha! By BAYAN USA 10.  It would allow foreign entities, including multi-national corporations, to own residential, commercial, and industrial lands without any restrictions.  9. It would allow foreign entities, including multi-national corporations, to exploit and plunder the Philippines rich natural resources, including gold, [...]

U.S.-Trained and Funded Philippine Military Implicated in Abduction and Torture of American Citizen

  FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 2, 2009   Reference: Rhonda Ramiro, Secretary General, BAYAN-USA, 415-377-2599, secgen@bayanusa.org   U.S.-Trained and Funded Philippine Military Implicated in Abduction and Torture of American Citizen Alliance of Filipino American Organizations Vows to Hold U.S. and Philippine Governments Accountable and Demands End to U.S. Taxpayer Support for Philippine Military   The [...]

BAYAN-USA Condemns GRP’s Attempted Cover-Up of Abduction

For Immediate Release May 28, 2009 Reference: Rhonda Ramiro, Secretary-General, BAYAN USA, email: secgen@bayanusa.org STOP THE ARROYO GOV’T’S COVER-UP OF THE ABDUCTION OF ROXAS, CARABEO, & HANDOC! –BAYAN USA All efforts to cover up the truth must be stopped and exposed, starting with the removal of the Philippine Embassy’s latest post on its website. The [...]

10 Years Too Long, 200 People Too Many

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 27, 2009 Reference: Rhonda Ramiro, 415-377-2599, secgen@bayanusa.org, www.bayanusa.org 10 Years Too Long, 200 People Too Many: Filipinos Across the U.S. Call for the Termination of the Visiting Forces Agreement and Justice for the Disappeared In the wake of the abduction of Filipino American human rights advocate and health worker Melissa Roxas [...]

The Only “Change” We See Is the Change Being Pocketed by the Philippine Government to Rape and Terrorize the Filipino People

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Rhonda Ramiro, secgen@bayanusa.org May 14, 2009 www.bayanusa.org   The Only “Change” We See Is the Change Being Pocketed by the Philippine Government to Rape and Terrorize the Filipino People—BAYAN-USA   Appalled by the double-news of the rape of another Filipina woman by a U.S. Marine and the increase in U.S. financial [...]