The Philippines’ budget that passed in the House of Representatives flies in the face of Filipinos everywhere who carry the consequences of the country’s economic decline. It remains that Filipinos cannot count on this government for relief, but they can squarely expect corruption, pork barrel schemes, and the fascist crackdown on democratic dissent in the form of P10.1 billion “confidential” funds.

On the one year anniversary of the political killing of journalist Percival “Percy Lapid” Mabasa, the Malaya Movement USA continues to demand justice and accountability for Percy Lapid and his family. We send our deepest condolences and solidarity to his family and friends.

Malaya Movement USA denounces Marcos Jr.’s “revenge travel” overspending of nearly $1.5 million dollars in the past year. Poverty and unemployment/underemployment rates are worsening, yet the sitting President spends our people’s tax money as if it’s pocket change for his family’s personal use. It is insulting and disrespectful to the impoverished Filipino people who bear the brunt of this lavish spending.

As Malaya Movement USA concludes its 2nd National Assembly in New York City, we must do our duty as the overseas anti-dictatorship formation of Filipinos in commemorating the anniversary of Martial Law. We pay tribute to the martyrs and survivors of Marcos Sr.’s dictatorship as we raise the alarm regarding Marcos Jr.’s recycling of the dictator’s fascist tactics.

Malaya Movement USA urgently calls attention to the most recent development in the case of youth environmental activists Jonila Castro and Jhed Tamano.

In a live press conference by the National Task-Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC), Castro and Tamano publicly revealed that they were in fact abducted and forced to “surrender” by the AFP.

Malaya Movement USA sounds the alarm regarding the Marcos Jr. regime’s proposed budget for 2024. The proposed budget is riddled with questionable priorities and suspicious spending, as if an economic crisis isn’t already drowning the Filipino people in more debt and rising prices.