Statement on Charter Change The Sangguniang Laiko ng Pilipinas perceives the current proposal for Charter Change as a threat to our democratic system and our aspirations as a free and progessive nation. The present Constitution has been said to be the best in the world with its provisions for…
By: Julius N. Leonen – @inquirerdotnet INQUIRER.net / 06:21 PM January 24, 2018 Senate President Pro Tempore Ralph Recto has urged the government to exert all efforts to stop Islamic State (IS) recruiters from taking advantage of the P2 billion it has looted during the siege of Marawi City. “Government…
Filipino accuses rights group of deliberately exaggerating scale of the killing Joe Torres, UCANews Manila Philippines January 24, 2018 The debate over the actual death toll in the Philippines war against narcotics heated up this week with no less than the country’s foreign minister accusing Human Rights Watch (HRW) of…
Statement by the Movement Against Tyranny January 15, 2017 As Congress resumes it’s session today, it is poised to fast-track Pres. Rodrigo Duterte’s supposed agenda for a shift to a federal system of government through Charter change. At this point, the Movement Against Tyranny is ringing the alarm bells…
Teenagers are better behaved and less hedonistic nowadays But they are also lonelier and more isolated The Economist | Jan. 10, 2018 | Los Angeles At the gates of Santa Monica College, in Los Angeles, a young man with a skateboard is hanging out near a group of people who are…
Philippine government and the country’s bishops need to remember they serve the same flock Melo Acuna, Manila | Philippines January 15, 2018 The Philippines’ Catholic Bishops’ Conference, established 73 years ago, has raised the ire of some people in government over statements and exhortations that were classified controversial, and at times…
To our beloved Bishops: The “Federalism” being sold to the Filipino people is pseudo-federalism or “reverse federalism” or “inverted federalism” which is actually “Balkanization (breaking-up of the Philippines) In Disguise”. Genuine federalism has a pre-requesite – the pre-existence of states or nations, independent of each other – before federalism can…
January 5, 2018 ATM Statement Alyansa Tigil Mina (ATM) is strongly disappointed about the recent decision of the Court of Appeals (CA) to reject the plea of Zambalenos to stop mining in their province. Last January 3, 2018, the CA issued its decision not to grant an Environmental Protection Order…
Greetings on the eighth and last day of the blessed octave of the Solemnity of the Nativity of our Lord, Christmas. Today we celebrate the Solemnity of Mary, the Mother of God. Mary gave birth to Jesus, the eternal Son of the Father who is truly her son according to…
Fr. Shay Cullen 28 December 2017 A great blessing came into the world over two thousand years ago. Jesus was born in Bethlehem and grew up in Nazareth. He was a humble leader, prophetic, articulate and a prodigy with a profound compassionate understanding of the sick, the poor and oppressed.…
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