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ON DISTANT SHORE By Val G. Abelgas After months of deliberation, the so-called “Gang of Eight” in the Senate has finally filed a comprehensive immigration reform bill that not only calls for securing the country’s border but, more importantly, opening a path for citizenship for some of the 11 million undocumented immigrants in the United States. The bill, officially known as the “Border Security, Economic Read More …
Source: The Daily Tribune Groups pushing the passage of the Freedom of Information (FoI) hoisted the white flag yesterday but pinned all the blame for the death of the measure on President Aquino who they branded as having lied and mouthed cheap words as a candidate. The broad-based Right to Know, Right Now Coalition said leaders of the House of Representatives and President Aquino all Read More …
PRESS RELEASE February 08, 2013 The approval of the Anti-Money Laundering Act (AMLA) was crucial in keeping the Philippines from the list of “non-cooperative” countries in the fight against money laundering, former Senator Ramon “Jun” Magsaysay Jr. said today. Magsaysay, one of the principal authors of AMLA when he was at the Senate, lauded lawmakers for ratifying the measure Wednesday, the last day of congressional Read More …
By AMADO P. MACASAET MALAYA ‘The Catholic Church should not meddle in the affairs of the state, if only to comply with the Constitutional provision that the Church and the State are separate.’ Unable to win the war against the Reproductive Health Bill, the Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines has shifted the struggle against the state, but on the wrong front. Not saying much Read More …
By JP LOPEZ MALAYA CONGRESS yesterday ratified the Human Rights Victims Reparation and Recognition Act of 2013, which would enable victims of human rights abuses under the Marcos administration to claim compensation and reparation from the State. The bill was ratified first by the House of Representatives at past 5:30 p.m. The Senate followed about 30 minutes later. It will be transmitted to Malacañang for Read More …
Source: PCIJ.ORG LIMP, nearly lifeless, in ICU. This is the sorry situation as of today of the Freedom of Information (FOI) bill. The House of Representatives spent not even a minute to discuss the FOI during its three session days last week, even as the bill was on its order of business. Only six session days remain before Congress adjourns again on Feb. 8 for Read More …
AS I WRECK THIS CHAIR By William M. Esposo The Philippine Star There’s a real need for Senate Bill #78, or better known as the Kasambahay (house help) bill, and its House counterpart version. Our house helpers have long been the victims of abuse — some of it verbal and some of it physical. In all my 64 years on this earth, it continues to Read More …
Editorial Manila Standard Today QUICK and correct action. This is the best and justly deserved path for the House of Representatives to take on the Freedom of Information bill. Slow and wrong. This is the worst and justly reasonable judgment that Filipino voters would have of the House members, most especially of those seeking reelection in May 2013, should the FOI fail to pass. Time, Read More …
PerryScope By Perry Diaz One month and a day after the heinous massacre that slaughtered 20 children and six adults at the Sandy Hook elementary school in Newtown, Connecticut, proponents of gun control tasted their first victory when the state of New York passed the nation’s toughest gun control law on January 15, 2013. New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, in signing the New York Secure Read More …
By Ellen Tordesillas Malaya As always, we need to be violently jolted to do what is needed to be done. Whether the three recent incidents are harrowing enough for our authorities and lawmakers to move remain to be seen. Last Sunday, 13 people died in a gun battle in Atimonan, Quezon. The reports get uglier as the root of the shootout or rubout is being Read More …