There are just too many versions of the Philippine Cybercrime bill. Like Carlo Ople, I believe the section on child pornography is long overdue. There are just so many webcams out there featuring kids. What worries me is the implementation. The internet’s strength was its open nature. Will it be like Tonyo says an “MTRCB [...]
Archive | February 3, 2011
Finally! Executive Order No. 23 on Indefinite Log Ban
The Log Ban is welcomed! Here is the executive order. MALACAÑAN PALACE Manila BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 23 DECLARING A MORATORIUM ON THE CUTTING AND HARVESTING OF TIMBER IN THE NATIONAL AND RESIDUAL FORESTS AND CREATING THE ANTI-ILLEGAL LOGGING TASK FORCE WHEREAS, the entire country has been a witness to [...]
The Impact of the Total Ban on Abortion in the Philippines
I thought I had read a lot of articles about abortion of the Filipina women in the Philippines. Data from Likhaan reveals that in 2008, there was an estimated number of 560,000 abortions. 90,000 were hospitalized due to complications and 1,000 died for lack of care. This video will truly touch you on the realities [...]
Tweet beats of February 3
Twitter is busy with Chinese New Year greetings. Senator Miriam Santiago quips are in the limelight when she said “amoeba” during the Senate Hearing. Heidi Mendoza is emotional during the Senate Hearing and begs to be spared from further agony. “I come with clean hands, the system is rotten but I come with clean hands!” [...]
Standoff between pro-change and pro-Mubarak demos at Tahrir
The protests continue. Some in the US media (AP) are putting yesterday’s protest numbers in Tahrir square at 250k. Others say it is half a million but there is no denial that there are millions more watching the Egypt protest in Twitter. Another fact is clear. Mubarak is not backing off. Obama Says Egypt’s Transition [...]
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