Archive | August 5, 2011

GMA allies’ boycott of 2012 budget irresponsible, self-serving

Hontiveros said utak wangwang is also utak-pork barrel Akbayan Party today branded the decision of the minority bloc in the House of Representatives to boycott the proposed P1.8-trillion 2012 national budget in protest over the delay in the release of their pork barrel funds as irresponsible. The progressive political party also said the boycott sends [...]

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@datozainab clarifies Jarius Bondoc column ‘Rizal doesn’t deserve this’

Datin Seri Dato’ Zainab Abd. Kader (with twitter name @datozainab), the wife of Ambassador Dato Seri Dr. Ibrahim Saad, Malaysia’s Ambassador to the Philippines disowned a Twitter message criticizing Philippine national hero Jose Rizal, saying it was a “set-up” aimed at putting them in a bad light and harming relations between the two countries. Datin [...]

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Group lauds passage of law that will pave way for discipline sans physical and psychological hurt

A group of child rights advocates expressed appreciation with the House of Representatives for the approval of an important legislation that will protect the rights of children against abuse. The bill, “An Act Promoting Positive and Non-violent Discipline of Children” authored by Reps. Susan Yap (1st District, Tarlac) and Bernadette Herrera-Dy (Bagong Henerasyon Partylist), was [...]

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