by @mrsunlawyer A press conference sponsored by representatives from various sectors entitled “To Congress: Reproductive Health Bill, Pagbotohan na!” was held today, March 2, 2012 at 10 AM at the Dulcinea restaurant along Tomas Morato Avenue, Quezon City. Dr. Eden R. Divinagracia, Executive Director of the Philippine NGO Council on Population, Health and Welfare (PNGOC), Rep. Luzviminda [...]
Mining share to GDP in past decade “very modest,” MGB stats reveal
This is a press statement from The Save Palawan Movement (SPM) from the Conference on Mining’s Impact on Philippine Economy and Ecology The local mining sector has failed miserably to deliver its promise of economic progress and development in a national scale, as far as statistics by the Mines and Geosciences Bureau (MGB) are concerned. [...]
#Vote4RH: Various sectors urging Congress to immediately deliberate & vote on the #RHBill
This is a press statement from Philippine NGO Council on Population, Health and Welfare Inc. Manila, March 2, 2012 – Dr. Eden R. Divinagracia, Executive Director of the Philippine NGO Council on Population, Health and Welfare Inc. (PNGOC), said “PNGOC together with various organizations/sectors which include the Interfaith Group, POPCOM and the Reproductive Health Advocacy [...]
The Corona impeachment trial after 26 days
by Wilfred Avila Photo credits : @JusticeLeaksPh When the Impeachment Trial started we were faced with 8 articles against the Chief Justice that had no legal leg to stand on. That 188 Congressmen from the House of Representative forwarded the complaint to the Senate in record time was appalling. As the hearings progressed, it became [...]
















Did HLI rehash Sereno’s dissent in its motion on Luisita ruling? (Part 1)
by JC Maningat Much has been left unsaid on the sinister attempt of the President’s relatives to overturn the Supreme Court’s ruling ordering the distribution of Hacienda Luisita. The headlines may not say it, but the Cojuangco-Aquino clan’s latest legal move stubbornly reeks of greed. When Hacienda Luisita Inc. (HLI) filed last December 16 [...]