Barely Legal is a new column in GeloLopez’s blog where Gelo tries to make sense of the discombobulated legalese. TGeloLopez is not a lawyer of any sort, but he tries to make sense from the passages of the law. *** FACTS: Sarah Pope’s blog is copyrighted. Senator Tito Sotto, by extension through his Chief-of-Staff Atty [...]
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On Sotto’s Plagiarism: Either he resigns…or he resigns
Whether we admit it or not, we are all guilty of plagiarism at some point in our life. Sometimes, we deliberately do it and we blame– especially the writers– writer’s block or a low self-esteem or an immediate deadline (Mihai, 2012). Sometimes, we do not know that we actually commit it for the mere fact [...]
On Privilege Speeches and Delaying the RH Bill
It is sad how some of our Representatives would delay a long overdue bill for the sake of delaying it. These past few days, I have been attending sessions at the House of the Representatives and I have been a witness on how blatant the anti-RH Congressmen are when it comes to delaying the process [...]
With the latest Ph population count, RH advocates urge Congress anew: Pass the RH bill now
Following results of the 2010 Population and Housing Survey by the National Statistics Office (NSO), a group of leading reproductive health (RH) advocates calls on Congress anew to pass the highly clamored RH bill. Ramon San Pascual, Philippine Legislators Committee on Population and Development Foundation (PLCPD) Executive Director reminds Congress of its obligation to enact [...]
Mass Actions to Urge Congress to Vote on the RH Bill all Set
At least 1,000 Reproductive Health (RH) advocates and supporters representing various non-government organizations (labor, academe, faith-based, business, development, women and youth sectors) along with some personalities, artists and celebrities – are all set to organize a series of mass actions to strongly urge Congress leadership to vote on the RH bill. The mass action dubbed [...]
Contact the Senators about the #RHBill. Here is a list
The Reproductive Health Bill is too close to call. Indeed, the battle lines are drawn and so far the scores are pretty even”. A large number of senators are still “keeping their cards close to their chest as to whether they would support the reproductive health bill or not.” We need to communicate our stand [...]
Rep. Janette Garin clarifies report on the UN Population Funding
Iloilo Representative Janette L. Garin clarifies that as far as she knows the United Nations (UN) funding support for family planning (FP) and reproductive health (RH) is intended for meeting the Millennium Development targets in reducing maternal mortality and improving the maternal and child health situation in the country and is not envisioned to control [...]
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The Rufus Drama and Weak House Leadership
Congresswoman Kimi Cojuangco was right, we always see the same Representatives monopolizing the plenary session to deliberately delay proceedings on RH Bill. Just this afternoon, Cagayan De Oro Representative Rufus Rodriguez staged a huge drama act which can be rightfully classified as Elevator Acting. It all happened so fast, Rep. Cojuangco rose on a question [...]