Jan 3, 2013 •
Original article here By Christine O. Avendaño Philippine Daily Inquirer On the first business day of the year, a couple filed in the Supreme Court a suit against the newly signed Responsible Parenthood and Reproductive Health Act of 2012, which mandates the State to provide the poor with reproductive health (RH) services, including access to contraceptives,...
Dec 30, 2012 •
Original article here By Cathy Yamsuan Philippine Daily Inquirer MANILA, Philippines—Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile urged parties against the newly signed Responsible Parenthood and Reproductive Health (RH) Act (RA 10354) to simply ask the Supreme Court to uphold the constitutional provision requiring the state to protect the life of the mother and her unborn child from...
Dec 29, 2012 •
Original article here By Jonas Cabiles Soltes Inquirer Southern Luzon NAGA CITY—Bishop Gilbert Garcera of the Diocese of Daet, the capital of Camarines Norte, believes overpopulation has been advantageous to the Philippines and to the world because it has increased the number of overseas workers and migrants who could send remittances back home while taking...
Dec 28, 2012 •
Original article here By Karen Boncocan INQUIRER.net MANILA, Philippines — President Benigno Aquino III signed the Reproductive Health Bill last December 21, which is now known as Republic Act 10354, House majority leader Neptali Gonzales II said on Friday. Gonzales told reporters through text message that Aquino had signed the measure into a law without...
Dec 23, 2012 •
Original article here By Christian V. Esguerra Philippine Daily Inquirer Amid fears that the reproductive health (RH) bill might encourage abortion, another bill seeking to discourage it has been pending at the House of Representatives for more than two years now. The proposed “Women and Children’s Resources Act,” introduced by Cagayan de Oro Rep. Rufus Rodriguez...
Dec 15, 2012 •
original article here By Philip C. Tubeza Philippine Daily Inquirer MANILA, Philippines – Insisting that the reproductive health (RH) bill was “corruption of the soul,” the Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines on Saturday issued a pastoral letter urging the 64 members of the House of Representatives, who did not vote on the proposed law, to...
Dec 15, 2012 •
original article here By Gabriel Cardinoza Inquirer Northern Luzon DAGUPAN CITY, Philippines – Lingayen-Dagupan Archbishop Socrates Villegas warned lawmakers that they would unleash “irreparable harm” on the new generation of Filipinos if they approve the controversial Reproductive Health bill in its present form. In a pastoral letter posted on the archdiocese’s website on Friday, Villegas said:...
Dec 14, 2012 •
original article here SHOOTING STRAIGHT By Valeriano Avila (The Freeman) Just to show to you that the Regional Development Council (RDC-7) is not sleeping, the RDC Full Council yesterday, in a unanimous vote, approved the return as priority of the so-called parallel road to Escario St. This road starts from V. Rama Ave. beside the Guadalupe...
Dec 14, 2012 •
original article here By AJ A. Dela Torre CEBU, Philippines – The controversial Reproductive Health bill came closer to being signed into law after the House of Representatives passed it on second reading after an overnight nominal voting that was concluded early Thursday. A total of 113 members of the House voted for the passage...
Dec 13, 2012 •
original article here By Karen Boncocan INQUIRER.net MANILA, Philippines—After fourteen years of being stuck in Congress, legislators finally put to a historic vote and passed the Reproductive Health Bill before dawn Thursday. With 113 votes on affirmative, 104 negative and three abstention, the RH Bill was approved on second reading, the most critical voting period for...
Dec 13, 2012 •
original article here By Christian V. Esguerra, Leila Salaverria Philippine Daily Inquirer “Obviously, the ‘ayes’ have it.” With this declaration by Deputy Speaker Lorenzo Tañada III, the House of Representatives approved by voice vote on second reading Wednesday night the controversial reproductive health measure, or House Bill No. 4244. But Navotas Rep. Tobias Tiangco made a motion...
Dec 12, 2012 •
original article here By Evelyn Macairan MANILA, Philippines – Several Catholic bishops will watch how lawmakers would vote on the Reproductive Health (RH) bill on Wednesday. These Catholic bishops are expected to come to the House of Representatives on Wednesday to witness the voting. Fr. Melvin Castro, executive secretary of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of...
Dec 11, 2012 •
original article here By Christina Mendez MANILA, Philippines – As the debates on the controversial Reproductive Health RH Bill intensifies at the Senate and the House of Representatives, Sen. Joker Arroyo pointed out on Tuesday the historical perspective on the constant objection of the Catholic church on some state policies pertaining to the Catholic faith...
Dec 8, 2012 •
original article here SHOOTING STRAIGHT By Bobit S. Avila Today is the Feast of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary, one of the holidays of obligation in the Catholic Church. That the Blessed Virgin Mary was born spotless without the stain of original sin is a dogma that Christians believed when Christianity was...
Nov 26, 2012 •
original article here By Dennis Carcamo MANILA, Philippines – A Catholic bishop on Monday called on the Muslim community to oppose the passage of the controversial Reproductive Health Bill, saying the proposed measure merely promotes immorality. “Sana maging ang mga hindi Katoliko na naniniwala sa kasagraduhan ng buhay gaya ng mga Muslim ay sana huwag...
Nov 19, 2012 •
original article here In a surprise twist, the Senate on Monday decided to tackle the controversial Reproductive Health (RH) bill first before the Sin Tax bill. The Senate made the decision after Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile moved to tackle the RH bill first after he was accused of delaying its passage. “To put an...
Nov 19, 2012 •
original article here MANILA, Philippines – The Senate has decided after a vote of 11-3 to put the Reproductive Health bill first in the day’s proceedings and set aside the deliberations on the sin tax reform bill. Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile made a privilege speech at the start of the day’s proceedings saying that...
Nov 18, 2012 •
original article here MANILA, Philippines – Labor group Kilusang Mayo Uno (KMU) on Sunday took a swipe at big business groups who throw their support for the Reproductive Health bill. In a statement, KMU chairperson Elmer “Bong” Labog warned the public against the Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry, the Employers Confederation of the Philippines, the Makati...
Nov 14, 2012 •
original article here MANILA – For the last three days, the House of Representatives has been forced to adjourn early for lack of quorum, derailing further the passage of the controversial reproductive health (RH) bill. On Wednesday evening, only 131 lawmakers showed up at the Batasan Pambansa, or ten lawmakers short of quorum. The controversial...
Nov 13, 2012 •
original article here A move to advance the controversial Reproductive Health (RH) bill in the Senate was immediately shot down — by Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile himself — on Tuesday afternoon, further damping hopes on its immediate passage. During the day’s session, RH bill co-sponsor Sen. Pia Cayetano asked that the two-year-old bill be...
Nov 6, 2012 •
original article here Critics of the Reproductive Health (RH) bill on Tuesday said amending the new version of the controversial measure at the House of Representatives to target only the country’s poorest families will take “’til kingdom come.” Cagayan de Oro Rep. Rufus Rodriguez said the House leadership cannot just introduce an entirely new version...
Oct 11, 2012 •
Original article here By Cathy Yamsuan Philippine Daily Inquirer Senator Vicente Sotto is thinking of quitting as majority leader in the next Congress. Yes, the stress of the job is finally getting to him. No, this was not brought on by his skirmishes with critics over the reproductive health (RH) bill and the Cybercrime Prevention Act....
Oct 10, 2012 •
Original article here By Kristine Felisse Mangunay “Ateneo & La Salle profs are like so not duwag.” They, after all, are “so tapang” to “make sabi (their) stand on (the reproductive health bill).” Believe it or not, these are real excerpts. As some students of three of the country’s Catholic universities battled it out in the...
Oct 9, 2012 •
Original article here By Erika Sauler Philippine Daily Inquirer It seems their quarrel has gone beyond basketball. Now they’re also quarreling about the reproductive health (RH) bill pending in Congress. An editorial in the Sept. 30 issue of The Varsitarian, the student publication of the University of Santo Tomas (UST), slammed professors of Ateneo de Manila...
