Tag: reproductive health

RH Bill ‘debate’: When Tito Sotto says ‘jump’ Filipinos ask ‘How high?’

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RH Bill ‘debate’: When Tito Sotto says ‘jump’ Filipinos ask ‘How high?’

Whatever the content of Senator Vicente “Tito” Sotto III’s anti-Reproductive Health Bill (RH Bill) speech broadcast via radio today was, the bottom line is quite simple: Tito Sotto is a celebrity. His impassioned speech delivered in Tagalog, the lingua franca of Philippine showbiz, will likely have resonated across the Filipino masses. Sure, he made debatable…

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Culture, Development, Education, Lifestyle, Politics, Religion

Overpopulation Atheism

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Overpopulation Atheism

A couple of weeks ago when I visited Washington, DC, I came across an article by John Feehery in The Hill that used “Pascal’s Wager” in proving his point on the virtues of supporting environmental policy reforms to combat the global warming phenomenon. I think the very same line of thought can apply to the…

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Economy, Politics, Society

Reproductive Healthcare and Religious Despotism

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Reproductive Healthcare and Religious Despotism

The last time I checked, the Philippines was not subject to Sharia Law. Yet, it sure feels that way with the Catholic Church pushing its weight all over the place to ensure the Reproductive Healthcare Bill gets voted to oblivion by Congress. In fact, for nearly two decades or about 25 million less people in…

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Politics, Religion, Society

Philippine Reproductive Health Bill: politically-corrected beyond recognition

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Philippine Reproductive Health Bill: politically-corrected beyond recognition

The Reproductive Health Bill (RH Bill) is one hell of a beast. The Philippines’ Roman Catholic Church literally sees it as such — a beast straight out of hell that will undermine everything that it stands for. It has, today, come down to the vote: Will Philippine Congress approve or reject the bill? It is…

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Culture, Development, Religion, Society

Teenagers and sexting: should we be alarmed?

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Teenagers and sexting: should we be alarmed?

According to a study published in the July issue of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine, 28 percent of surveyed adolescents in the United States have engaged in ‘sexting’. Sexting is the practice of taking suggestive pictures of one’s self and sending it digitally — usually by mobile phone multi-media messaging services (MMS) — to another party’s…

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Education, Lifestyle, Society, Tech Talk

Youth Party-list Representative Raymond Palatino Doesn’t Have a Prayer

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Youth Party-list Representative Raymond Palatino Doesn’t Have a Prayer

So Youth Party-list Representative Raymond Palatino introduced a bill banning religious ceremonies and symbols in government buildings and institutions. Palatino states that his bill: “…just wants to implement the constitutional provision on freedom of religion where the state should remain neutral and cannot favor any religion. There should be no state-sanctioned religious ceremonies”. Supporters of…

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Politics, Religion

The folly of economic dependence on foreign employment

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The folly of economic dependence on foreign employment

Which does more damage to a child during his/her formative years, the lack of cash or the non-presence of one or even both parents because he/she or they are working overseas? Every example of the humblest of Filipinos being able to extricate themselves from poverty by sheer hard work and discipline within our islands highlights…

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Crime, Lifestyle, Money Talks, Society

Tito Sotto threatens to stop funding for Ph government ad placements in CNN over pagpag feature

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Tito Sotto threatens to stop funding for Ph government ad placements in CNN over pagpag feature

Philippine Senator Vicente “Tito” Sotto III of Tito Vic and Sotto comedy fame in the yesteryears of Philippine cinema is apparently unhappy with with what he perceives to be a negative return on investment on the Philippine government’s ad placements in international news organisation Cable News Network (CNN). Sotto is reportedly convinced that CNN has…

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Development, Economy, Government, Media