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Dawn of long-overdue population control in the Philippines as Congress passes HB 4244

December 18, 2012July 23, 2013 benign0 39 Comments

Make no mistake, the passing in Congress today of House Bill 4244 also known as the Reproductive Health (RH) Bill is foremost a triumph for long-overdue population control in the Philippines. The country’s enormous population and its continued unabated growth has long been considered the single biggest roadblock to prosperity in this impoverished nation. Indeed,…

Development, Economy, Politics, Religion, Society

Reproductive Health Bill (House Bill 4244) as approved on Second Reading 12th December 2012

December 17, 2012 benign0 2 Comments

The following is a copy of House Bill 4244 also known as the ‘Reproductive Health Bill’ in the form as approved on Second Reading by the Philippine House of Representatives 12th Dec 2012. This is optimised for reading on the Web and is based on a PDF document made available on the ABS-CBN News website….

Development, Education, Politics, References, Religion

Should the State Pay for My Hooker Too?

December 14, 2012January 27, 2017 Hector Gamboa 28 Comments

So the very divisive Reproductive Health (RH) Bill finally got the OK at second reading in Congress and it looks like it is inches away from getting ratified. I have always been a supporter of the intent of the RH Bill. From what I know, the RH Bill mandates the State to uphold and promote:…

Government, Politics, Society

RH Bill Passes Second Reading… whoopee!

December 13, 2012December 13, 2012 P. Farol 22 Comments

BenignOÂ is right in a way that I cannot disagree with, but only particularly in the point where he refers to the Reproductive Health Bill as some form of population control. As a form of population control, if it can be called that, the RH bill isn’t exactly like controlling rampant pigeon populations by feeding them…

Politics

Passing on 2nd-reading of RH Bill brings population control in the Philippines closer to reality!

December 13, 2012 benign0 26 Comments

Finally, the third major excuse for the country not progressing is on the verge of being crossed out from the history of this sad Republic. The passing on second-reading of the controversial Reproductive Health Bill (RH Bill) in theory paves the way for measures to be put in place to control galloping population growth in…

Development, Economy, Politics, Religion, Society

Is making Filipino men good in bed part of Senator Pia Cayetano’s legislative agenda?

December 5, 2012July 23, 2013 benign0 52 Comments

Just so typical that the top buzz following last night’s Senate deliberations over the wording of the proposed Reproductive Health Bill is around the usual most droll, inconsequential, and irrelevant things. What got Manila’s chattering classes up and about in their usual form was a floor “debate” between top-honcho RH Bill proponent Senator Pia Cayetano…

Lifestyle, Politics

Murderous batang hamogs and Filipino politicians: Is there really a difference?

November 7, 2012November 7, 2012 benign0 19 Comments

It’s the rallying cry of the “Pro-Life” mob: The right to life. The thinking there is that it is a heinous crime to the the heavens to deprive a brainless embryo floating inside the body of poor teenage girls of the “right” to be conceived, or to be born. Missing in this half-brained conceptual formula…

Politics, Religion, Society

Educators who are EMPLOYED by Catholic schools should make a CHOICE

October 10, 2012 Kate Natividad 31 Comments

I don’t buy this whole freedom of expression thing when it comes to speaking up about the RH Bill — not if I were employed by an institution of learning that affiliates itself with the Roman Catholic Church. Those outspoken professors enjoy the great pay (as far as educators go) in schools like the Ateneo,…

Education, Religion, Society