Ateneo backs Church on RH bill
By Kristine Alave
Faculty members who are facing possible charges of heresy for supporting a population control bill aren’t getting any sympathy from Ateneo de Manila University.
Faculty members who are facing possible charges of heresy for supporting a population control bill aren’t getting any sympathy from Ateneo de Manila University.
Redondo Peninsula Energy Inc. (RP Energy), a consortium of energy firms that plans to build a 600-megawatt coal-fired power plant inside the freeport here, became the subject of a petition for a writ of kalikasan that was filed on Friday before the Supreme Court.
The head of the Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines’ social arm has urged the government to assert its right not only over the disputed (Scarborough) Shoal but also over some of the country’s vast rice fields that have been converted into mining sites by Chinese and other foreign firms.
More rains are seen in the country in the next few days as a low pressure area that formed near Eastern Visayas was expected to become the fourth tropical cyclone for the country this year, the state weather bureau said Monday.
At least 40 governors plan to challenge the Aquino administration’s new mining policy in the Supreme Court the moment it is signed, according to Albay Governor Joey Salceda.
More Filipino mothers are dying during childbirth, underscoring their “unmet need” for modern family planning services, the Department of Health said Monday.
After a divisive impeachment trial that led to the ouster of his successor, former Chief Justice Reynato Puno said Friday the next leader of the Supreme Court should be one who can heal the wounds inflicted by impeachment process and keep the independence of the court while cooperating with the other branches of the government.
Don’t dare touch the coconut levy fund. The militant Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas (KMP) and the Kaisahang Pambansa ng mga Magsasaka sa Koprahan (Koprahan) issued this warning to Malacañang amid reports that the Aquino administration was planning to use the coconut levy money to sustain the government’s cash dole out program.
Windows were shattered, an abandoned building collapsed and people rushed out of homes, offices and schools in a scene a mayor likened to a street fiesta but with “everyone anxious and panicky” as a 5.2-magnitude quake struck Masbate City on Tuesday.
About 38,000 hectares of coastal land in the country would be swallowed up by new real estate and commercial projects that seek to copy reclamation projects in Singapore and Hong Kong, a document from the Philippine Reclamation Authority (PRA) said.
One of the farmers’ unions in the Cojuangco-owned Hacienda Luisita Inc. (HLI) has asked the Supreme Court to reject the company’s appeal.
About 200 employees of the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) led by Secretary Virgilio de los Reyes were greeted with a mix of suspicion, skepticism and cautious interest when they descended on the 6,000-hectare sugar plantation owned by the family of President Benigno Aquino III on Saturday to conduct an information drive regarding the possible distribution of the land.
The League of Cities of the Philippines has thrown its support behind the impeachment of Supreme Court Chief Justice Renato Corona and his impending trial by the Senate, citing the need for reform in the high tribunal.
