October, 2009

The Makabayang Koalisyon ng Mamamayan o MAKABAYAN will hold a city-wide and province wide general assembly and launching on November 4 in Cagayan de Oro City.  read more »

KIDAPAWAN CITY -- Militant party-list Representative Satur Ocampo has divulged the "game plan" that Makabayan, an alliance of progressive party-list groups, would pursue to get the needed seats in 2010 elections.  read more »

MANILA – Nagbabala ang isang kaalyado ng administrasyon na magiging mapanganib sa bansa kapag pinagbigyan ang kahilingan ng mga kritiko ng gobyerno na magbitiw sa puwesto si Pangulong Gloria Macapagal Arroyo kapag tumakbong kongresista sa Pampanga sa 2010 elections.  read more »

A member of the so-called “progressive bloc” in the House of Representatives on Friday expressed doubt about the reported clamor for President Arroyo to run for Congress next year.  read more »

MANILA, Philippines—The militant women’s party-list group Gabriela formally announced the senatorial bid of its three-term representative, Liza Maza, as it unveiled its “women's platform for action” for 2010 during its national convention which opened on Thursday.  read more »

EVEN as top oil refiner Petron Corp. issued estimates of a P1.5-billion quarterly loss for complying with Executive Order (EO) 839, which freeze oil prices in Luzon to give the public relief from recent calamities, the clamor to extend the EO’s effects to Visayas and Mindanao mounted on Wednesday.  read more »

OPPOSITION and administration lawmakers yesterday denounced the oil firms’ warning of a supply shortage as a consequence of the price rollback ordered by Malacañang as “plain and simple blackmail.”  read more »

MANILA, Philippines—Wedding wishes from Senator Manuel “Mar” Roxas II’s colleagues in Congress poured in as he tied the knot Tuesday with broadcaster Korina Sanchez.  read more »

MANILA – Tinawag ng mga kongresista na “blackmail" ang babala ng mga kumpanya ng langis na magkakaroon ng kakulangan ng suplay sa mga produktong petrolyo sa bansa dahil sa ipinalabas na kautusan ng pamahalaan.  read more »

WASHINGTON D.C. - The Philippines' largest left-leaning political group is shopping around for a presidential candidate to back on May 2010.  read more »

THREE female solons yesterday welcomed the decision of the Department of Justice indicting cosmetic surgeon Hayden Kho over his sex video with actress Katrina Halili.  read more »

Lawmakers yesterday hailed the decision of the Department of Justice (DoJ) indicting controversial cosmetic surgeon Hayden Kho Jr. over his sex video with actress/model Katrina Halili.  read more »

MANILA, Philippines - Kinastigo ni Gabriela party-list Rep. Liza Maza ang kawalang silbi ng mga Closed Circuit Television Cameras (CCTVs) sa ma­ tataong lugar sa Metro Manila dahil sa ka­biguan nitong mapigilan ang na­kawan sa isang tindahan ng mamahaling relo sa Greenbelt 5 noong Linggo.  read more »

DAVAO CITY –Gabriela Women’s Party is dismayed with the “speedy” release of an American national accused of battering his Davaoena commoin-law-wife, saying that it was “justice denied, justice not served.”  read more »

MANILA, Philippines — The House committee on the revision of laws has recommended the passage of a bill that seeks to replace the crimes of adultery (for women) and concubinage (for men) with the crime of marital infidelity that would apply equally to both sexes.

The bill would also prohibit a spouse from filing a criminal complaint for infidelity if the complainant had likewise been unfaithful.

Under present law, adultery is not committed by the husband. The Revised Penal Code states that “adultery is committed by any married woman who shall have sexual intercourse with a man not her husband.” She faces imprisonment of 2 to 4 years.

On the other hand, the Revised Penal Code defines concubinage as “any husband who shall keep a mistress in the conjugal dwelling, or shall have sexual intercourse, under scandalous circumstances, with a woman who is not his wife, or shall cohabit with her in any other place...” He faces imprisonment of 6 months to 6 years.

When it comes to marital infidelity, the existing law seems biased against the woman. If the wife commits one act of adultery, she and her lover can be criminally charged.
However, the husband who commits numerous acts of marital infidelity cannot be sued by his wife for adultery. The philandering husband must be sued for concubinage.  read more »

DAGUPAN CITY, PHIILIPPINES–Filipino-Americans under the banner of BAYAN-USA, a US-wide alliance of 14 Filipino organizations, have been actively responding to the needs of the victims of typhoons Ketsana (Ondoy) and Parma (Pepeng) that slammed through the Philippines in the past few weeks killing hundreds and devastating thousands. In addition to conducting on-the-ground emergency relief operations in the Philippines, the alliance reached its projected goal of $15,000 for BALSA (Bayanihan Alay Para Sa Sambayanan), a broad, multi-sectoral disaster relief organization affiliated with its mother alliance, BAYAN Philippines, in addition to gathering dozens of boxes across the US filled with in-kind donations of clothes, food, and medicine.  read more »

MANILA, Philippines—The 2010 budget of the Office of the President (OP) on Wednesday hurdled plenary debates at the House of Representatives amid questions on its use of intelligence and travel funds.  read more »

MANILA - The House plenary on Wednesday approved the P4.3 billion budget of the Office of the President (OP) for 2010, but not without intense scrutiny from opposition solons who raised concerns about various items in the budget.  read more »

MANILA -- After about five hours of interpellation, the House plenary passed the P3.4-billion budget of the Office of the President unchanged last Wednesday.  read more »

Nangangamba ang isang kongresista sa posibilidad na pagsamantalahan ng administrasyon ang pagpapalawig ng state of calamity sa loob ng isang taon para maideklara rin ang kinatatakutang state of emergency.  read more »

Four major Los Angeles-based Filipino organizations have joined together to collect donations for typhoon victims in the Philippines.  read more »