Last Monday, Rep. Walden Bello of Akbayan Party delivered a scathing speech condemning former President GMA for high corruption. He said that corruption was the signature of the Arroyo government. He condemned the allies and cohorts of the previous government, whose acts he called porcine. He said that GMA should be brought to the National … Continue reading »
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The perks of being Jules
So what does it mean to be Rep. Jules Ledesma of Negros Occidental? As a member of the House of Representatives, he received P4.2 million a year for operational expenses, the so-called Representative’s Block Fund (RBF). Since they don’t have to report to Congress how the RBF was spent, you may actually say that it … Continue reading »
Bill criminalizing same-sex marriage filed in Congress
Manila Rep. Bienvenido Abante (Vice Chair of the Committee on Human Rights) filed a bill to criminalize same-sex marriage in the Philippines. On its face, the bill is both farcical and dangerous. I’ll explain why later, but let’s go through the bill’s salient points first: Over-all framework: In line with the constitutional declarations recognizing the … Continue reading »
Rep. Abante’s ‘Act of God’
Today, Manila Rep. Bienvenido Abante, a Baptist Pastor-turned-legislator, pious and close to God, delivered a speech to declare that the Ondoy tragedy is an Act of God. I would not debate on the issue of God and disasters. I won’t even go into this ‘holier-than-thou’ stance and claims that our so-called wicked ways led to … Continue reading »
