Solicitor General Florin T. Hilbay interviewed by the Judicial and Bar Council https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=koJ-ix2ePeQ
Professor Dante Gatmaytan's "Judicial Restraint and the Enforcement of Environmental Rights in the Philippines", originally published by the Oregon Review of International Law in 2010 is reproduced in ENVIRONMENTAL CONSTITUTIONALISM (James R. May & Erin Daly eds., 2016). Access the publication here: https://www.e-elgar.com/shop/gbp/environmental-constitutionalism-9781784711689.html
Intermediate Zones of Privacy in Social Media Dean Raul C. Pangalangan delivered the Enrique O. Chan Professorial Chair in Law Lecture entitled “Intermediate Zones of Privacy in Social Media.” In his lecture, Dean Pangalangan applied the concepts of the right to be let alone, right to be forgotten, informational privacy, and decisional privacy to Social Media, Google, and Mobile Phone data. He also discussed instances when citizens become "involuntary public figures", and how the blurred distinction between public and private makes citizens vulnerable to defamation by abusive netizens. The lecture was held last 09 September 2015, 9:00 A.M., at the…
Filipinos awarded by Queen Elizabeth II for work on Typhoon Yolanda Two Filipinos from the Consular Section at the British Embassy Manila were recently honoured by HM Queen Elizabeth II for their exemplary work on Typhoon Yolanda. Published 2 June 2015 (Reproduced from British Embassy Manila: https://www.gov.uk/government/news/filipinos-awarded-by-queen-elizabeth-ii-for-work-on-typhoon-yolanda) Vice Consul Victoria Buenaventura and Pro-Consul Joanna Teh have been awarded an MBE, conferring them as Members of the Order of the British Empire for their exemplary service to the British community and to the victims of Typhoon Yolanda. The Order of the British Empire recognises distinguished service to the arts…
Citizenship Issues and the Presidential Elections in the Philippines —Dante Gatmaytan, University of the Philippines, College of Law There is an issue shadowing the presidential elections in the Philippines in May 2016. The leading candidate is Senator Mary Grace Poe Llamanzares. Senator Poe (she does not use her husband’s name) was the daughter of movie royalty but she stayed out of the limelight for most of her life. She was naturalized as a citizen of the United States in 2001 after being petitioned by her husband who has dual citizenship.[1] Her father Fernando Poe, Jr. ran for President in 2004, but…
Prof. Batongbacal: "Submissiveness as a Foreign Policy Strategy?" "Submissiveness as a Foreign Policy Strategy?" Writing on the President's intent to unilaterally announce Scarborough Shoal as a marine sanctuary, Prof. Jay Batongbacal said that such a move may seem like a solution beneficial to both Philippines and China; rather, it entails serious risks when executed prematurely compared to a negotiated agreement with clear terms and conditions. Citing how the status will limit fishing activities to outside the reef, Prof. Batongbacal said: "It actually favors China more than the Philippines, since it can result in a marked reduction, rather than full recovery,…
Jayvee Arbonida del Rosario (Student)
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What is to wake? As days blur by and memory fails, so too does the line between dream and reality fade. One is as ephemeral as the other. Perhaps, it is in this realm of warped time and lost futures, of muted joys and terrors, where things make more sense.
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“Ano nga ba ang tunay na pagsubok? Ang Pandemya o ang sistema?”
– Tanong ng Pilipinong lumalaban.
Gianina O. Cabanilla (REPS)
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The fury, the fire, the glory of endings and beginnings,
the bone melting pain of it all
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