by magnolia_eic | May 18, 2011 | Headlines, National News
APPEALING for sobriety, Malacañang on Sunday sought to heal a widening rift between
Church and State over the controversial parenthood bill that last week saw prelates
threatening civil disobedience and President Benigno Aquino III warning he would jail them.
Malacañang yesterday encouraged the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines
(CBCP) to a healthy debate over the reproductive health bill in Congress, but only within the
bounds of law – without resorting to anything unlawful, like civil disobedience.
“This is a debate on an issue of national importance. We have different views but discussions
should be within the means of the law,” Secretary Ricky Carandang stressed.
“That is what the President said. There is room for debate, but it doesn’t have to degenerate
to illegal acts or anything like that,” he said, referring to the civil disobedience threat of those
opposed to the RH bill in the House of Representatives.
Some Catholic prelates have indicated they would rather go to jail on charges of sedition –
a warning that no less than President Aquino himself issued to anti-RH bill advocates – than
give up their campaign to promote life. (PIA)
by magnolia_eic | May 18, 2011 | Headlines, National News
Tagbilaran City, May 16 (PIA) – Nanawagan kagahapon ang Malacañang sa mga kritiko ug
supak sa reproductive health bill sa pagkalma ug isentro na lamang ang debate sa tinuod
nga isyu.
Kini human sa hagit nga civil disobedience sa mga anti-RH bill advocates nga gitubag usab
sa Malacañang nga posibleng mag-atubang sa kasong sedis-yon ang mga mosuporta sa
maong panawagan sa mga kritiko sa maong balaodnon.
“Masyado na pong umiinit `yung usapin tungkol po dito, hindi na po `yung issue mismo. Mas
mabuti pong huminahon muna tayo ng konti, at `yung issue na lang muna po ang ating pag-
usapan,” hangyo ni Deputy Presidential Spokesperson Abigail Valte.
Giingong dili maayong ehemplo sa katawhan nga sa higayong adunay dili uyonan ang bisan
unsang grupo sa polisiya sa gobyerno, kini dayon ang ihulga sa maong mga grupo.
There is room for debate, it doesn’t have to degenerate to illegal acts or anything like that,”
pamahayag usab ni Presidential Communications Secretary Ricky Carandang.
Samtang nagpahayag usab silang Sorsogon Bishop Arturo Bastes, Cotabato Auxiliary Bishop
Jose Collin Bagaforo ug Jaro Archbishop Angel Lagdameo nga sundon nila ang Diyos, kaysa
sa tawo ug ang immoral nga balaod nga ipatuman.
“We will obey God rather than men and immoral laws,” matud pa sa pahayag sa mga obispo
kalabot sa isyung pagsang-at og kaso batok sa mga anti-RH bill nga nag-aghat og civil
disobedience sama sa dili pagbayad og buwis.
Mahinomduman nga ang Citizens’ Alliance for the Protection of Human Life ang grupong
nipadayag sa panawagan nga civil disobedience isip balos sa pagsuporta sa gobyerno sa RH
Bill nga ila usab gibabagan.
Nahibaw-an usab kang Sen. Panfilo Lacson nga duha ka semana gikan karon, mahimo
nang sugdan ang debatehan sa plenaryo sa Senado ang RH bill tungod kay human na ang
report sa Senate committee on health and demography mahitungod sa maong isyu.Dungan
niini, nanawagan usab ang senador sa mga pro ug anti-RH bill sa pagkalma ug dili unta
magkapersonalan sa maong isyu. (PIA-Bohol/ecb)
by magnolia_eic | May 12, 2011 | Headlines, National News
THE House of Representatives will resume the debate on the Reproductive Health (RH) bill,
also known as the Responsible Parenthood (RP) bill, next week.
Minority leader Edcel Lagman, principal author and sponsor of the bill, said the bill would
likely be taken up in plenary on Tuesday. He said they have conducted a “vote mapping” and
are confident of getting the bill approved by the majority.
He hopes the House would vote on the bill before Congress adjourns again on June 9.
The bill’s strongest critic, the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP), pulled
out of the dialogue with Malacañang on the bill the other day because of President Aquino’s
strong support for its passage into law. (PIA)
by magnolia_eic | May 12, 2011 | Headlines, National News
Tagbilaran City, May 11 (PIA) – Imbestigahan sa Senado ang giingong anomalya sa paggamit sa
pondo sa Department of Health (DOH) sa milabay nga administrasyon.
Kini ang gipahayag ni Senador Vicente Sotto III nga maoy nibutyag sa giingong iregularidad sa iyang
privilege speech sa Senado kagahapon.
Matud pa ni Sotto nga susihon sa mga Senador ang mahitungod sa P423 milyong gipagawas sa
DOH alang sa maternal and child health and nutrition program nga giingong wala nadawat sa ilang
beneficiary.
Gikuwestyon usab ni Sotto kun nganong kinahanglan pang mohimo og balaod alang sa reproductive
health nga aduna man unta’y P3 bilyong budget na ang DOH alang sa strategic plan on family
planning.
Samtang kampante si kanhi Health Secretary ug karon Civil Service Commission (CSC) Chairperson
Francisco Duque nga mapasabot ra ang giingong anomalya sa multi-milyong pisong pondo ng DOH
alang sa mga programang maayong panglawas sa mga local goverment unit (LGU) sa panahon sa
iyang pagdumala.
Sa pakighinabi sa radyo, niingon si Duque nga report lamang sa Commission on Audit (COA) ang
kaatbang niini aron makita kun giunsa paggasto ang pondo sa DOH ubos sa iyang pagdumala.
Giingong nakaseguro siya’ng adunay na-audit ang COA alang sa tuig 2008 hangtud 2010 bisan sa
records of disbursement sa regional DOH nga maoy nagpagawas sa pondo sa mga LGU.
Unang gibutyag ni Sotto sa iyang privilege speech kagahapon nga miabot sa P423 milyon ang
gipagawas nga pondo sa DOH alang sa usa ka programa apan giingong wala kini nadawat sa mga
beneficiary. (PIA-Bohol/ecb)
by magnolia_eic | Apr 25, 2011 | Headlines, National News
DESPITE the staunch opposition of the Catholic Church to the Reproductive Health (RH) bill,
there are some priests who support it, a bishop disclosed on Sunday.
“Well, in the Church, there’s a space for dissent also… Even the 10 commandments, there
are many who disobey it, right?” said Pampanga Archbishop Paciano Aniceto, chairman of
the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines Episcopal Commission on Family and
Life, in an interview.
He said these priests have not openly voiced their support for the bill but bishops are aware
of their positions.
“We leave it to their conscience. We respect that. But majority are not in favor. I think, in their
own moral and theological discernment, we should respect them for that,” Aniceto said.
He said these priests are misguided or lack sufficient knowledge about the provisions of the
bill.
The CBCP, the strongest opponent of the bill, is not in favor of provisions in the bill promoting
the use of artificial contraceptives.
The Catholic Church only supports the use of natural family planning methods.
