Sponsorship Speech for Committee Report 186 Red-Tagging and Red-Baiting by Senator Panfilo M. Lacson
How the government sets a balance between promoting civil liberties and protecting the security of the state defines the foundations of our democracy.
Mr. President, distinguished colleagues of this venerable chamber, I have the honor to report the result of the public hearings, in aid of legislation, conducted by the Committee on National Defense and Security, Peace, Unification and Reconciliation, on the issue on red-tagging or red-baiting as embodied in Committee Report No. 186.
Without any exaggeration, I must say that this has been one of the most complex Senate inquiries that this representation has presided. For it involved parties from the opposite poles that defy the law of magnetism in that not only would never attract each other, but in fact ready to cut each other s throat. Nonetheless, the profuse bashing and criticisms from both political spheres - trolls includ
MANILA, Feb. 28 “Teenage pregnancy is unplanned, but not necessarily unwanted, and unplanned pregnancy means no regrets.”
These are some of the findings presented by Dr. Gloria Luz M. Nelson, Professor of Sociology, University of the Philippines Los Baños, from the study of 18 teenagers from nine provinces in seven regions in the Philippines who are pregnant, mothers, or are both pregnant and are mothers at the same time, during the COVID 19 pandemic crisis.
When asked how it is to be a mother, teens responded that being a mother means a source of joy, excitement and inspiration. No one had attempted to abort or commit suicide.
By the Numbers: Food prices and the pandemic
Feb 26, 2021 1:01 PM PHT
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Bookmark this page and watch the discussion on Friday afternoon, February 26.
Other than the COVID-19 crisis, Filipinos are now struggling to bring food to the table, as inflation surges.
Pork prices have reached over P400 per kilo, as producers struggled to deal with African swine fever.
With pork prices skyrocketing, Filipinos shifted to other protein sources like chicken, which in turn, pushed prices of goods as well.
The government s solution? An outright price cap.
In this episode of By the Numbers, business reporter Ralf Rivas talks to Geny Lapiña and Julietta delos Reyes, agricultural economists from the University of the Philippines Los Baños on their solutions for dealing with the food crisis.
LOS BANOS, Laguna, Feb 24 Finance is a driver of growth in the agriculture sector but improving farmers’ access to financial instruments is also key to their adoption of better farm technologies for greater productivity.
The prospects of financial technology (FinTech) in linking farmers with financial services outside the traditional banking system and improving the value chain are rife. This was explored during a recent online forum on the potential of FinTech in advancing agricultural development in the Philippines jointly organized by the Southeast Asian Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture (SEARCA) and SyCip Gorres Velayo & Co. (SGV).
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