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Kuwentong Peyups: Cyberlibel as legal threat to media practitioners
THE threat of being prosecuted for libel stifles the dynamism of the conversations that take place in cyberspace.Thus declared Supreme Court Senior Associate Justice...
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Kuwentong Peyups: Songkran water festival as a celebration of lifeAtty. Dennis Gorecho
WATER is life.Each culture has it’s own way of recognizing the value of water as part of rituals and practices, either for bathing, washing,...
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VAWC and child support
EVEN if the marriage is declared void, the obligation to give support to a minor child subsists.This was the ruling of the Supreme Court...
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Kuwentong Peyups: Sunflower Run as a campaign on empowerment of women and children
ON March 29, 1984, Proclamation No. 2346 was enacted declaring April 30 as “Woman Suffrage Day” to enable Filipino women to “renew their advocacy...
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Kuwentong Peyups atbp: ‘Noli me Tangere,’ Mary Magdalene, and Easter
EASTER is closely related to Jose Rizal’s novel “Noli Me Tangere” since it is lifted from a biblical line on resurrection in the New...
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Kuwentong Peyups atbp: Flogging as symbols of sufferings
WHIPS symbolize suffering - Christ in the hands of the Roman soldiers and the cruelties to Filipinos under Spanish colonial rule.Various objects like whips...
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Kuwentong Peyups Atbp: History of Christianity in the Philippines through the ‘Magellan’ song of Boholano Yoyoy Villame
MARCH 16 is a significant date in the history of Christianity in the Philippines - it was in 1521 when Ferdinand Magellan arrived in...
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Pinoy Marino Rights: Boat as a metaphor for our maritime culture
“THE story of our nation began with a boat.”The opening statement of Historian Xiao Chua lifted from an essay titled “The Boat as a...
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High tribunal rejects ‘red-tagging’
THE Philippine Supreme Court issued a major ruling on May 8, 2024, declaring “red-tagging” a threat to people’s life,...
Oro to host Bagong Pilipinas Serbisyo Fair
CAGAYAN de Oro is set to host the Bagong Pilipinas Serbisyo Fair on May 16 and 17, a groundbreaking...
4PH Pambansang Pabahay borrowers to benefit from program subsidies – DHSUD, Pag-IBIG Fund execs
The Pambansang Pabahay Para sa Pilipino Housing (4PH) Program - the government’s flagship housing project provides affordably-priced homes and...
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High tribunal rejects ‘red-tagging’
THE Philippine Supreme Court issued a major ruling on...
Oro to host Bagong Pilipinas Serbisyo Fair
CAGAYAN de Oro is set to host the Bagong...