By Human Rights Online Philippines on Jan 31, 2013 in:
People, democratic principle, FOI, Freedom of Information, Freedom of Information Act, Freedom of information legislation, House of Representative, Human Rights, Philippine, Philippine Daily Inquirer, Politics, State, Walden Bello
FOI: Waiting for the Hail Mary Pass By Walden Bello Philippine Daily Inquirer January 25, 2013 While the Senate has passed the Freedom of Information Bill (before its members descended into a deadly knife-fight), the House of Representatives still ha...
Agrarian reform and the urban illusion By Walden Bello INQUIRER.net January 11, 2013 There can be no doubt that the administration of President Benigno Aquino III has made significant strides in terms of reform. The Responsible Parenthood and Reprodu...
"Wind of change," ika nga ng glam rock group na Scorpions. Pagbabagong maganda, pagbabagong nagbibigay ng pag-asa. Ang tinutukoy ko ay ang pagsasabatas ng Reproductive Health Bill o RH Bill. Siyempre, tulad ng lahat ng bago, hindi pa natin alam kun...
By Human Rights Online Philippines on Dec 17, 2012 in:
People, AKBAYAN, current-events, Edcel Lagman, House of Representatives, Reproductive health, Reproductive Health Bill, Rufus Rodriguez, United States House of Representatives, Walden Bello, Wednesday
The historic RH vote: How a democracy manages conflict over values By Walden Bello INQUIRER.net December 15, 2012 When the presiding officer, Rep. Lorenzo Tanada III, arrived at my name and asked for my vote during the historic House of Representativ...
By Human Rights Online Philippines on Oct 17, 2012 in:
Press Release, AMMB, bayombong nueva vizcaya, environment, Feliciano Belmonte, Human Right, Non-governmental organization, Nueva Vizcaya, OceanaGold, Rufus Rodriguez, Walden Bello
Likas-Yaman caravan: Pass the Alternative Minerals Management Bill! IPs, farmers, fisherfolks and church leaders bring their calls before the 15th Congress Two thousand supporters from communities in Metro Manila joined the 350-strong leaders of indi...
By Human Rights Online Philippines on Oct 14, 2012 in:
In the News, current-events, Edcel Lagman, Miriam Defensor-Santiago, Philippine Daily Inquirer, Pia Cayetano, Politics, Reproductive health, United Nations, United States, Walden Bello
Overwhelming case for the RH bill. By Kaka Bag-ao, Teddy Baguilat Walden Bello and Kimi Cojuangco Philippine Daily Inquirer October 13, 2012 To its critics, the Responsible Parenthood and Reproductive Health (RH) bill is the devilish product of a for...
Malacañang on cybercrime and FOI: An ideological connection? By Walden Bello Inquirer.net October 7, 2012 It could have remained Sotto’s Folly, the cybercrime law with the controversial libel provision that Senator Vicente Sotto III inserted durin...