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Fr. Joaquin Bernas INQUIRER FILE PHOTO MANILA, Philippines — Joaquin Bernas, the Jesuit priest who helped draft the Constitution after the 1986 Edsa People Power Revolution, died early Saturday morning due to serious heart ailments, leaving behind a legacy of helping the country return to democracy and serving as a beacon of idealism for aspiring lawyers. He was 88. “He was a giant,” Foreign Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. said of the country’s most eminent constitutionalist, who was often called upon by the Supreme Court, political leaders, opinion makers, and journalists to help interpret the intention of the framers of the 1987 Constitution whenever its provisions were being challenged. “Fr. Bernas was a pillar of constitutional law not only in Ateneo Law School but also in our country,” Ateneo de Manila University said in announcing his passing. In a separate statement, Ateneo Law School said: “We take solace in the knowledge that this was an earthly life filled with meaning … [Read more...] about Joaquin Bernas, 88: Jesuit priest, eminent constitutionalist

MANILA, Philippines — After the Land Transportation Office (LTO) took a beating at a Senate hearing Thursday, a piqued Senator Richard Gordon said he would call for a blue ribbon investigation into the agency’s failure to enforce a law designed to curb riding-in-tandem killings. “I will now call a formal hearing of the blue ribbon committee motu propio. We will now call you why you should not be charged for malfeasance and nonfeasance,” Gordon, chair of the blue ribbon committee, said. It was Gordon’s other committee, the justice and human rights panel, that conducted Thursday’s hearing into the recent spate of killings in the country. “This is too much. We’re trying to solve the problems of killings,” he added. Before this, Gordon lashed out at the LTO after he was informed that only 1,000 plates have been produced under the Motorcycle Crime Prevention Act. “I don’t like to make threats. But 1,000? This bill was passed two years ago,” the senator said. “Ano ba yan? … [Read more...] about Gordon to open probe into LTO’s delayed implementation of motorcycle law

MANILA, Philippines — Senators Richard Gordon and Ronald “Bato” dela Rosa on Thursday scored Philippine National Police (PNP) chief Gen. Debold Sinas over his absence in a hearing into the spate of killings in the country, making it “appear that he’s too busy” for the Senate. At the beginning of the hearing, which was led by Gordon as chair of the Senate justice and human rights committee, senators were informed that Sinas was not in attendance and that the general’s office did not supposedly respond to the committee’s invitation. Sinas was represented by Police Maj. Gen. Marni Marcos Jr., director of the PNP Investigation and Detective Management. “His (Sinas) office brought down the communication to us that we will be attending this Senate hearing,” Marcos said. He also told the committee that Sinas will not be able to attend the hearing because “he’s attending other activities.” This excuse, however, irked Gordon. “When you say, very cavalierly, that he’s attending … [Read more...] about ‘Mahiya tayo’: Gordon, ‘Bato’ score Sinas for absence in Senate inquiry

JC Santos (left) as Cabs and Janine Gutierrez as Len in “Dito at Doon” (Image: screengrab from YouTube/TBA Studios) JC Santos and Janine Gutierrez struggle in their lockdown romance in the recently released trailer of JP Habac’s “Dito at Doon” (Here and There), which is currently participating in the Osaka Asian Film Festival. Len (Gutierrez) and Cabs (Santos), two friends who apparently often annoy each other, develop a romantic relationship amid the pandemic, as seen in the official trailer of “Dito at Doon” released by TBA on YouTube last Thursday, March 4. While they initially find each other intolerable, especially on social media, Len and Cabs slowly get on each other’s good side as they go through the lockdown with video calls and chats. Meanwhile, Ben&Ben’s “Nakikinig Ka ba sa Akin?” accompanies the bantering and the flirting of the two main characters throughout the trailer. Toward the end, the trailer gives a glimpse of the conflict Len and Cabs will face as … [Read more...] about WATCH: JC Santos, Janine Gutierrez’s struggling lockdown romance in ‘Dito at Doon’ trailer

Vài ngày trước, khoảng 600 người ở các tỉnh miền Tây đến Vũng Tàu du lịch 2 ngày 3 đêm. Tối 15/7, họ dùng tiệc tại nhà hàng. “Bữa tiệc hải sản có súp trứng cút, mực chiên bột, tôm, gỏi, gà, lẩu cá chẽm… Khoảng 1h sau, tôi bị đau bụng dữ dội và tiêu chảy” , anh Ngô Minh Huy (ở Sóc Trăng) chia sẻ. Đến gần sáng, anh Huy gõ cửa các phòng khác thì ghi nhận tình trạng tương tự nên gọi taxi nhập viện. Những người này được cấp cứu tại Khoa cấp cứu Bệnh viện Lê Lợi, TP Vũng Tàu. Từ đêm cho đến tận sáng sớm, Khoa cấp cứu Bệnh viện Lê Lợi liên tục tiếp nhận bệnh nhân, nằm la liệt trên giường và các ghế bố. Bác sĩ Trần Quốc Bàn, Trưởng khoa nội Bệnh viện Lê Lợi cho biết, bệnh nhân vào viện sớm nhất vào 11h đêm qua và cao điểm vào 7h sáng nay. Những bệnh nhân này đau quặn bụng từng cơn, có lúc nôn ói, được truyền dịch, uống thuốc giảm đau, men tiêu hóa. Thống kê sơ bộ của bệnh viện, có trên 100 người bị ngộ độc đến điều trị. Cơ quan chức năng Bà Rịa – Vũng Tàu hiện đang làm … [Read more...] about Bà Rịa – Vũng Tàu: Hơn 100 người ngộ độc nhập viện sau bữa tiệc hải sản