The senator recently said The Pill killed his son
A Plaza Miranda exclusive by Raïssa Robles
UPDATE as of 6:55 p.m., August 30, 2012
Internationally known Filipino writer Miguel Syjuco wrote an opinion piece today in the New York Times entitled A Plagiarist’s Rant Against Birth Control.
I’d like to thank Miguel for putting a link-back to my site in this piece. The link is in the paragraph that begins with this sentence -
“Two days later, news that Mr. Sotto had plagiarized his speech spilled across blogs, Twitter and Facebook. Careful readers proved that he’d copied and pasted, without citation, large portions from as many as at least five online sources.”
I would also to thank the Cyber Plaza Miranda, the growing community of people worldwide who congregate in this site to share their ideas, unique finds and humor.
Dear Senator Sotto,
Despite the fact that your first son died on August 13, 1975, allegedly because your wife took contraceptives, here you are some two years after that not only singing praises of contraceptives but also wholehearetedly endorsing their use in family planning in a hit record album you recorded together with your brother and friend.
Thank you @Bayonic for finding this and explaining your gem-of-a-find in this manner:
Tito Vic and Joey actually have a song called Family Planning Department. This was from their Tough Hits album which came out in 1977 or 2 years after the claimed death of his son from alleged complications from contraceptives.
And as can be expected , the song parodies Feelings originally by Morris Albert.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sgNVI0lHFU8&feature=player_embedded
Another commenter, Johnny Lin, wrote:
This song is another proof that Tito Sotto lied about the devastation of his family on the death of son from contraceptive side effect.
He claimed in his speech that for 37 years they were depressed on the outcome of the use of pills causing deep mental anguish.Yet just 2 years after his son’s death. Tito Sotto made fun of contraceptive pills. This is living documentary proof that his mental pain was fake along with his melodramatic tears during his speech. this song belied all his claims on the ill effects of pills on his son.
His fellow senators must denounce his incredulous act abusing his senate privileges by using the senate hall his platform in telling deception and lies.
Tito “Bugiardo” Sotto!
For the meaning of “Bugiardo”, please click on this link.
A third commenter, Andrew Lim wrote @Bayonic that he had transcribed Senator Sotto’s old songs on Family Planning:
@ bayonic
I transcribed the songs:
Pills (sung to the tune of Feelings by Morris Albert)
Pills
Si Misis nag pi-pills
Trying to control it
Products of love
Ngunit (but, subalit)
Kahit sya nag-pi-pills
Wala ring nangyayari
Pagkat si Mister
Pilit
Laging nagpupumilit
There’s another song, dont know the title:
O Esmi
Ang anak mo ay anong dami
O Esmi
Magplano kayo ng family
Si Aling Tinay na mapagbigay
Lagi na syang nanganganay
Sa sampung taon
Ang anak ay panay
Nakabuo sya ng isang barangayJohnny’s right. How can you make fun songs about family planning and contraceptives when your son just died 2 years before this, and you’re blaming contraceptives for the death of your son?
Below is a portion of Senator Sotto’s recent speech disclosing the death of his son and saying in part:
Noong taon na yon, 1975—- tinanong ko po ang — panginoong diyos, bat nagyari sa akin yan. Bakit kinuha niya sa akin. Gustong gusto kong magkaroon ng anak na lalalki Tinanong ko siya. Wala akong nakuhang sagot. Thirty seven years after binigay sa akin ng Panginoong Diyos ang sagot – kasi pala magigiging misyon ko pala ito, ito pala para ipaglaban ko karapatan na mabuhay ang maraming inosenteng bata na kikitilin ang buhay nitong bill na ito.
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Back to the RH Bill:
RH Bill co-author Janette Garin told reporters yesterday that an “informal Technical Working Group (TWG)” consisting of 5 groups – Executive, Senate, House of Representatives, the Catholic Church, and RH bill authors – will now be created to discuss the amendments. Garin says the TWG will serve as a venue for the critics and supporters of the Bill to settle their issues without wasting the time of the House Plenary.
Golez, an opponent of the RH Bill says that the proponents of the bill should not participate in the TWG, only the moderates should be part of the group. He, however supports the participation of the CBCP.
Say what?
1. Breakthrough ovulation may happen even after contraception, regardless if by natural or artificial means.
2. This will mean there is still a chance of having fertilization in BOTH natural or artificial contraception.
3. However, there is no inexpensive and readily available test to determine the presence of fertilization.
4. Therefore, there is no easy way to determine the presence of abortion. (We will not be able to know if abortion took place before implantation of the fertilized egg. It is because the commonly used pregnancy test will only be positive after implantation.)
5. The surest way to prevent fertilization (and, thus, abortion) is to abstain totally from having sexual intercourse even in “safe” days.
6. Artificially, this can be achieved by proper and consistent use of hormonal contraceptives before intercourse (females) and condom during intercourse (males).
7. It is of the nature of becoming either a celibate (No. 5) or sexually active (No. 6) in order to prevent unintended pregnancies and sexually transmitted infections (STIs).
8. I am pretty sure Sotto is a celibate if he intends to prevent unintended pregnancy in a reproductive age female (women capable of getting pregnant). TRUE or FALSE?
Leloy Claudio and Miguel Syjuco are challenging tito sotto to a tag debate with the RH Bill and Plagiarism as the topic. Sotto can get from CBCP his tag partner or from any other anti-RH group. This is exciting because the debate will be aired thru live streaming in the internet. The challenge was posed through GMA News and as of this writing, there is no response from the camp of sotto. Dito magkakaaalam alam na kung hanggang saan itong sena-senadoran na ito. Pero baka di lang walang utak to baka pati bayag wala. LOL
WOW!! Looking forward to this…But I doubt it…He don’t have the 2 B’s….. Brain and Balls. And if he do accept the challenge, he is digging himself deeper in the hole.
Who the heck put this idiotic idea into his Taliban-bearded head? That he should take up this anti RH stance and play the role of champion of the Catholic Church? Bad idea. Bad idea. He has botched it big time. Disaster.
PRICE TAG!! It’s not about the teaching of God, It’s about the MONEY… Dios mio.. kaawaan sana.
In his talk show Bottomline, Boy Abunda conducted an interview with a CBCP spokesperson. The spokesperson admitted that a reduction in the population would lead to a reduction of their tithe. It was quite an admission that Boy Abunda had to restrain his reaction and repeat what he heard.
http://www.asianjournal.com/lifestyle/prosy-abarquez-delacruz-jd/16904-ph-catholic-bishops-should-see-rh-bill-as-womens-civil-rights.html
Thanks to a friend from facebook: from his wall….
Ipokrito itong si Sotto. Tinanong pa nya ang diyos kung bakit kinuha sa kanila ang anak nila. Gustong-gusto nya raw magka-anak ng lalaki. Dapat itanong natin sa kanya, bakit ba sila nag-contraception in the first place, di ba dahil ayaw sana nilang mabuo ang bata? tapos ngayon sasabihin nya gusto nya sana ang bata. Siguro kaya kinuha sa kanila ang bata dahil yun ang batang ayaw nilang mabuo in the first place kaya nga sila nag-contraceptive eh. hypocrites!
You hit the nail right on the head! Mag full-time ka na lang sa Eat Bulaga at dun ka na lang, Tito Sen! Spare the Senate and the nation with your hard nosed inanities.
Dear Tito Sen:
di ka man lang kinakabahan sa mga pinagsasabi mo?!?
You don’t need to explain (magpalusot) ever… nobody believes on every word that comes out of your mouth. Even YOU, don’t believe on it…
Just… cut the CR*P…
sumasainyo,
Pilar Kondumnasyon
what a great enlightenment to read all you people has to say about him: the facts ( supported by links) and the truth that came from his mouth through speech and interviews and the song to support the family planning. all lies…what a waste of the tax payers money for this kind of senator who brings nothing but shame…he should have the decency to resign. 2016 is too far away to allow him to do more embarrassment to our country. should we prolong our agony?
The taxpayers have just wasted their hard earned money and future on the less than useless performance of Sotto. If the senate is a privately run corporation, Sotto would have been fired before the end of his first day at work or worse, not even given the time of the day for an interview based on his academic background and work experience.
Ma’am raissa post ko lang po itong news article since it clearly shows the contradiction of Sen. Sotto’s stand as a pro-life kuno.
http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/261072/sotto-rh-bill-will-pass-senate-but
What’s disturbing for me is when he said:
Here in US when a mother commits this act every hospital will still save the life of the mother since we have a law that will held ANY hospital liable if first aid treatment is not served and caused a persons death or if the hospital turns away a patient.
BUT after the mother who commits self-induced abortion regains her health she will be liable to the law and will face prison time.
Is Sen. Sotto insinuating that let the mother die and for the hospital not to let them do first aid? and he believes he is a pro-life?
This is a direct insult not only to medicine but to EVERY HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS and OUR OATH!
Twisted thought….the satire musical piece ridicules family planning program and has nothing to do whether the comedy trio are pro RH or not…
..Did you post this because you saw the word ‘”family planning” without even considering time and circumstances and the real purpose of the song, which is just to make people laugh….endorsing?! ;-) ..Far Out!
The best thing would be for Sen. Sotto himself to explain.
And answer the question – Did he, around that time, receive any money whatsoever to endorse family planning?
.the word used is ‘plan your family’, not use condom and IUD, which would even sound more funny and hilarious. It was not even “mag family planning ka pare”, which is more direct and definitely a phrase of endorsement. If there was money involve, it would had been a direct phrases of endorsement (as we see, some pro RH politicians are so direct).
Every sensible person as everyone of us are planning for our family’s future, and both pro and anti RH are doing the same. But the difference is the way they plan and execute the plan. One of those differences is, for some people children are burdens; while others, ironically, mostly the poor, are convinced that children are God’s blessings and sources of happiness and power, belief and conviction that both parties do not or refuse to understand.
Part 1 of the song was about “pills”, you know.
Sen. Sotto is an alumni of Wanbol University in Iskul Bukul. So don’t expect him to deliver a speech that was NOT copied, stolen or plagiarized. He’s an actor for God Sake’s. He does not have the brains to be a Senator of the Republic. So just let him copy other people’s works, that’s all what he can do, NOTHING MORE.
Dear NotNaive,
Sorry.
I don’t post comments that merely contain links.
You’re merely using my site as a conduit to your blog.
So many people can’t ” see the forest for the trees.” We need to pay attention to what the senator brought out in his speaches: the pro-abortion lobbyists and groups behind the bill and the negative side effects of oral contraceptive pills.
You’re insinuating that Cayetano, Garin, et. al. are paid or influenced by groups with commercial interests or by pro-abortion entities which is ridiculous and totally false. You also forget that the Catholic Church is the biggest lobbyist in the issue of family planning in the country. Moreover, the pros and cons of the rh bill and contraceptives have been hashed and rehashed to death in congress. Sotto hasn’t presented anything new in his speeches.
@maria,
with all due respect, ang bill ay hindi lang para sa oral contraceptives.
marami rin akong napupuna pagdating sa mga contracts at procurements, hindi lang sa doh, maging sa dep ed, dpwh, customs etc. lahat iyan ay bahagi ng sistema, ng bago at lumang administrasyon. pero ang bago ngayon ay hindi katulad ng kay marcos noon o ng kay gloria nitong nagdaan. si gma ay ubod ng ganid, pati nakapaligid sa kanya. walang kapara ang kanyang idinulot na pagkakalubalob at kasiphayuan sa ating bansa.
kung may anomalya kang alam ngayon ukol sa rhbill na ito, ilabas mo rito. samahan mo na rin siguro matibay mong pruweba. makikita mo ang magiging violent reactions ng mga cpmers laban sa mga pinagdududahan mo. kung wala naman, join ka na lang…:)
@maria:
And yet, it was proven that Tito Sotto’s named oral contraceptive (DIane-35) which he claimed caused the side effects on his son in 1975, was only produced in 1978 and distributed to the public in the 1980s. Also, another study he presented is outdated and has long since been clarified as false. If you see the forest you are looking for, you will see that TIto Sotto actually only presented false and/or outdated evidence. Look closer at the facts being presented.
His ego is so huge. All he has to do is say sorry and that’s it. I don’t think this will make him less of a person. Well, am sorry for him (and of course, his chief of staff). He still doesn’t get it.
@nevermind,
an immature and ignorant is not like a wise man who can easily admit his mistake. asa ka pa…:)
Ang sabi po ni Sen. Sotto na nalaman niya ang sagot sa tanong na nya na bakit namatay ang kanyang anak 37 years after nde naman po 2 yrs after mamatay ang kanyang anak , wala pa naman sigurong pag-aaral before regarding sa effect ng pills. Yung time na nilabas ang kanta nila about pills ay nde pa po siya senador, more on an entertainer po siya at siguro wala pa siyang stand regarding family planning dahil wala pa naman po sigurong bill na ganyan before. Maari naman pong mabago ang pananaw ng tao habang siya ay nagkakaidad at natututo sa buhay.Hindi po ako pro RH or anti RH nor a Sotto ally. Pero nde lang po ako mapanghusgang tao, patas lang po ako pero bilib po ako sa mga taong nagreresearch talaga at nag-eeffort ng ganito para makahanap ng butas para sirain ng husto ang isang public servant. What a time do we have right now.
Excuse me.
Paki-review ang mga sinabi niya.
Sabi ni Sotto, sinagot siya ng Diyos 37 years pagkamatay ng anak niya kung bakit namatay ang anak niya.
Nguni’t sinabi ni Sotto, pinagsabihan siya ng duktor ng misis niya na contraceptives ang dahilan kung bakit namatay ang anak nila.
Iba yung sinabi niya tungkol sa duktor at sa Diyos.
Tama ka. Maaring magbago ang pananaw ng isang tao. Nguni’t kung ang isang senador ay gagawin ang isang bagay na nangyari 37 years ago na dahilan para hindi suportahan ang isang batas, dapat tayong magtanong kung niloloko ba tayo o tunay ang dahilan.
Tunay na namatay ang anak ni Sotto. Pero tunay bang sinabi talaga ng duktor na namatay siya dahil sa pills? Maski yung pamilya ng yumaong duktor ng asawa niya ay nagpahayag na hindi naniniwala dito.
Kung talagang sinabi ng duktor na ang ikinamatay ng bata ni Sotto ay dahil sa pills, bakit ineendorso niya ang paggamit ng pills 2 taon pagkatapos mamatay ang anak niya? Hindi ba kataka-taka yon? Hindi ba kaduda-duda yon? Namatay ang anak mo dahil sa pills tapos gagawa ka ng nakakatawang kanta na naghihikayat sa mga tao na gumamit ng pills?
Ano ba sister ang katotohanan?
Si Senador T Sotto ay mayruong tinatawag na Selective Explicit Memory banks.
Kahit na ‘Used by Date’ na, gagamitin pa rin kahit paso dahil usable for a given [future] date to exploit.
Gamitan ang Kultura na animoy ni Tito Sotto.
Sa biruan, kantahan at kalukohan – putong puto si Tito, Vic & Joey. Pero sa usapang batas at seryosong politika – ibasura.
Malayo na ang narrating ni Tito Sotto dahil sa copying, blogging ,at dead ng kanyang anak kono ? Please stop, Clear, clean , Erase, discontinue this stupid thing on Sotto? He is but like a dirty bump politician ?
hindi na tayo sa era nong matagal n panahon na walang alam tapos ang mostly sa matatanda ay walang kakayanin na alamin ang katotohanan walang makabagong teknolohiya kaya dapat tayong mga mmamayan ngayong makabagong henerasyon my boses, my pinag aralan di pwede manahimik n lng at mgbulag bulagan kahit nakakatawa n ang pangyayayari., because alam naman natin that our country ay surviving at mahirap p rin..maaaring kung mayaman ka di ka apektado, pero ang mahihirap mga simpleng tao sobra n ang hirap. so think for the best of most of the people…si sotto bumaba yan mayaman pa rin di cia mamamatay pero ung kamalian nya habang nakaupo pwede makaapekto sa kalakaran ng bansa.
@dyaggan
Your defense on maturity of Tito Sotto is baloney!
His premise was ” he and his wife were so devastated for 37 years of their unforgettable bad experience with pills prompting him to speak against RH bill”
If that was the case, he should not have endorsed Pills with a song as a sign of respect to his mourning spouse.
If he did mature and changed his mind, he should have admitted it rather than espousing a LIE.
His basic problem, he painted himself and his wife for 37 years the picture of extreme agony they endured on the death of their son caused by contraceptive pill. However we wanted to give him the benefit of the doubt, the foundation of his speech towers like a sore thumb.
Nice try on your part sticking with your idol but your rationale stands out too like a sore thumb because of poor understanding “Sabi po ni Sen Sotto nalaman lang po ang sagot sa tanong nya kung bakit namatay ang anak 37 years after, hindi po 2 years after namatay anak”. 37 years nagmamaktol ang asawa nya tungkol sa pills, hindi niya alam ang dahilan? Malabong palusot!
senator ka o hindi, may posisyun ka sa family planning o wala nuon, importante totoo ang sinasabi. Sinungaling si Sotto.
Saka hindi namin sinisiraan si Sotto. Pinapaliwanag namin ang pruweba galing sa totoong balita ng dyaryo ang KASINUNGALINGAN niya.
Wala ng masisira pa kay Tito Sotto. Malala na ang pagkasira niya, wala ng lugar ang bagong paninira!
He he he.
Complain ni Sotto about his child it is almost 3 decade wala pang pills noon ,correct me if I am wrong? NASA show business at di pa Siya politico ? At ngayon lahat Gawa niya late for the public to know ? Malabo at lier Siya ? He is a big lier ?
@dyagann, hija hindi ka na MAPANGHUSGA. pero puede ba magbasa ka ng mabuti para alm mo ang sinasabi mo? nagbasa ka ba ng tungkol sa sinabi ni sotto? binasa mo ba mabuti or pinakinggan mo ba sa mga videos? or alam mo ba kung ano talaga ang tinawa ni helen? hindi sya sinisiraan. sinasabi lang ang pagkakamali nya sa mga pinagsasabi nya. itinatama nga ang mga mali nyang sinabi. may experiencia ka ba tungkol sa contraceptive na sinasabi ni sotto na naging dahilan ng pagkamatay ng anak nya 37 yrs ago?
Please tell us when and where Sotto stated that he found out that the pills caused his son’s death only 37 years after that tragedy? Because if he said that then he was changing his story again. In his second speech, he clearly mentioned that his wife’s doctor and his mother informed them that the pills was the likely cause of his child’s death. GMA news website posted the transcript of his speech. His exact words were:
“Diane po ang pangalan ng pills na ginamit ng aking asawa noon. Supervised po siya ng doktor habang ginagamit nya ito. Intellehente naman po ang asawa ko, alam niya kung paano gumamit nito. Malinaw po ang sinabi sa amin ng kanyang doctor, katuwang ang aking ina, Dra. Herminia Castelo Sotto, ** na ang pagbubuntis niya kahit may contraceptives ang maaring naging sanhi ng kumplikasyon, prematurity at eventually pagkamatay ng anak namin. Bakit ko po iimbentuhin ang katotohanang ito?”
Now we know Diane pills weren’t even in the market at that time of his sons death. And with his songs endorsing family planning two years after, you understand how we find his testimony of how his wife’s use of the pills caused his son’s death very dubious.
@dyagann…You are very pretty but you are lacking up there.
You are welcome to this blog and just read on, you will be surprise you will pick up a lot and you should able to find out what we stand for.
Senator Sotto don’t know what he is saying, he is a walking time bomb that at anytime he going to explode if he don’t get what he wants..
He is a PSYCHOTIC person. I am surprise he is still around….a guy with no brain or lack of it….and remember he is our Senator, he should set up a good example to others with his position he possess.
Copying other work is illegal and not the right thing to do. And he act like he did all the work and did his own research, when he get caught he lied during a live interview by karen Davila. Sotto is a lying thief as what Ms. Pope describe her. Instead of apologizing, he is blaming others, the blogs who are trying to discredit him. What a guy…I have no respect for him.
He should apologize to Ms. Pope and to our KABABAYAN for his irresponsible actions.
LOL!! Lacking up there… ..hehehe.
Positively correct he is a time bomb walking along the hallway of the senate and will explode anytime , he doesn’t know what he is talking about ? Need help he is having an Alhzeimeir or forgetfullness? wa Wa. Naman ?
@dyagann,
ang kahulugan ng sinabi ni sotto ay ipinagyayabang nya ang kanyang prophetic instinct. na 37 years na nyang hinahanap ang sagot nya sa kanyang tanong na sinagot ngayon ng diyos.
you have to read between the lines. granstanding lang ang mga pabula niya at in-emphasize nya ng kamatayan ng anak nya upang mapalakas ang kanyang argumento sa kanyang TUNGRO en COBRA. true, talagang mabagsik ang mga tinuran nya. kaso sori lang siya dahil may mga cpmers na may tamang pag-iisip at marunong magbasa….
Justice Secretary Leila de Lima, meanwhile, contested yesterday the claim of Sotto that plagiarism in not a crime under Philippine laws.
“Plagiarism is actionable under Philippine laws. It may give rise to a criminal action under the Intellectual Property Code, which imposes imprisonment and fines as penalties for infringement of any right secured by provisions of the said code,” De Lima told The STAR.
She said plagiarism could involve infringement of copyright, one of the rights protected by the IPC, and therefore can be considered a crime.
“Civil action may also be pursued under the Civil Code against those who violate the code,”
GOOD!! I hope someone will pursue to file charges against Senator Sotto.
His privilege speech really annoys me. He is still don’t get it that what he did is wrong and illegal, trying to blame it on the Bloggers and Internet users to discredit him.
If he got a BRAIN and COMMON SENSE, all he have to do is to just apologize for his action.
It bothers me a lot what Raissa has dig up regarding his involvement with the drug lords. Senator Sotto is a well known BALINGBING, associate with the Drug Lords while he is supposed to be the head of the Drug Enforcement Agency.
1. He has immunity kaya mataas ego niya and the only way to remove him is through impeachment trial.
2. You cant count on the current majority of SC since they themselves cleared AJ Del Castillo from plagiarism, he is already impeached in congress pending further actions.
3. You cant count on the senate since the Senate leader supports the imaginary stand of the lying plagiarist senate majority leader.
Only in the Philippines :(
tinatawagan si CONG. NEIL TUPAS. isa na naman itong kaso para sa inyo. IMPEACH SOTTO!! ayaw pa aminin na mali sya. PARA SYANG BATA NA SINUBUAN NG KUNG SINO HINDI NA TINIGNAN OR INAMOY ANG ISINUBO SA KANYA BASTA NA LANG NYA NILUNOK NI HINDI NA NGINUYA. AYAN NABULUNAN TULOY.
Gutom si Tito Sotto , he don’t chew his food he just swallow he don’t care kong mabulonan? . Impeach SOTTO ? Period !
I wonder what will Sen. Sotto say if we start searching the blogs on the tragic life of Pepsi Paloma, then we cut and paste those information, and give a speech on how tragic her life ended after her allegation of rape by a Gang of Three? Would that make the allegation true?
@Yvonne…GO FOR IT. It might.
yes, please
Nothing left from Senator Sotto KAHIHIYAN lang ang idinudulot. Imagine having a privilege speech to defend himself in public using the tax payers money. TSK!TSK!TSK!
Mr. Sotto, hindi ka MAHUSAY at hindi ka MATINO. No integrity and no credibility.
The honorable thing for you to do is just simply APOLOGIZE and RESIGN.
We don’t need the kind of Senator like you, baka gayahin ka pa ng mga kabataan at ang next generation to come.
You are not setting up a good example to others at all which it should be on the position you possess. BALUKTOT ang isipan mo at ang mga ginagawa mo.
RESIGN ka na lang for the BETTERMENT of our country. KAHIHIYAN lang ang mga nangyayari sa gawa at mga ginagawa mo.
alam nyo mga kababayan si sotto ay naging senador lang dahil sa SIKAT SYANG ARTISTA NOONG ARAW. marami syang mga TANGA-HANGA. ewan ko ba nakakhiya man eh aaminin ko na ang bayan natin ay bayan ng mga TANGA-HANGA. HAY NAKU NAKAKAKUNSUMI. pagpumirma ka nga ng anumang kasulatan DAPAT eh basahin mo kundi imbes na mapapakinabangan mo ang pinirmahan mo IKAW PA ANG MAKUKULONG. ITO PA KAYA NA BUONG BAYAN NAKIKINIG SA KAPALPAKAN NG ISANG ARTISTA, NA INAARTISTAHAN ANG BAYAN. SOBRA NA KAAAWA AWA TALAGA ANG BAYAN KO. GISING MGA KABATAAN ITURO NYO SA MGA MATATANDA NYONG KAMAGANAK ANG DAPAT NILANG IBOTO AT KUNG SINO.
Sen. Sotto warns about cybercrime law to those who “cyber bullied” him but he does not realize that without the blogger from whom he copied the contents of his privileged he would have nothing to say. How about a law for plagiarism? Isn’t stealing once intellectual property which is worst than cyber bullying?
I was reading his bio in Wikipilipinas and was humbled by this man, a Philippine version of Forrest Gump who knows where to be at the right place and when to be at the right time when God bestowed his gifts – superior progeny, music composing talent, sports excellence, popularity and leadership charisma, beautiful wife, lasting marriage and above normal children. It seemed too good to be true.
He practically touched the lives of every Filipino, and even while I’m showering and hitting the notes of songs I didn’t realize are his.
Just like Gump, he’s got the perfect sense of timing at the crucial and poignant time of the country’s history.
But what’s the difference is that Gump maintained his child-like innocence and humility and kept sailing away with his good luck through chapters and challenges in the movie while Sotto’s plot just went awry and has gone haywire and bizarre.
Sir, what the fock are you talking about.
Sotto, speaking to Senate reporters about the plagiarism issue against himself, said:
‘Yung kagandahang asal at trabaho ni Sec. Robredo, hindi ba dapat kopyahin?’.
In the USA at the moment “shading the truth” has become a rampant practice among politicians.
I just now finished reading an article about Republican Vice Presidential candidate Paul Ryan whose Republican National Convention speech yesterday contained many “lies and shaded truths”. The writer of this article entitled ” Paul Ryan and Why Lies Stick ” asks “So, why would he lie about something so easily debunked by just looking at the dates on old newspaper stories”.
He answered it himself, as follows:
Well, because, there’s no downside to getting caught. This post, and the many like it across the Internet this morning will not erase the gain Ryan got with telling a pat anecdote on national television. As Slate’s Farhad Manjoo explained way back in 2008, there is little to lose by lying.
On the local front, will Raissa’s post on Sotto erase the gain Sotto got with the current media exposure he is getting?
Times have changed, indeed.
Yes, good characterization of what is happening in the United States. Indeed, the U.S. is going downhill in terms of its democratic disciplines, the latest slide being a Supreme Court decision allowing corporations to fund political action efforts. Most of them result in big dollar, deceitful attack ads.
The unfortunate thing is that the Philippine democratic integrity has been on the way up with a strong President, a proper impeachment, and potentially good works like the RH Bill. But Senator Sotto has slammed the Philippines back into the era of power abuse and trapos rule.
If the Senate Ethics Committee remains silent, and Senator Sotto continues his deceitful, vengeful, remorseless attack, then the Philippines goes backward in a mighty way.
@Joe:
INdeed. I am researching ways we can make the Senate Ethics Committee listen. THis conduct unbecoming a senator must NOT be encouraged and should be met with the proper action. Otherwise the culture of impunity prevalent in Philippine Politics will degrade further.
CPM, any ideas on what we can do? Write to newspapers? Direct E-Mail to the senators?
Ms. Raissa,
Maraming Salamat sa blog niyo. Nalalaman namin kung ano ang mga ginagawa ng mga politicians natin para lang manatili sa politica.
Kagaya ni Senator Sotto, ay kahiyahiya na ang Pilipinas sa buong mundo ah, imagine
caught in the act” na nagpa plagiarise eh nagsasabi pa na siya ang nasa tamang landas. Imagine nagsalita na ang kanyang isang pina plagirise, eh di pa siya nag apology oh nag pasalamat sa sa kanyang kinopya!!!! talaga naman Only in the Philippines!
Sana po ang inyong blog ay basahin ng lahat nag botante sa Pilipinas para naman huwag na po iboto ang mga taong ito.
Mabuhay po kayo Ms. Raissa, ingat po kayo lagi. Keep up the wonderful and amazing work you are doing. God Bless you and your family. And Thank you again and thanks in advance for more of the blogs that you will write in the future. My day is not complete without reading what you wrote.
Salamat Ella.
Mr. Sotto…it can be done..ask for Forgiveness…here’s an example..
In 2001, Tim Goeglein started running the White House Office of Public Liaison, providing him almost daily access to then President George Bush for seven years. Then it all ended abruptly on February 29, 2008. A well-known blogger revealed the startling fact that 27 out of 39 of Goeglein’s published articles had been plagiarized. By mid-afternoon the next day, Goeglein’s career in the White House was over.
Goeglein, who admitted his guilt, said that this began “a personal crisis unequaled in my life, bringing great humiliation on my wife and children, my family, and my closest friends, including the President of the United States.”
Goeglein was summoned to the White House to face the President. Once inside the Oval Office, Goeglein shut the door, turned to the President and said, “I owe you an…”
President Bush simply said: “Tim, you are forgiven.”
Tim was speechless. He tried again: “But sir…”
The President interrupted him again, with a firm “Stop.” Then President Bush added, “I have known grace and mercy in my life, and you are forgiven.”
After a long talk, a healing process was launched for Goeglein, which included repentance, reflection, and spiritual growth. “Political power can lead to pride,” Goeglein later reflected. “That was my sin. One hundred percent pride. But offering and receiving forgiveness is a different kind of strength. That’s the kind of strength I want to develop now.”
Ms Sarah Pope is still waiting…
@shelbygolf
The senator and his staff should read this.
PRIDE is one of the seven deadly sins “….that have been used since early Christian times to educate and instruct Christians concerning fallen humanity’s tendency to sin.’ (wikipedia)
The icing on the cake? Pride is the deadliest of the sins, that was the sins of Lucifer, pero wag na tayong magtaka, kampaon ata silang dalawa :D dapat kung talagang Kristiyano siya alam niya yun, nagpapapogi lang kasi
There in America we have President Obama participating in social media by answering questions on Reddit, and vowing not to protect internet freedom.
http://edition.cnn.com/2012/08/29/politics/obama-on-reddit/index.html?hpt=hp_t3
Here in the Philippines we have Senator Sotto threatening to silence social media and vowing to suppress internet freedom.
Pardon my French, Sotto is a wanker.
Correction: Obama is vowing to protect internet freedom.
http://bistictblog.com/files/2010/03/cyber-1.jpg
http://bistictblog.com/anti-cyber-bullying/
Where are Sen Sotto’s spiritual advisers? How can they allow him to continue to lie and not apologize for what he’s done? Aren’t they supposed to advise him to do the right thing, according to the Church? Apologize and be humble just like the carpenter he was talking about. Isn’t being anti RH Bill synonymous with being a good Christian? Even the Church is so silent on this.
I can’t believe he said that his chief of staff apologized to make the blogger shut up! http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/-depth/08/30/12/sotto-apology-was-shut-us-blogger
The nerve! I really can’t believe this guy, I know there is an online petititon to sanction him for plagiarism. There should be another petition to sanction him for being so ARROGANT! He thinks he’s so above the law.
By the way, I tip my hat to those drug lords and RH Lobbyists who have recruited all the people attacking Sen Sotto in cyberspace. Sen Sotto can not accept the fact that the Filipino people are intelligent, can form their own opinion and voice them out. I suppose he is so used to the idea of talking about issues only when somebody pays him??? that he thinks that that’s what’s going on here. Anyways, I don’t know how Sen Sotto came up with that idea, shows you how smart the senator is, he’s mentality will be of immense use in Pinoy comedy. Sen Sotto is seriously hilarious.
According to Sen Sotto – “For example, yung kagandahang asal at trabaho ni Sec. Robredo, hindi ba dapat kopyahin?” Kaya nga Sen Sotto bakit nga ba di mo kopyahin si Sec Robredo and be humble like him, HUH???? I don’t think you use COPY when you want to be like Sec Jesse, I think you EMULATE him. (Please correct me if I am wrong Raissa)
You’re correct on the word “emulate”.
As for Sotto linnking his critics tp being paid by druglords, THAT IS SO PATHETIC.
Especially because he was the one whose book was actually funded by a drug lord. See my story –
http://raissarobles.com/2011/09/25/senator-vicente-sotto-reinvents-himself-as-the-anti-rh-champion/
@Elena,
I think that parents and educators in the Philippines should also initiate a petition calling on Senator Sotto and his colleagues in the Senate to rectify whatever false impressions they have created in the minds of the Filipino youth in condoning and even defending their acts of plagiarism.
Forget about the issue of criminality, how about just setting a good example to their own and every other Filipino parent’s children? What will these parents and teachers in school now say to students to encourage critical thinking and develop their ability to communicate clearly and effectively? “You better understand what you are reading and be able put the ideas you are picking up from another material in your own words, or else you might grow up to become a Senator of the Philippines”?
Hear, hear!
Robredo said public officials should be servants of the people.
If Sotto wants to emulate Robredo, why is he acting like lord and master instead of servant.
hindi mahusay, hindi rin matino pero nasa senado. kawawa naman ang taong bayan.
Tama ka po dyan…Isipin po nating maigi, kung totoo mang namatay ang anak nya 37 yrs. ago dahil sa pag gamit ni Ms. Helen ng contraceptive, bakit after 2yrs. pagkamatay ng anak nya ay parang ineendorse nya pa ang pag gamit ng contraceptives? at kung talagang ang contraceptive nga ang dahilan ng pagkamatay ng anak nya, bakit gumamit ng injectable si Ms. Helen date na ngayon ay ligated? Ano ba namang statement yan Sen. Sotto bali-baliko…Wag po nating gawing tanga ang sambayanang pilipino!! marami pong mahirap sa atin at kahit ang ilan ay di nakapag tapos ng pag aaral, lahat ay may malinaw na pag iisip…
@jhomz ….I definitely agree with you. Senator Sotto has no credibility at all, he should RESIGN or on election time VOTED him out along with the other ACTORS & ACTRESSES.
Do not vote for ugly politic people like Soto and other Actor and Actresses ???
They should name the newly discovered fish in Vietnam, the “Penis-head fish”, after Sotto as a tribute to his gross incompetence as a public servant.
What is the inside story on Sotto’s book having been funded by a drug lord? Am sure many are interested.
I like to hear if that “guy funding that book” is still around. He got acquitted daw. Can he be contacted? He must know a lot more of Sotto than any of us on drugs.
@parengtony thanks for the direct question here. I was about to give it a ring and found your BELL for it.
Pinoy Henyo, the Hindi Henyo edition
hahaaaa….
Story: In a small barangay in Manila, there were two brothers, renown members of the local
tv and radio business…showbiz types
They were funny, bad and very rich.
No one had a good word to say about them.
Indeed, everyone seemed to have a story about how they had either been cheated or maligned by the brothers.
One day, one of the brothers, Vic died.
The surviving brother, Tito – with a rare touch of conscience, felt that something nice should be said about his brother Vic at the funeral.
So he went to the local bishop and said:
“I know that folks in the barangay hate us, and they dont know the half of what we have been up to. However, I want you to say something nice about Vic at his funeral. I want you to say that “ Vic was a saint” when you preach.
If you will agree to do that, I’ll show my gratitude by giving php 100,000 towards the repair of the church roof. And here’s the check..
If you don’t, you’ll be in big trouble with me and don’t forget that my reputation is not for nothing.”
The bishop thought about it for a minute, agreed and took the check for php 100 K.
A week later, the whole barangay turned out for the funeral and everyone wondered what the bishop would say.
After the opening hymns had been sung and the readings had been read, the bishop climbed up into the pulpit and delivered his sermon.
Eyeing Tito, sitting in the front row, the bishop said how evil the pair of them had been.
He went on to say how Vic had cheated, not only in business but on his wife, how he had lied and how he had no concern for anyone but himself.
In fact he went on to say what a downright scoundrel Vic had been.
After ten minutes of preaching in this vein, the bishop, being the man of integrity, ended his sermon by simply saying
“But compared to his brother, Tito – Vic was a saint.”
he-he-he! thanks for making my day!
Very nice… LOL
….naaliw ako talaga …
Another set of facts on public info about Tito “Bugiardo” Sotto
According to Urban Meter published 10/06/2011, SEN TITO SOTTO HAS PSYCHOPATHIC TENDENCY.
This link also mentions that Pepsi Paloma was approached by Tito Sotto to sign an affidavit withdrawing her charges of rape and kidnapping against him. Maybe our friend Mel could attach this link.
Andrew Link at #39.1 below published a link linking some violent crimes Tito Sotto was linked
1. bullying of security guard at Valle Verde
2. Pepsi Paloma rape/ kidnap case
Alfredo Tiongco, accused drug lord acquitted on technicality, was publicly linked to Tito Sotto published in many newspapers. Raissa at # 13.1 said his published book was funded by a drug lord.
These are serious crimes associated to Tito Sotto. He referred to psalms of killing as retribution to his internet detractors. His mother, Dr. Herminia Sotto was accused of an heinous crime in 1953, linked at #40 below. Science is absolutely accurate on hereditary genes. Possible analytical circumstantial evidence that his wife took instead abortifacient pill rather than contraceptive pill causing birth defect on their son on the advice of his mom is now more believable than drinking non existent contraceptive drug in 1975.
Logic leads to final conclusion. Urban meter psychological analysis was written in 2011, ONE YEAR before Sotto’s infamous plagiarism and rants on retribution to his critics.
Is Tito Sotto a bona fide psychopath?
Applicants for chief justice were subjected to psychological test. Time has come to test senators and congressmen too, in office and future candidates!
why not they should , all people who wish to run must have that criteria and also to investigate their background before granting to run. e s pinas basta my pera lahat pwd, the philippine government must have standard naman sana. i agree with RH bill. im an ofw with 8siblings, hoping for a change and working so hard to send my siblings to college.my parents cant afford to give us good life and education. hay buhay shame to all kurakot and like sotto,they are the true burden in the country…
From the Encyclopedia of Mental Disorders:
“People who are psychopathic prey ruthlessly on others using charm, deceit, violence or other methods that allow them to get with they want. The symptoms of psychopathy include: lack of a conscience or sense of guilt, lack of empathy, egocentricity, pathological lying, repeated violations of social norms, disregard for the law, shallow emotions, and a history of victimizing others.”
The Hare Psychopathy Checklist-Revised (PCL-R) is the psychological test used to rate a person’s psychopathic or antisocial tendencies.
But do we even need to still run the test? :)
Read more: Hare Psychopathy Checklist – define, person, people, used, personality, score, traits, Definition, Purpose http://www.minddisorders.com/Flu-Inv/Hare-Psychopathy-Checklist.html#b#ixzz254qhWpgR
Tito now is washing his laundry in public for being a public figure. He should stand by it and bear with his blunder.
natatawa talaga ako. ang magaling nating actor comedian senator ay bukung-buko na. parang si TJ din na ipilipilit pa rin ang kanyang mababaw na ideolohiya. hoy, magaling naming senador. sayang talaga ang buwis na aming ibinubutaw. alis na dyan. nagkakalat ka lang dyan ng kahihiyan. tanggapin mo na sa sarili mo na hindi mo kaya ang posisyong iyan. mahiya ka. ultimong pag hire ng mga tao mo, hindi mo rin kaya…tsupi…
Is there anyone here reasonable enough to give the legal meaning of “Infringement” under RA No. 8293 on Copyright Law (1997 Philippines) and the meaning of “plagiarizing”. Is the act of “plagiarizing” covered by the act of “infringement” under RA No. 8293?
SEC. 217.1 of RA 8293 penalizes violations of our 1997 Copyright Law for one who “infringes” or infringing…first offense is punishable 1 to 3 years imprisonment & P50,000 to P100,000.00.
SEC. 184.1 (b) on Limitations of Copyright…requires “xxx The making of quotations from a published work xxx Provided, that the source and the name of the author if appearing on the work are mentioned.”
Many says there is no crime of plagiarizing. Is there a crime for infringement? Yes! RA No. 8293. Effective Jan. 1, 1998.
This is an excerpt from Yahoo (Jonathan de Santos | Yahoo! Southeast Asia Newsroom ):
“He did not admit to plagiarism but he said that in any case, plagiarism is not a crime in the Philippines. Sotto also quoted lawyer Louie Andre Calvario from the Intellectual Property Office as saying what he allegedly did was not an act of copyright infringement “since the defense of statutory fair use (Sec. 184.1 IP Code) and fair use (Sec. 185, IP Code) can be invoked.”"
Copyrighted material on the internet is not an easy issue to resolve simply because access to the material is available publicly. Copyrights are much clearer on printed material, which needs to be bought before one can access them. In these cases, xeroxing them (physically copying the material) and distributing them are clear cut infringements. These acts deny the original copyright holder of revenue. On the internet, the revenue of copyrighted material comes mostly from advertising, if the material does not have printed version. On top of the difference between materials on the internet (anyone who has access to the internet can read these) and materials that are in print (only those who have a copy can read these), there is the additional issue of “fair use”
I am not a lawyer so I could not comment on the legality of the action. Sen. Sotto used the copyrighted work in a speech (as part of his role in legislation). Is this “fair use”?, Calvario, if Sotto is quoting him properly, apparently thinks so.
On plagiarism – this is different from copyright infringement. This is an issue for scholarly work. This is very important in academic and research institutions. Plagiarism is committed when a person is claiming originality on someone else’s work. The claim of authorship is an essential element of plagiarism.
Lawmakers argue and debate. In aid of legislation, lawmakers try to convince others with arguments, and sometimes, these could be based on data, on research, other people’s works. That is why, in my opinion, it is much more important to examine the veracity of a lawmaker’s arguments rather than their originality.
@Angel De Dios, thanks. Very informational really. A person that gives a speech is not in a debate. If a “work” quoted falls or is covered by the Copyright law, the act of quoting and not mentioning the name of the owner or author may not anymore be “fair use” under IP law and RA 8293, and could probably fall under SECTIONS 184.1 and 217.1 of the law. Omitting to mention the author or owner knowing (if there is an owner or author ) is “unfair use”. If IP law provides a statutory defense of “fair use” it means not unfair use. The person can legally be charge and prosecuted. The person can argue that defense of fair use in court. An interesting issue here.
Thanks again ‘pre!
In academics and research, Sotto’s speech is not considered scholarly work. Sotto’s speech is part of arguing against a proposed bill on the Senate floor. That is why, in my view, plagiarism or copyright infringement are not the real offenses of Sotto. It is gross incompetence and ignorance. Sotto is only responding to the accusations against him with regard to plagiarism and copyright infringement. Because with these accusations, Sotto could wiggle around through legal maneuvers and lame excuses. But what he is really guilty of is incompetence, both he and his staff did very poor research. It is much harder to prove that one is a liar or a thief , since both involve malicious intentions. And one cannot really go inside one’s brain to be one hundred percent sure of one’s intentions. On the other hand – it is much easier to demonstrate and prove incompetence.
Very good insight, Dr. D.
good one.
Thanks @Angel Dios. With your exposition it has proven the hard facts of liar and thievery. Nothing really difficult to prove the harder issue but from your supported factuals, it is now more difficult or harder for Sotto to disprove that he is not lying or is not a thief!
In proving guilt, nothing in the law says 100% of it. No. If it is, many will go scott free. What is required is only “proof beyond a reasonable doubt” and this does not mean 100%. How this proof is come up is done through the belief based on facts of an ordinary average human mind that one is guilty without doubt or is not guilty because of one ink of doubt. Incompetence is absorbed rather in the graver act of lying or thievery, based on the surrounding facts of his actions, as everybody including Ms. Pope has discovered and the admissions made. It wasn’t hard at all but was easy rather. If these facts are before a judge it will work; or before a jury it will work too! Since it is neither and it is before the public forum etc., public judgment therefore is made. Disproving the proofs will be much more difficult as there are rules and there are no rules at the same time…a 360 deg. arena inside for the tasks. Is this the reason why Sotto wants “faultfinders” including us to be muzzled? Is that the best he can do to disprove? That’s what we call “sidestepping the issue.” He’s in for crucifixion here. Soon. Where’s that guy @parengtony is referring to…who funded that book on drugs? Tiongco is that the name? Sana, he’s still in good health for more story on drugs.
Thanks again brother!
You could try looking at the issue with this perspective. In terms of public health and soundness of public policy, what is more serious?
(a) a public official who copies and hides the source of his words
or
(b) a public official who spreads misinformation
If you consider closely (b), an additional understanding of why the actual source of ideas was not mentioned – and was denied initially. There was a need to mention the title Dr. in the actual citation and not a blogger. Hoaxes are perpetuated in blogs – it is the reason why a seemingly more credible source was chosen and the original source was not mentioned. It is not the type of plagiarism that we are used to seeing – where someone tries to pass something as one’s original work. The intention here is to hide the original source, cite something else that appears to be more credible, to prove a point.
The biggest problem here is that senators should not be directly tackling an issue on which they do not have expertise. In courts of law, experts take the witness stand on questions that require credibility. In legislation, a similar process must take place.
The great Amadeo at work…
http://theignatianperspective.blogspot.com/2006/01/short-collated-primer-on-plagiarism.html
Just the facts!
Anti RH bill advocates believe abortion is killing.
Tito “Bugiardo” Sotto claimed his wife drank contraceptive pills in 1974-75 causing birth defect to their son born in 1975. He claimed the pill used was Diane which truthfully was not yet manufactured until 1978 primarily as an Anti Acne drug but many years later modified as contraceptive pill.
Tito Sotto claimed in one of his interview that his mother, a medical doctor, also advised his wife to drink the “Pill”. The mother, Dr. HERMINIA CASTELO Sotto was one of the defendants accused in murdering a certain Monroy in 1953.
Did Helen Sotto really take contraceptive pill or as some cynics, #40, might infer, “she drank an abortion pill when she found out she was pregnant”? This latter possibility was not incomprehensible since access to a maternal physician was nearby, who herself has been publicly linked to an heinous murder, though acquitted?
Abortion is killing and criminal mind is not a figment!
Between contraceptive and abortive pills, abortifacients drugs have more associated known fetal complications.
These questions arose because Sotto himself initially brought the fact of contraceptive use of his wife contributing to the death of their infant son. He gave a questionable name of contraceptive, meaning he did not have direct evidence confirming his wife took contraceptive pill. The only accurate fact was the wife got pregnant, thereby the possibility she drank abortive pill instead of contraceptive pill existed due to the simple fact that the contraceptive pill named was non existent in 1975.
Which kind of “Pill” Helen drank, is the more plausible truth based on allied circumstances?
yes sir@johnny lin, that’s what i am thinking first time i read about sotto’s speech. maybe, maybe it is not contraceptive pills helen took. at that time she is so sikat and not yet time to have a child. so there is the start of taking any pills to stop the pregnancy. sayang ang kasikatan ng panhaon na yun. di pa dapat maganak. eh doc ang byenan syempre maraming alam tungkol sa pregnancy. i am just using my common sense on this matter. a matter of practical thinking from a former user of contraceptive then ligation. and it’s effective and great help.
flip-flopping?
http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/260332/there-oughta-be-a-law-on-plagiarism-enrile
Bravo for discovering this!
@CPMers @Bob
He is probably talking about this:
Cybercrime Prevention Act of 2012
Long title:
AN ACT DEFINING CYBERCRIME, PROVIDING FOR PREVENTION, INVESTIGATION AND IMPOSITION OF PENALTIES THEREFOR AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
15th Congress, Senate Bill No. 2796
Prepared and submitted by jointly by the Committees on Science and Technology; Constitutional Amendments, Revision of Codes and Laws; Education, Arts and Culture; Justice and Human Rights; Trade and Commerce; Public Information and Mass Media and Finance with Senators TRILLANES, ANGARA, ENRILE, ESTRADA, LAPID, VILLAR, DEFENSOR-SANTIAGO, MARCOS, REVILLA JR. AND LEGARDA as authors.
15th Congress, House Bill No. 05808
BY REPRESENTATIVES YAP (S.), SINGSON (E.), HERRERA-DY, TEODORO, MACAPAGAL-ARROYO (G.), ARROYO (D.), ANGARA, GOLEZ (A.), LAZATIN, RODRIGUEZ (R.), RODRIGUEZ (M.), VELARDE, TIENG, ACOP, DEL ROSARIO (A.A.), MACAPAGAL ARROYO (J.), CALIMBAS-VILLAROSA, CASTELO, MAGSAYSAY (E.), TINGA, GOLEZ (R.), QUIMBO, SARMIENTO (M.), SARMIENTO (C.), ABAYON, APACIBLE, TREÑAS, VIOLAGO, MANDANAS, ARENAS, SY-ALVARADO, ARAGO, CLIMACO, DEL MAR, VILLAFUERTE, CRUZ-GONZALES AND ROMUALDO, PER COMMITTEE REPORT NO. 1818
@Bob
Angara as the main proponent is urging President Aquino to sign it into law.
Wala akong nakita na “cyberbullying” is one of the prohibited acts, ang pinakamalapit ay “libel” na nasa Senate version.
This bill is about identity theft and innocent victims of Internet abuse.
Sotto was not innocent. He initiated Internet use by plagiarizing a blogger. We responded to his action.
He is stupid, thus unsurprising he did not understand the bill. He probably did not even read the provisions included in the bill since he was not co-author.
Can anyone pls give a link to both bills?
Thanks.
senate:
http://propinoy.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/79810913-SBN-2796-3rd-Reading-Version.pdf
@raissa
http://www.comste.gov.ph/sites/default/files/SBN%202796.pdf
http://www.comste.gov.ph/sites/default/files/HB%205808%20%28Cybercrime%29%203rd%20Rdg.%20%281%29.pdf#overlay-context=legislation/cybercrime-prevention-act
http://www.senate.gov.ph/press_release/2012/0608_angara1.asp
The bill is awaiting the President’s signature. Once enacted, P50 million from the national budget will be initially appropriated for the implementation of the act.
@raissa
Links are posted but still waiting moderation.