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Exclusive By Raïssa Robles Four senators filed Cybercrime Bills that were almost totally identical to each other and to the final bill that was signed into law late September by President Benigno Aquino III. The four were Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile, Edgardo Angara, Ferdinand Marcos Jr. and Ramon “Bong” Revilla Jr. The highly technical bills they filed were nearly [...]
Exclusive By Raïssa Robles With a bit more digging, I have found out SIX MORE THINGS how Congress came up with a horrible Cybercrime Law. FIRST, we owe the present law mainly to 19 lawmakers who crafted the final version in a Bicameral Conference Committee. The Bicam – senators and congressmen working together to hammer out one bill –was co-chaired [...]
Think about it By Raïssa Robles On the anniversary of Edsa people power, one commenter using the handle karaniwang tao wrote on my blog this sad lament on our nation: kudos to your well researched and deep opinionated reports… but im confused…… from time of prez aguinaldo to present day P-noy….. they “look like” the same….. so who will lead [...]