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Self-styled activists routinely spout nonsense before our Supreme Court, then puff up at the press conference afterwards. A leftist congressman attacked our cybercrime law’s validity yet, when questioned during the oral arguments, informed justices that he was not familiar with the Internet. He did the same when he attacked our electricity law. This was never reported

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The leftist congressman being referred to was Congressman Neri Colmenares.  I respect activism. I do not respect activism without intellectual rigor.

“We have become so accustomed to playing on whatever surface is put in front of us,” the team wrote in an open letter posted Monday on The Players’ Tribune. “But we need to realize that our protection — our safety — is priority No. 1.”Good for them. With their stock and their visibility as high as it has ever been, the players realized that there has never been a better time to find their voices.So goalkeeper Hope Solo shared a photo with her one million Twitter followers and forward Alex Morgan, who battled a leg injury for much of the past year, grumbled publicly about the “horrible” conditions. Morgan even told Fox Sports that she now encourages her teammates to speak their minds and ask “whether we should be playing on it if the men wouldn’t be playing on it.”

Source: On Turf, U.S. Women Dig in Their Cleats at Last – The New York Times

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derful to come home to our country, especially because I have some good news for you again,” the President said.In Italy, Mr. Aquino said, he truly felt the “admiration” of Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi and President Sergio Mattarella for the Filipinos’ contributions to Italy.“This is what prompted them to give our countrymen preferential status in choosing [guest workers] in Italy. The Philippines and Italy signed a labor agreement to implement this,” he said.The President also spoke about his meeting with the Filipino community in Rome, where he told them of “the transformation we are experiencing now and emphasized to them the need to take care of this so that we don’t have to return to the dark past we came from.”

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Manuel Luis Quezon, architect of our liberty and father of our people: “This world is the pathway to the other which is the abode free from cares”, but while we tread upon it we pray to God to give us your faith, your passion and your courage, that we may feel the same sacred pride that you felt with respect to your country, and your race, that we may love one another in the face of the bitter animosities of humanity; that our leader of the present in whom we established and recognized the highest possible glory of our generation, to whom with justice you have given the legacy of your genius and whom you regarded as the most worthy among your successors to carry on your noble task, may lead us along the right path that we must follow through all the crises confronting us; and that our independence and our Republic, mdore than in the law and official proclamations, more than in the rhetoric of banquets may live with genuinely pulsating graces in our conscience and our conduct, in the conscience and conduct of others, to the end that our martyrs may not be compelled to return to this earth to sacrifice their lives anew.Manuel Luis Quezon! It matters not that your mortal remains now rest beneath the soil! Your people will not seek for you among the dead! You live even in death!

Source: Before the mortal remains of Manuel L. Quezon, by Claro M. Recto » Manuel L. Quezon III

He said the first draft would be used to engage further different groups to deepen the crating process. The first draft would not only embody the people’s aspirations but various scenarios, as well.The draft will also be used to invite political leaders on a debate.“We want our leaders and future leaders to know the evidence-based aspirations of the people and find out if they have programs, platforms to lead the people to realize their dreams, aspirations,” Balisacan said.The idea is to take the debate to local and national levels through discussions, including use of traditional and social media.“It creates a situation where the candidates tell us what they are going to do and not just telling us what their backgrounds are, or who their parents are. We want to know what they will do to fulfill the dreams/visions of these ordinary people, the beggar Juan, or middle income Pedro, even the well-to-do Maria,” he added.

Source: NEDA draws up Filipino 2040 long-term development plan | Business, News, The Philippine Star | philstar.com

Aspi said it was clear the country had learned from the experience of Typhoon Haiyan.“There have been some great strides in disaster risk reduction since Haiyan, both from the government and from the NGOs. This is especially the case on the advocacy side – the children’s emergency relief and protection act was passed this year and gives greater focus on the protection of children who are very vulnerable during times like these,” he said.The Philippines government is reviewing its disaster risk reduction law to incorporate more recommendations made following Haiyan and other typhoons.“The real focus has been making sure communities are at the heart of this preparedness, that’s the only way it can be successful,” added Aspi. “So communities, including children, have been mapping out their areas and pointing out where is a safe place to go and where is not safe. And of course, there is always room for improvement on this, particularly in making sure plans are inclusive and include the knowledge of women as well as the elderly. But we’re definitely making strides.”

Source: Philippines praised by UN for learning the hard lessons of Typhoon Haiyan and upgrading their disaster response efforts | South China Morning Post

As world leaders gather in Paris to discuss how to curb global climate change, the people of Uruguay are enjoying affordable clean energy with very little pollution.Over the last decade, Uruguay has transitioned over from total reliance on dirty fossil fuels and is now getting more than 94 percent of their electricity from renewable energy sources. What’s more amazing is that Uruguay made the switch without any government subsidies and is now providing citizens with lower monthly energy bills than before.“What we’ve learned is that renewables is just a financial business,” says Ramón Méndez, National Director of Energy. “The construction and maintenance costs are low, so as long as you give investors a secure environment, it is a very attractive [business].”He is also quick to point out that while the plan they have followed is simple, it didn’t happen overnight.“We had to go through a crisis to reach this point. We spent 15 years in a bad place,” Méndez told The Guardian. “But in 2008, we launched a long-term energy policy that covered everything … Finally we had clarity.”

Source: How Uruguay Shifted from Fossil Fuels to 95% Clean Electricity in 10 Years