WTF News

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Woman who reported rape is charged with illegal sex

An 18-year-old Emirati woman has been charged with having sex outside of wedlock after reporting that she was raped by six men, Abu Dhabi’s Criminal Court was told yesterday.

Pakistani court orders Facebook blocked in prophet row

A court in Pakistan has ordered the authorities temporarily to block the Facebook social networking site.

The order came when a petition was filed after the site held a competition featuring caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad.

Gay couple convicted in Malawi faces 14-year term

A judge convicted a gay couple Tuesday of charges that could send them to jail for more than a decade following an engagement celebration, a ruling activists fear could send others into hiding and hamper the fight against AIDS.

Hindi perpekto ang Pinas at madami tayo problema, pero naman, kagaguhan naman itong mga nangyari na to.

New Links

I finally got off my butt and added the sites/blogs I normally read everyday. I have been planning to add them for several months now, I was just lazy.

The Must Read posts are still on top, these are in my opinion the best posts I've read from my reading list, then I list some personal pages of mine followed by my friends blogs.

Pinoy blogs follow, these blogs usually discuss current issues in the Philippines. They are followed by the Science blogs which discuss science usually biology and evolution which is understandable since I stumbled into these blogs from reading "The Panda's Thumb" a site dedicated to fighting the misinformation propagated by the Intelligent Design movement.

Then there are the Skepticism blogs, which I merged with debunking sites like Quackwatch and the Urban Legends Reference Page. When you read them, theres a lot of overlap with the Science blogs and the Skeptic blogs because their both wedded to the idea that the scientific method is key in investigating any phenomena.

Then there's the Technology blogs which right now consists of two entries, and the comics which have three entries.

If you have time, please feel free to visit them. You will not be disappointed.

Links

Going out of town for a couple of days, here are links to some interesting posts I've read

To air is pre-pre-pre human

Carrying Ancient History In The Gut

If the First Bite Doesn’t Do It, the Second One Will

Dinosaurs: Beyond Cute

Pleistocene Medicine for Battling HIV

Mythbusting - it's harder than you think

Ah, E. coli...is there any limit to your uses?

Primary Sources

I am morphing this page to link to primary materials relevant to current Philippine issues.

Update March 9, 2011 to insert full text of House Bill 4244 or the RH Bill

Updated September 12, 2007 to include a link to the Sandiganbayan decision on the plunder charge against former President Joseph Estrada and the full text of the plunder law from the Philippine e-Legal Forum

• Full text PP1017 (Declaring a State of national emergency) - from the PCIJ blog
• General Order No. 5 - from the PCIJ blog
• Proclamation 1081 (Declaration of Martial Law) - from lawphil.net
• Philippine Constitution - from chanrobles.com
• RA 8049 Anti-Hazing Law - from the Philippine e-Legal Forum
• People Asia Magazine article by Ms. Malu Fernandez - page 30 and page 31
• RA 7080 - Plunder Law - from the Philippine e-Legal Forum
  
• Decision of the Sandiganbayan declaring former President Estrada Guilty of plunder - pdf copy, html copy, lit copy
  
• Decision of the Sandiganbayan dismissing the charge of perjury - pdf copy, html copy

Some other links you may find will help you in understanding PP 1017 better.

Ruling on Sanlakas v Reyes - this is the ruling where the Supreme Court upheld the constitutionality of GMA's declaration of a State of Rebellion because of the Oakwood munity.
Separate opinion of Justice Panganiban
Separate opinion of Justice Ynares
Dissenting opinion of Justice Sandoval

For some legal opinions

From Congressman Edcel Lagman - here and here
From the blog of Atty. Teddy Te

Supreme Court Decisions

PP 1017
Calibrated Preemptive Response
E.O. 464


And you can find up to date commmentary on the current political situation with the blogs under pinoy issues.

p.s.

I think the Supreme Court has a great site, except there's no search button. You have to know the exact case you are looking for, which may be ok for lawyers but is not as good for laymen who grew up using google.

Of course, one can always use google's site search function, but not everybody knows how to use it.

Update: The Supreme Court has revamped its website and it is now much easier to use.