Palace clarifies: Duterte will not certify Sogie bill as urgent

Sep 11, 2019 | Top Stories

President Rodrigo Duterte will not certify the Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity and Expression (Sogie) Equality bill as urgent, Palace spokesman Salvador Panelo said on Wednesday.Duterte will instead certify as urgent, a move that allows bills to be approved on...

Duterte wants LGBTs to be ‘happy,’ vows to certify Sogie bill as urgent

Sep 10, 2019 | Top Stories

President Rodrigo Duterte on Tuesday said he would certify the Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity and Expression (Sogie) Equality Bill as urgent, to speed up its passage in Congress.”Yes,” Duterte said in response to a reporter’s question on...

‘Sogie law ambiguous, difficult to implement’

Sep 4, 2019 | Nation

The proposed “sexual orientation, gender identity and expression” or Sogie Equality Law will be difficult to implement as it is ambiguous and highly subjective, lawmakers were told on Wednesday.The group Filipinos for Life, in a statement, said the terms “sexual...

Bishop David: ‘Listen to constituents’ before voting on SOGIE bill

Aug 23, 2019 | Nation

Caloocan Bishop Pablo Virgilio David has urged lawmakers to listen to their constituents before deciding on an anti-discrimination bill that, critics allege, might infringe on religious freedom.David, in an interview posted on the website of Church-run Radyo Veritas...

CCTV footage of viral ‘toilet-gate’ shows what really happened – Sotto

Aug 21, 2019 | Nation

By Rommel F. Lopez Senate President Vicente “Tito” Sotto III believes closed circuit television (CCTV) footage will show what really happened when transwoman Gretchen Diez was asked to leave the women’s toilet and allegedly harassed by the mall’s janitress, Chayra...