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The second division of the Supreme Court has issued last June 29 a temporary restraining order on the procurement, sale, distribution, dispensation or administration of reproductive products and supplies, including contraceptive drugs and devices specifically of Implanon and Implanon NXT products  to the Department of Health. This TRO was granted due to the petition of the Alliance of the Family Foundation Philippines or ALFI. The ALFI believes that these products have abortifacient  side effects. The Catholic Churchs holds the importance and dignity of human person at the beginning of the meeting of the egg and sperm cells.

In reaction to the new ruling of the United States Supreme Court on marriage equality or same sex marriage. The US Supreme Court was asked whether banning same-sex marriages was in accord with the Constitution. It has recently ruled that such a ban is unconstitutional. That is the gist as well as the significance of the ruling of the US Supreme Court. Its reference is the US Constitution. Fortunately for human persons, there is so much more to us and to our dignity than what the law prescribes. While human positive law is the distillation of human experience of orderly and organized life, it does not exhaust human wisdom, nor does it have room for the wisdom of which God makes us participants. The Church continues to maintain what it has always taught. Marriage is a permanent union of man and woman, in the complementarity of the sexes and the mutual fulfillment that the union of a man and a woman bring into the loftiness of the matrimonial bond. If there is an undeni...

The Catholic Church has lost the war on Reproductive Health (RH) Law today in the Philippine situation. The Supreme Court  had ruled out that the RH law is constitutional except some provisions that were struck out. Most of the provisions were struck down  concern more on religious liberty rather than on the protection of life nor on the artificial birth control. Personally, I am not surprise of the outcome of the decision due to the fact that we have have really failed to educate the faithful concerning this matter. We could no longer do anything about the past, we have to open a new chapter in our quest of protecting life and to create a more effective program for family and life ministry. What is more important is that we fight a legal battle on this issue, though we may not won this court battle, it has teached us a tremendous lesson that we have to learn also how the world around us operates so that we can addressed the matter in the language that wo...

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Born - October 15, 1948 Tanauan City, Batangas Ateneo de Manila Grade School - 1962 Ateneo de Manila High School - 1966 Ateneo de Manila University - 1970 Ateneo de Manila Law School Master of Law Harvard Law School -1982 Doctor of Civil Law -2011 Special Council of the Development Council of the Philippines senior officer of the Tax and Corporate Counseling Group of the Tax Division of Sycip Gorres Velayo & Co. (SGV & Co.) Assistant Executive Secretary for Legal Affairs of administration of President Fidel V. Ramos and concurrently served as head of the Malacañang Legal Office -1992 Chief of staff and spokesperson of then Vice President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo-1998 Presidential Chief of Staff of President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo - 2001 Associate Justice - 1992 Chief Justice - May 12, 2010 188 House of Representatives signed an impeachment complaint against Corona - December 12, 2011 Married to Cristina Roco ___ Livestream of the Impeachme...

Live Stream of the Impeachment of Chief Justice Renato Corona The Corona trial will start today. for the first time in the Philippine history, the chief of the Supreme Court will undergo impeachment trial. Chief Justice Corona was charge with eighth 8 complaints signed by more than 1/3 one third of the congressman from the lower house. The impeachment will be heard by the senators. It the charge simply politicking or political harassment or has its bases for grave misconduct to one of the three basic branches of the Philippine Government. The historic event is expected to start three in half hours from now. Several sites are offering a live telecast through the Internet of the impeachment proceedings. This one is through gmanews.tv. ___ Renato Corona - Chief Justice Justice of the Philippine Supreme Court Full Text of Impeachment Complaint on Chief Justice Renato Corona Summary of the impeachment Complain Versus Chief justice Corona Summary of the impeachment Complain Ver...