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News #1 from philstar.com

• In a press conference on Monday, House leaders discussed their filing of

Resolution of Both Houses (RBH) 7, which proposes the same three
economic amendments through constituent assembly as the Senate’s RBH 6.
• House leaders said that the only key difference between the Senate and
House versions is that they want to deliberate the resolution as a committee
of the whole – which means all members of the House will have the chance
to debate RBH 7’s contents from the get-go instead of starting at the
committee level.
• Authors: Senior Deputy Speaker Aurelio Dong Gonzales, House Majority
Leader Rep. Manuel Dalipe, Rep. David Suarez (Quezon, 2nd District)
• “There should be no doubts. We really patterned it. Because they might say
this is a different version filed by the House. Constituent assembly. Exactly
the same economic provisions the Senate has filed,” Dalipe said
• “The committee of the whole, that’s not final yet because we have to
deliberate it at plenary. That’s one of the proposals to hasten things because
the House of Representatives has been in the position that these economic
provisions should be made in this Congress, in the 19th Congress,” Dalipe
said.
• According to Suarez, the RBH 7 is a “window of opportunity.”
• Rep. Tonypet Albano (Isabela, 1st District) maintained that RBH 7 does not
intend to “fast track” Charter amendments as the proposed changes would
still go through comprehensive discussions.
• As early as December 2023, House Speaker Martin Romualdez said that the
lower chamber would renew its push to change the Constitution in 2024 to
lift economic restrictions on the entry of foreign capital and investments in
the country.

News #2: News Beat from College Editors Guild of the Philippines and The
Varsitarian

• Matatandaang tumigil ang operasyon ng TomasinoWeb dahil sa pagbibitiw

ng tagapayo nitong si Leo Laparan II, matapos ipabura ng UST Office of
Student Affairs ang isang post ng online publication na nagpapakita ng mga
estudyanteng nakasuot ng ‘Type B' uniform habang papasok sa isang
kilalang convenience store. Ayon sa pamunuan ng UST, ang naturang post
ay nagdulot diumano ng ‘public ridicule' sa mga Tomasino at sa paaralan.
• Manuel said OSA Director Maria Cecilia Tio Cuison and Asst. Director Maria
Regina Arriero could be summoned to appear before the House probe as
resource persons.
• Naghain ng resolusyon si Kabataan Partylist Representative Raoul Manuel,
Makabayan Bloc representatives, at mga estudyante ng University of Santo
 Tomas upang imbestigahan ang kaso ng censorship sa TomasinoWeb at
represyon na kinakaharap ng mga student organization sa naturang
unibersidad.
• “Hindi po natin papalampasin ang insidenteng ito, pati ang iba pang
lumilitaw na kaso ng paglabag sa democratic rights ng mga estudyante,”
Manuel said
• The OSA has drawn flak after instructing the online student media
organization to take down its photo of College of Information and
Computing Sciences (CICS) students in their “Type B” uniforms entering a
7-Eleven store on campus.
• TomasinoWeb president Jan Zamora earlier told the Varsitarian that OSA
officials had instructed the organization to “take down the post or change it
to a different one, and […] issue a public apology.”
• “Ang goal natin una sa resolution is mag-initiate ng pag-investigate by the
committee of the house sa nangyaring censorship within UST. Second, for
it to aid in legislation. Hopefully yung discussion with members of the
house [is about] ano ‘yung mga repressive policies, not only in UST but in
other schools din,” Manuel said.
• Manuel said the resolution was not an attack on UST as an academic
institution.

News #3 from Philippine News Agency

• “The situation of a changing season of rainy and sunny days has been
favorable to the brown plant hoppers. Because of this, we noted the
infestation for the first time after five years,” Aquino said.
• Aquino said the infested palay farms were recorded as follows: 178 hectares
in Gamu, Burgos and Cauayan City, all in Isabela; 20 hectares in Villaverde,
Kayapa and and Bagabag, all in Nueva Vizcaya; and 35 hectares in Baggao
town in Cagayan.
• Noting that the brown plant hoppers can lay 200 eggs in just one cycle, she
said these bugs can destroy 50-100 percent of the palay crops if left
unchecked.
• “We noted a hike of cases in the past weeks so we have been monitoring the
affected areas. We advise farmers to immediately report infestation to control
the situation,” she said.
• Mindaflor Aquino, senior science specialist of the Regional Crop Protection
Management Center (RCPMC), told the Philippine News Agency on Monday
that the plant hopper palay disease has left PHP2.9-million worth of damage
to 233 hectares of farms in one city and six towns in the region.
• RCPMC is under the Department of Agriculture-Regional Field Unit 2.
• The Department of Agriculture in Region 2 (Cagayan Valley) (DA-2) has been
holding orientation and field demonstrations to help farmers control the
infestation of brown plant hoppers which has been ravaging their crops for
several weeks now.
 • Rice straws can spread the brown plant hoppers, which conceal themselves
on stalks, so she advised an immediate plowing of farms after harvests to kill
and cover the pests underneath the earth.

News #4 from inquirer.net

• The Season 84 champions will likewise absorb psychological agony entering

the second half of the tournament with losses to title contenders University
of Santo Tomas (UST) Tigresses and probably the Lady Spikers.
• “La Salle is a champion team, so we know it’s not going to be easy. We have
to watch closely how they play and, at the same time, assess what we should
do as a team,’’ said Bella Belen after leading the Lady Bulldogs with 11
points, 10 of them attacks, apart from 10 digs and five excellent receptions.
• Worried stiff in going through another meltdown, the National University
Lady Bulldogs have gone back to the drawing board way ahead of their
projected blockbuster showdown with defending champion La Salle.
• In fact, the groundwork for their fast-approaching first meeting since
relinquishing the title in last season’s championship series has begun much
earlier prior to NU’s calculated beatdown of the University of the East ) Lady
Warriors on Sunday in Season 86 of the UAAP women’s volleyball
tournament.
• “By fielding everybody, we realized that each one of us can really contribute.
There are no star players on this team. When we progress, nobody gets left
behind,’’ said Belen.
• Evangeline Alinsug backstopped Belen on ferociously attacking the Lady
Warriors with nine points and Camilla Lamina delivered nine excellent
sets.For the second straight game, rookie setter Abegail Pono had her share
of heroics with seven excellent sets, two attacks and one ace as backup to
Lamina.
• Angel Canino scored 16 points and seven digs, four receptions and one ace
while Shevana Laput added nine points and Thea Gagate had seven attacks
for the Lady Spikers.
• “We still suffer from lapses and we have a week to correct these mistakes
before facing NU. Defense will play a crucial role. We have to work on our
blocking,’’ said Canino.
• Both NU and La Salle dropped their matches against the unbeaten Tigresses
(5-0).
• “We’re very careful on the progression of the team with the right timing and
we are always concerned about their physical well-being as we go deeper into
the season,’’ said Miguel.
• The Lady Spikers also primed up for that clash and stayed tied with the
Lady Bulldogs at 5-1 following a forceful 25-15, 25-17, 25-18 win over
University of the Philippines (0-5) in the other game at Mall of Asia Arena.
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• According to the 2022 National Demographic and Health Survey by the

Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA), one in five women who have ever had
an intimate partner have experienced physical, sexual, or emotional violence
by their current or most recent husband/intimate partner. Moreover, 12
percent of those women experienced such violence in the 12 months
preceding the survey.
• From Nov. 25 to Dec. 12 of every year, the Philippines observes the 18-day
Campaign to End Violence against Women and Children. It is patterned after
the global 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence campaign that
kicks off on Nov. 25, which is the International Day for the Elimination of
Violence against Women, and runs until Dec. 10, the Human Rights Day.
• The Philippines’ campaign extends to 18 days after former President Gloria
Macapagal-Arroyo signed Proclamation 1172 in 2006 so that it ends on Dec.
12, a historic date that marked the signing in the year 2000 of the UN
Protocol to prevent, suppress and punish trafficking in persons, especially
women and children, to supplement the UN Convention Against
Transnational Organized Crimes.
• In terms of legislation, we have enough in place to support this cause. We
have the Magna Carta of Women, Anti-Discrimination Against Women Act,
Anti-Violence Against Women and Children Law, and the Safe Spaces Act,
among others. These laws help create an enabling environment where
women and girls’ rights and safety are promoted and protected to allow them
to achieve their full potential.
• Yet if we consider the PSA survey, that’s 20 percent of Filipino women who
have ever had an intimate partner still experiencing violence. This does not
include women who face violence in the workplace, or girls who experience
abuse from their relatives.s