Ice Seguerra sa pagkakaaresto kay Pura Luka Vega: ‘Grabe na kayo makaalma…Ang bilis niyong magsampa ng kaso’
NAGLABAS ng hinaing ang OPM icon na si Ice Seguerra matapos hulihin at arestuhin ang controversial drag performer na si Pura Luka Vega. Ayon sa veteran singer, ang nangyari sa drag queen ay nagpapakita lamang kung gaano ka-limitado sa LGBTQIA+ community ang batas ng ating batas. “This only goes to show how archaic Philippine laws.....»»
Palace: Malaysian-based Valiram eyes dev’t of airport outlets in Phl
Malacañang confirmed that the Malaysian retail specialist, Valiram Group, is eyeing the expansion of its operations in the Philippines by developing airport outlets for duty-free retail tourism. The commitment was made during the meeting of Valiram Group officials with President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. in Singapore on Saturday, according to Presidential Communications Office Secretary Cheloy Garafil. Garafil said that Valiram’s development priorities include having duty-free access at the airports. “The company is building more airport walk-through stores personalized to provide customers with a pleasant shopping experience,” she added. Present during the meeting with Marcos were Valiram Group executive directors Mukesh Valiram, Ashvin Valiram, and Sharan Valiram; Esquire Financing chairperson and chief executive officer Rajan Uttamchandani; and Ayala Corp. chief sustainability and risk officer Jaime Zobel Urquijo. Citing the statement of one of the Valiram executives, Garafil said the Malaysian retail specialist is seeking the immediate expansion of its operations in the Philippines in the next five years. She added that Valiram wants to bring some of its brands that are not yet represented in the Philippines, “in an effort to elevate customer experience to another level” by giving them more space at the nation’s gateways, removing the stress and hassles of security checks. “Things like… complementing Victoria's Secret, Bath and Body Works, and some of our partners' work in Southeast Asia have expressed interest. Their business is small, currently in the Philippines. And they want to see if we can help us over there and try and amplify them in the local market,” Garafil said, quoting one of the Valiram executives. Marcos acknowledged the vital role of retail business in the Philippine economy, adding that Valiram could also help boost the country’s tourism industry. “It’s an important sector of the economy. It’s what’s driving the economy now, it’s consumer spending,” he told Valiram officials, as quoted by the PCO. Philippine officials who were at the meeting included Garafil, House Speaker Ferdinand Martin Romualdez, Special Adviser on Investment and Economic Affairs Secretary Frederick Go, and Philippine Ambassador to Singapore Medardo Antonio Macaraig. Romualdez, for his part, expressed support for the President’s thrust to encourage more investors to come to the Philippines. The house speaker noted that Congress is focusing on crafting legislation or laws that govern the treatment and appreciation of foreign investments into the country. Romualdez stressed that “Congress is moving under his leadership by streamlining those laws.” “And we are also looking at the totality of the body of laws and looking at older, or laws that are either obsolete or archaic, or those are so-called timely to encourage more foreign investors,” Romualdez said, partly in Filipino. He said the administration’s efforts are aligned with the “Foreign Investments Act and the details to open up the economy for foreign direct investments.” Established in 1935 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Valiram is Southeast Asia’s leading luxury goods and retail specialist with a presence in Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, Australia, the Philippines, Thailand, Hong Kong, Macau and Vietnam. Operating more than 350 stores, a number which continues to grow, the group represents more than 200 brands across various categories, from fashion and accessories, timepieces and jewelry, perfume, and cosmetics to confectionery and dining concepts. The post Palace: Malaysian-based Valiram eyes dev’t of airport outlets in Phl appeared first on Daily Tribune......»»
Revisiting successional rights of the adoptee
Historically, common law succession was based on blood relationships. When the adoption of children was eventually permitted and recognized by statutes, foreign jurisdictions, the progenitor of our adoption laws, traditionally leaned towards consanguinity as the foundation of inheritance laws. This legal viewpoint engendered the stranger-to-the-adoption doctrine based on the theory that the personal relationship created between the adoptive parents and the child did not automatically create the same legal status between the child and the relatives of the adoptive parents. The doctrine shaped the presumption that the adoptee is excluded from a class gift of a donor other than the adopter (Gerald L. Greene & Michael J. Schmitt, Note, The Dilemma of Adoptees in the Class Gift Structure-The Kentucky Approach). While the modern trend in adoption eventually created in foreign jurisdictions exceptions to the stranger-to-the-adoption doctrine, Philippine laws and jurisprudence straggled. R.A. 11642 or the Domestic Administrative Adoption and Alternative Child Care Act could be the great leap forward in our adoption laws; or is it? Section 43 of R.A. 11642 or the Domestic Administrative Adoption and Alternative Child Care Act states that in testate and intestate succession, the adopters and the adoptee shall have reciprocal rights of succession without distinction from legitimate filiations. Remarkably, it is a clear-cut reiteration of Section 18 of the old Domestic Adoption Law (R.A. 8552), but if we follow existing jurisprudence, it would seem that the limited intestate successional right of the adoptee persists. For example, in the case of Sayson vs. Court of Appeals (G.R. 89224-25, 23 January 1992) the Supreme Court, applying the rule of exclusivity, held that the while the adopted child shall be deemed to be a legitimate child and has the same right, it does not include the right of representation because the relationship created by the adoption is between only the adopting parents and the adopted child, and does not extend to the blood relatives of either party. What markedly differentiates our current rule on adoption, however, when compared to the legal milieu upon which the cited jurisprudence was rendered is Section Section 41 of the new Adoption Law. The law expanded the legitimate filiation between the adopter and the adoptee to the adopter’s parents, legitimate siblings, and legitimate descendants. Looking closely at the raison d’ etre of the Sayson decision, the adopted child was denied the right of representation because of the archaic rule that the “relationship created by the adoption is between only the adopting parents and the adopted child and does not extend to the blood relatives of either party.” With the inclusion of Section 41 in R.A. 11642 extending the legitimate filiation created between the adopter and the adoptee to the adopter’s parents, legitimate siblings, and legitimate descendants, the right of the adopted child in intestate succession should accordingly be improved in his/her favor, and in the words of the law, “without distinction from legitimate filiation.” What seems to stand in the way, though, is the qualifying term “reciprocal” in the right of succession between the adopter and the adoptee. Ordinarily understood, reciprocal means mutual or requited. It suggests that the adoptee can inherit from the adopter, and vice versa. But should it also mean exclusive, as to exclude the right of the adoptee to inherit from the adopter’s parents, legitimate siblings, and legitimate descendants, especially when the law itself already explicitly extended the legitimate filiation to these adoptive relatives? Exclusivity connotes limitation and restriction but it is not synonymous with reciprocity, and therefore, they should not be used interchangeably. Following this reasoning, and complementing Section 41 of the new adoption law, the adopted child should now be permitted to inherit ab intestato from the adopter’s parents, legitimate siblings, and legitimate descendants. The post Revisiting successional rights of the adoptee appeared first on Daily Tribune......»»
StareX: Failure, beginning of success
StareX was the first-ever NASA-led space program with a private sector component, namely Elon Musk. And it started with three consecutive failures. The first three pilot launches, Falcon 1, 2, and 3 were total disasters. Elon was bleeding with a total of about half a billion dollars down the drain. Elon and NASA wanted a reusable rocket like the Space Shuttle which was shelved after many years of success due to old age. Without a reusable rocket, any space program relying on “throw-away” rockets, would not be economically feasible. But it seemed “archaic” to resort to cheap simple “splash down” of the command module plus a smooth horizontal runway touchdown. The new ambitious goal of the Elon-NASA tandem was to bring down the entire rocket vertically and slowly, which had never been done before, and which required a lot of trial-and-error and plenty of funds. But Elon kept on going. He just did not care. Fear of failure, which haunts all great men, was not in his dictionary. He looked at the target and forgot about the hole in his pocket. The NASA staff regarded him with both fear that he would give up and awe that he would not. It was a combination of money and perseverance that kept Elon Musk going. But destiny had a way of rewarding bull-headed men of history, like Churchill facing the German V2 rockets in London, Stalin facing the invincible Panzer at Stalingrad, and the Ottoman emperor laying siege to the Byzantine fortress that had never been breached. And so, Elon was ‘rewarded’. After Falcon 4, he won a $1.5 billion contract for Falcon 5 and 6. It was not until Falcon 9 that the impossible was finally achieved, the historic first-ever vertical landing of a spaceship. (Please watch NETFLIX ‘Return to Space’ for more highlights). Stalingrad They named it Stalingrad (renamed later as Volgograd) in honor of Stalin whose Red Army defeated the invincible German Panzer Division at the gates of this strategic passage to the east in World War II. If Stalingrad fell, the whole of Russia would soon follow. Stalin knew this do-or-die situation. He poured men and machinery at all costs because the survival of the entire nation was at stake. Millions died for the motherland, including tens of thousands of women soldiers. Stalin knew that the Russian winter stopped the invincible army of Napoleon Bonaparte a century or so ago at the very gates now held by the Germans. He wanted to do the same and succeeded. In preparation for the German invasion, Stalingrad was reduced to rubble with intense bombardment and artillery by the Germans that would rival the total bombs used in World War II so far. Ironically, the German tanks could not maneuver in the rubble and became an effective defense for the beleaguered Russians. Stalin held on, resorting to a sniper war, street by street, building by building. He became the master of urban guerrilla warfare that many revolutions would later adopt. Seeing the Germans dying from lack of food and ammunition, Stalin launched a vicious counter-offensive which would gather momentum towards the final German defeat in Berlin. He used a giant pincer to surround the Germans. Efforts for massive airlifting of food for 350,000 failed. Indeed, Stalingrad was a David and Goliath story. Success needs initial failure There is a theory which says success cannot be achieved without initial failure. If you look back through history, the failure of Copernicus in the theory of the Universe was followed by future successes. In other words, failure in the 17th century could lead to success in the 19th century. The endless evolution of Cosmic theory was slowly refined from the time we thought the sun revolved around the Earth to the thought that we are a mere speck in a Known Universe 93 billion light years in diameter. The entire evolution of technology through the centuries, with its failures and successes, prepared America for the first and second Industrial Revolutions that would propel it to a superpower. History tells us that without failures, there will be no successes. eastwindreplyctr@gmail.com The post StareX: Failure, beginning of success appeared first on Daily Tribune......»»
Reviewing Ramadan
By the time this piece sees print today, either Eid el Fitr which marks the end of the fasting month of Holy Ramadan was celebrated yesterday or the celebration is today. It is a guessing game. Even with the advances in modern science and technology — which predetermine like clockwork the setting and rising of the new moon, believers are still bound to follow the Islamic injunction to be guided by the personal sighting of the moon, with two witnesses attesting. True, the National Commission for Muslim Filipinos had recommended, and this was adopted by Malacañang, the declaration of 21 April as the Eid el Fitr national holiday. Still, many ulamas and Muslim scholars were asking for a fatwa or religious declaration to back the position of the NCMF. An archaic practice? No way, claim the ultra-conservative Muslims. They have to follow to the letter the religious ritual. As a consequence, there appears to be a dichotomy in Islam — a continuing tug of war between uncompromising stern fundamentalists and those who want to break away from past tradition towards forward-looking progressive ideas without desecrating the basic principles of Islam. In fact, this defines the great divide between the adherents of fundamentalist Islamic States of Abobakar Al-Bagdadhi advocating violence to establish a Caliphate in the mold of prophet Muhammad’s PBUH of yore, and moderate Islam. That is a contentious issue better left to Muslim theologians. But this piece is written to review international and local events that happened during the observance of the just-concluded Ramadan that impacted Muslims. These were mostly discussed in my recent columns. The historic breakthrough in the sour relationship between the two leading countries of Muslims — Sunni Saudi Arabia and Shiite Iran — was a welcome development. After a long period of backdoor negotiations, unlikely peacemaker China brokered the restoration of diplomatic and political ties between the erstwhile contenders for political dominance in the Middle East, to the embarrassment of the superpower United States which was sidelined. This is good for Islam. A fly in the ointment, however, in the solemn observance of Ramadan was the willful desecration of Islam’s third Holiest Mosque, the Al Aqsa. Devotees in the middle of their prayer rituals were attacked and dispersed with stun grenades and rubber bullets by Israeli armed forces — a serious affront to the solemnity of the Holy Month. In the dying days of Ramadan, another blow was dealt to Islam. As we go to press, fighting rages in Sudan whose populace are devout practicing Muslims. The protagonists are two generals vying for power during the transition from the dictatorial regime of President Omar al-Bashir to civil government. Muslims are the victims in the armed intramural. Locally, tragedy struck with the fire that hit a vessel in the sea off Basilan where most of the victims were Muslims. A Congressional inquiry was called to determine the cause. This was sad for Islam. In the newly created provinces of Maguindanao del Sur and Maguindanao del Norte, the political and legal imbroglio in the latter has simmered down a bit. But while the political and administrative conundrum was addressed with the appointment of a senior minister of the BARMM as officer-in-charge governor, it has created a new problem for Maguindanao del Sur. The re-elected governor was fuming with contempt and indignation after being designated merely as OIC, a move that many observers saw as a gaffe by the Office of the President. This column empathizes with the governor. She was the governor of the mother Maguindanao province and was elected governor of the new Maguindanao del Sur. Why in hell should she be treated the same as the OIC governor of Maguindanao del Norte? This column suggests that the good governor file a special court action for Declaratory Relief to rectify the error. Meantime, the successful hurdling of the recent Bar exam by Muslim takers was welcomed by the Muslim minority. Muslims pray that the teachings of Ramadan for piety, rectitude, self-discipline, forgiveness, and altruism observed by devotees will outlast the end of Ramadan. To my readers: Eid Mubarak! amb_mac_lanto@yahoo.com The post Reviewing Ramadan appeared first on Daily Tribune......»»
‘Archaic and stupid’: Some fans say it’s about time Miss Universe allows moms, wives to join pageant
Some say a separate pageant is available for moms and wives anyway, while others believe that the rule is discriminatory and sexist.....»»
Amending an archaic law
In his last State-of-the-Nation Address, President Duterte urged Congress to pass three proposed pieces of legislation, which if enacted into law, will have a huge impact on the way business is conducted in this country......»»
US election system archaic, says Russia
MOSCOW (AFP) — The US system of electing presidents is archaic and distorts the will of the people, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Wednesday. Joe Biden won the popular vote by more than five million ballots in the US last week but that translated to an extremely tight margin in the electoral college […] The post US election system archaic, says Russia appeared first on Daily Tribune......»»
TURNING POINT: Communicating Development
NAAWAN, Misamis Oriental (MindaNews / 30 October) – Senator Imee Marcos sneered at development communication (devcom) for its irrelevance to the times, calling it old-fashioned, cute and archaic. Ms Marcos remembered, perhaps, in saying that, a devcom episode in the past that affects her immediate family. What really is development communication? Communication is a sine […].....»»