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Roque says Duterte won’t have Bill of Rights amended By Carolyn O. Arguillas MindaNews
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R E SI DE N T Rodrigo Duterte will not have the Bill of Rights amended, Presidential spokesperson Harry Roque said on Saturday.
Roque said the proposal from the Presidential Human Rights Committee Secretariat (PHRCS) to the House of Representatives to amend
the Bill of Rights, particularly Article III, Section 4 on the guarantee on freedom of speech, expression and press, is “not the position of the President.” “The Bill of Rights has remained unchanged from the 1935 Constitution, to the ’73 Constitution, to ’87 Constitution as far as free speech is concerned, the President sees no need to amend it. I repeat, that’s not the position of the President,” Roque told a press briefing in Kalibo, Aklan. He said the PHRCS “is not or does not have the
rank of a cabinet member. This means that when they spoke, they did not speak as alter-ego of the President. So that is a recommendation of the Secretariat. It is not in
any way the position of the President.” “Unless it comes from a member of the Cabinet who is an alter-ego of the President, their recommendations
cannot bind the President,” said Roque, who is concurrent Presidential Adviser on Human Rights. Article III, Section 4 of the 1987 Constitution, states: “No law shall be passed abridging the freedom of speech, of expression, or of the press, or the right of the people peaceably to assemble and petition the government for redress of grievances.” The proposal, presented at the House Committee on Constitutional Amendments on Tuesday, is to amend the provision to read: “No law shall be passed abridging
the responsible exercise of freedom of speech, of expression, or of the press, or the right of the people to peaceably assemble and petition the government for redress of grievances.” But House Deputy Speaker Fredenil Castro told ANC’s Early Edition on Thursday the proposal did not come from his sub-commitee but “from an extrinsic source,” the PHRCS. Former Senate President Aquilino Pimentel Jr. said it does not matter where the proposal came from. See Bill, page 11
Govt troops clash with armed men in Masiu town
WARNING. A tarpaulin warning punishment for ferrying of fictitious registrants hangs outside the Masiu town hall during the registration of voters in July 2012. mindanews file photo by froilan gallardo
CAGAYAN de Oro City-An Army combat patrol engaged a group of armed men on board two bancas who were trying to sneak into the town of Masiu in Lanao del Sur on Saturday dawn. Brig. Gen. Roseller Murillo, commander of the Army’s 1st Tabak Division, said the platoon of soldiers encountered more than ten Maute gunmen at the vicinity of Barangay Kalilangan, Masiu town at around 12:30 a.m. on Saturday. No one was reported killed or injured. Murillo said that despite
total darkness, the soldiers were able to sink the two bancas used by the gunmen in trying to sneak into Masiu town. He said the soldiers did not find any bodies from the two sunken bancas but recovered firearms and explosives. The recovered items included an M-203 grenade launcher, a rocket-propelled grenade launcher, anti-personnel rockets, a binocular, ISIS black flag and assorted drug paraphernalia. The firefight came after the military went on full See clash, page 11
Massive decline of land crabs noted in country’s surfing capital GENERAL Luna, Siargao Island--Amid a fast changing landscape, the continued influx of tourists in this country’s surfing has taken its toll on the land crab population here.
Bernardo Alciso, 54, a local land crab hunter, said the decline poses a serious threat not just on him whose livelihood depends on it but the island’s delicate ecosystem.
Alciso lives in the world renowned village of Catangnan, where Cloud Nine, the surfing capital of the country is located. Also known as “Dayong,” Alciso is one of several
known hunters of land crabs, locally known as“kayabang.” Alciso, 54, has been hunting these edible land crabs in Catangnan as a livelihood since he was nine years old. See crabs, page 11
KAYABANG. Residents of General Luna, Siargao Island in Surigao del Norte are worried over the massive decline of land crabs, locally known as “kayabang.” mindanews photo by roel n. catoto
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