Anti-Stalking Bill Up in Phil. Congress

It’s about time that the Philippines recognize the harm that stalking can inflict and impose higher penalties for stalkers.

This was the main argument why a bill that declares stalking as a criminal offense and authored by Sorsogon 1st District Rep. Evelina Escudero was submitted to the House of Representatives recently.

Groom Tried to Kill Self Because Bride is "Ugly"

There is a reason why arrange marriages will not favor ... men. If most young women thought that their basic right is being violated by this century-old practice, then men should sympathize with them, especially those that do not like their future wife's appearance.

This was the case of a Chinese groom who went to the extreme just because he thought that the woman he was about to spend his life with was "ugly." He tried to drown himself even before the marriage ceremony was officially closed and told the bride that she was 'too ugly' before running away.

Longer Maternity Leave Period is Being Pushed

Before the Women's Month celebration ends, the Philippine Senate committee on women, family relations, and gender equality pushed for a measure that would mandate companies to allow employees who gave birth a longer period to take a leave.

Under a Senate proposal, the current 60- to 78-day paid maternity leave period would be extended to 90 days. But Senator Pia Cayetano, the committee's chairwoman, is inclined to extend that to 14 weeks or 3 and a half months, in compliance with an International Labor Organization (ILO) convention that the Philippines still has not ratified.

Kenyan University Attack Claimed 147 Lives

The National Disaster Operations Center of Kenya reported that all of their students have now been accounted for at Garissa University College where 147 people were killed in a cowardly attack by overbearing Islamic extremists.

The disaster center tweeted that all the surviving students have been located and are being evacuated from the college. Seventy-nine were injured in the attack and are receiving medical care.

China Should Learn What 'Hypocrisy' Really Means

Somebody should really consider giving Chinese officials a lesson on what 'hypocrisy' means after they accuse Philippines for being hypocrites when the tiny nation decided to resume construction of several buildings and facilities in the disputed islands in West Philippine Sea.

China's Foreign Ministry expressed serious concern after they heard that the Philippine Government said it would resume repair and reconstruction works saying Manila was infringing on Chinese sovereignty.