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Msgr. Rosales leaned on Cory Aquino to make GMA resign, then left Cory

  In Wikileaks cable, US envoy Kristie Kenney wrote how she met Cory Aquino By Raïssa Robles Oh boy, THAT really sucks big time. Last month when I wrote a piece entitled Why the bishops can’t seem to...

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RH bill was killed by Pres. Gloria Arroyo in exchange for Church political...

  Wikileaks’ US Embassy cable from Manila shows By Raïssa Robles A month after then President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo declared a State of National Emergency, following the arrest of Brig. Gen. Danny...

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Fr. Bernas quietly writes on RH Bill on the very day that bishops lambast it

He says, “Don’t burn house to roast a pig” I am reposting below Fr. Bernas’ latest piece which he uploaded Saturday while the Church rally was going on. The thing speaks for itself.  RH Bill: Don’t...

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Malacañang Palace and House allies outwit the anti-RH advocates

Exclusive By Raïssa Robles UPDATE – At 6:10 P.M. today, August 6, 2012 The House of Representatives made history by approving floor deliberations on the Reproductive Health Bill. This means the next...

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Sen. Vicente Sotto’s speech against RH

PART I – “I stand up for life” Turno en Contra against SB 2865 [Note: This is the official press release issued by Senator Sotto's office. It includes the subtitles. You can view the original here.] I...

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What a dying Singaporean doctor can teach the Filipino politician

  By Raïssa Robles All my loved ones who have died, I think of each one of them today. They just left ahead of me. I’ll be where they went someday. I don’t know whether death terrifies me. I know I can...

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Defying Church leaders

Just my opinion By Raïssa Robles This is not the best way to spend Christmas – at odds with the Church clergy and told by a Cardinal that supporting a Reproductive Health Law is “unfortunate and...

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Watch video of Cebu Archbishop Cardinal Vidal calling on President Aquino to...

Fact-checking Vidal's retraction by Raïssa Robles The breaking news social networking site Twitter is now abuzz with reports that Cebu Archbishop Cardinal Ricardo Vidal has retracted his earlier...

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Misuari’s spiritual adviser, Ustadz Sharif Zain Jali, is dead

By Raïssa Robles - I am deeply saddened by the news that Ustadz Sharif Zain Jali, the spiritual adviser of Moro National Liberation chief Nur Misuari, died Sunday at the age of 74. I had known him for...

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PNoy will back RH bill Brace yourself for political trouble

  By Raïssa Robles President Benigno Aquino III has bit the bullet on the following issues: The passage of a Responsible Parenthood Law  (otherwise known as the RH or Reproductive Health  Law)  that...

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Msgr. Rosales leaned on Cory Aquino to make GMA resign, then left Cory

  In Wikileaks cable, US envoy Kristie Kenney wrote how she met Cory Aquino By Raïssa Robles Oh boy, THAT really sucks big time. Last month when I wrote a piece entitled Why the bishops can’t seem to...

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RH bill was killed by Pres. Gloria Arroyo in exchange for Church political...

  Wikileaks’ US Embassy cable from Manila shows By Raïssa Robles A month after then President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo declared a State of National Emergency, following the arrest of Brig. Gen. Danny...

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