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===[[Arts and Culture of The Philippines]]=== | ===[[Arts and Culture of The Philippines]]=== | ||
===Featured Philippine News=== | ===Featured Philippine News=== | ||
*'''Blasphemy a UN-guaranteed human right, PHL group says''' | |||
*August 14, 2011 | |||
:(Updated 4:54 p.m.) The Philippines is bound by a United Nations (UN) covenant “upholding blasphemy" as a human right, an advocacy group member said Sunday. | |||
:Garrick Bercero, a member of the group Filipino Freethinkers, pointed this out amid the furor caused by the Poleteismo artwork that allegedly offended Christianity..............[http://www.gmanews.tv/story/229410/nation/blasphemy-a-un-guaranteed-human-right-phl-group-says<font size=4 color=green>Full Story »</font>] | |||
*'''Save the Children lauds passage of Positive Discipline Bill''' | *'''Save the Children lauds passage of Positive Discipline Bill''' | ||
*August 13, 2011 | *August 13, 2011 | ||
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:MANILA, Philippines—International child rights group Save the Children has welcomed the passage of the Positive Discipline Bill in the House of Representatives, which seeks to ban the use of corporal punishment.But the group stressed that the bill, if enacted into law, will not send to jail all parents and teachers who spank and scold their children, except in cases where the punishment results in extreme physical injuries and psychological damage. | :MANILA, Philippines—International child rights group Save the Children has welcomed the passage of the Positive Discipline Bill in the House of Representatives, which seeks to ban the use of corporal punishment.But the group stressed that the bill, if enacted into law, will not send to jail all parents and teachers who spank and scold their children, except in cases where the punishment results in extreme physical injuries and psychological damage. | ||
:“What the bill does is to encourage and support parents in effectively disciplining their children by teaching or training them to use positive and nonviolent forms of discipline,” said Stephen Ashby, country director of Save the Children.............[http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/41079/save-the-children-lauds-passage-of-positive-discipline-bill | :“What the bill does is to encourage and support parents in effectively disciplining their children by teaching or training them to use positive and nonviolent forms of discipline,” said Stephen Ashby, country director of Save the Children.............[http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/41079/save-the-children-lauds-passage-of-positive-discipline-bill<font size=4 color=green>Full Story »</font>] | ||
===Featured Sport Event in the Philippines=== | ===Featured Sport Event in the Philippines=== | ||