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	<title>Albert Francis E. Domingo, MD &#187; Social Commentary</title>
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		<title>Rules of the Road</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Oct 2011 03:03:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Albert</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yes, Manila &#8211; there is a suitably-crafted set of rules for our roads. The mess out there in the concrete animal&#8217;s arteries and veins is due to a failure of implementation. See excerpts from Republic Act No. 4136 (the applicable national statute) below. &#8212; REPUBLIC ACT No. 4136 AN ACT TO COMPILE THE LAWS RELATIVE [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Tao of Lao</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Aug 2011 03:25:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Rene Borromeo (originally posted at Facebook on Friday, August 5, 2011 at 9:56am) In fairness to Mr. Christopher Lao, someone indeed should have told him. DPWH design standards require proper signage of areas that are prone to flooding and road designs should mitigate climate change impacts, as required by the international community. In short, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Are Filipino College Students Waterproof?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Jul 2011 11:25:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Albert</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Whether or not your answer to the question is yes, below is a copy of a recent explanation by the Philippines&#8217; Commission on Higher Education (CHED, official Facebook page here) on the policy and protocol observed by CHED on the suspension of classes at the tertiary/higher education level during weather disturbances. Do you agree with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Reasonable Doubt is like &#8220;Tinga&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Dec 2010 09:38:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Albert</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I agree with my Brod JR Dela Cruz in observing that Lejano v. People (G.R. No. 176389, December 14, 2010) that decided the Vizconde massacre case effectively compared reasonable doubt to detritus in between teeth, better known and appreciated in the vernacular as &#8220;tinga&#8221;. Said the Court: In our criminal justice system, what is important [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How the Law Looks at the History of Health Care</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Dec 2010 17:07:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Albert</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This excerpt from Professional Services v. Agana (G.R. No. 126297) is telling of how Philippine Law (as symbolized by our Supreme Court which decided the case) views the history of health care: Until the mid-nineteenth century, hospitals were generally charitable institutions, providing medical services to the lowest classes of society, without regard for a patient&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Population, Poverty, Politics and the Reproductive Health Bill</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Oct 2010 02:57:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Albert</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Debate is always healthy: religious and other groups are perfectly free to espouse their own views and opinions. The line must be drawn, however, at that point where deliberate efforts are made to misinform and distort the true and well-meaning provisions of the RH Bill.]]></description>
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		<title>Islam&#8217;s Take on Contraception and Abortion</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Oct 2010 15:52:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Albert</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[(Reposted with permission from the original Facebook note by author Former COMELEC Commissioner Mehol K. Sadain) Contraception, which is the prevention of conception, has long been legally practiced among married Muslims. The rationale for allowing contraception ranges from health to economic reasons, and includes improving the quality of life of children and their family. Hence, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Marcial Bonifacio – Filipino Hero. Upsilonian.</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Aug 2010 02:11:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Albert</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Jose A.P. Ampeso* To many Filipinos, Ninoy Aquino’s assassination in August of 1983 was a very tragic incident. The dreadful loss of his life was a supreme sacrifice that spelled the beginning of the end of Ferdinand Marcos’ hedonistic rule, indeed well beyond the bounds of democratic processes. My personal view of Ninoy was [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Marcos: &#8216;My best successor is Ninoy&#8217;</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Aug 2010 02:37:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Albert</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Original article by Fe Zamora, published in the Philippine Daily Inquirer &#8211; 22 August 2008 (Second in a series) Whenever President Ferdinand Marcos was in the mood, he would gather his loyal generals in his study in Malacañang for an hour or so of leisurely discourse on issues that mattered most to him and his [...]]]></description>
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		<title>HB No. 13: Protection of the Unborn Child Act 2010</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Aug 2010 15:06:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Albert</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[[Note: Below is the full text of House Bill No. 13 (Protection of the Unborn Child Act 2010) as filed by Rep. Roilo Golez (Dist. 2, Parañaque City), obtained from the Congressman himself. It is provided for academic/review purposes; it may have changed over the course of the legislative process.] Republic of the Philippines HOUSE [...]]]></description>
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