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Helmet law faces stiff opposition
The implementation of the Helmet Law is meant to protect motorcycle riders, according to authorities. But for some habal-habal (motorcycle-for-hire) drivers, wearing a full-faced helmet required by the...
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Travel group seeks Cebu solons’s aid on DFA passport guidelines
The National Association of Independent Travel Agencies Cebu Chapter will write all eight Cebuano legislators to voice their disapproval and ask assistance on the new passport processing guidelines...
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Media groups: Cybercrime law repressive
Several lawyers in Cebu Cebu welcomed the approval of Republic Act 10175 or the Cybercrime Prevention Act of 2012 but it has stirred protest in some media quarters. Cebu Regional Trial Court Judge...
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Bishops vow to continue fight against RH bill
MANILA — Refusing to admit defeat, Catholic bishops yesterday vowed to continue fighting the reproductive health bill after the House of Representatives voted 113-104 to approve the controversial...
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Helmet Law finally takes effect Jan. 2
Ready or not, the Helmet Law will be fully implemented starting Jan. 2, 2013. This means motorcycle drivers and passengers have to wear crash helmets that follow government safety and quality...
View ArticleCorona verdict may improve youth’s view of gov’t
THE verdict against Chief Justice Renato Corona may do good for the country’s youth and reduce the culture of impunity where people in power think of themselves as “untouchables,” said a university...
View Article‘Painful step for positive change’
A time for “cleansing”, proof that “nobody is untouchable.” The general reaction of several Cebu law school deans, judges and lawyers to yesterday’s conviction of Chief Justice Renato Corona was a...
View ArticleMandaue supports helmet law
THE Mandaue City government will implement the the Helmet Act as soon as the Land Transportation Office gives its go-signal next month. Edwin Ermac, chief of the Traffic Enforcement Agency of Mandaue...
View ArticleDTI Registering helmets is a simple process
With the Helmet Law taking effect next month, the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) noted a decline in the number of motorcycle riders seeking Import Commodity Clearance (ICC) or Philippine...
View Article‘Green belts’, protection of species in env’t code
Building “green belts” in Cebu’s towns and cities and the protection of vulnerable species like whalesharks is promoted in the Cebu Environment Code passed on final reading by the Provincial Board (PB)...
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