Month: December 2009

health

weekend

Couple of asanas (yoga poses, ashtanga) this morning, too late to run (8am is too late to run, lots of people on the street)not the usual

Photo by http://www.firehorseaikido.org used here for non-commercial educational purposes

entire set, just 26 asanas, then headstand then closing — this set, first time in more than a month, could still execute the poses but the motions felt like being in the wrong end of the Inquisition, felt like there were huge adhesives in the ligaments slowly being ripped out….Exhaling in the headstand sounded different this time, it didn’t sound like that in all the poses, only in the headstand – it’s my allergic rhinitis, it comes around this time of the year the funny thing is it doesn’t come around in extreme weather, like freezing below zero temperature; but only every December wherever i am. This is the second day of the martial law declaration in Maguindanao. The Palace spokesperson said that the President will file a written report with Congress at 9pm tonight; under the Constitution she is required to file such report within 48 hours from proclamation; so in order to be safe, they reckoned it from the time it was signed, not from the time it was publicly made known. Well, they better be done and should now be just polishing and editing it now (not that i think it would be easy for them to justify it), they only have five hours from now. OR ELSE. As stated in this blog yesterday, the martial law declaration automatically lapses into a state of illegality or unconstitutionality. Automatically.

Rambling on….make the most of what’s left of the weekend…

constitutional law, The President

breaking news: martial law declared in Maguindanao.

MARTIAL LAW HAS BEEN DECLARED IN MAGUINDANAO THE PRIVILEGE OF THE WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS SUSPENDED IN THE AREA. (Proclamation excludes parts covered by agreement with MILF).

1) it’s 7:20 am. Under the Constitution, Congress if not in session shall convene within 24 hours from proclamation.

2)That means Senate and House.

3)That means between now and tomorrow Sunday 7:20 am, Congress, if not in session, should convene; martial law has been declared in Maguindanao.

4)That means, if not in session, the Speaker of the House and the Senate President should now start getting their offices ready in the next 24 hours to convene.

5)The Constitution provides “jointly voting”. That means Congress (Senate and House) should convene jointly.

6)Under the Constitution, Malacañang has to report to Congress within 48 hours from declaration.

7)That means: if the state of martial law continues over the weekend, they need to report to Congress the declaration of martial law first thing Monday morning 7:20 am Dec. 7.

8)Monday morning 7:20 am, the President herself (in person), or in writing, has to report to Congress as required by the Constitution.

9)Otherwise, (if she fails to do this), the state of martial law would lapse into an illegal, unconstitutional state.

10)the constitutional clock starts now.

Let’s test it.

Criminal law, Election law & election campaigns, media law, The News Media

Each day (Forum: Justice for the Maguindanao massacre victims)

“WAG BIBITIW SA MAGUINDANAO 57”

Photo by the Associated Press published in Yahoo Phil used here for educational purposes

Official invite:

quote “All media practitioners, faculty, students and civic  groups are cordially invited to attend “WAG BIBITIW SA MAGUINDANAO 57,” a forum organized by the University of the Philippines College of Mass Communication (UP-CMC) which will be held on Friday, December 4, 2009, 10:00 a.m. at the CMC Auditorium, Plaridel Hall, Annex Building, Ylanan Road, U.P. Campus Diliman, Quezon City.

quote “Herman Basbaño (KBP President and Vice President for Bombo Radyo), Ruperto Nicdao, Jr., (CEO, Manila Broadcasting Corporation and incoming KBP chair), Jay Sonza, UNTV Station Manager, Atty. Leila de Lima (Chair, Commission on Human Rights), Nonoy Espino (President, National Union of Journalists of the Philippines), as well representatives from the Philippine Collegian, Solidaridad, Tinig ng Plaridel, the College Editors Guild of the Philippines and other media groups, are attending the event.

quote “For details, please get in touch with Prof. Rose Feliciano (9206859) or Prof. Marichu Lambino (9206852).” closed-quote.