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		<title>Our deepest gratitude</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Jan 2007 07:14:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[2006, for many of us, was a year of daunting challenges. The political situation was grim, civil liberties were being curtailed, and our political institutions faced a crisis of credibility and legitimacy. Economically, whatever growth that was happening did not produce enough jobs. That many of our members started working in call centers, which are [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=lagablab.wordpress.com&blog=171164&post=165&subd=lagablab&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Join the 2006 Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Pride March</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Nov 2006 17:12:09 +0000</pubDate>
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The Task Force Pride, the official organizing network of the annual Manila Pride March, is inviting everyone to join the 2006 LGBT Pride March, which will take place in Manila City on December 9, 2006. 
Assembly will begin at 3 PM at the Remedios Circle (click here for the route) and a post-parade program will [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=lagablab.wordpress.com&blog=171164&post=164&subd=lagablab&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>House human rights chair: Anti-Discrimination Bill to invite wrath of God</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Nov 2006 17:22:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A battle to pass a human rights measure penalizing discrimination against lesbians, gays, bisexuals, and transgenders is raging in the House of Representatives, where the incumbent Chairperson of the Committee on Human Rights, Rep. Bienvenido Abante (6th Distict, Manila City), is ironically blocking the bill&#8217;s passage. In a controversial speech delivered last Monday, Rep. Abante, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=lagablab.wordpress.com&blog=171164&post=151&subd=lagablab&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Rep. Abante did it again!</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Nov 2006 17:12:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the House of Representatives, Rep. Bienvenido Abante (6th District, Manila City), the Chairperson of the Committee on Civil, Political and Human Rights, blocked anew the passage of HB 634, or the Anti-Discrimination Bill, following the sponsorship speech made by AKBAYAN Rep. Etta Rosales. 
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		<title>Deny Aruba&#8217;s motion to dismiss, court appealed</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Nov 2006 12:57:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Inday Garutay&#8217;s lawyer and AKBAYAN counsel Atty. Jae dela Cruz asked the Pasig City Regional Trial Court to deny Ban Goza&#8217;s motion to dismiss because it is &#8220;bereft of merit.&#8221; 
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		<title>Aruba urges court to dismiss case against discriminatory dress code</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Nov 2006 07:13:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ban Goza Inc., owner of the Aruba Bar and Restaurant, has asked the Pasig Regional Trial Court to dismiss the civil case filed by Christopher Borja (aka Inday Garutay). Ban Goza Inc. cites two grounds why the case should be dismissed: that the Court has no jurisdiction over the persons of the defendants and that [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=lagablab.wordpress.com&blog=171164&post=138&subd=lagablab&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>House Committee on Human Rights Chairperson calls homosexuality &#8220;morally reprehensible&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://lagablab.wordpress.com/2006/10/21/house-committee-on-human-rights-chairperson-calls-homosexuality-morally-reprehensible/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Oct 2006 12:01:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last Friday, October 13, 2006, Rep. Bienvenido Abante, congressman of the 6th District of Manila and Chairperson of the Committee on Civil, Political, and Human Rights blocked the House of Representatives from tackling the Anti-Discrimination Bill (HB 634) for Second Reading. The Second Reading approval is considered to be one of the most important phases [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=lagablab.wordpress.com&blog=171164&post=136&subd=lagablab&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Amnesty International launches campaign for the Anti-Discrimination Bill</title>
		<link>http://lagablab.wordpress.com/2006/09/27/amnesty-international-launches-campaign-for-the-anti-discrimination-bill/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Sep 2006 09:12:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Amnesty International today released an action campaign in support of the passage of the Anti-Discrimination Bill in Congress. In a letter from its head office in London, Amnesty International encourages its members to write letters to the leadership of Congress and push for the enactment of HB634 and SBN1738.
In lobbying for the bills, AI wishes [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=lagablab.wordpress.com&blog=171164&post=126&subd=lagablab&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Updates on Anti-Discrimination Bill</title>
		<link>http://lagablab.wordpress.com/2006/09/26/updates-on-anti-discrimination-bill/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Sep 2006 05:32:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Here are some updates on the Anti-Discrimination Bill (SBN1738 and HB634):

In Senate, the office of Sen. Ramon &#8220;Bong&#8221; Revilla asked the Committee on Rules to have SBN1738 referred to the Committee on Justice and Human Rights, which is now chaired by Sen. Juan Ponce Enrile. The Committee on Rules has not responded to the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=lagablab.wordpress.com&blog=171164&post=125&subd=lagablab&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;Gay statistics&#8221; in the Philippines by consensus</title>
		<link>http://lagablab.wordpress.com/2006/09/15/gay-statistics-in-the-philippines-by-consensus/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Sep 2006 12:09:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Experts&#8221; in the field of HIV/AIDS came up with a consensus on the estimated number of &#8220;males who have sex with males&#8221; (MSMs) in the Philippines: it is from 379,799 to 804,280.
This is according to the 2005 HIV Estimates in the Philippines, a consensus report released by the Department of Health, World Health Organization, the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=lagablab.wordpress.com&blog=171164&post=123&subd=lagablab&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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