Perhaps the most controversial bill Lagman has authored is House Bill 17, or the Reproductive Health (RH) Bill, which has been judged by critics as anti-life and pro-abortion.
Lagman dismissed these allegations, saying the bill strengthens family life by giving parents an informed choice in planning their families. Still, opponents of the Bill, notably the Catholic Church, dispute these claims.
In commemoration of the 200th day of the Ampatuan Massacre, Tinig ng Plaridel’s home page (tinigngplaridel.net) will sport a BLACK background today. Impunity and corruption have no place in our society; we must never forget.
Hit by a fire Wednesday evening, Palma Hall was one of the first buildings to be constructed in the Diliman Campus after the University of the Philippines administration decided to move its flagship campus from the Manila campus in 1939. While new buildings were constructed for the CAL and CS some classes under these colleges were still held at A.S. The Biology, Physics and Chemistry Pavilions remained behind AS building, facing Quirino Avenue.