Disenfranchised sectors file petition challenging constitutionality of the SIM Registration Law

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Deadline for the mandatory registration of SIM cards will remain April 26, according to DICT Secretary Ivan John Uy.

Dominant telecommunications players Globe Telecom Inc. and Smart Communications Inc. are calling on the government to extend the April 26, 2023 deadline for SIM registration.

A petition has been filed seeking to declare SIM Registration Act unconstitutional for violating freedom of speech, right against unreasonable searched and seizures, substantive due process, and free access to courts.

Representatives of sectors who stand to lose fundamental human rights with the full implementation of SIM registration filed a petition before the Supreme Court today, April 17, 2023, which seeks to declare as unconstitutional the SIM Registration Law and to issue a temporary restraining order to immediately pause the law’s implementation.

The petitioners include information technology professional Maded Batara III of Junk SIM Registration Network, National Union of Journalists of the Philippines, journalist Ronalyn V. Olea, Lumad leader and former Bayan Muna Partylist representative Eufemia C. Cullamat, BAYAN Secretary-General Renato Reyes Jr., mother of two tokhang victims Llorre Benidicto Pasco, transgender man Dean Matthias Razi Timtiman Alea, fisherfolk leader Alberto Roldan of PAMALAKAYA, peasant leader Danilo Hernandez Ramos of Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas, and lawyer Michael Christopher de Castro.

The petitioners pointed out that the Sim Registration Act "tramples upon zones of privacy and sweeps away all protections guaranteed by the Constitution against unreasonable searches and seizures."

Republic Act No. 11934, or the SIM Card registration Act. was the current admin first signed into law. Mandating, regulating to fend off the WHO you?




Subalit...may dalawang factors po ito!




1. Upang makaiwas sa mga maling practices, scammers, modus o kawatan.

2. "Could" be a "threat-to-trace" para ma-track ang pagkakilanlan na maaaring mauwi sa maling kahantungan.




Bypassing the data privacy na nakapaloob sa RA 10173, maaaring magamit to locate the "human" to WHERE you from?




Marami na ang aware sa "you won one million" at maraming nabubulag sa misinformation/disinformation which the same face of "coercive persuasion".

Sa pagsabay ng innovation, pag-ikot ng mundo at mga regulasyon, ligtas po kaya ang ganitong constitution?

Datapwat may mga loko-loko ngunit walang manloloko kung walang magpapaloko.

"Press freedom" ay hindi po masyadong related sa konseptong ito bagkus ito'y tungkol sa KALIGTASAN ng tao...




I've seen part of their claim for this is that people can no longer report government malpractice anonymously or become state witness without being recognized.

Although Smart and Globe have registered about 46% & 32% of their subscribers, both telcos have requested an extension of the government-mandated April 26 SIM card deadline.

Globe says the low registration turnout was caused by the lack of valid gov't IDs and digital literacy.

Actually, ganito ginagawa ng China para mamonitor nila mga communist Citizens nila & marestrict sila na makagamit ng digital banking.

I think itong sim registration is an idea that came from China.

SIM Registration is until April 26 only!




• SMART - smart.com.ph/simreg or simreg.smart.com.ph

• GLOBE - new.globe.com.ph/simreg

• DITO - digital.dito.ph/pto/download/a…




SIMs not registered within the said period shall be automatically deactivated.

I understand the telcos will lose a lot if they deactivate all those unregistered SIM cards, but I'm okay with their request to extend the SIM registration if they will financially reimburse all SCAM victims (from the deadline) from unregistered SIMs.

The deadline for SIM card registration looms near but its promises are still far from the truth.

Though the SIM Registration Law promises that it would deter SIM-aided criminal activity, its enactment would still not stop scams and spams.

Instead, it will facilitate the disenfranchisement of a vast majority of Filipinos unable to register while our data privacy and security is compromised.

Respondents of Pulse Asia survey commissioned by Sen. Gatchalian favors Mandatory ROTC

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Kabataan party-list lawmaker Raoul Manuel on Wednesday cast doubt on a poll showing that 78% of Filipino adults want mandatory ROTC restored, pointing to the poll's wording and saying students should have been the majority surveyed.

The Pulse Asia poll was commissioned by Senator Sherwin Gatchalian, the chairperson of the Senate basic education panel and an advocate for the return of mandatory ROTC. The pollster said it surveyed 1,200 Filipinos nationwide aged 18 and above.

8 out of 10 or more Filipinos are in favor of the controversial proposal to revive the mandatory ROTC program in the country, as opposed to the number of those bucking it, according to a Pulse Asia Survey.

Weeeeee... yong totoo! Noong college nga ako. Majority of my male classmates abhor ROTC. I have not talked to any student who is willing to take ROTC.

Bakit hindi kasama ang 18 below? Sila kasi ang magtetake ng ROTC. Hindi naman above 18. Wrong target population naman yan. Sana tinanong nyo naman yng mga Senior High School Students who are about to take that ROTC kagaya ng anak ko. Your survey is a big LIE.. . FALSE ASIA. Nonsensical.

If there’s something that needs to be fixed, remove the 2 extra years that robs the parents those people who are paying for the tuition of those K12 kids made it well without the whatevers of K12.

They can't see and feel (yet) that HAZING had been and will again become part and parcel of the ROTC. FALSE sense of nationalism and patriotism ang ROTC, tingnan ang BREED of FILIPINO POLITICIANS ngayon na halos lahat nag-ROTC. Nakakasuka, kawalanghiyaan nilang corruption and pillaging of the nation.

If a newspaper wanted to provide proper context, it should have started this with "A Pulse Asia survey commissioned by senator so-and-so says..." - it tells us that a public official had motives in putting this survey out, and the public can tread carefully when reading results. Presenting this story with "More Filipinos are in favor... " is quite misleading. Smh.

I wonder who were the ones that got surveyed. Probably the older generation who paid to finish CAT/ROTC and not the younger generation.

Of the 1200 respondents, how many are

-parents who want to delegate the responsibility of teaching kids discipline & nationalism to the government

-adults who were once ROTC/CAT officers

-adults who no longer have to take ROTC

-sellers of army fatigues, boots, & accessories

Where did they find the pool of respondents? The range of ages above 18 is huge, for all we know they surveyed non students too. Also, 1200 people barely represents the general Filipino population.

Aside from the results, may he also disclose the number of respondents by demographics (age, gender), by course and yr level and by school if ever?

Why commission a survey when you can directly ask all HEI's their enrollment on NSTP where ROTC is one of it's components aside from CWTS and LTS? Is the sampling of 1,200 respondents more accurate than the former? What are your samplings? Students or the common masa who rarely know better? 78% in favor?

If you are confident that most Pinoys are in favor of ROTC, make it optional. Let's see if there are more than 78% who will be joining. That would be the real survey!

Btw, Did Gatchalian attend ROTC? He paid for the survey, what results can you expect? Reveal the questions. Were the students and parents asked about the cost of uniforms and the transpo & food to be spent by the parents? Most likely not.

The parents are also not the correct respondents to the survey. The youth will surely be against it. Should Parental consent be the primary question?

As far as I know, students who are undergoing ROTC are from Senior High School and College Levels. Meaning, they are no longer minors to be "supervised". They know what thay are signing-up for and they have their own mental capacity to decide for themselves.

Better yet, Filipinos who want to revive ROTC should apply as reservist themselves. Maybe, we won’t need to force others because we’ll have enough numbers.

Again, nobody believes this “commissioned” surveys. Reeks of lutong macao. What if one paid to skew data to ensure the results go into the direction they prefer? Kung ikaw ang kinomisyon, alangan naman taliwas results mo dun sa nag-commission eh kung hindi magbayad?

Mind conditioning na naman ang ganitong survey/news report. Using surveys to sway public opinion again and again and again. One of the examples of using Statistics to serve an agenda.

I don`t believe in survey, it can be manipulated especialy in our country where politician don't have any integrity. They always used survey to justify their motives wether it is moral or bad.

I went througj ROTC. I would not want it for our kids, grandkids, great grandkids, and so on.

If ever passed, ROTC training should include disaster preparedness, assistance, control and management, survival, first aid as well as road traffic education, assistance, control and other community assistance involvement. Itigil na yung kalokohang pagbabad sa init ng araw.

Threatening comments by the Chinese ambassador Huang Xilian to the Philippines

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"Speaking at the 8th Manila Forum, Chinese Ambassador to the Philippines Huang Xilian says “The Philippines is advised to unequivocally oppose Taiwan independence rather than stoking the fire by offering the US access to the military bases near the Taiwan Strait if you care…"

Chinese Ambassador to the Philippines Huang Xilian's call to the Philippines to oppose Taiwan's independence in order to secure the lives of 150,000 Filipinos working in the country is the statement of a hostage-taker.

How dare Xilian barter with our people's lives to promote Beijing's hegemonic agenda in the region! We call on the Marcos administration to immediately declare the Chinese ambassador persona non grata and expel him from our country. Xilian is a hostage-taker, not an ambassador.

We don't negotate with hostage takers. He has no right to threaten our citizens while enjoying our country's hospitality.

We remind China that the Philippines is an independent and sovereign country with the freedom to form alliances and partnerships with other nations including the closely watched Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement (EDCA), to promote state-to-state cooperation and explore platforms to engage on a range of bilateral, regional, and global issues.

While these agreements are far from perfect and should still be subject to the Filipinos' scrutiny & criticisms, no foreign entity has the authority to dictate to us which of these are beneficial or not, much less threaten the lives of our citizens to force us to choose its side.

Senator Risa Hontiveros responds to Chinese Ambassador Huang Xilian’s statement that the Philippines is ‘stoking the fire’ by giving the US access to its military bases near the Taiwan Strait.

The Senator urged Malacañang to have Chinese Ambassador Huang Xilian sent back to China for his “truly disgraceful” statements, which she said were a threat.

She has urged the Palace to tell Beijing to recall Chinese Ambassador Huang Xilian after he “advised” the Philippines against supporting Taiwan if the country “cares genuinely” about the OFWs in the self-governing island.

Chinese Ambassador Huang Xilian, along with his country’s ships and artificial islands in the West Philippine Sea (WPS), should pack up and leave.

The Chinese ambassador to the Philippines indicated that the safety and welfare of tens of thousands of Filipinos working in Taiwan might be jeopardized if Manila does not oppose the independence of the island nation that Beijing claims to be a part of China.

Is this China openly threatening the lives of Filipinos living and working in Taiwan? It feels like a threat.

The Philippines, especially this government, should stand firm against a bully like China. If Taiwan can stand firm for their independence, much more should the Philippines.

Let's have more EDCA sites to counter the bullies of our seas!

Apart from Senator Hontiveros, are there other legislators who have called out the despicable remarks of the Chinese ambassador? The only government official to raise this issue is a woman

The silence is deafening but also quite telling.

The Independence of Taiwan is legitimate as the citizens of the country are unanimously in approval of their freedom and liberty to Beijing’s rule and governance! What has this got to do with the Filipinos?

China is simply extorting Philippines to gain support from nations who they can bully into submission. This is normal for them.

Let's see how this administration will respond to a seemingly threat by an ambassador residing in the Philippines.

Is this a representation of China in its true color?. It knows no civility and international laws – a god unto itself?

Lesson from history: Never empower a communist country with the hope they switch to democracy. This is what happens. Do as we say or we'll take all that is yours. This is there version of "love thy neighbor" with Chinese characteristics.

However, China's embassy in the Philippines on Sunday said that its ambassador Huang Xilian's remarks about overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) in Taiwan were misquoted, misunderstood, or taken out of context.

Was he indeed misquoted, misunderstood, or taken out of context? Which lie are they going with? Read the transcript!

Excuse me! He was talking in plain English! How do you misquote something like that! Don't regard us as fools! Get out of our country!

There’s no such thing as misinterpreted or misquoted in international diplomacy. The ambassador is the alter-ego of the country it represents.

It is what it is, it was a veiled THREAT!

The Chinese Ambassador in PH should be declared persona non grata or a non-acceptable person in the Philippines.