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By VIRGIL LOPEZ, GMA News Published March 2, 2021 9:59pm Popular Filipino street food isaw and a certain Captain Ri found their way into the debate on the constitutionality of the controversial anti-terror law at the Supreme Court (SC) on Tuesday. Associate Justice Amy Lazaro Javier tackled the two subjects as she grilled Alfredo Molo III, counsel for one of the petitioners against the measure at the resumption of oral arguments. Javier recalled that the petitioners objected to the definition of material support in the law as this could include even mundane things. The law defines material support to terrorist acts as any property, tangible or intangible, including currency, lodging, lethal substances, explosives, personnel, and transportation. ....
Philippines lacks ‘good’ police work, intelligence in fighting terrorism petitioners By VIRGIL LOPEZ, GMA News Published March 2, 2021 6:37pm Opponents of the anti-terror law said Tuesday the Philippines should improve its defense against terrorism as they reiterated their plea to the Supreme Court (SC) to scrap the measure due to alleged constitutional infirmities. Jose Anselmo Cadiz, counsel for some of the petitioners, told the high court that any law “which contradicts the Constitution must be struck down and that is what the anti-terror law is all about.” “What is really lacking is good police work and good intelligence work. I think these are sorely lacking in our jurisdiction,” said Cadiz, a former solicitor general, when asked by Associate Justice Rodil Zalameda whether there was a need for the Philippines to have an anti-terror legislation. ....
Supreme Court Associate Justice Alexander Gesmundo on Tuesday said the Anti-Terrorism Act could not be voided for allegedly being vague and overboard unless there ....
Chilling effect refers to that pause in the writer as he composes his words, says Alfredo Molo III, counsel for the petitioners. It is the hesitation inside the mind of the speaker because of a vague and overbroad law. He doesn’t know whether the next word he will say will be criminal or in this case, mark him as a terrorist. ....
(Photo courtesy of Save Our Schools Network) In a joint statement, Save Our Schools Network (SOSN) and Sabokahan Unity of Lumad Women said that, since July 2020, the lumad, Moro, and other national minority individuals and organizations have been filing petitions to question the constitutionality of the anti-terror law. The groups added that the anti-terror law targets indigenous peoples and their advocates, citing the arrest of two Aeta evacuees Japer Gurung and Junior Ramos, who were both falsely charged with “terrorism” in November 2020. Arms and explosives were allegedly seized from Gurung and Ramos. “Since the implementation of anti-terror law, we have seen heightened attacks against individuals, organizations, and schools that are committed to empowering Lumad youth to defend their ancestral lands. It is the government’s association between ‘terrorism’ and environmental and education advocacy that forces us to fear for our students’ and fellow t ....