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of Nissan Philippines Inc. The NPI President and Managing Director is set on making a mark in the Philippine car market with the global automotive brand’s characteristic aesthetic and impressive driving innovations.

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style and luxury Issue CONTENTS 12 contributors

49 holiday gift guide

120 fashion

Meet the people behind the issue

Our picks for the best stuffing stuffers this season, and our editorial team’s wish list

We get schooled in fashion as we highlight the unique characters of the work of different local designers

14 editor's note The Fine Print

65 dinner on display

129 nyfw

18 news

Editor-at-Large Melo Esguerra gives his report on fashion in the Big Apple

A rundown of Cebu’s latest trends

A look at the festive holiday dinner we hosted at Rustan’s Department Store, and excerpts from the conversations on Christmas, Cebu and luxury

26 la vie en rose

75 closet cases

Mayenne Carmona lists her favorite style stars, and shares snippets of her visit to Crimson Boracay

Stylish women Nelly Egle, Jaja Chiongbian-Rama and Maria Gigante let us into their closets to talk about their personal style

32 oj jottings Binibining Cebu 2017

38 out of space Windy Gancayco of Gassho Center talks about space cl

PER CURIAM:

A petitioner's demise extinguishes his or her legal capacity, which would warrant the dismissal of any of his or her pleadings pending in court. Moreover, when one acts as a private complainant to a criminal action, his or her role is confined to being a mere witness whose interest is limited only to the civil liability. The criminal aspect can only be undertaken by the State through the Office of the Solicitor General or any other person specifically authorized by law. Without any action on their part, the criminal action cannot prosper.

This case involves a man with cognitive disability who, at 24 years old, was made by his legal guardians to undergo bilateral vasectomy without his consent. Aware of the special circumstances of this case, this Court is called upon to draw the line between a valid exercise of parental authority over a person with disability, and the commission of child abuse as contemplated and penalized by Republic Act No. 7610, or the Special Protection of Children Against Abuse, Exploitation, and Discrimination Act. This case also seeks to establish whether the cause of action and attribution of criminal liability survive the death of petitioner Sister Pilar Versoza (Sister Versoza), pending resolution of her Petition.

This Court resolves the Petition for Review on Certiorari filed by Sister Versoza, assailing the Decision and Resolution of the Court of Appeals. The Court of Appeals affirmed the dismissal of the Information for violation of Republic Act No. 7610 filed against Pedro Aguirre (Pedro), Michelina S. Aguirre-Olondriz (Michelina), and Dr. Marissa Pascual (Dr. Pascual). Sister Versoza further prays for the issuance of an order directing the Regional Trial Court "to proceed with the indictment and prosecution of the accused-respondents" and to allow "petitioner through private prosecutor, to prosecute said case

A SOLUTION WORSE THAN THE PROBLEM

The speed with which Congress is moving on a bill further institutionalizing a little known Department of Education program on sexuality education has alarmed many groups, who say it will spawn more serious problems than the crisis it seeks to blunt, i.e., the rise in teen pregnancies.

IBy Claudeth Mocon-Ciriaco

T is purported to help address an undeniable problem—the alarming rise of teenage pregnancies in the country—but why are parents and some groups up in arms over the implementation of a Comprehensive Sexuality Education (CSE) program by the education department, and further embedded in Senate Bill (SB) 1979, otherwise known as the Prevention of Adolescent Pregnancy Act of 2023?

The CSE—and by extension, the bill—is facing a backlash after a video of Project Dalisay circulated online recently, drawing attention to the dire implications of the Department of Education’s (DepEd) CSE program and Senate Bill 1979, authored by Sen. Risa Hontiveros. In the Facebook page of Project Dalisay posted on January 10, “Explainer Video: Unmasking the Perils of CSE,” former Chief Justice Lourdes Sereno, Chair of the PCEC Legal Advisory and Public Policy Review Commission and one of the convenors of the National Coalition for the Family and the Constitution (NCFC), said that in 2018

DepEd adopted CSE, which was pushed by United Nations agencies Unesco, UNFPA, and the Unicef.

“Duty nila [DepEd], na lahat ng references nilang dinikit, kasi iro -roll out na eh, should have been examined categorically as compliant with the Constitution. The Constitution requires us to look at the family’s life as sacred and as the foundation of the nation.

“The DepEd did not consult the parents, the Filipino parents, neither did they consult the faith community. They just rolled it out. Why? Because they need to comply with the international push to promote the CSE,” Sereno said.

ON COMPREHENSIVE SEXUALITY