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Mark Joseph Solis receives the award and prizes, including flight tickets and accommodation to Brazil and Chile, for bagging the grand prize in the 'Smiles for the World' photo contest organized by the Chile Embassy in Manila on September 18 at the Cultural Center of the Philippines. He later admitted that he simply lifted from someone else's Flickr account the winning photograph. Video courtesy of Raymond C. Ordoñez

From GMA News . Senate Majority Floor Leader Vicente Sotto III on Tuesday apologized for upsetting the Kennedy family but maintained that he did not plagiarize parts of his speeches. In a privilege speech on Tuesday, Sotto answered the allegations made against him by 37 individuals who filed an ethics complaint against him earlier in the day for alleged plagiarism. He reiterated that he never claimed parts of his speech as his own and that he always said he got them from other sources. "Wala po akong inangkin so papaano po ako mag-a-apologize ng plagiarism eh wala po akong plinagiarize... sinabi ko ngang hindi akin... para hong pinagpiplead guilty ako sa murder eh ang dapat charge physical injuries," he said. Sotto said his accusers are still basing their allegation on the draft copy of his speech where his blanket attribution was not yet included. "Maliwanag po doon sa tatlong turno en contra speeches ko [na] ilang ulit ko pong sinabi and the journal will be...

Saw this on Pro RH Bill's Facebook page . The formal complaint sent by the Robert F. Kennedy Center for Justice & Human Rights to Senator Tito Sotto against plagiarizing Robert F. Kennedy's speech.

Comedian Tito Sotto's Privilege Speech on September 5, 2012 was again a copy of someone else's work. This time, he copied from Robert F. Kennedy’s speech during Day of Affirmation on June 6 1966. However, he did translate it into Filipino hoping maybe that people won't catch it. But sharp eyed bloggers still found out where he copied the speech from. Here's the speech compared with Robert F. Kennedy's speech. Courtesy of When in Manila's Facebook Page Courtesy of Pro RH Bill Courtesy of  Pro RH Bill And of course, a new addition to our vocabulary. Courtesy of Abigail Pastera Abela

I just read this article in the Inquirer about the plagiarism issue of Tito Sotto. Suffice to say, it got my blood boiling. How stupid can these people be? Just because a blogger wrote it doesn't mean it's free for all. Just because someone took a photo doesn't mean someone can use it for free and make money out of it. The worst part is, they said that it's common practice in the Senate so it's ok to copy. Here's what Tito Sotto's chief of staff Hector Villacorta said, “We plagiarized the US Constitution. All the amendments became our Bill of Rights. But do they call us a plagiaristic country? No, because the law is based on precedent,” Sotto’s chief of staff said. “Even our Insurance Code is a plagiarized document. The proposed freedom of information bill is plagiarized. What’s more, the Senate and House (of Representatives) versions of the RH bill are very similar. So who is plagiarizing who?” he added. Villacorta reminded everyone that “the ...

Have you read this article about the speech by PLDT Chair Manuel V. Pangilinan on the graduation ceremony in Ateneo on March 26 and 27? It was said that portions of the speech was copied from speeches of Barack Obama, J.K. Rowling, Oprah Winfrey and Conan O'Brien. Part of his speech included this line from the graduation speech of Conan O'Brien, "Forty-four years ago, I sat where you now sit. I also thought what you now think: What is going to happen to me? Where can I find a job? Am I really graduating a virgin?" His public relations department did say that Manuel V. Pangilinan uses the services of speechwriters. Even though it was the speechwriters fault, he did take full responsibility for the mistake and sent in a letter to resign being the Chair of the Ateneo board of trustees. The details of the speech was in Facebook but has already been taken down. I don't have the full transcript of the speech. But here's a video of Conan O'Brien's graduatio...