by magnolia_eic | Feb 6, 2011 | Headlines, National News
WALAY PLANO si Presidente Aquino nga magmugna og anti-crime czar human sa
nahitabong dugo-ong bus bombing diin 5 katawo ang namatay sa Makati City.
Matud pa ni Presidential Spokesman Edwin La-cierda nga dili na kinahanglan ang anti-crime
czar tungod kay daku ang pagsalig sa Presidente sa iyang Kabinete.
Si Lacierda niingon nga walay nakitang hinungdan si PNoy nga magmugna og anti-crime
czar tungod kay naa raman ang DILG chief, PNP chief, AFP chief ug ang iyang National
Security Council members.
Mahinumdoman nga pipila ka sektor ang misugyot kang Aquino nga magmugna og
permanenteng anti-crime czar human sa sunod-sunod nga carnapping ug ang bus bombing
sa mga milabay’ng adlaw.
Nagtuo usab ang Malacañang nga dili daku og epekto sa business climate ang nahitabong
bus bombing human niingon si Trade Sec. Gregory Domingo nga sulod lamang sa duha ka
semana, malimtan na ang maong panghitabo ug magpadayon ang sadya nga pagnegosyo
sa nasud. (ecbPIABohol)
by magnolia_eic | Feb 6, 2011 | Tech Talk
Egyptian authorities have restored the country’s Internet connection after about 5 days of being shutdown starting January 28, 2011. Mobile phone service was also shutdown shortly after the Internet service providers pulled the plug.
Protests against Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak and his government has been going on for several days and the disconnection was viewed as a way to disrupt communications among protest organizers. The protesters stood their ground, but thousands of Mubarak supporters clashed with them in Cairo. Hundreds of people have been killed in the violence while thousands more are injured.
Connectivity was restored on February 2 at 11:34AM local time in Egypt.
The Internet has now become a very powerful tool to communicate with a vast amount of people and has become the media of choice to instantly send and receive messages through various social networks like Twitter and Facebook. The ability of the Egyptian government to shut it down in a time of civil unrest is a wake up call to all democratic nations. The Internet should be protected as a media for freedom of expression, much like TV, radio and print media. Not to mention that for most of the foreigners caught between Egypt’s civil unrest, the internet and their mobile phones may be the only way they could communicate with their family back home.
Let us hope that the Philiippine government will not allow the Internet to be shutdown in our country, no matter how bad the situation may become. All freedom loving people should protect it.
by magnolia_eic | Feb 3, 2011 | Headlines, National News
DILI uyon si Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile sa gidusong Constitutional Convention (Con-con) aron amyendahan ang Batakang Balaud.
Matud pa ni Sen. Enrile nga sa Con-con, magpili pa og mga delegado nga magdugang lamang sa galastohan sa gobyerno samtang mahimong am¬yendahan ang Konstitus¬yon pinaagi sa Constituent Assembly.
Niingon si Enrile nga mas gastos ang Con-con itandi sa Con-Ass tungod kay dili na kinahanglan nga mopahigayon og eleksyon sa mga delegado ug magdugang pa og mga staff.
Gipasabot pa ni Enrile nga pa¬bor siya sa Charter Change apan angay nga pinaagi sa Con-Ass ug dili sa Con-con.
“We can debate on that. We should be debating it so that the people will know what side they will take,” dugang pa ni Enrile. (ecbPIABohol)
by magnolia_eic | Feb 3, 2011 | Headlines, National News
GIPASABUT sa Mala¬cañang sa ikaduhang higayon ngadto sa Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) ang Responsible Parenthood nga giduso ni Presidente Benigno Aquino III.
Matud pa ni Presidential Spokesman Edwin Lacierda, gipasabut sa gobyerno sa tinugyanan sa CBCP ang pagduso ni Presidente Aquino sa Responsible Parenthood isip usa sa prayoridad niini sa Kongreso.
Si Sec. Lacierda niingon nga nagkasinabut ang tinugyanan sa gobyerno ug CBCP nga manghatag og impormasyon sa magtiayon kalabut sa family planning.
Dugang pa ni Lacierda, angay nga himuong klaro nga gawasnon ang magtiayon nga mopili sa gusto nilang pamaagi sa family planning ug dili ipugos ang artificial nga pamaagi sama sa condom ug pills.
Tumong usab sa gidusong Responsible Parenthood nga mapakunhod ang kakabus nga kahimtang sa nasud.
Gikatakdang plan¬tsahon usab sa sunod nga pulong sa sunod buwan ang mga probisyon sa gidusong balaud aron mahimong madawat og hangupon kini sa tanan. (ecbPIABohol)
by magnolia_eic | Feb 3, 2011 | Headlines, National News
Malacañang assured that there will be no “sacred cows” in its efforts to solve the spate of carjacking and other crimes in the country the past weeks.
In a media briefing at the Palace on Tuesday, Presidential Deputy Spokesperson Abigail Valte expressed the commitment of the Aquino administration in serving justice to those who will be proven guilty of involvement in the recent crimes even as she assured that the suspected culprits in the government will be put behind bars.
It will be recalled that Interior and Local Government Secretary Jesse Robredo, during a press briefing at the Palace on Monday, said that the brutal kidnap-slay of Manila-based car dealers is not yet closed as authorities will be conducting thorough investigations to identify the accomplices of the suspects in the government.
Robredo said they will be looking into the suspected collusion between the carnapping group and some government agencies that help perpetuate their illegal activity.
Robredo even questioned how Raymond Dominguez, a suspected car thief who was charged with carnapping and kidnapping with homicide in the Venson Evangelista slay case, managed to post bail several times in the past although one of the cases was a non-bailable offense.
According to Robredo, there should be a thorough investigation to determine if Dominguez and his group have cohorts in some government agencies.
He added that carnapping will not flourish if the suspects have no cohorts in the government to facilitate the registration process of the stolen vehicles. (PIA/PCOO)
