by magnolia_eic | Dec 30, 2010 | Headlines, National News
MANILA, Philippines – President Aquino is hesitant to free convicted rapists and drug dealers for good behavior in the spirit of Christmas and the New Year.
He told reporters that he found it “difficult to sign” the first batch of pardon applications presented to him.
Aquino wants the Board of Pardons and Parole (BPP) to be more strict in granting commutation, pardon and parole applications.
The penal system must be patterned after the one in the US, where felons sentenced to life are made to suffer the full penalty.
Aquino said he would be releasing or commuting the sentence of convicts who truly deserve executive clemency.
“We want a more thorough system for vetting and granting of pardons and parole, and (maybe) more participation of the offended family,” he said.
Justice Secretary Leila de Lima is amenable to the idea, especially since the justice secretary no longer sits as chair of the BPP, which processes the applications.
“The President just wanted to make sure that the ones being recommended for commutations, pardon, parole etc are truly deserving and (go through the process).”
De Lima said around 100 convicts are eligible for commutation of sentence and about 12 inmates are due for conditional pardon.
“We have to be very restrictive and stringent when it comes to high crimes and he (Aquino) wants that put into the guidelines so we are studying it,” she told reporters.
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by magnolia_eic | Dec 29, 2010 | Headlines, National News, Weather Coverage
MANILA, Philippines – Scattered rain showers may dampen the New Year celebration in some parts of the country, the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa) said today.
Pagasa weather branch chief Robert Sawi said the northeasterly wind would continue to bring mostly cloudy skies with scattered rains over the eastern sections of Luzon and Visayas starting Wednesday until Saturday, New Year’s Day.
Sawi said the rest of the country, including Metro Manila, would experience cloudy skies with light rains because of the northeast monsoon.
Meanwhile, for the next 24 hours, Pagasa said Luzon would experience mostly cloudy skies with light rains Visayas, on the other hand, would be mostly cloudy with scattered rainshowers and isolated thunderstorms, becoming cloudy with widespread rains over eastern Visayas which may trigger flasfloods and landslides.
Mindanao would have partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated rain showers or thunderstorms. Pagasa also said moderate to rough seas would prevail over Luzon and the Visayas.
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by magnolia_eic | Dec 28, 2010 | Headlines, National News
MANILA, Philippines – Three days before New Year’s Eve, the Department of Health (DOH) recorded 145 new fireworks-related injuries, mostly caused by the banned firecracker piccolo.
The firecracker, caused 70 of the injuries. Fifteen were injured by kwitis, and 13 by “Five Star.”
The ages of the victims ranged from one to 55. Thirteen suffered amputations, while 24 sustained eye injuries. Ninety-six consciously handled firecrackers, while 23 were intoxicated.
DOH also monitored one case of poisoning from “pop-out,” a firecracker that goes off when it hits a hard surface.
Most of the 155 incidents recorded from Dec. 21 to 27 happened in Metro Manila.
As the New Year revelry nears with more injuries and emergencies to come, the Philippine National Police (PNP) confiscated 168,745 illegal pyrotechnic products nationwide in police operations that started Dec. 16.
The public is encouraged to report through PNP Text 2920 individuals in possession of illegal firecrackers.
Private citizens may also text the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) at 0917-847-5757 for information on traders selling firecrackers without license from DTI and PNP.
The customary use of firecrackers to celebrate the coming of the new year was borrowed from the Chinese who believe the noise drives away evil spirits.
Ironically, the Chinese government is considering a ban on the use of firecrackers to reduce air pollution, especially in the city of Beijing.
The Philippine government has a law regulating the manufacture, sale and use of fireworks, one provision of which is the designation of pyrotechnics zones.
Under the law, common types of firecrackers and pyrotechnic devices, which may be manufactured, sold, and used, include baby rocket, bawang, small triangulo, pulling of strings, paper caps, el diablo, watusi,?Judas’ belt, sky rocket or kwitis, luces, special roman candle, and trompillo, fountain, whistle, and butterfly.
The law bans the manufacture, sale, and use of big triangle, super lolo, mother rocket, five-star, pla pla, and bin laden.
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by admin | Dec 25, 2010 | Headlines, National News
The Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) has released the results of the December 2010 Licensure examination for Dentists. 251 out of the 787 examinees passed.
The top 10 examinees are:
1 PIA DELA CRUZ BRIONES UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES-MANILA 85.12
2 JEFALYN MAE SALOMON GARCIA UNIVERSITY OF BAGUIO 84.04
2 LEONIDA PASCUA GARCIA UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES-MANILA 84.04
3 DINDO AGUSTIN RABINO UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES-MANILA 83.67
4 ARIANE TORRERES SADIANG-ABAY UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES-MANILA 83.33
5 MA FATIMA BERNALDEZ DOLOR UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES-MANILA 83.24
6 ANDRIANNE ANG GOMEZ UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES-MANILA 83.18
6 JOANNA BLESS TAGO YAP CEBU DOCTORS UNIVERSITY 83.18
7 KATRINA PE LO UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES-MANILA 83.17
8 ROXANNE DELA PIERRE DONATO UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES-MANILA 83.10
9 ULYSSES CATACUTAN PATALINGHUG UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES-MANILA 82.84
10 REUEL CUCIO BEATRIZ ADVENTIST UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES 82.65
The results may be searced on PRCPassers.com.
by magnolia_eic | Dec 13, 2010 | Headlines, National News
GIDEKLARA sa Malacañang ang Disyembre 25 ug 27 nga mga regular non-working holiday
agi’g paghatag og taas nga holidays sa mga Pinoy.
Una nang gi anunsyo ni Presidente Benigno S. Aquino III ang Dis-yembre 24 ug 31 nga mga
special non-working holiday.
Matud pa kang Presidential Communications Sec. Herminio Coloma Jr., gideklara ang
Disyembre 27 isip regular working holiday agi’g pagsunod sa Proclamation 1841 o holiday
economics tungod kay ang maong petsa ang pinaka-duol nga Lunes alang sa Disyembre 30
diin isaulog ang Rizal Day. (PIA-Bohol)
by magnolia_eic | Dec 13, 2010 | Headlines, National News
NAKADAWAT og talagsaong pagdayeg si Presidente Aquino gikan ni Senador Joker Arroyo
sa desisyon niini nga wala magpadala og representante sa Pilipinas alang sa Nobel Peace
Prize awarding ceremony.
Mao kini ang nahimong desisyon sa Presidente aron ma-engganyo ang China nga dili
ipadayon ang pagbitay sa lima ka overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) nga napahamtangan og
kamatayon tungod sa kasong drug trafficking.
Giangkon sa Presidente nga mas prayoridad sa gobyerno ang national interest aron maluwas
ang mga Pinoy nga bitayon sa China.
Gikompirma usab sa Department of Foreign Affairs nga walay mapadalang representante
ang Pilipinas sa Norway alang sa awarding sa Chinese dissident nga si Liu Xiaobo nga
napreso og 11 ka tuig tungod sa subversion case.
Nasagmuyo ang kagamhanang China sa nahimong desisyon sa Nobel Prize committee
human nga si Liu ang napiling modawat og pasidungog.
Nibahad ang China sa mga nasud nga maapektuhan ang ilang relasyon o diplomatic ties kon
magpadala og tinugyanan ug suportahan ang maong pasidungog kang Liu.
Aduna nay gidusong apela si Presidente Aquino sa gobyerno sa China nga nangayo og
clemency alang sa lima ka Pinoy nga nasentensyahan og kamatayon.
Gitandi ni Senador Arroyo ang maong desisyon ni Presidente Aquino sa kanhi
administrasyong Arroyo sa pag withdraw sa tropang Pinoy gikan sa Iraq nga matud pa niya
nga dili sayon nga himuong desisyon. (PIA-Bohol)
