by magnolia_eic | Sep 16, 2010 | Headlines, National News
ANG Incident Investigation and Review Committee (IIRC) mo submitir sa ilang report sa
nahitabong hostage crisis niadtong Agusto 23 sa Biyernes human napakyas paghuman sa
gitakda nilang deadline nga Miyerkoles.
Niadtong Martes sa gabii, si IIRC chairperson Justice Secretary Leila de Lima nagkanayon
nga ang panel mo submitir ngadto ni Presidente Benigno Simeon Aquino III sa Biyernes,
duha ka adlaw human sa orihinal nga target nga adlaw sa pag submitir.
Sa pakighinabi sa mga tigbalita, si De Lima ni ingon nga iya nang gipahibalo daan ang
President nga dili pa siguro sila makahatag sa maong report sa Miyerkoles ug posibleng sa
Biyernes na.
Ang maong report mag basi sa forensic reports sa mga imbestigador sa kagamhanan ug sa
mga detalye nga natigum sulod sa lima ka adlaw nga IIRC marathon hearings sa niaging
semana.
Niadtong Agosto 23, si dismissed police officer Rolando Mendoza mi hijack sa usa ka
tourist bus sa Manila nga nagsakay og 21 ka turista gikan Hong Kong ug upat ka Pinoy. Si
Mendoza nga nangayo sa iyang reinstatement, napatay uban sa walo ka turista gikan Hong
Kong human sa 11-ka oras nga standoff.
Ang kagamhanan sa Pilipinas ug kapolisan nakadawat og grabeng pagsaway gikan sa
international community tungod sa pamaagi sa pagdumala sa maong hostage crisis. (PIA)
by magnolia_eic | Sep 16, 2010 | Headlines, National News
THE Commission on Elections (Comelec) will implement a total gun ban on September 25,
exactly a month before the October 25 barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) elections.
Poll Commissioner Gregorio Larrazabal said the gun ban for the October 25 elections will last
from September 25 to November 10.
Meanwhile, the Philippine National Police (PNP) will be as strict in implementing the gun ban
as they did months before the May 10 national elections.
PNP spokesman, Senior Superintendent Agrimero Cruz Jr. said that only members of the
PNP, AFP and law enforcement agencies will be allowed to carry firearms, and even then,
they should be in uniform and on duty.
Cruz reminded the PNP personnel not to take the firearm ban for granted, saying they may
face penalties if they are caught with their firearms while they are not in uniform or on duty.
Cruz added that the gun ban for the May 10 elections helped lessen the number of election-
related violent incidents. (PIA)
by magnolia_eic | Sep 16, 2010 | Headlines, National News
MALAYSIA will continue to act as facilitator at the resumption of peace talks in Mindanao.
Foreign Affairs Secretary Alberto Romulo disclosed this Tuesday following the courtesy call
of Malaysian Foreign Minister Dato Sri Anifah Aman on President Benigno S. Aquino III in
Malacanang.
Romulo said Malaysia has been playing a constructive and positive role to encourage a
peaceful resolution in the Mindanao problem.
The President welcomed Minister Anifah who was accompanied by Malaysian Ambassador
to the Philippines Dato’ Seri Dr. Ibrahim Saad.
Also present during the call were Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process (OPAPP)
Secretary Teresita Deles and DFA Undersecretary Erlinda Basilio.
Minister Anifah’s visit centered on Malaysia’s role in the formal peace negotiations scheduled
this month between the Government of the Republic of the Philippines (GRP) and Moro
Islamic Liberation Front (MILF).
As its closest neighbor in the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN), the
Philippines earlier decided to retain Malaysia as third party facilitator in the resumption of the
GRP-MILF peace talks, a role which Malaysia has assumed since 2001.
Since 2004, Malaysia also led the International Monitoring Team together with Libya, Japan
and Brunei which successfully contributed to the comprehensive peace process in Mindanao.
(PCOO/PIA)
by magnolia_eic | Sep 16, 2010 | Headlines, National News
NANUMPA si Deputy Director General Raul Bacalzo isip ika 16 nga hepe sa kapolisan sa nasud atubangan ni Presidente Benigno S. Aquino III niadtong Sept. 13.
Si Bacalzo maoy puli ni PNP Director General Jesus Versoza kinsa moretiro na.
Siya, kinsa usa usab ka bar-topnotcher sa pasulit sa mga abogado niadtong 1984 kanhi maoy nangulo sa Task Force Usig, ang bahan sa kapolisan nga gitahasan pag-imbestiga sa mga extrajudicial killings.
Si Bacalso mao nay tahurong pangulo sa 135 mil ka kapolisan sa tibuok nasud.
Gradwado sa Philippine Military Academy “Masikap” class niadtong 1977, nasuwayan na usab niya ang pagka company commander sa Mindanao ug Luzon.
Sa iyang pagka-abogado, natudlo siyang sa makaduha ka higayon isip special prosecutor sa Department of Justice, ug natudlo usab nga sakop sa Peace Negotiating Panel gikan sa 1993 hangtod sa 1998. (PIA)
by magnolia_eic | Sep 15, 2010 | Headlines, National News
Newly-appointed Philippine National Police Chief Gen. Raul M. Bacalzo on Tuesday morning vowed to continue the good work that his predecessors started shortly after assuming the leadership from Gen. Jesus Versoza.
Witnessing the change of command, in a ceremony held at the Philippine National Police (PNP) headquarters at Camp Crame, were President Benigno Simeon Aquino III and Interior Secretary Jesse Robredo.
Hundreds of active and retired police officers and the provincemates and classmates of Bacalzo from his law school at the University of the East and his mistahs at the Philippine Military Academy Class 1977 attended the change of command. Bacalzo served for five years in concurrent capacity as member of the GRP Peace Negotiating Panel in 1993 to 1998.
Bacalzo is an outstanding graduate of the Masikap Class of 1977 of the Philippine Military Academy landing both in the Dean’s List and Commandant’s list and finishing 12th in the 1984 bar with a rating of 87.43 percent. He made a strong point towards training and re-training of police men to transform them as a “mentor to all, a problem-solver as needed and a teacher to others.”
He enumerated the three tenets of his leadership: a) Our service is a continuing challenge to right what is wrong and review our policies and implement practical action plans; b) discipline, perseverance and dedication will be the hallmarks of our service and c) every police officer must learn the lessons well, focus on the day-to-day responsibilities and push the program for reform.
Stressing that PNP’s training will go back to basics, Bacalzo cited the importance of “reviving the virtues of discipline and courtesy, good manners and right conduct that are the hallmarks of a public servant and essential to being a good citizen.” (PCOO/PIA)
by magnolia_eic | Sep 15, 2010 | Headlines, National News
President Benigno S. Aquino III maintained on Monday that legalizing jueteng will never happen under his administration.
In an ambush interview after the oath taking of the members of the Truth Commission and other government officials, the President said he will not tolerate and is definitely not in favor of legalizing the numbers game.
“Gambling is not a productive venture except for the people who run it,” he said noting that there is no output in the operation of jueteng.
He urged his critics to concentrate on moving the economy forward rather than pushing for the legalization of jueteng.
The President revealed that prior to the expose of retired Lingayen-Dagupan Archbishop Oscar Cruz, he has already ordered Interior Secretary Jesse Robredo to come up with a comprehensive plan to stamp out jueteng.
The Chief Executive said he wants Robredo to include in his reports how to prevent those involved in jueteng from jumping to other illegal trades like drug trafficking, if the illegal numbers game is stamped out.
The President added that he wants Robredo to study how the government can make small town lottery (STL) more “competitive” against jueteng, which is believed to be more popular in the localities where STL was marketed as an alternative. (PCOO/PIA)
