PASAY GOV’T WALANG MAGAWA SA NAGLIPANANG ‘PROSTI’

Sa kabila ng mahigpit na kampanya laban sa prostitusyon ng Pasay City government, lalo pang sumigla ang ganitong uri ng hanapbuhay sa ilang lugar sa lungsod.

Partikular na nabuhay ang maliligayang araw ng mga nagkalat na prostitutes sa kanto ng Taft Avenue at EDSA kung saan dikit-dikit din ang mga motel na nagsisimula na ring mapuno ng mga pumapasok na customers.

Aminado naman ang hepe ng Pasay city police na nahihirapan silang maipursige ang kaso ng mga babaing nahuhuli ng kanilang mga tauhan dahil na rin sa proteksiyon ng mga kababaihan sa ilalim ng umiiral na RA 9262 o Anti-Violence Against Women and their Children at ng Anti-Trafficking Law.

Sinabi ni Petrasanta na sa kabila ng puspusan nilang kampanya laban sa prostitusyon, batay na rin sa direktiba ng Pasay City Mayor, nauuwi lamang sa bagansiya o paglabag sa umiiral na ordinansa ang kaso ng mga nahuhuli nilang kababaihan at nakalalaya din kaagad sa bisa ng inilagak nilang piyansa.

Idinugtong pa niya na sa ilalim ng Anti-Trafficking Law, hindi puwedeng hulihin ang mga kababaihan dahil itinuturing silang mga biktima, maliban na lamang kung mayroon silang surveillance camera na magsisilbing matibay na ebidensiya upang patunayang sangkot sila sa prostitusyon. (People's Taliba/02-07-09)

Spider-Man and Captain America

STAMFORD, Conn. – It is assault charges for Spider-Man and Captain America, and breach of peace for Poison Ivy.

Police in Connecticut said a man dressed as Captain America and another as Spider-Man have been arrested after getting into a fight in Stamford over the Halloween weekend.

Stamford Police Lt. Elizabeth Erickson said officers found 25-year-old Michael Sanchez, dressed as Captain America, beating the father of 21-year-old Vincent DeCarlo, sporting a Spider-Man costume, in a parking garage Sunday morning.

The Stamford Advocate reported that DeCarlo allegedly punched Sanchez of Stamford as police tried to break up the scuffle.

DeCarlo's girlfriend, 18-year-old Nicole Bitterli of Toms River, N.J., dressed as Poison Ivy, also hit Sanchez.

Sanchez and DeCarlo face assault charges. Bitterli faces a breach of peace charges.

It was unclear if any had attorneys.

BRIEF PHILIPPINE HISTORY OF PRESIDENTIAL INAUGURATIONS

WHEN he takes his oath on June 30, Benigno "Noynoy" Aquino III will become only the fifth Philippine president to be sworn into office on this date.

Before the 1987 Constitution required presidential inaugurations to take place at noon of June 30, former presidents from Emilio Aguinaldo to Corazon Aquino took their oaths on different dates, according to research on past inaugurations done by writer and historian Manuel L. Quezon III.

In the more distant past, presidents were previously elected in November and inaugurated on December 30 — Jose Rizal Day — at the Quirino Grandstand (formerly Independence Grandstand) in Luneta.

Quezon said the heads of state felt it was "appropriate" to hold the inauguration on Rizal Day, which marks the martyrdom of the country's national hero.

He added that presidents usually choose the Quirino Grandstand as the inauguration venue because it faces the spot where Rizal was buried, and also the site of the independence ceremony in 1946, after World War II.

Six presidents have taken their respective oaths at the Quirino Grandstand: Elpidio Quirino (1949), Ramon Magsaysay (1953), Carlos P. Garcia (December 1957), Diosdado Macapagal (1961), Ferdinand E. Marcos (1965, 1969, and 1981), and Fidel V. Ramos (1992).

Other presidents took their oath of office at various other venues: Manuel L. Quezon (1935), Jose Laurel (1943), and Manuel Roxas (1946) at the Legislative Building in Manila; Sergio Osmeña (1944) in Washington D.C. in the United States; Elpidio Quirino (1949) and Carlos Garcia (March 1957) at the Malacañan Palace; and Aquino (1986) at Club Filipino in San Juan.

Only former presidents Joseph Estrada and Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo took their oaths and delivered their inaugural speeches in two different venues.

Both presidents delivered their inaugural speech at the Quirino Grandstand but Estrada (1998) took his oath at the Barasoain Church in Malolos City.

Quezon said Estrada opted to take his oath at the historical landmark in observance of the Philippine centennial. Aguinaldo, the Philippines’ first president, also took his oath there.

According to the National Historical Institute, the Barasoain Church is the site of at least three major historical events, including the drafting of the country's very first democratic Constitution.

Meanwhile, Arroyo (2004) took her oath at the capitol building of Cebu City in the Visayas, the Philippines’ third-largest island, making her the first Philippine president to be sworn into office outside the main island of Luzon.

Mrs. Arroyo also intentionally held her first Cabinet meeting in 2004 in Butuan City in Mindanao, allowing her to travel across the Philippines’ three main islands during her inauguration day.

SIMULTANEOUS INAUGURATIONS

While some presidential inaugurations share the same date and venue, each one is defined by the feel of the period in Philippine history.

Perhaps the most notable would be the simultaneous oath-taking of the late president Corazon Aquino and former president Ferdinand Marcos on the last day of the EDSA People Power revolution in 1986.

By then, Marcos’ nearly two-decade-long rule was coming to an end.

In December 1985, as local and international pressure for Marcos’ resignation increased, the late dictator announced that snap elections would be conducted on February 7, 1986.

But the offiicial results of the snap elections were contested, with charges of wholesale cheating and intimidation.

The Commission on Elections (Comelec), which Marcos controlled, proclaimed him the victor.

However, the National Citizens' Movement for Free Elections (NAMFREL), the election watchdog, insisted that Corazon Aquino, widow of Marcos critic and assassinated senator Benigno Aquino Jr., was the rightful winner.

So on February 25, 1986, both Marcos and Aquino took their respective oaths: Marcos at the Malacañan Palace in front of a crowd of Kilusang Bagong Lipunan (KBL) loyalists, and Aquino in a simple ceremony in front of hundreds of yellow-clad supporters at Club Filipino in Greenhills.

After Marcos' inauguration, the people power revolt forced Marcos and his family into exile.

MARCOS TAKES OATH THRICE

Before his ouster, Marcos took his oath as president of the Philippines three times: the first on December 30, 1965; the second on December 30, 1969; and the last on June 30, 1981. But he was not the only president to take his oath more than once.

Quezon also took his oath three times: on November 15, 1935; on December 30, 1941; and the last on November 15, 1943, when his second term had to be extended because of World War II.

Roxas had to retake his oath after the Philippines became independent from the United States on July 4, 1946. He became the president of the Republic of the Philippines after the country ceased being a Commonwealth nation.

Quirino and Garcia both had to take over the terms of their respective presidents — Roxas and Magsaysay, who both died in office — and took their second oaths when they both won in subsequent presidential elections.

Arroyo first took her oath as president in January 2001, when popularly elected president Joseph Estrada had to step down following corruption allegations that triggered EDSA II. In 2004, she was proclaimed the president over popular actor Fernando Poe Jr. but her victory was tainted with allegations of electoral fraud after a taped conversation between Arroyo and former Commissioner Virgilio Garcillano on alleged vote-rigging surfaced the following year. Nevertheless, Arroyo survived what became known as the "Hello Garci" scandal, finally ending her full six-year term Thursday.

THE OATH

Since 1935, the oath of office of the President of the Philippines has followed the same text:

I do solemnly swear [or affirm] that I will faithfully and conscientiously fulfill my duties as President [or Vice-President or Acting President] of the Philippines, preserve and defend its Constitution, execute its laws, do justice to every man, and consecrate myself to the service of the Nation. So help me God." [In case of affirmation, last sentence will be omitted]

TAGALOG

Matimtim kong pinanunumpaan (o pinatotohanan) na tutuparin ko nang buong katapatan at sigasig ang aking mga tungkulin bilang Pangulo (o Pangalawang Pangulo o Nanunungkulang Pangulo) ng Pilipinas, pangangalagaan at ipagtatanggol ang kanyang Konstitusyon, ipatutupad ang mga batas nito, magiging makatarungan sa bawat tao, at itatalaga ang aking sarili sa paglilingkod sa Bansa. Kasihan nawa ako ng Diyos." (Kapag pagpapatotoo, ang huling pangungusap ay kakaltasin.)

The present oath is contained in Article VII, Section VII of the 1935 Philippine Constitution and in Article VII, Section V of the 1987 Philippine Constitution.

Note that the Constitution specifies the title of the chief executive as President of the Philippines, not President of the Republic of the Philippines, which is only used in certain diplomatic documents.

According to Quezon, nine presidents took their oath in English while four used the Filipino version. Aguinaldo is the only president to take his oath in Spanish.

Incoming president Noynoy Aquino has announced that he will take his oath in both English and Filipino.

The new president will be sworn in by Supreme Court Associate Justice Conchita Carpio-Morales instead of Chief Justice Renato Corona, whose last-minute appointment was questioned by Aquino.

Morales will be the second Filipino associate justice to administer the oath of a Philippine president. In 1899, the speaker of the Malolos Congress administered Aguinaldo's oath of office because he was elected by the said Congress.

Aquino has made other changes in the inauguration rites, including the recital of the pledge of support for the Aquino administration by his campaign volunteers and the general public. The pledge will be called "Panata sa Pagbabago" (Pledge for Change).

Quezon said it is up to the public to decide whose inauguration was the most memorable. What's more important, he said, is the six years of nation-building that awaits the new president.

"That's for every generation to answer. Each one marks a new era," he said.

PHILIPPINE HISTORY: QUOTABLE QUOTES FROM INAUGURALS PAST

Next to the oath-taking, the inaugural speech of every new Philippine president is the most awaited portion of every presidential inauguration. This is the opportunity for the new leader to lay down the vision of the incoming administration, and provide the public with an idea on what to expect in the next presidency. Here’s a rundown of presidential inaugurations in years past, and what the presidents promised the Filipino people at the start of their terms:

Emilio Aguinaldo

Date of Inauguration: January 23, 1899

Venue: Barasoain Church, Malolos

Quotable quote: I congratulate our beloved people, who from this date will cease to be anonymous and will be able with legitimate pride to proclaim to the Universe the long coveted name of Philippine Republic.

Manuel Quezon

Date of Inauguration: November 15, 1935

Venue: Legislative Building, Manila

Quotable quote: We shall build a government that will be just, honest, efficient, and strong so that the foundations of the coming Republic may be firm and enduring — a government, indeed, that must satisfy not only the passing needs of the hour but also the exacting demands of the future.

Manuel Quezon

Date of Inauguration: December 30, 1941

Venue: Corregidor

Quotable quote: We are fighting for human liberty and justice, for those principles of individual freedom which we all cherish and without which life would not be worth living.

Jose Laurel

Date of Inauguration: October 23, 1943

Venue: Legislative Building, Manila

Quotable quote: Every drop, every trickle of individual effort shall be grooved into a single channel of common endeavor until they grow into a flowing stream, a rushing cataract, a roaring torrent, a raging flood, hurdling all difficulties and demolishing all barriers in the way of our single purpose and common determination to make our independence stable, lasting and real.

Sergio Osmeña

Date of Inauguration: August 10, 1944

Venue: Washington, D.C.

Quotable quote: Our path of duty is clear. It is the path of national honor, dignity, .1Ild responsibility. It was laid out for us by the great heroes of our race — Rizal, Bonifacio, and Quezon. We shall move forward steadily to reach our goal, maintaining our faith in the United States and fully ooperating with her.

Manuel Roxas

Date of Inauguration: May 28, 1946

Venue: Legislative Building, Manila

Quotable quote: A nation is something more than the people who inhabit a geographic area. It is a spirit, a tradition, and a way of life.

Manuel Roxas

Date of Inauguration: July 4, 1946

Venue: Independence Grandstand

No available copy of speech

Elpidio Quirino

Date of Inauguration: April, 1948

Venue: Council of State Room, Executive Building, Malacañang Palace

Quotable quote: In memory of our great and illustrious friend who is now lying in state, let us pledge ourselves to establish better and closer understanding among us, and I beseech you to manifest more tolerance, goodwill, and love, which we need in this supreme moment of our history. (Note: Quirino took over when Roxas died in office in 1948)

Elpidio Quirino

Date of Inauguration: December 30, 1949

Venue: Independence Grandstand, Luneta

Quotable quote: This country will survive, not because I say so, but because our people have proved it in the past, are proving it now, and will prove it in the difficult years to come.

Ramon Magsaysay

Date of Inauguration: December 30, 1953

Venue: Independence Grandstand, Luneta

Quotable quote: We have a glorious past. Now we must build a future worthy of that past. From this day, the members of my administration, beginning with myself, shall cease to belong to our parties, to our families, even to ourselves. We shall belong only to the people.

Carlos P. Garcia

Date of Inauguration: March, 1957

Venue: Council of State Room, Executive Building, Malacañang Palace

Quotable quote: In asking for the support and cooperation of the Filipino people, I appeal for sobriety, calmness, and dedication in the fulfillment of our common duty to God and country, for the great ideals for which President Magsaysay lived and died.

(Note: Garcia took over the presidency when Magsaysay died in a plane crash in 1957)

Carlos P. Garcia

Date of Inauguration: December 30, 1957

Venue: Independe2nce Grandstand, Luneta

Quotable quote: With humility and deep gratitude, I accept your mandate, and God helping, I shall not fail you.

Diosdado Macapagal

Date of Inauguration: December 30, 1961

Venue: Independence Grandstand, Luneta

Quotable quote: I shall do justice to every citizen, no matter how exalted or how humble may be his station in life.

Ferdinand Marcos

Date of Inauguration: December 30, 1965

Venue: Independence Grandstand, Luneta

Quotable quotes: I am pledged to execute the law and preserve the constitution of our republic. This I shall do, and if need be I shall direct the forcible if legal elimination of all lawless elements.

Our forefathers built a democratic republic on an extremely narrow social and economic base. The task of our generation is to broaden this base continuously. We must spread opportunities for higher income for all. But we shall encourage investment to insure progressive production – the true answer to our economic ills.

This nation can be great again.

Ferdinand Marcos

Date of Inauguration: December 30, 1969

Venue: Independence Grandstand, Luneta

Quotable quote: There are many things we do not want about our world. Let us not just mourn them. Let us change t2hem.

I do not demand of you more than I shall demand of myself and of government. So seek not from government what you cannot find in yourself.

Ferdinand Marcos

Date of Inauguration: June 30, 1981

Venue: Independence Grandstand, Luneta

Quotable quote: We shall not merely dream, we shall achieve. We are the nation today. With courage and vision we shall be more.

Ferdinand Marcos

Date of Inauguration: February 25, 1986

Venue: Executive Building, Malacañang Palace

No available copy of speech

Corazon Aquino

Date of Inauguration: February 25, 1986

Venue: Club Filipino, San Juan

Quotable quotes: It is fitting and proper that, as the rights and liberties of our people were taken away at midnight twenty years ago, the people should firmly recover those lost rights and liberties in the full light of the day.

Ninoy believed that only the united strength of a people can overturn a tyranny so evil and so well organized. It took the brutal murder of Ninoy to bring about the unity, the strength, and the phenomenon of People Power. That power has shattered the dictatorship, protected the honorable military who have chosen freedom, and today has established a government dedicated to the protection and meaningful fulfillment of the people's rights and liberties.

And now, I would like to appeal to everyone to work for national reconciliation, which is what Ninoy came back home for. I would like to repeat that I am very magnanimous in victory. So I call on all those countrymen of ours who are not yet with us to join us at the earliest possible time so that togethe2r we can rebuild our beautiful country.

Fidel V. Ramos

Date of Inauguration: June 30, 1992

Venue: Quirino Grandstand (formerly Independence Grandstand), Luneta

Quotable quotes: Let us begin by telling ourselves the truth. Our nation is in trouble.

My administration will prove that government is not unavoidably corrupt — and that bureaucracy is not necessarily ineffective.

With so much for us to do, let us not falter. With so little time left in our hands, we cannot afford to fail.

Joseph Estrada

Date of Inauguration: June 30, 1998

Venue: Barasoain Church, Malolos

Quotable quotes: Binabalaan ko sila. Walang kaibigan, walang kumpare, walang kamag-anak o anak na maaaring magsamantala sa ngayon. At ngayon pa lamang sinasabi ko sa inyo, nag-aaksaya lamang kayo ng panahon. Huwag ninyo akong subukan.

I felt that the common people have waited long enough for their turn, for their day to come. That day is here.

There are things that a real government, even in the worst economic conditions, can do.

This government will do it.

Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo

Date of Inauguration: January 21, 2001

Venue: Edsa Shrine, Quezon City

Quotable quotes: Join me therefore as we begin to tear down the walls that divide. Let us build an edifice of peace, progress, and economic stability.

Great Filipinos, Filipinos of People Power, I ask for your support and prayers. Together, we will light the healing and cleansing flame.

Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo

Date of Inauguration: June 30, 2004

Venue: Cebu Provincial Capitol, Cabu City

Quotable quotes: The government must make tough choices, but this I promise: they will be tougher on those who have it easy than on those who have it tough already.

Everyday, I shall get up and work for you. I shall make good and I shall do good for the good of all and not just for the cameras.

I devote my life and treasure to serving your mandate. Do your responsibility and I shall do mine. Thank you so much, Kimberly Jane Tan for this great compilation. (GP)

PNP NAKAHANDA NA PARA SA 2009 SONA

IPATUTUPAD ang Public Security Safety Plan ng Philippine National Police (PNP) bilang paghahanda sa nalalapit na State of the Nation Address at pagbubukas ng 3rd Regular Session ng 14th Congress sa Hulyo 27, 2009.
Dahil sa inaasahang mga aksiyon at public assemblies ng ilang grupo, nilikha ang Task Force KAPAYAPAAN para mapalawak ang security measures, civil disturbance management, traffic management and control kabilang na rito ang iba pang kahalintulad na administrative at operational activities upang matiyak ang kaayusan at seguridad sa pagdedeliber ng SONA ni Pangulong Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo.
Itinalaga ni PNP Chief Director General Jesus Verzosa si National Capital Region Police Office (NCRPO) Regional Director Chief Superintendent Roberto Rosales bilang Task Force KAPAYAPAAN Commander, kasama na ang suporta at assistance mula sa iba’t ibang police units.
“I have directed all our involved units to ensure that all public activities will be peaceful and orderly during this nationally significant day where the President will deliver her message to the Filipino people,” pahayag ni Verzosa.
Ayon kay Verzosa, paiiralin pa rin ng pulisya ang kanilang mandato sa pagpapatupad ng batas at bukas ang kanilang tanggapan sa mga rally organizers na nais makipag-ugnayan upang sa gayon ay maging maayos ang mga pagkilos.
Nakipag-ugnayan na rin ang PNP sa Office of the Sergeant-at-Arms ng House of Representatives, Senate at Presidential Security Group (PSG) para matiyak ang kaligtasan o seguridad ng mga matataas na opisyal ng gobyerno, mga miyembro ng tropang diplomatiko at iba pang VIPs na inaasahang dadalo sa SONA. (P/SR SUPT LEONARDO A ESPINA/ PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICE, CAMP CRAME, QUEZON CITY/ TEL: +6327253179/ FAX: +6327255115/ EMAIL: PIO@PNP.GOV.PH)

DINUKOT NA BATA, NASAGIP NG MAGUINDANAO POLICE

NASAGIP ng mga pulis ang isang 4-year old kidnap victim sa Maguindanao noong Hulyo 6, 2009.
Si John Kyle Chiongson ay nailigtas mula sa kamay ng mga kidnappers bandang 11:30 ng gabi sa Upper Taviran,Datu Odin Sinsuat, Maguindanao.
Sa ulat na nakarating kay PNP Chief Director General Jesus A Verzosa, ipinarating ni PRO-ARMM Regional Director CSupt Bensali Jabarani na ang biktima ay nailigtas ng grupo mula sa 1507th Provincial Mobile Group na pinangunahan ni Insp Joebert Caldea na nagsagawa ng anti-criminality patrol sa nabanggit na lugar.
Ang biktima ay isinailalim sa medical examination sa PRO-ARMM Headquarters sa Parang, Maguindanao.
Si Chiongson, isang mag-aaral sa Notre Dame Boy's School, ay dinukot ng mga armadong kalalakihan sa kanilang tahanan sa Cotabato City noon pang Hunyo 25.
Habang isinusulat ni Sniper ang impormasyong ito, kasalukuyan nang tinutugis ang mga responsable sa naganap na pagdukot. (P/SR SUPT LEONARDO A ESPINA/ PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICE, CAMP CRAME, QUEZON CITY/ TEL: +6327253179/ FAX: +6327255115/ EMAIL: PIO@PNP.GOV.PH)

PROTEKSIYON KONTRA A(H1N1) PINALALAKAS NG PNP

PINALALAKAS ng Philippine National Police ang pagpoprotekta sa puwersa nito laban sa pandemic influenza matapos matuklasan na apat sa (4) PO1 recruits (2 male, 2 female) mula sa Police Regional Office sa Cordillera ang nag-positibo sa influenza A(H1N1).
Ayon kay PRO Cordillera Regional Director Chief Supt. Orlando Pestano, inilagak sa St. Louis University Medical Center ang mga pulis at binantayan ng Department of Health (DOH) para matiyak ang kaligtasan ng iba pang mga recruits at iba pang personnel.
“All other police recruits from the Cordillera Training School are under quarantine with the supervision of the Regional DOH. Precautionary measures have also been taken such as providing an ample supply of Vitamin C to the recruits and the intensification of our cleanliness program,” dagdag ni Pestano.
Namahagi rin ang PNP Health Service ng dietary supplements at vitamins sa mga police recruits sa iba’t ibang rehiyon para maiwasan ang mga insidente ng kontaminasyon.
Una nang ipinag-utos ni PNP Chief Dir. Gen. Jesus A. Verzosa na protektahan ang mga personnel lalo na ang mga nakatalaga sa Aviation Security Group at Maritime Groups na ang mga erya ng responsibilidad ay prente ng kontaminasyon.
Nakompleto na rin ng mga personnel mula sa Special Action Force at mga teams mula sa Aviation Security Group, Maritime Group at Crime Laboratory ang training ukol sa Pandemic Rapid Response and Quarantine Procedures. (P/SR SUPT LEONARDO A ESPINA/ PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICE, CAMP CRAME, QUEZON CITY/ TEL: +6327253179/ FAX: +6327255115/ EMAIL: PIO@PNP.GOV.PH)