Language Discrimination -- a part of the Philippine Culture that causes people's inhibition to communicate. Many Filipinos have this thing I call "grammar and spelling auto-correction syndrome" that embarasses the victim. This syndrome, which is a common obsessive compulsive disorder syndrome of the Elites and Social Climbers, prevents people to speak their mind. Too bad.
English Subject in school is learning, you may apply language correction, especially if you are a teacher it's okay to make auto correction.
Real Life is communication, you don't apply Language Discrimination. For instance, if you talk to (let's say) a Japanese who is trying to communicate to you in difficult English, you don't do language correction. Be careful also if you are a parent, doing that language correction is okay but you have to let the child understand the issue of Language Discrimination because auto-correcting a child may teach the child to use that to ridicule and be rude to other children.
I saw this youtube of a pretty candidate of a beauty contest. During the interview, she was asked in English, so she attempted to answer it in English. The whole audience just burst into laughter when she said a gramatically wrong string. The audience is very rude. As a result, she stopped communicating her mind. That was clear Language Discrimination by a mass of Filipino audience. Too bad.
Remember, people have a right to speak and communicate. Language Discrimination is somewhat violative of the said right.
The individual should restrain himself from his instinct of auto-correction so that it would not impede the communication.
Showing posts with label On Human Rights Abuses. Show all posts
Showing posts with label On Human Rights Abuses. Show all posts
Thursday, February 24, 2011
Tuesday, February 1, 2011
On Female Clitoris Mutilation
QUESTION: Sir John, what is your position on female clitoris mutilation?
ANSWER: I am against Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) but with reservation. There are exempting circumstances. If she had it mulitated out of her own free-will, then there is no issue. If it is part of a traditional practice that is unique to an Ethnic Indigenous People and they practice it exclusively among their own people, then there is no problem.
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There are even more gross and cruel things that people do to people such as decapitation, embowelment, crucifiction (oh boy you see images of this all over the place), bone growth restriction, and even skin whitening.
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The bottomline is, just mind your own clit, you know. If someone grabs you and tries to cut it, then tell me so I can help you. But if you join some vodoos and have your clit cut or pierced in your own free will for some reason, then why the hell should we care?
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We should only react in a large scale advocacy when it becomes a discrimination issue, for example when we begin to see Ads that says: "RICH BACHELOR LOOKING FOR A WIFE. MUST BE FGM-CERTIFIED"
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We have nothing to do with it if it is their culture that inflicts it upon their own people. We respect their culture. If they don't like their culture, then thay leave and go somewhere else.
If you want to help, then advocate that society should provide a sanctuary where cultural refugees can get protection. But this sanctuary must welcome all sorts of cultural refugees. You don't have to aggressively encroach, scandalize, and tell them that their cultural practive is barbaric.
If you attack an indigenous people's culture, that is DISCRIMINATION AGAINST ETHNIC ORIGIN. Exhortationism have limitations too.
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SIDE COMMENT: "RESPECT the head.hunting cultures. pwede na john?"
RESPONSE: Yan ang mahirap kung gagamit ka ng "extremization" tactics sa debate. Unfair yan na tinutulak mo ako to an extreme na hindi ko naman position na ibalik ang barbaric cultures. Wala akong sinasabi na i-cultivate at suportahan yang barbaric practices. Ang sinasabi ko, huwag natin pakialaman ang HINDI ATIN. Indigenous culture NILA yan, hindi yan ATIN.
We should not act like a superior race that IMPOSE upon the ideals of right and wrong to someone else's culture.
Yes! respect the Head-Hunting culture if that is indigenous to a certain group of people with a unique ethnic origin and specific territory. When I say "culture", the persons involved are WILLING PARTICIPANTS. If the participant says, "I volunteer that my head will be hunted, and you will be the head-hunters" -- then we have no problem.
However, if a certain group of people have indigenous culture of Head Hunting and they will go to the towns at night to head-hunt people's head, then we have a problem because it is against the will of the person whose head ended up on the plate.
To avoid extremization, let's just focus on the CLIT. Two exemption (1) FREE WILL, and (2) CULTURE. Take not of the word "AND" in between those two exemptions.
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Religious, cultural, and racial discrimination is BAD because it provokes armed conflict that may result to war and genocide. So, be prudent not to cross the line.
We can't allow killing of people just because of those CLITS!
Petition against FGM is okay if you will condemn any act of war that is based on this petition.
When I say that advocacy and exhortationism have limitations too. Now you see CLIT ADVOCATES, the following day you see an entire indigenous people massacred. Who benefits from that?
Creating sanctuaries is the reason why we, the Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) is gearing will all our might towards the creation of sanctuary settlements called the New Bangsamoro Townships (NBT). Look it up in google.
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DEAR SOMEONE: The issue of Female Genital Circumcision is a women's rights and poverty issue. It is not a religion issue. This issue is often abused to discriminate Muslims. See this video that shows Christians also practice it. The Terror of the Female Circumcision in Christianity at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1fUlsMafFjM
ANSWER: I am against Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) but with reservation. There are exempting circumstances. If she had it mulitated out of her own free-will, then there is no issue. If it is part of a traditional practice that is unique to an Ethnic Indigenous People and they practice it exclusively among their own people, then there is no problem.
xxxxx
There are even more gross and cruel things that people do to people such as decapitation, embowelment, crucifiction (oh boy you see images of this all over the place), bone growth restriction, and even skin whitening.
xxxxx
The bottomline is, just mind your own clit, you know. If someone grabs you and tries to cut it, then tell me so I can help you. But if you join some vodoos and have your clit cut or pierced in your own free will for some reason, then why the hell should we care?
xxxxx
We should only react in a large scale advocacy when it becomes a discrimination issue, for example when we begin to see Ads that says: "RICH BACHELOR LOOKING FOR A WIFE. MUST BE FGM-CERTIFIED"
xxxxx
We have nothing to do with it if it is their culture that inflicts it upon their own people. We respect their culture. If they don't like their culture, then thay leave and go somewhere else.
If you want to help, then advocate that society should provide a sanctuary where cultural refugees can get protection. But this sanctuary must welcome all sorts of cultural refugees. You don't have to aggressively encroach, scandalize, and tell them that their cultural practive is barbaric.
If you attack an indigenous people's culture, that is DISCRIMINATION AGAINST ETHNIC ORIGIN. Exhortationism have limitations too.
xxxxx
SIDE COMMENT: "RESPECT the head.hunting cultures. pwede na john?"
RESPONSE: Yan ang mahirap kung gagamit ka ng "extremization" tactics sa debate. Unfair yan na tinutulak mo ako to an extreme na hindi ko naman position na ibalik ang barbaric cultures. Wala akong sinasabi na i-cultivate at suportahan yang barbaric practices. Ang sinasabi ko, huwag natin pakialaman ang HINDI ATIN. Indigenous culture NILA yan, hindi yan ATIN.
We should not act like a superior race that IMPOSE upon the ideals of right and wrong to someone else's culture.
Yes! respect the Head-Hunting culture if that is indigenous to a certain group of people with a unique ethnic origin and specific territory. When I say "culture", the persons involved are WILLING PARTICIPANTS. If the participant says, "I volunteer that my head will be hunted, and you will be the head-hunters" -- then we have no problem.
However, if a certain group of people have indigenous culture of Head Hunting and they will go to the towns at night to head-hunt people's head, then we have a problem because it is against the will of the person whose head ended up on the plate.
To avoid extremization, let's just focus on the CLIT. Two exemption (1) FREE WILL, and (2) CULTURE. Take not of the word "AND" in between those two exemptions.
xxxxx
Religious, cultural, and racial discrimination is BAD because it provokes armed conflict that may result to war and genocide. So, be prudent not to cross the line.
We can't allow killing of people just because of those CLITS!
Petition against FGM is okay if you will condemn any act of war that is based on this petition.
When I say that advocacy and exhortationism have limitations too. Now you see CLIT ADVOCATES, the following day you see an entire indigenous people massacred. Who benefits from that?
Creating sanctuaries is the reason why we, the Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) is gearing will all our might towards the creation of sanctuary settlements called the New Bangsamoro Townships (NBT). Look it up in google.
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DEAR SOMEONE: The issue of Female Genital Circumcision is a women's rights and poverty issue. It is not a religion issue. This issue is often abused to discriminate Muslims. See this video that shows Christians also practice it. The Terror of the Female Circumcision in Christianity at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1fUlsMafFjM
Friday, December 17, 2010
Terrorism by Governments
I define Terrorism as any systematic execution of organized schemes that violate any rights enumerated in the Bill of Rights in the Philippine Constitution. Terrorism is a form of Crime that is highly organized. It creates a chilling effect on society because its operation can be repeated systematically. The most uncivilized form of terrorism is one that is perpetrated by government.
POVERTY is the most cruel yet most easily stoppable MURDERER. Yet, it has become unstoppable because the people who sits in government are families of Elites who have not even felt a minute of oppression and insecurity for food in their entire lives
POVERTY is the most cruel yet most easily stoppable MURDERER. Yet, it has become unstoppable because the people who sits in government are families of Elites who have not even felt a minute of oppression and insecurity for food in their entire lives
Sunday, December 12, 2010
My Anti-Torture Platform
QUESTION: Sir John, ano po ang platform mo about Anti-Torture?
ANSWER: (1) Annual Mandatory Video Seminar and Conforme-Signing on Bill of Rights, Anti-Torture, and Anti-Hazing for all Police/Military personnel, and Students of all school levels, and (2) MTRCB to disallow movies that shows or depicts torture especially by Police/Military on Prisoners/Detainees.
The people should be indoctrinated on the following:
1. What are the different forms of torture?
2. What are the penalties for torturers and their accomplices?
3. How and where to report torture?
4. What action by government is expected on torture reports?
5. What are the available awards and protection for people who report torture?
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I dedicate this blog to my FB friends who celebrate their birthdays today.
Antonette Aravejo, Eldred Remollo, Janice Alba, Jeanelyn Delima Petalcorin, Kristal Reyes, Manley Salazar, Marjorie Espina, Monina Operio Abecia, Rommel Vallejos
ANSWER: (1) Annual Mandatory Video Seminar and Conforme-Signing on Bill of Rights, Anti-Torture, and Anti-Hazing for all Police/Military personnel, and Students of all school levels, and (2) MTRCB to disallow movies that shows or depicts torture especially by Police/Military on Prisoners/Detainees.
The people should be indoctrinated on the following:
1. What are the different forms of torture?
2. What are the penalties for torturers and their accomplices?
3. How and where to report torture?
4. What action by government is expected on torture reports?
5. What are the available awards and protection for people who report torture?
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I dedicate this blog to my FB friends who celebrate their birthdays today.
Antonette Aravejo, Eldred Remollo, Janice Alba, Jeanelyn Delima Petalcorin, Kristal Reyes, Manley Salazar, Marjorie Espina, Monina Operio Abecia, Rommel Vallejos
Wednesday, November 17, 2010
Compensation to Victims of Wrongful Detention and Prosecution
QUESTION from chat: Sir John, kinulong po ng gobyerno tatay ko ng walang kasalanan. Umabot ng 4 years ang kaso, nagutom kami, ako natigil sa pag-aaral. Na-abswelto siya last week. Paano kaya mabawi ni tatay ang nawala niyang income habang nakakulong?
ANSWER: Yes PWEDE. 1 percent of the net cash income of PAGCOR goes to the Board of Claims, an agency under the Department of Justice, which compensates victims of wrongful detention and prosecution.
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PAGCOR COMPANY PROFILE
URL: http://www.pagcor.ph/about-pagcor.php
The Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation is a 100 percent government-owned and controlled corporation created in 1977 by virtue of Presidential Decree 1067-A and was amended to PD 1869 on July 11, 1983, later known as the PAGCOR Charter.
In 2007 the PAGCOR Charter was further amended through Republic Act No. 9487 extending the PAGCOR Franchise for another 25 years
PAGCOR was created with a three-pronged mandate: to regulate all games of chance, particularly casino gaming in the country, to raise funds for the governments' socio-civic and national developmental efforts, and to help boost the country's tourism industry.
In accordance with its Charter and other governing laws, PAGCOR earnings are distributed as follows:
• 5 percent of net winnings goes to the BIR as franchise tax
• 50 percent of the 95 percent balance goes to the National Treasury as the National Government’s mandated income share
• 5 percent of the balance after the franchise tax and the National Government’s mandated income share goes to the Philippine Sports Commission for financing of the country’s sports development programs
• 1 percent of the net cash income goes to the Board of Claims, an agency under the Department of Justice, which compensates victims of wrongful detention and prosecution
• Cities hosting PAGCOR casinos are given a fixed amount for their respective community development projects
The remaining balance is then remitted to the President’s Social Fund to help fund the priority projects of the government.
PAGCOR operates 13 casinos in 10 major cities across the Philippines, along with 28 satellite casinos 24 VIP Clubs and 4 PAGCOR Arcades. The popularity of Texas Hold’em poker is on the rise in the country with the licensed poker rooms up to 36.
The table games available for play in PAGCOR casinos are the Asian favourite Bacarrat, its variant Super 6, along with the equally popular Black Jack, Pontoon, Stud Poker, Pai Gow, Sic Bo and Craps.
Live entertainment is provided by premier artists, both local and foreign performing center stage on all casinos at given nights. This is peppered by home grown variety of talents that entertain gaming aficionados nightly.
PAGCOR also provide electronic and web-based games in partnership with Philweb.
ANSWER: Yes PWEDE. 1 percent of the net cash income of PAGCOR goes to the Board of Claims, an agency under the Department of Justice, which compensates victims of wrongful detention and prosecution.
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PAGCOR COMPANY PROFILE
URL: http://www.pagcor.ph/about-pagcor.php
The Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation is a 100 percent government-owned and controlled corporation created in 1977 by virtue of Presidential Decree 1067-A and was amended to PD 1869 on July 11, 1983, later known as the PAGCOR Charter.
In 2007 the PAGCOR Charter was further amended through Republic Act No. 9487 extending the PAGCOR Franchise for another 25 years
PAGCOR was created with a three-pronged mandate: to regulate all games of chance, particularly casino gaming in the country, to raise funds for the governments' socio-civic and national developmental efforts, and to help boost the country's tourism industry.
In accordance with its Charter and other governing laws, PAGCOR earnings are distributed as follows:
• 5 percent of net winnings goes to the BIR as franchise tax
• 50 percent of the 95 percent balance goes to the National Treasury as the National Government’s mandated income share
• 5 percent of the balance after the franchise tax and the National Government’s mandated income share goes to the Philippine Sports Commission for financing of the country’s sports development programs
• 1 percent of the net cash income goes to the Board of Claims, an agency under the Department of Justice, which compensates victims of wrongful detention and prosecution
• Cities hosting PAGCOR casinos are given a fixed amount for their respective community development projects
The remaining balance is then remitted to the President’s Social Fund to help fund the priority projects of the government.
PAGCOR operates 13 casinos in 10 major cities across the Philippines, along with 28 satellite casinos 24 VIP Clubs and 4 PAGCOR Arcades. The popularity of Texas Hold’em poker is on the rise in the country with the licensed poker rooms up to 36.
The table games available for play in PAGCOR casinos are the Asian favourite Bacarrat, its variant Super 6, along with the equally popular Black Jack, Pontoon, Stud Poker, Pai Gow, Sic Bo and Craps.
Live entertainment is provided by premier artists, both local and foreign performing center stage on all casinos at given nights. This is peppered by home grown variety of talents that entertain gaming aficionados nightly.
PAGCOR also provide electronic and web-based games in partnership with Philweb.
Wednesday, September 22, 2010
Alfredo Lim - Berdugo ng Maynila
Mayor Lim is popularly known as Berdugo ng Maynila. This is the reputation that he wants to protect. The Mendoza Hostage is not the first time he harassed a relative of a criminal. In fact he had done it a hundred times. Remember he is that one who painted "Drug Pusher Lives Here" on the walls and doors of households w...here suspected drug pushers live. As far as my memory is concerned, Mr. Alfredo Lim is a politician that disregard human rights, and he will die of old age with this memory
in my mind.
In the City of Manila, a lot of disappearing detainees and summary execution were documented, and rumors around commonly associate this phenomenon with legend of the Berdugo ng Maynila. Remember that video of a detainee tortured with a role onto his penis, that allegedly happened in the City of Manila.
in my mind.
In the City of Manila, a lot of disappearing detainees and summary execution were documented, and rumors around commonly associate this phenomenon with legend of the Berdugo ng Maynila. Remember that video of a detainee tortured with a role onto his penis, that allegedly happened in the City of Manila.
Saturday, September 11, 2010
Bill of Rights Indoctrination
The most effective way to empower the people is to indoctrinate them of their rights so they will fight for it as individuals and as a community. It is very difficult to exploit an individual or community who knows his rights.
Many people and communities get abused and exploited because many people don't know their rights. We have to push push for a law that will make the students (elementary and high school) recite the Bill of Rights during Monday morning after the National Anthem.
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EXCERPTS FROM THE BILL OF RIGHTS
[Article 3 of the Philippine Constitution]
Section 1.
No person shall be deprived of life, liberty, or property without due process of law, nor shall any person be denied the equal protection of the laws.
Section 2. The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects against unreasonable searches and seizures of whatever nature and for any purpose shall be inviolable, and no search warrant or warrant of arrest shall issue except upon probable cause to be determined personally by the judge after examination under oath or affirmation of the complainant and the witnesses he may produce, and particularly describing the place to be searched and the persons or things to be seized.
Section 3.
(1) The privacy of communication and correspondence shall be inviolable except upon lawful order of the court, or when public safety or order requires otherwise, as prescribed by law.
(2) Any evidence obtained in violation of this or the preceding section shall be inadmissible for any purpose in any proceeding.
Section 4.
No law shall be passed abridging the freedom of speech, of expression, or of the press, or the right of the people peaceably to assemble and petition the government for redress of grievances.
Section 5.
No law shall be made respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof. The free exercise and enjoyment of religious profession and worship, without discrimination or preference, shall forever be allowed. No religious test shall be required for the exercise of civil or political rights.
Section 6.
The liberty of abode and of changing the same within the limits prescribed by law shall not be impaired except upon lawful order of the court. Neither shall the right to travel be impaired except in the interest of national security, public safety, or public health, as may be provided by law.
Section 7.
The right of the people to information on matters of public concern shall be recognized. Access to official records, and to documents and papers pertaining to official acts, transactions, or decisions, as well as to government research data used as basis for policy development, shall be afforded the citizen, subject to such limitations as may be provided by law.
Section 8.
The right of the people, including those employed in the public and private sectors, to form unions, associations, or societies for purposes not contrary to law shall not be abridged.
Section 9.
Private property shall not be taken for public use without just compensation.
Section 10.
No law impairing the obligation of contracts shall be passed.
Section 11.
Free access to the courts and quasi-judicial bodies and adequate legal assistance shall not be denied to any person by reason of poverty.
Section 12.
(1) Any person under investigation for the commission of an offense shall have the right to be informed of his right to remain silent and to have competent and independent counsel preferably of his own choice. If the person cannot afford the services of counsel, he must be provided with one. These rights cannot be waived except in writing and in the presence of counsel.
(2) No torture, force, violence, threat, intimidation, or any other means which vitiate the free will shall be used against him. Secret detention places, solitary, incommunicado, or other similar forms of detention are prohibited.
(3) Any confession or admission obtained in violation of this or Section 17 hereof shall be inadmissible in evidence against him.
(4) The law shall provide for penal and civil sanctions for violations of this section as well as compensation to the rehabilitation of victims of torture or similar practices, and their families.
Section 13.
All persons, except those charged with offenses punishable by reclusion perpetua when evidence of guilt is strong, shall, before conviction, be bailable by sufficient sureties, or be released on recognizance as may be provided by law. The right to bail shall not be impaired even when the privilege of the writ of habeas corpus is suspended. Excessive bail shall not be required.
Section 14.
(1) No person shall be held to answer for a criminal offense without due process of law.
(2) In all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall be presumed innocent until the contrary is proved, and shall enjoy the right to be heard by himself and counsel, to be informed of the nature and cause of the accusation against him, to have a speedy, impartial, and public trial, to meet the witnesses face to face, and to have compulsory process to secure the attendance of witnesses and the production of evidence in his behalf. However, after arraignment, trial may proceed notwithstanding the absence of the accused: Provided, that he has been duly notified and his failure to appear is unjustifiable.
Section 15.
The privilege of the writ of habeas corpus shall not be suspended except in cases of invasion or rebellion, when the public safety requires it.
Section 16.
All persons shall have the right to a speedy disposition of their cases before all judicial, quasi-judicial, or administrative bodies.
Section 17.
No person shall be compelled to be a witness against himself.
Section 18.
(1) No person shall be detained solely by reason of his political beliefs and aspirations.
(2) No involuntary servitude in any form shall exist except as a punishment for a crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted.
Section 19.
(1) Excessive fines shall not be imposed, nor cruel, degrading or inhuman punishment inflicted. Neither shall death penalty be imposed, unless, for compelling reasons involving heinous crimes, the Congress hereafter provides for it. Any death penalty already imposed shall be reduced to reclusion perpetua.
(2) The employment of physical, psychological, or degrading punishment against any prisoner or detainee or the use of substandard or inadequate penal facilities under subhuman conditions shall be dealt with by law.
Section 20.
No person shall be imprisoned for debt or non-payment of a poll tax.
Section 21.
No person shall be twice put in jeopardy of punishment for the same offense. If an act is punished by a law and an ordinance, conviction or acquittal under either shall constitute a bar to another prosecution for the same act.
Many people and communities get abused and exploited because many people don't know their rights. We have to push push for a law that will make the students (elementary and high school) recite the Bill of Rights during Monday morning after the National Anthem.
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EXCERPTS FROM THE BILL OF RIGHTS
[Article 3 of the Philippine Constitution]
Section 1.
No person shall be deprived of life, liberty, or property without due process of law, nor shall any person be denied the equal protection of the laws.
Section 2. The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects against unreasonable searches and seizures of whatever nature and for any purpose shall be inviolable, and no search warrant or warrant of arrest shall issue except upon probable cause to be determined personally by the judge after examination under oath or affirmation of the complainant and the witnesses he may produce, and particularly describing the place to be searched and the persons or things to be seized.
Section 3.
(1) The privacy of communication and correspondence shall be inviolable except upon lawful order of the court, or when public safety or order requires otherwise, as prescribed by law.
(2) Any evidence obtained in violation of this or the preceding section shall be inadmissible for any purpose in any proceeding.
Section 4.
No law shall be passed abridging the freedom of speech, of expression, or of the press, or the right of the people peaceably to assemble and petition the government for redress of grievances.
Section 5.
No law shall be made respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof. The free exercise and enjoyment of religious profession and worship, without discrimination or preference, shall forever be allowed. No religious test shall be required for the exercise of civil or political rights.
Section 6.
The liberty of abode and of changing the same within the limits prescribed by law shall not be impaired except upon lawful order of the court. Neither shall the right to travel be impaired except in the interest of national security, public safety, or public health, as may be provided by law.
Section 7.
The right of the people to information on matters of public concern shall be recognized. Access to official records, and to documents and papers pertaining to official acts, transactions, or decisions, as well as to government research data used as basis for policy development, shall be afforded the citizen, subject to such limitations as may be provided by law.
Section 8.
The right of the people, including those employed in the public and private sectors, to form unions, associations, or societies for purposes not contrary to law shall not be abridged.
Section 9.
Private property shall not be taken for public use without just compensation.
Section 10.
No law impairing the obligation of contracts shall be passed.
Section 11.
Free access to the courts and quasi-judicial bodies and adequate legal assistance shall not be denied to any person by reason of poverty.
Section 12.
(1) Any person under investigation for the commission of an offense shall have the right to be informed of his right to remain silent and to have competent and independent counsel preferably of his own choice. If the person cannot afford the services of counsel, he must be provided with one. These rights cannot be waived except in writing and in the presence of counsel.
(2) No torture, force, violence, threat, intimidation, or any other means which vitiate the free will shall be used against him. Secret detention places, solitary, incommunicado, or other similar forms of detention are prohibited.
(3) Any confession or admission obtained in violation of this or Section 17 hereof shall be inadmissible in evidence against him.
(4) The law shall provide for penal and civil sanctions for violations of this section as well as compensation to the rehabilitation of victims of torture or similar practices, and their families.
Section 13.
All persons, except those charged with offenses punishable by reclusion perpetua when evidence of guilt is strong, shall, before conviction, be bailable by sufficient sureties, or be released on recognizance as may be provided by law. The right to bail shall not be impaired even when the privilege of the writ of habeas corpus is suspended. Excessive bail shall not be required.
Section 14.
(1) No person shall be held to answer for a criminal offense without due process of law.
(2) In all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall be presumed innocent until the contrary is proved, and shall enjoy the right to be heard by himself and counsel, to be informed of the nature and cause of the accusation against him, to have a speedy, impartial, and public trial, to meet the witnesses face to face, and to have compulsory process to secure the attendance of witnesses and the production of evidence in his behalf. However, after arraignment, trial may proceed notwithstanding the absence of the accused: Provided, that he has been duly notified and his failure to appear is unjustifiable.
Section 15.
The privilege of the writ of habeas corpus shall not be suspended except in cases of invasion or rebellion, when the public safety requires it.
Section 16.
All persons shall have the right to a speedy disposition of their cases before all judicial, quasi-judicial, or administrative bodies.
Section 17.
No person shall be compelled to be a witness against himself.
Section 18.
(1) No person shall be detained solely by reason of his political beliefs and aspirations.
(2) No involuntary servitude in any form shall exist except as a punishment for a crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted.
Section 19.
(1) Excessive fines shall not be imposed, nor cruel, degrading or inhuman punishment inflicted. Neither shall death penalty be imposed, unless, for compelling reasons involving heinous crimes, the Congress hereafter provides for it. Any death penalty already imposed shall be reduced to reclusion perpetua.
(2) The employment of physical, psychological, or degrading punishment against any prisoner or detainee or the use of substandard or inadequate penal facilities under subhuman conditions shall be dealt with by law.
Section 20.
No person shall be imprisoned for debt or non-payment of a poll tax.
Section 21.
No person shall be twice put in jeopardy of punishment for the same offense. If an act is punished by a law and an ordinance, conviction or acquittal under either shall constitute a bar to another prosecution for the same act.
Saturday, August 28, 2010
Anti-Hazing Program
There is something wrong with how our students, military officers, police officers, even our fratmen lawyers are trained. It has been a tradition in schools and training camps that the students and cadets are subjected to maltreatment and pains of physical contact in the execution of training-related man-to-man fraternity hazing actions. Sometimes our youths are being sadistically hazed without any disciplinary reason at all -- just plain barbarism. This is one of the deepest anomalies that could be the primary cause of human rights abuses.
I think we should focus on eradicating the Hazing Tradition in the schools and training centers. There must be a Special Team composed of Psychologists, Sociologists, and Advocacy Experts to plan and implement a sustainable program that will reverse the social acceptability of torture and hazing in Police, Military, and Fraternity initiation rites.
We can no longer continue training our people in a violent manner. It will make them prone and tolerant to violence in the long run. Assuming that hazing tradition started to reduce in 1995 when the Anti-Hazing Law was passed, we are still expecting the Police and Military Officers who gradated 1995 down to be hazing tolerant. At the moment, our Generals are class 1976-79. I am looking at 30 more years that our AFP and PNP are led by torture-tolerant officers. This is is a big battle against torture and hazing that we have to seriously face.
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I think we should focus on eradicating the Hazing Tradition in the schools and training centers. There must be a Special Team composed of Psychologists, Sociologists, and Advocacy Experts to plan and implement a sustainable program that will reverse the social acceptability of torture and hazing in Police, Military, and Fraternity initiation rites.
We can no longer continue training our people in a violent manner. It will make them prone and tolerant to violence in the long run. Assuming that hazing tradition started to reduce in 1995 when the Anti-Hazing Law was passed, we are still expecting the Police and Military Officers who gradated 1995 down to be hazing tolerant. At the moment, our Generals are class 1976-79. I am looking at 30 more years that our AFP and PNP are led by torture-tolerant officers. This is is a big battle against torture and hazing that we have to seriously face.
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Wednesday, August 25, 2010
Nothing Wrong with Aftermath Pictorials with Hostage Bus
Some people wants to instigate further conflict by twisting and negatively exaggerating the interpretation of this photo to add insult to injury. The twisters are similar to that small subset of people who are trying to instigate earlier by saying that the the tragedy is a result of a grand plan of the Filipino race murdering the Chinese race.In my opinion, there is nothing wrong with people taking picture with the hostage bus. It is just like any other historical monument that reminds us of war events. If there is something to rejoice, it is the celebration of the end of conflict. It happened in our generation, we should take any opportunity to have a picture with the bus for souvenir purposes so we can share some lessons learned to the next generation.
In this hostage drama, nine people are dead. Condolence to the deceased. But the Philippines as a nation with 80 million population, also suffered much. Our national law enforcement institution suffered embarrassment. Our economy is affected with the expected short-running slow down of tourism.
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I found this photo in Erap FB page because I was tagged by the photo uploader (I removed myself from the tag). If you look at the notes on the photo, you will see a very destructive propaganda that intends to instigate. The note says "One of these bitches here might be your future maid". It uses Chinese alphabet characters to target the Chinese in Hongkong. The notes in this photo is EXTREMELY malicious.xxxxx
Taking a picture of the bus will not jeopardize the investigation on the crime scene anymore. The investigation on the bus is already complete. They normally preserve crime sites to identify culprits on the loose. In this case, the victims and the culprit are already dead. The crime site investigation is moot and academic. The most important now is the investigation on the technical glitches, lapses of the operation, and command responsibility.
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In that tragedy, it shows that police will apply the full force of the law even if the culprit is a police officer. In the course of pursuing a terrorist, sometimes innocent people inevitably die even if we exert extra precaution in the operation.
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What's wrong with smiling on camera? They are not there to have a picture with the bus to express sadness. They were there to show their best pose (with a smile of course) because they will be showing it to their friends.The twin towers have nothing to do with this. I don't think there is something wrong to smile on camera, even during funerals.
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It is not disrespectful to have a nice souvenir photo with a tragic scene. I cant find anything in the internet or scriptures or any culture that it is disrespectful. It is something new and I don't like the new stereotyping because it is just intended to instigate further conflict.
Look! People even BUILD monuments on tragic sites and convert the place into tourist spots. People even make sculptures and statues that depict the crucifiction of Jesus Christ or the execution of Jose Rizal.
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China have no right to over-react over this isolated hostage tragedy fiasco. We did not over-react on the DELIBERATE and PROFITEERING Melanine contamination of milk from China. Let's just move on and continue strengthening our trade, tourism, and diplomatic ties, okay?
No one in the Philippines is happy with that hostage tragedy. We are all sad. We will do what is right to improve things in our country because we have a lot of nice beaches and we want the tourists from all over the world to enjoy a vacation here. We fail now, we improve tomorrow.
Sunday, August 22, 2010
Indoctrination on Bill of Rights
The most feasible solution to combat human rights abuses is indoctrinating our young about the Bill of Rights. When people know their rights, they will naturally fight for it and won't easily give it up when the moment comes they are put in a vulnerable situation.
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Reactor: I've met many people who know their rights but don't feel empowered enough to fight for them.
My Response: Each person has 600 voluntary muscles in his body. This is the empowerment of God.
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Reactor: Yup, and 1 bullet can stop all of those muscles.
My Response: Of course. Part of the indoctrination is to inspire them that death as a result of fighting for one's rights is an honorable death. Any human rights abuser can overpower or kill the body but not the spirit. And when the abuser is facing a population of individuals who are willing to die to defend their rights, he knows he is facing a formidable opponent.
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Reactor: That's gonna be interesting, John. It is quite possible to abuse that by making people believe that they're fighting and dying for their rights when in fact they're just pawns of others.
My Response: That fear is possible only in the realm of impossibility. Empowerment, in order to be effective, must come from within and energized by the natural human instinct of self-preservation.
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Reactor: I've met many people who know their rights but don't feel empowered enough to fight for them.
My Response: Each person has 600 voluntary muscles in his body. This is the empowerment of God.
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Reactor: Yup, and 1 bullet can stop all of those muscles.
My Response: Of course. Part of the indoctrination is to inspire them that death as a result of fighting for one's rights is an honorable death. Any human rights abuser can overpower or kill the body but not the spirit. And when the abuser is facing a population of individuals who are willing to die to defend their rights, he knows he is facing a formidable opponent.
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Reactor: That's gonna be interesting, John. It is quite possible to abuse that by making people believe that they're fighting and dying for their rights when in fact they're just pawns of others.
My Response: That fear is possible only in the realm of impossibility. Empowerment, in order to be effective, must come from within and energized by the natural human instinct of self-preservation.
Reasons for Joining Fraternities
There are three reasons why my youth friend joined fraternity: (1) he needs a group of big-bros to fight for him in bully-infested schools, (2) he needs connections with fraternity alumni whom he expect favors later on, (3) he has this deep desire for adventure to sadistically hurt a neophyte when it is his turn to initiate. Now I know the gaps for policy-making purposes.
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I remember when I was in college, I was persistently recruited by a fraternity. Nakulitan na ako sa invitation, so I attended the briefing. I was asked why I want to join the frat, I told them because they INVITED me. When they asked me to tell something about myself, I told them something like: "I fight for the least advantaged, you can rely on me in rumbles.... but don't attempt to put me in a vulnerable situation even if I am still a neophyte, if you try to blindfold me or tie my hands or inflict pain on me, I will and react and will execute a preemptive strike before you even move an inch". They separated me in one corner and they never followed me again.
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I remember when I was in college, I was persistently recruited by a fraternity. Nakulitan na ako sa invitation, so I attended the briefing. I was asked why I want to join the frat, I told them because they INVITED me. When they asked me to tell something about myself, I told them something like: "I fight for the least advantaged, you can rely on me in rumbles.... but don't attempt to put me in a vulnerable situation even if I am still a neophyte, if you try to blindfold me or tie my hands or inflict pain on me, I will and react and will execute a preemptive strike before you even move an inch". They separated me in one corner and they never followed me again.
Saturday, August 21, 2010
Anti-Hazing Law of the Philippines
Last week, issues on Police Torture and Fraternity Hazing rocked the Philippines. There is something wrong with how our military officers, police officers are trained, and youth in general are socially educated. It has been a TRADITION in training camps and fraternities that newbies are subjected to maltreatment and pains of physical contact during initiation rites. Sometimes the applicants are being sadistically hazed without any disciplinary reason at all -- just plain barbarism. This is one of the deepest anomalies that could be the primary cause of human rights abuses.
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THE ANTI-HAZING LAW OF THE REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES
REPUBLIC ACT No. 8049
AN ACT REGULATING HAZING AND OTHER FORMS OF INITIATION RITES IN FRATERNITIES, SORORITIES, AND ORGANIZATIONS AND PROVIDING PENALTIES THEREFORE.
Be enacted by Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in Congress assembled:
SECTION 1. Hazing as used in this Act is an initiation rite or practice as a prerequisite for admission into membership in a fraternity, sorority or organization by placing the recruit, neophyte or applicant in some embarrassing or humiliating situations such as forcing him/her to do menial, silly, foolish and similar tasks or activities or otherwise subjecting him/her to physical or psychological suffering or injury.
The term organization shall include any club or the Armed Forces of the Philippines, Philippine National Police, Philippine Military Academy, or cadet corps of the Citizen’s Military Training, or Citizen’s Army Training. The physical, mental and psychological testing and training procedure and practices to determine and enhance the physical, mental and psychological fitness of prospective regular members of the Armed Forces of the Philippines and the Philippine National Police as approved by the secretary of National Defense and the National Police Commission duly recommended by the Chief of Staff, Armed Forces of the Philippines and the Director General of the Philippine National Police shall not be considered as hazing for the purpose of this act.
SECTION 2. No-hazing or initiation rites in any from or manner by a fraternity, sorority or organization shall be allowed without prior written notice to the school authorities or head of organization seven (7) days before the conduct of such initiations. The written notice shall indicate the period of the initiation activities which shall not exceed three (3) days, shall include the names of those to be subjected to such activities, and shall further contain an undertaking that no physical violence be employed by anybody during such initiation rites.
SECTION 3. The head of the school or organization or their representatives must assign at least two (2) representatives of the school or organization, as the case may be, to be present during initiation. It is the duty of such representative to see to it that no physical harm of any kind shall be inflicted upon a recruit, neophyte or applicant.
SECTION 4. If the person subjected to hazing or other forms of initiation rites suffers any physical injury or dies as a result thereof, the officers and members of the fraternity, sorority or organization who actually participated in the infliction of physical harm shall be liable as principals. The person or persons who participated in the hazing shall suffer.
a.) The penalty of reclusion perpetual if death, rape, sodomy or mutilation results therefrom.
b.) The penalty of reclusion temporal in its maximum period if in consequence of the hazing the victim shall become insane, imbecile, impotent or blind.
c.) The penalty of reclusion temporal in its maximum period if in consequence of the hazing the victim shall have lost the use of speech or the power to hear or to smell, or shall have lost an eye, a hand, a foot, an arm or a leg shall have lost the use of nay such member shall have become incapacitated for the activity or work in which he/she was habitually engaged.
d.) The penalty of reclusion temporal in its minimum period if in consequence of the hazing the victim shall become deformed or shall have lost any other part of his/her body, or shall have lost the use thereof or shall have been ill or incapacitated for the performance of the activity or work in which he/she has habitually engaged for a period of more than ninety (90) days.
e.) The penalty of prison mayor in its maximum period if in consequence of the hazing the victim shall have been ill or incapacitated for the performance of the activity or work in which he was habitually engaged for more than thirty (30) days.
f.) The penalty of prison mayor in its medium period if in consequence of the hazing the victim shall have been ill or capacitated for the performance of the activity or work in which he was habitually engaged for ten (10) days or more, or that the injury sustained shall require medical attendance for the same period.
g.) The penalty of the prison mayor in its period if in consequence of the hazing the victim shall have been ill or incapacitated for the performance of the activity or work in which he was habitually engaged from one (1) to nine (9) days, or that the injury sustained shall require medical attendance for the same period.
h.) The penalty of prison correctional in its maximum period if in consequence of the hazing the victim shall sustain physical injuries, which do not prevent him/her from engaging in his habitual activity, or work nor require medical attendance.
The responsible officials of the school or of the police, military or citizen’s army training organization may impose the appropriate administrative sanctions on the person or persons charged under this provision even before their conviction.
The maximum penalty herein provided shall be imposed in any of the following instances:
a.) When the recruitment is accompanied by force, violence, threat, intimidation or deceit on the person of the recruit who refuses to join;
b.) When the recruit, neophyte or applicant initially consents to join but upon learning that hazing will be committed on his person, is prevented from quitting.
c.) When the recruit, neophyte or applicant having undergone hazing is prevented from reporting the unlawful act to his parents or guardians, to the proper school authorities or to the police authorities, through force, violence, threat or intimidation;
d.) When the hazing is committed outside of the school or institution; or
e.) When the victim is below twelve (12) years of age at he time of hazing.
The owner of the place where the hazing is conducted shall be liable as an accomplice, when he/she has actual knowledge of the hazing conducted therein but failed to take any action to prevent the same from occurring. If the hazing is held in the home of one of the officers of members of the fraternity, sorority, group, or organization, the parent shall be held liable as principals when they have actual knowledge of the hazing conducted therein but failed to take any action to prevent the same from occurring.
The school authorities including faculty members who consent to the hazing or who have actual knowledge thereof, but failed to take any action to prevent the same from occurring shall be punished as accomplices for the acts of hazing committed by the perpetrators.
The officers, former officers or alumni of the organization, group, fraternity or sorority who actually planned the hazing although not present when the acts constituting the hazing were committed shall be liable as principals. Officers or members of an organization, group, fraternity or sorority’s adviser who is present when the acts constituting the hazing were committed and failed to take any action to prevent the same from occurring shall be liable as a principal.
The presence of any person during the hazing is prima facie evidence of participation therein as a principal unless he prevented the commission of the acts punishable herein.
Any person charged under this provision should not be entitled to the mitigating circumstances that there was no intention to commit so grave a wrong.
This section shall apply to the president, manager, director, or other responsible officer of a corporation engaged in hazing as a requirement for employment in the manner provided herein.
SECTION 5. If any provision or part of this Act is declared invalid or unconstitutional, the other parts or provision thereof shall remain valid and effective.
SECTION 6. All laws. Orders, rules of regulations, which are inconsistent with or contrary to the provisions of this Act, are hereby amended or repealed accordingly.
SECTION 7. This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its publication in at least two (2) national newspapers of general circulation.
Approved: June 07, 1995
(Signed) FIDEL V. RAMOS
President of the Philippines
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THE ANTI-HAZING LAW OF THE REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES
REPUBLIC ACT No. 8049
AN ACT REGULATING HAZING AND OTHER FORMS OF INITIATION RITES IN FRATERNITIES, SORORITIES, AND ORGANIZATIONS AND PROVIDING PENALTIES THEREFORE.
Be enacted by Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in Congress assembled:
SECTION 1. Hazing as used in this Act is an initiation rite or practice as a prerequisite for admission into membership in a fraternity, sorority or organization by placing the recruit, neophyte or applicant in some embarrassing or humiliating situations such as forcing him/her to do menial, silly, foolish and similar tasks or activities or otherwise subjecting him/her to physical or psychological suffering or injury.
The term organization shall include any club or the Armed Forces of the Philippines, Philippine National Police, Philippine Military Academy, or cadet corps of the Citizen’s Military Training, or Citizen’s Army Training. The physical, mental and psychological testing and training procedure and practices to determine and enhance the physical, mental and psychological fitness of prospective regular members of the Armed Forces of the Philippines and the Philippine National Police as approved by the secretary of National Defense and the National Police Commission duly recommended by the Chief of Staff, Armed Forces of the Philippines and the Director General of the Philippine National Police shall not be considered as hazing for the purpose of this act.
SECTION 2. No-hazing or initiation rites in any from or manner by a fraternity, sorority or organization shall be allowed without prior written notice to the school authorities or head of organization seven (7) days before the conduct of such initiations. The written notice shall indicate the period of the initiation activities which shall not exceed three (3) days, shall include the names of those to be subjected to such activities, and shall further contain an undertaking that no physical violence be employed by anybody during such initiation rites.
SECTION 3. The head of the school or organization or their representatives must assign at least two (2) representatives of the school or organization, as the case may be, to be present during initiation. It is the duty of such representative to see to it that no physical harm of any kind shall be inflicted upon a recruit, neophyte or applicant.
SECTION 4. If the person subjected to hazing or other forms of initiation rites suffers any physical injury or dies as a result thereof, the officers and members of the fraternity, sorority or organization who actually participated in the infliction of physical harm shall be liable as principals. The person or persons who participated in the hazing shall suffer.
a.) The penalty of reclusion perpetual if death, rape, sodomy or mutilation results therefrom.
b.) The penalty of reclusion temporal in its maximum period if in consequence of the hazing the victim shall become insane, imbecile, impotent or blind.
c.) The penalty of reclusion temporal in its maximum period if in consequence of the hazing the victim shall have lost the use of speech or the power to hear or to smell, or shall have lost an eye, a hand, a foot, an arm or a leg shall have lost the use of nay such member shall have become incapacitated for the activity or work in which he/she was habitually engaged.
d.) The penalty of reclusion temporal in its minimum period if in consequence of the hazing the victim shall become deformed or shall have lost any other part of his/her body, or shall have lost the use thereof or shall have been ill or incapacitated for the performance of the activity or work in which he/she has habitually engaged for a period of more than ninety (90) days.
e.) The penalty of prison mayor in its maximum period if in consequence of the hazing the victim shall have been ill or incapacitated for the performance of the activity or work in which he was habitually engaged for more than thirty (30) days.
f.) The penalty of prison mayor in its medium period if in consequence of the hazing the victim shall have been ill or capacitated for the performance of the activity or work in which he was habitually engaged for ten (10) days or more, or that the injury sustained shall require medical attendance for the same period.
g.) The penalty of the prison mayor in its period if in consequence of the hazing the victim shall have been ill or incapacitated for the performance of the activity or work in which he was habitually engaged from one (1) to nine (9) days, or that the injury sustained shall require medical attendance for the same period.
h.) The penalty of prison correctional in its maximum period if in consequence of the hazing the victim shall sustain physical injuries, which do not prevent him/her from engaging in his habitual activity, or work nor require medical attendance.
The responsible officials of the school or of the police, military or citizen’s army training organization may impose the appropriate administrative sanctions on the person or persons charged under this provision even before their conviction.
The maximum penalty herein provided shall be imposed in any of the following instances:
a.) When the recruitment is accompanied by force, violence, threat, intimidation or deceit on the person of the recruit who refuses to join;
b.) When the recruit, neophyte or applicant initially consents to join but upon learning that hazing will be committed on his person, is prevented from quitting.
c.) When the recruit, neophyte or applicant having undergone hazing is prevented from reporting the unlawful act to his parents or guardians, to the proper school authorities or to the police authorities, through force, violence, threat or intimidation;
d.) When the hazing is committed outside of the school or institution; or
e.) When the victim is below twelve (12) years of age at he time of hazing.
The owner of the place where the hazing is conducted shall be liable as an accomplice, when he/she has actual knowledge of the hazing conducted therein but failed to take any action to prevent the same from occurring. If the hazing is held in the home of one of the officers of members of the fraternity, sorority, group, or organization, the parent shall be held liable as principals when they have actual knowledge of the hazing conducted therein but failed to take any action to prevent the same from occurring.
The school authorities including faculty members who consent to the hazing or who have actual knowledge thereof, but failed to take any action to prevent the same from occurring shall be punished as accomplices for the acts of hazing committed by the perpetrators.
The officers, former officers or alumni of the organization, group, fraternity or sorority who actually planned the hazing although not present when the acts constituting the hazing were committed shall be liable as principals. Officers or members of an organization, group, fraternity or sorority’s adviser who is present when the acts constituting the hazing were committed and failed to take any action to prevent the same from occurring shall be liable as a principal.
The presence of any person during the hazing is prima facie evidence of participation therein as a principal unless he prevented the commission of the acts punishable herein.
Any person charged under this provision should not be entitled to the mitigating circumstances that there was no intention to commit so grave a wrong.
This section shall apply to the president, manager, director, or other responsible officer of a corporation engaged in hazing as a requirement for employment in the manner provided herein.
SECTION 5. If any provision or part of this Act is declared invalid or unconstitutional, the other parts or provision thereof shall remain valid and effective.
SECTION 6. All laws. Orders, rules of regulations, which are inconsistent with or contrary to the provisions of this Act, are hereby amended or repealed accordingly.
SECTION 7. This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its publication in at least two (2) national newspapers of general circulation.
Approved: June 07, 1995
(Signed) FIDEL V. RAMOS
President of the Philippines
Thursday, August 19, 2010
Autistic Inmate Mixed in Regular Jail
Below is a very valid message in PNoy's Page. It is about an autistic person being mixed in the general inmate population.
Eto ang magandang actionan dapat! Hindi dapat hinahalo sa general inmate population ang merong diperensiya. I have responded to Imelda and suggested that she will follow-up this 15 days from now. If PNoy will not act on this, bombahan natin ng batikos sa pagka-walang kwenta itong PNoy page. I will also try to visit the autistic inmate.
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Someone sent a message in PNoy page, saying: "I need a help from you, My brother has been in jail for almost 3 years now. my mother died he didnt even get to see him.His name is Afredo Capaycapay his in Manila City jail. Alredo is a Autistic spectrum disorder ASD, who doesnt know whats going on surrounding him. I am his younger sister, Im too far away from him at the moment and no one would listen even the medical certificate has proven his suffering from ASD the court judge not paying attention.I heard in filipino news about prisoners has been torturing by the polices, Im scared for my brother life, his in prison.. the complainant is not turning up on court hearing. they accuse him for something that he does'nt really understand what complaint are. All i know if the complaint is not turning up in court hearing the should be cease.I need your help. please help us.Thank you so much spending time reading this letter Mae Local resident"
Eto ang magandang actionan dapat! Hindi dapat hinahalo sa general inmate population ang merong diperensiya. I have responded to Imelda and suggested that she will follow-up this 15 days from now. If PNoy will not act on this, bombahan natin ng batikos sa pagka-walang kwenta itong PNoy page. I will also try to visit the autistic inmate.
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Someone sent a message in PNoy page, saying: "I need a help from you, My brother has been in jail for almost 3 years now. my mother died he didnt even get to see him.His name is Afredo Capaycapay his in Manila City jail. Alredo is a Autistic spectrum disorder ASD, who doesnt know whats going on surrounding him. I am his younger sister, Im too far away from him at the moment and no one would listen even the medical certificate has proven his suffering from ASD the court judge not paying attention.I heard in filipino news about prisoners has been torturing by the polices, Im scared for my brother life, his in prison.. the complainant is not turning up on court hearing. they accuse him for something that he does'nt really understand what complaint are. All i know if the complaint is not turning up in court hearing the should be cease.I need your help. please help us.Thank you so much spending time reading this letter Mae Local resident"
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