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Comelec releases honoraria for teachers
The Commission on Elections (Comelec) yesterday started paying the honoraria of teachers who served in the last Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections last Monday in the amount of P2,000 each.
Cebu Provincial Election Supervisor Lionel Marco Castillano earlier said the money intended for such purpose was already released from Manila even before the election day. Castillano said they are releasing the money within the week as long as election officers are ready with their payroll. Borbon Election Officer Alex Villacrucis has urged other towns to get the money at the Comelec office at the Capitol so it can be released immediately to teachers who served as board of election tellers (BET). Villacrucis is one of those who first withdrew the money at the Comelec office yesterday and brought back the amount of P427,000 for the teachers. "Lipay kaayo aning mga maestra kay magamit sa kalag-kalag," Villacrucis said. (Teachers will be happy with this because they will have something to use on All Souls' Day.) Election officers have to bring only the payroll. They will be given withdrawal slips and they will be the one to withdraw cash at Land Bank of the Philippines. The Comelec wanted to release all money to teachers today as long as all election officers can claim and withdraw it.
Police find money, sample ballots
The police in Lapu-Lapu City yesterday found money stapled to a sample ballot bearing the name of a candidate in barangay Punta Engaño, two days after the shooting incident in sitio Lupa which killed the driver of Angel Rodriguez, a candidate who ran for barangay captain.
For Cebu City ABC President: Ralota, Guanzon get Tommy's nod
The hangover from Monday's barangay elections is still there and it is still months away from the elections of the Association of Barangay Councils (ABC), but this early two names have already been floated for the position of president, which also has an ex-officio seat in the Cebu City Council.
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Town councilor killed in Masbate
Ronald Ariola, a Sangguniang Bayan (town council) member of Balud, accompanied by Army Corporal Sonny Mirabel, who was unarmed and in civilian clothes, were following a group of Board of Election Inspectors carrying ballot boxes from Barangay (village) Mapili when attacked by the two gunmen, said Chief Inspector Pelagio Samson, Bicol police spokesman.
Samson said the incident occurred at around 7 p.m. between Barangays Ilaya and Mapili.
Quoting the Balud police, Samson said the gunmen, who were clad in black jackets and armed with M16 rifles, approached Ariola and fired at him at close range.
The victim died on the spot from multiple gunshot wounds.
Mirabel, a friend of the victim, told the police he was unarmed and unable to retaliate.
Probers eyed politics, a land dispute, or personal grudge as probable causes for the killing.
Earlier, three people were killed and another was injured in another poll-related violent incident late Monday afternoon in Cawayan town in Masbate.
Police said two of those killed were brothers of the incumbent village chief. One of their assailants, a known supporter of the village's chief's rival in the election, died from hack wounds inflicted by a companion of the brothers.
Rotational brownouts again
The public will have to bear a one to two-hour rotational brownout again as the Visayan Electric Company (Veco) started implementing this yesterday.
The deficiency in the Cebu-Negros-Panay grid is expected to be experienced until October 31.
Three power plants and the 150-megawatt High Voltage Direct Current (HVDC) are currently out of the grid. The HVDC is the power that links from Luzon to Visayas and was unavailable starting 4:00 a.m. yesterday. The situation would continue up to 5:00 p.m. of Oct. 31 for scheduled maintenance activities.
As of 4:29 p.m. to 5:11p.m. yesterday Veco implemented a brownout at the North Reclamation area in Mandaue City and in the Barangays of Pahina San Nicolas, Duljo Fatima, Mambaling, Poblacion Pardo & Quiot Pardo in Cebu City, due to a power shortage in the grid of 200 megawatts.
Jennifer de Jesus, NGCP head of Public Relations, Corporate Communications said the Palimpinon Geothermal Power Plant 1 and 3 in Leyte were having a shutdown as well as the Energy Development Corporation in Malitbog Unit 2.
NGCP, the operator of t he country's power transmission highway, in a report yesterday stated that for the Visayas power outlook, the capacity is 1,110 megawatts but during peak load, power demand reaches 1,304 megawatts.
There was a power generation deficiency of -154 megawatts (mw) in the morning, -187 mw in the afternoon and -194 in the evening.
Antonio Labios, Department of Energy 7 Director, said that Kepco is already synchronized with the grid and currently has a plant output ranging from 20 megawatts to 25 megawatts.
Singson Village: Landslide threat evacuates families
The area below the damaged riprap in Sitio Tipolo, Barangay Guadalupe, Cebu City will be declared under a state of calamity due to the 'imminent danger' it poses to the 20 families who have built their houses below.
Mending relationship with province among Rama's birthday wishes
As he turns 56 today, Cebu City Mayor Michael Rama wishes for reconciliations between the city government and the province as well as those political rivals in the just concluded barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections.
Ecleo's hospitalization stalls trial
The trial of the parricide case against cult leader Ruben Ecleo Jr. was rescheduled again due to his alleged confinement at a hospital in Manila.
Cebu's 2nd most wanted arrested in Davao
Dionision Panogalin, 44, wanted for rape and with a reward of P100,000 for his arrest, was nabbed at Barangay Tomas Monteverde Sr., Davao City, said Senior Superintendent Ramon Rafael, regional chief of the Criminal Investigation and Detection Unit of Cebu.
Panogalin, a tricycle driver, is facing four counts of rape and was arrested based on a warrant issued by Judge Mercedez Goze-Dadole of Regional Trial Court Branch 28 in Mandaue City.
Panogalin had eluded arrest for 12 years. He was being detained at the Davao City Police Office Detention Cell, before being turned over to the courts, police said.
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Ex-Ateneo prof behind SC plagiarism scandal?
In an online story, Newsbreak named Michelle Ann U. Juan, a former law professor at the Ateneo de Manila Law School, as the researcher who helped put together a Supreme Court decision on a case filed by Filipino comfort women.
The decision, which was penned by Associate Justice Mariano del Castillo, was found to have lifted several passages from the published works of legal experts abroad.
In a controversial decision of the Supreme Court en banc promulgated on October 12, the magistrates absolved Del Castillo. They said there was "no malicious intent" to pass off someone else's work as his own since the plagiarized materials in the decision were merely "accidentally deleted" by the ponencia's court researcher.
The decision did not name the researcher but, in an effort to establish the researcher's competence, provided several clues that led to Juan.
These include her law school (Ateneo, where she also taught law); academic honors (third in her class); her bar exam results (fourth placer); and her role in the school's law journal (editor-in-chief).
Except for Juan's masters degree and scholarship, all the other clues fit. Newsbreak's research showed that Juan studied International Law and Politics under a Hugo Grotius scholarship, not a degree in "International Law and Human Rights" under the "Global-Hauser program", as mentioned in the decision.
Newsbreak said Juan had worked at the Romulo Mabanta Buenaventura Sayoc & De Los Angeles law firm before joining Del Castillo when he was appointed to the Supreme Court. Del Castillo's wife, Cynthia, is a partner at the law firm.
The decision has caused an uproar among the legal and academic groups who are concerned of the wrong signal it could send to teachers and students. Newsbreak said this prompted some of its readers to share how they traced Juan.
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Filipina caught with 2.6 kg of heroin sentenced to death in Indonesia
The Filipina, whose name is being held for privacy reasons, was apprehended last April 25 at the Audisucipto International Airport in Yogyakarta by the Customs and Excise Authorities.
She was sentenced to death by Yogyakarta's lower court on October 11, despite the state prosecutor's petition for life imprisonment.
The DFA said the Philippine embassy in Jakarta has extended assistance to the Filipina through jail visitations, and is currently coordinating with her lawyer for the appeal.
The DFA-Office of the Undersecretary for Migrant Workers Affairs is also in touch with the Filipina's relatives in the Philippines.
At the same time, the DFA reiterated its warning against being victimized as drug mules.
DFA Undersecretary for Migrant Workers' Affairs Esteban Conejos Jr. warned of the stiff penalties imposed by other countries such as China on anyone caught carrying illegal drugs.
"We warn our countrymen from carrying drugs when travelling overseas and especially not to accept packages which they suspect contain drugs, and also to be wary of the modus operandi being used by drug-trafficking syndicates. If they are caught, they will face very dire circumstances," he said.
The DFA has requested the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) to continue its operations and redouble its efforts in light of the increasing involvement of Filipinas as drug mules.
Nurse in 'ventilator accident' a Pinay
The Philippine Embassy in London has confirmed that nurse Violetta Aylward is a Filipina.
According to Eduardo Malaya, spokesperson of the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA), the incident involving Aylward happened in 2009.
BBC recently aired a CCTV video showing Aylward switching off tetraplegic Jamie Merrett's ventilator. As a result, the 37-year-old patient suffered brain damage.
The report stated that Merrett had requested for a video camera to be installed in his room to appease his worries about how he is being cared for by the nurses.
A road accident left Merrett paralyzed from the neck down. He has since been on life-support machine since 2002. BBC also reported that despite his condition, Merrett is able to use a wheelchair and operate a voice-activated computer.
However, after the accident with his ventilator, Merrett's sister Karren Reynolds told BBC that her brother's mind was reduced to that of a young child.
Malaya said that the UK Crown Prosecution Service found insufficient evidence to charge Aylward for grievous bodily harm.
Aylward is not facing any criminal charges but her license has been suspended by the UK Nursing and Midwifery Council.
The Pinay nurse has declined to speak to media on the matter.
The embassy in London expressed its readiness to extend assistance to Aylward, and is actively monitoring the developments on the case.
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Tetangco tells banks to address ATM, POS risks
BSP Gov. Amando Tetangco Jr. stressed this point Wednesday, noting that ATM and POS transactions totaled P11.3 billion in the first quarter.
In a speech at the launching of BancNet, Expressnet, and Megalink POS network interconnection Wednesday, Tetangco said that banks and financial institutions must adopt controls, measures, and information campaigns to ensure that customers know how to use their ATM and debit cards in as safe and secure a manner as possible.
"It is prudent to remember that while technology presents us with many opportunities, we must also remain vigilant of its attendant challenges and risks," the central bank chief said.
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Even US senator wants Pacquiao's endorsement
Even a US senator is tapping Pacquiao to help boost his re-election to the US Senate, with the polls scheduled on November 2.
According to Fox5Vegas.com, Pacquiao will be among the "heavyweight" endorsers of Sen. Harry Reid of Nevada.
Reid has already received backing from US Sen. Al Franken, US Labor Secretary Hilda Solis and US First Lady Michelle Obama.
The US senator is reportedly banking on Pacquiao's celebrity status as seen in the Filipino boxer's sellout crowds whenever he fights in Las Vegas, Nevada.
The report said the boxing champion will join the senator at an early vote rally on Friday night (Saturday in Manila) at Orr Middle School in Las Vegas.
However, it is not clear if Pacquiao has confirmed his attendance at the rally. The pound-for-pound king is busy training for his upcoming fight against Antonio Margarito on November 13.
Pacquiao is a legislator himself, having been elected as the Philippines' lone representative of the province of Sarangani.
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