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Trump to face jurors in April before facing US voters in November
Republican strategists say voters have grown accustomed to Donald Trump's norm-shattering behavior, but a guilty verdict could hurt his ability to win over swing voters who decide elections.....»»
SC upholds decision granting Napoles bail in one PDAF case
Pork barrel scam mastermind Janet Lim-Napoles and former Masbate Rep. Rizalina Seachon-Lanete have been allowed to post bail after the Supreme Court dismissed a case related to the Priority Development Assistance Fund......»»
Murder suspect nabbed at QC checkpoint
A security guard wanted for murder in Caloocan City was nabbed by operatives of the Quezon City Police District, Novaliches Police Station (PS 4) at a checkpoint Sunday night. QCPD PS-4 commander, P/Lt.Col. Jerry Castillo, identified the suspect as Romnick Abayon Perote, 34 years old, a Security Guard at Parkview Executive Village, and a resident of Brgy. Bagumbong, Caloocan City. Castillo said they have received information regarding a shooting incident that transpired at 8:20 p.m. on 1 October 2023 at Parkview Heights Exclusive Village in Brgy. Bagumbong, Caloocan City. He immediately ordered the conduct of a checkpoint, Oplan Kandado, along Susano Road corner Austria St., in Brgy. Nova Proper, Novaliches, for the possible escape route of the fleeing suspect and intercept him. Fortunately, they were able to intercept the suspect onboard a passenger jeepney, which resulted in his arrest. Confiscated from Perote's possession was one caliber .38 Armscor 202 loaded with five live ammunition. The suspect was properly turned over to Caloocan Police Station (PS9) for further investigation and proper disposition to face the murder case and violation of Republic Act No. 10591 or the Comprehensive Firearms and Ammunition Regulation Act. "I commend the dedication of PS 4 personnel for their swift conduct of checkpoints, which led to the arrest of the suspect. This proves that checkpoint operations are really crucial for deterring criminal activity and maintaining the well-being of our citizens,” Maranan commended Castillo and his men. The post Murder suspect nabbed at QC checkpoint appeared first on Daily Tribune......»»
Jaime Gubaton diverts from usual style to relay urgent message
In this era of constant waste and ruin, “Foiled” serves as a reminder of the dangers of mindless consumerism and its deadly consequences on the environment. Presented by Arte Bettina, the solo exhibition of Filipino visual artist Jaime Gubaton is on view from 30 August to 12 September at the ArtistSpace, located at the ground level of Ayala Museum Annex, Makati Avenue corner Dela Rosa Street, Greenbelt Park, Makati City. Gubaton, a veteran artist with the burning enthusiasm of a student, considers artmaking a continuous process — a cycle of retaining, changing and revisiting. Born in 1981, he is an artist who mainly works with oil painting and contemporary figures and portraits juxtaposed with various elements, some linear and graphic representations, with the use of appropriated materials that are borrowed from a day-to-day context. Gubaton considers making art a craft that is executed using clear formal rules and that always refers to social reality. His works are notable for their perfect finish and tactile nature. This is of great importance and bears witness to great craftsmanship. The style and the corresponding vision of the artist naturally evolve and mature, but there is something in the initial creative impulse that continues to be sustained through their works, whether it is a preferential treatment of color, a recurring image or a conspicuously revisited subject matter. In the case of Gubaton, now considered one of the most sought-after artists working today, an emphasis on certain qualities of the Filipino identity can be discerned, even if he has fully ventured into photorealistic depictions of portraits. His formal arts education began at the University of the East in Caloocan, where he majored in advertising. He was already winning major art competitions while still in college. In 2002, he won the grand prize for both the PLDT-DPC Directory Cover National Competition and Art Petron, which influenced him to pursue a career as a painter. Art competitions served as his early training ground for painting until he was invited to participate in several art exhibits by various galleries both locally and internationally. [gallery columns="2" size="full" ids="179672,179671"] [gallery size="full" columns="2" ids="179670,179669"] “My artistic journey is a learning process that enables me to improve my skills and techniques. It opens opportunities for me to better appreciate the history and culture of the world. Allow yourself to grow at your own pace. Don’t rush the process,” Gubaton said. Despite being a firm believer in the foundational skills of art, he centers his practice on experimentation and polishes his skills by regularly stepping away from routine — a feat many shy away from due to human nature’s fear of the uncertain. “Foiled” showcases this as he deviates from human portraiture and instead breathes nature and its pollutants onto a dark canvas. As much as “Foiled” has prevention at its core, Gubaton weaves the multiplicity of his concept into the composition of his works. His paintings take inspiration from a foiling technique seen in jewelry making and mimics its principle of using foil to further emphasize its symbolism, spotlighting his subjects onto an almost black base. There is no mistaking the message of his show, and that is intentional. He is blunt in his execution and his intentions could easily be received at a glance. Nature is in danger, and its stewards have become its executioners. Gubaton takes this opportunity to champion what he has always implemented in his act of creation, a willingness to change. ArtistSpace, an art gallery established in 2004, is dedicated to the promotion of contemporary visual arts featuring a wide range of styles and media from local and foreign artists in two-week exhibitions. The gallery is open daily from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. Admission is free. For queries on the exhibition, contact Arte Bettina at 905-2696095, 27004-3209 or artebettinagallery@gmail.com. For more information on ArtistSpace, contact Jane Salvador at 917-8264425 or hello@artistspace.org.ph. The post Jaime Gubaton diverts from usual style to relay urgent message appeared first on Daily Tribune......»»
Boyfriends from hell (2)
Previously, we discussed two recent events in North Caloocan that should serve as chilling reminders of the risks that people, the young in particular, face in the online world. In the first story, a girl of 16 fell prey to a 22-year-old male whom she had contacted on a social networking site. She claimed she was sexually assaulted repeatedly by her new acquaintance, and even sold to strangers for sex. The second case pertained to a 21-year-old woman who was strangled to death by her jealous lover, and buried in a shallow grave. Only by opening the victim’s social media account did her parents get to learn of her relationship with an abusive man, but it was too late by then. For parents, these cases train the spotlight on the need for preventative steps, including having open communication with their children and teenagers to keep them safe from cyber predators. Protecting children from bad elements, without making them feel suffocated and their privacy intruded upon, requires a diverse strategy in today’s digital age, when online interactions are the norm. When it comes to teaching children how to be safe online, parents and guardians must play a key role. First and foremost, it’s crucial to encourage honest dialogue. Teens and kids can provide significant information about Internet dangers if they are encouraged to talk about their experiences without having to worry about repercussions. Kids simply clam up if they just receive tongue lashings whenever they open up. By taking an accepting and sympathetic posture, parents may create a safe space in which their children will feel comfortable sharing their concerns. All homes should be like that — safe spaces people would want to come home to because there’s understanding, genuine concern, and love to be had. Having opened the channel of communication, it is crucial to teach young people about the dangers of social networking sites, how to spot and avoid cyber predators, and how to prevent becoming a victim. For parents and guardians to be effective in doing this, they, too, must verse themselves in the modus operandi being employed by society’s dregs, in whatever forms they come, whether online or off. Trained, young people can better defend themselves if they are taught how to spot warning flags such as sudden requests for personal information, or overbearing conduct from people they do not really know. Several rules can stop many degenerates from coming into the lives of peaceful people, and stop scammers, for example, from finding more victims. One is to stop being social media “friends” with people who are not really your friends. Another is to refrain from being addicted to likes and social media approval to the point that you delight in having thousands of total strangers as account “followers.” To further build online defenses, it is important to stress the significance of privacy settings on social media platforms and the necessity of restricting access to personal information. Likewise, instilling critical thinking skills to promote healthy skepticism while interacting with strangers online is equally crucial. Especially for children, it is important to teach them to be wary of the identities and motives of people they come across on social media. The post Boyfriends from hell (2) appeared first on Daily Tribune......»»
Service incentive leave pay
Dear Atty. Vlad, I am an office staff in a manufacturing company in Caloocan City. I was employed there for seven years. During my entire stay, I did not use any of my leaves, nor was I paid any unused leaves. About a month ago, I resigned from my work. When I went to my employer to ask for my service incentive leave pay, I was only given the equivalent of three years because, according to my employer, prescription has already set in. Is my employer correct? Please guide me. Tito, ***** Dear Tito, Your employer is wrong. In the case of Lourdes C. Rodriguez vs Park N Ride Inc. Nicest (Phils.) Inc./Grand Leisure Corp./Sps. Vicente and Estelita B. Javier, 20 March 2017, G.R. 222980 (citing the case of Auto Bus Transport System Inc. vs Bautista; 497 Phil. 863, 2005), the Court explained, viz: “However, Auto Bus Transport System Inc. v Bautista clarified the correct reckoning of the prescriptive period for service incentive leave pay: Applying Article 291 of the Labor Code in light of this peculiarity of the service incentive leave, we can conclude that the three-year prescriptive period commences, not at the end of the year when the employee becomes entitled to the commutation of his service incentive leave, but from the time when the employer refuses to pay its monetary equivalent after demand of commutation or upon termination of the employee’s services, as the case may be.” “The above construal of Art. 291, vis-a-vis the rules on service incentive leave, is in keeping with the rudimentary principle that in the implementation and interpretation of the provisions of the Labor Code and its implementing regulations, the workingman’s welfare should be the primordial and paramount consideration. The policy is to extend the applicability of the decree to a greater number of employees who can avail of the benefits under the law, which is in consonance with the avowed policy of the State to give maximum aid and protection to labor.” From the above-cited decision of the court, your employer is wrong in stating that prescription has already set in. The three-year prescriptive period only sets in at the time of demand. Since you made the demand just about a month after your resignation, your right to receive your service incentive leave was within the three-year prescriptive period. As such, you are entitled to service incentive leave pay equivalent to seven years or 35 days of SIL pay. I hope that I was able to guide you based on what you shared with me. Atty. Vlad del Rosario The post Service incentive leave pay appeared first on Daily Tribune......»»
Boyfriends from hell (1)
Two stories this week from North Caloocan should serve as a reminder of the various sketchy characters that people, especially young ones, can meet online. In the first incident that hogged tabloid headlines, the police had to save a 16-year-old girl from a 22-year-old man to whose house she had run away from home. The girl told her mother and the police that the man she had met on one of those social media platforms raped her repeatedly while selling her to other men for sex. The Facebook friend (or shall we call him fiend?) was arrested, shouting himself hoarsely that he was innocent, that the girl went to his house of her own free will. It wouldn’t have been surprising if the man claimed she was his girlfriend, and that may be true, but that’s beside the point. Under our laws, rape is rape, even between lovers and spouses. Then there’s that aspect of not just pimping her but practically kidnapping her and subjecting her to illegal detention (let the lawyers debate the appropriate charges) preparatory to forcing her into prostitution. If the charges are proven true, this young man would have plenty of time to reassess his life decisions. He’d be an old man by the time he gets out of jail. As for the girl, she would require therapy and all the family support she can get to recover from a life-altering, traumatic incident that was touched off by her running away from her family and into the arms of a monster. For the second open-and-shut case, a man admitted to strangling his 21-year-old girlfriend to death out of jealousy and then burying her body the next day in a vacant lot. Apparently trolling for sympathy, he claimed that he even slept beside the lifeless body of his girlfriend, whom he accused of chatting up another guy. That he was able to sleep after snuffing out the life of another should not elicit even a shred of pity for him. An uncle of the dead woman said her family was clueless that he was her boyfriend until they opened her social media account and read their personal messages. It turned out the woman was breaking up with him, but he would not let her go, stalking her and making trouble for her. All the time, her family had no idea she had a pest that needed ridding off. The boyfriend from hell even tried to mislead the family, joining them in filing a missing person case with the police. For parents, it used to be that keeping tabs on the friends of their children was easier because of their limited circles in the community and school. Social media platforms have changed all that. As the Internet has become an integral part of our lives, we use it for everything from staying connected with friends and family to doing our work and shopping. But the Internet can be a dangerous place. Online predators are a real threat. These predators can be anyone, like adults posing as children or teenagers into drugs. These people you want to keep away from your children use social media, chat rooms, and even gaming platforms to lure their victims. Once they have their target’s attention, online predators will often try to build a relationship with them. They may flatter them, offer them gifts, or even threaten them. Young people can safeguard themselves from online predators in several ways. Likewise, parents need not feel helpless in the face of those preying on their children but addressing issues that are out of their hands begins with getting their children to talk. More on this next week. Stay safe. The post Boyfriends from hell (1) appeared first on Daily Tribune......»»
Stricter rules bind water firms in revised deals
Water concessionaires — Maynilad Water Services Inc. and Manila Water Company Inc. — will be governed by stricter rules under the amendment concession agreement with the government. Metropolitan Waterworks and Sewerage System Regulatory Office chief regulator Patrick Lester said the recently signed revised rules provided more stringent provisions to deliver better services to consumers. “Now the penalties for missing their service obligations will be bigger, unlike before. Their obligations used to be limited but now, non-revenue services are included,” Ty said in an interview with reporters on Wednesday. “Within the year, if they do not reach their targets based on the approved business plan, we can penalize them as well,” he added. Maynilad and Manila Water’s obligations include providing an uninterrupted usable water supply to consumers. Previously, the MWSS RO did not penalize the concessionaires’ non-revenue service failures. Ty, however, reiterated that changes are needed “to better serve the customers and make sure that the concessionaires are doing their jobs.” As stated in the new agreement, failure to meet any obligation for more than 15 days, or 3 days, in cases where public welfare is affected, can be a basis for the MWSS RO to impose financial penalties. In return, any penalized concessionaire needs to pay their duties within 10 days after receipt of demand from the MWSS RO. Ty noted that any penalties collected from the concessionaires will be distributed to consumers in the form of rebates. In case the concessionaires fail to follow the amended guidelines and maintain their obligations, Ty stressed that the MWSS RO has the option to get a third party to do the works of the concessionaires. Likewise, they may also recommend that the concession agreement be further improvised. Compliance assured In separate statements, both Maynilad and Manila Water vowed to comply with the directives of the MWSS RO. “We support the MWSS’s initiatives to improve our service to our customers. We have been in discussions with the MWSS Regulatory Office to fine-tune the Implementing Rules and Regulations to ensure these are under the terms of the Revised Concession Agreement,” Maynilad said. Meanwhile, Manila Water noted that the company has yet to receive the official notice from MWSS RO about the penalties, but it committed to abide by any directive issued by the regulator. Maynilad is the largest private water concessionaire in the country in terms of customer base. It is the concessionaire or the West Zone of the Greater Manila Area, which is composed of the cities of Manila, Quezon City, Makati, Caloocan, Pasay, Parañaque, Las Piñas, Muntinlupa, Valenzuela, Navotas and Malabon all in Metro Manila; the cities of Cavite, Bacoor, and Imus, and the towns of Kawit, Noveleta, and Rosario, all in Cavite province. The Manila Water, on the other hand, provides service to about 23 cities and municipalities, including Makati, Mandaluyong, Pasig, Pateros, San Juan, Taguig, Marikina, most parts of Quezon City, portions of Manila as well as 14 towns of Rizal province. The post Stricter rules bind water firms in revised deals appeared first on Daily Tribune......»»
MWSS: Stricter penalties await water firms
Water concessionaires Maynilad Water Services, Inc. and Manila Water Company, Inc. will be governed by stricter rules under the amendment concession agreement with the government. Metropolitan Waterworks and Sewerage System Regulatory Office chief regulator Patrick Lester said the recently signed revised rules provided more stringent provisions to deliver better services to consumers. “Now the penalties for missing their service obligations will be bigger, unlike before. Their obligations used to be limited but now, non-revenue services are included,” Ty said in an interview with reporters on Wednesday. “Within the year, if they did not reach their targets based on the approved business plan, we can penalize them as well,” he added. Maynilad and Manila Water’s obligations include providing uninterrupted and usable water supply to consumers. Overhaul needed Previously, the MWSS RO did not penalize the concessionaires’ non-revenue service failures. Ty, however, reiterated that changes are needed “to better serve the customers and make sure that the concessionaires are doing their jobs.” As stated in the new agreement, a failure to meet any obligation for more than 15 days or 3 days, in cases where public welfare is affected, can be a basis for the MWSS RO to impose financial penalties. In return, any penalized concessionaire needs to pay their duties within 10 days after receipt of demand from the MWSS RO. Ty noted that any penalties collected from the concessionaires will be distributed to the consumers in the form of rebates. In case the concessionaires fail to follow the amended guidelines and maintain their obligations, Ty pointed out that the MWSS RO has the option to get a third party to do the works of the concessionaires. Likewise, they may also recommend that the concession agreement be further improvised. Compliance assured In separate statements, both Maynilad and Manila Water vowed to comply with the directives of the MWSS RO. “We support the MWSS's initiatives to improve our service to our customers. We have been in discussions with the MWSS Regulatory Office to fine-tune the Implementing Rules and Regulations to ensure these are under the terms of the Revised Concession Agreement,” Maynilad said. Meanwhile, Manila Water noted that the company has yet to receive the official notice from MWSS-RO about the penalties, but it committed to abiding by any directive from the regulator. Maynilad is the largest private water concessionaire in the country in terms of customer base. It is the concessionaire or the West Zone of the Greater Manila Area, which is composed of the cities of Manila, Quezon City, Makati, Caloocan, Pasay, Parañaque, Las Piñas, Muntinlupa, Valenzuela, Navotas and Malabon all in Metro Manila; the cities of Cavite, Bacoor and Imus, and the towns of Kawit, Noveleta and Rosario, all in Cavite Province. Manila Water, on the other hand, provides service to about 23 cities and municipalities, including Makati, Mandaluyong, Pasig, Pateros, San Juan, Taguig, Marikina, most parts of Quezon City, portions of Manila as well as 14 towns of Rizal province. ### The post MWSS: Stricter penalties await water firms appeared first on Daily Tribune......»»
CBCP ‘begs forgiveness’ over exorcist’s case
MANILA, Philippines — Two weeks after an exorcist priest was arrested for “offending religious feelings,” the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) has “begged forgiveness” for what CBCP head and Caloocan Bishop Pablo Virgilio David said was “indicative of shortcomings [among] Church leaders.” “We humbly beg forgiveness for this shortcoming. That a Catholic would […] The post CBCP ‘begs forgiveness’ over exorcist’s case appeared first on Cebu Daily News......»»
Resigning employee
Dear Atty. Vlad, I have been employed in a Bank in Caloocan City for 10 years. However, since I found a better-paying job in another company, I decided to resign. Subsequently, I learned that the company where I intend to transfer, closed. Within 30 days from the time I tendered my resignation letter, I retracted it before my manager can accept my resignation letter. However, even with such a retraction, my manager told me that my resignation already became effective. Is my manager correct? Please help me. Marcus ***** Dear Marcus, From what you shared to me, you retracted your resignation within 30 days from your submission thereof, because the company where you are supposed to transfer has already closed. In addition, your resignation letter was not yet accepted by your manager. In the case of BMG Records (Phils.) Inc. and Jose Yap, Jr., vs Aida C. Aparecio and National Labor Relations Commission G.R. 153290, 5 September 2007, the Court, citing its earlier ruling in the case of Intertrod Maritime Inc. vs NLRC, (G.R. 81087, 19 June 1991, 198 SCRA 318) stated: “x x x As held in Intertrod Maritime Inc. v. NLRC: ‘Once an employee resigns and his resignation is accepted, he no longer has any right to the job. If the employee later changes his mind, he must ask for approval of the withdrawal of his resignation from his employer, as if he were re-applying for the job. It will then be up to the employer to determine whether or not his service would be continued. If the employer accepts said withdrawal, the employee retains his job. If the employer does not x x x the employee cannot claim illegal dismissal for the employer has the right to determine who his employees will be. To say that an employee who has resigned is illegally dismissed, is to encroach upon the right of employers to hire persons who will be of service to them.’” From the above ruling, it can be gleaned that, before an employer can accept one’s resignation, the employee can still withdraw or retract it. In your case, before your manager can accept your resignation, you have already retracted it. As such, you are still considered an employee of the bank. I hope that I was able to help you based on the facts you stated. Atty. Vlad del Rosario The post Resigning employee appeared first on Daily Tribune......»»
Power update: yellow alerts up ahead, red alert possible
The Department of Energy warned that the Luzon grid may be placed anew on red alert — an occurrence when supply is insufficient to meet consumer demand, prompting intermittent power — if a transmission line tripping incident happens again. At a press conference on Tuesday, Energy Secretary Raphael Perpetuo Lotilla said about 15 yellow alerts are also expected to occur for the rest of the year due to thin power supply. However, Lotilla noted that the power outlook may improve significantly once the 1,200-megawatt Ilijan Natural Gas Plant goes online this month to help augment the country’s power supply as demand increases. The Ilijan Plant, which is expected to go online by 26 May, has historically contributed up to 10 percent of Luzon’s net reliable capacity. Energy Undersecretary Rowena Cristina Guevarra, meanwhile, pointed out that the government’s supply and demand scenario was computed considering the absence of the Ilijan plant. “We have potential yellow alerts for the entire month of May. Now the way that was computed was in the worst-case scenario. We assumed that Ilijan will be on an extended shutdown,” Guevarra said. “If that power plant comes in, the yellow alert occurrences will be slashed,” she added. A yellow alert is issued when the operating margin is insufficient to meet the transmission grid’s regulating and contingency requirement, which is at 668 megawatts each. A red alert status is issued when supplies are insufficient to meet consumer demand and the transmission grid’s regulating requirement. On Monday, hundreds of thousands of consumers in Luzon were affected by a power interruption after five power plants went on forced outages, while three other plants went on derated capacities. The incident stripped a total of 1,354 megawatts of capacity from the grid. The available capacity of 12,186 MW was not enough to cover the peak demand, which clocked in at 12,468 MW on that day. This afternoon, the Manila Electric Co. or Meralco, reported anew an automatic load dropping or ALD occurred due to the tripping of the Duhat-Hermosa 230kV line. Service was restored immediately by 3:57 p.m. “This affected more than 200,000 Meralco customers in portions of Paco and Sta. Mesa in Manila, Caloocan, Malabon, Batangas, Antipolo in Rizal, San Pedro and Biñan in Laguna, and San Rafael and Pulilan in Bulacan,” Meralco said. The post Power update: yellow alerts up ahead, red alert possible appeared first on Daily Tribune......»»
Lack of Accountability Risks Philippines EU Trade Perks - Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image Activists light candles in front of the picture of 17-year-old student Kian delos Santos in Caloocan City, Philippines on November 29, 2018.Delos Santos' 2017 killing resulted in the first of only two court convictions of police officers in a "drug war" case. 2018 Aaron Favila-AP Photo The handful of criminal convictions of police for drug war killings in the Philippines is not enough t.....»»
Experts say PH COVID-19 case count going down
CALOOCAN CITY, Oct. 9 (PIA) -- The daily reported COVID-19 cases in the country went down based on data last Sept. 6, according to experts.In a report by PTV-4 Sentro Balita, data from indep.....»»
Villanueva cites value of teaching labor laws to tertiary students
CALOOCAN CITY, Sept. 3 (PIA) -- Senator Joel Villanueva on Thursday said teaching Philippine labor laws to students in tertiary education will help empower them in case they would opt to be future.....»»
FDA says COVID-19 vaccine may be approved by end of 2020
CALOOCAN CITY, Aug. 14 (PIA) -- The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said on Friday given a best case scenario, vaccine for COVID-19 can be approved by the end of 2020.According to FDA Adm.....»»
Caloocan may 2,378 coronavirus case na
Umabot na sa 2,378 ang COVID-19 cases ang naitala ng Caloocan City mula una at ikalawang distrito ng lungsod......»»
Makati reminds residents of COVID-19 Hotline 168
CALOOCAN CITY, May 28 (PIA) -- The Makati City Government today reminded residents of its COVID-19 Hotline 168 in case they may need to avail free medical consultation or emergency medical service......»»
Metro mayors 100-percent ready for GCQ - MMDA
CALOOCAN CITY, May 27 (PIA) -- A ranking official of the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) on Wednesday said the 17 mayors of Metro Manila are "100-percent ready" in case the region.....»»
ED attaches asset worth Rs 70 lakh in bank fraud implicating Hyderabad-based Jasleen Enterprises
New Delhi [India], March 28 (ANI): The Directorate of Enforcement (ED) has attached an immovable property valued at Rs 70 lakh in a bank fraud case involving Jasleen Enterprises headquartered in Hyderabad. The Hyderabad division of the ED attached the fixed asset in accordance with the stipulations outlined in the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) of 2002. ED initiated investigation on the basis of First Informati.....»»