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Level 2 Tsunami warning raised over Eastern Philippines, and Negros-Cebu Earthquake.  Level 2 means, no evacuation order, yet.  Level 3 is being considered.

 

This is a developing story.

]]> http://www.propinoy.net/2012/02/06/21675/feed/ 0 6.7 Earthquake strikes Negros-Cebu Region in Central Philippines (Updated) http://www.propinoy.net/2012/02/06/magnitude-6-8-earthquake-strikes-negros-cebu-region-in-central-philippines/ http://www.propinoy.net/2012/02/06/magnitude-6-8-earthquake-strikes-negros-cebu-region-in-central-philippines/#comments Mon, 06 Feb 2012 04:31:03 +0000 Cocoy http://www.propinoy.net/?p=21671

The United States Geological Survey reported that a Magnitude 6.8 earthquake struck central Philippines.  The epicenter was located 70 kilometers North of Dumagete, Negros, Philippines.

Damage report are still incoming.

Update-1: NDRRMC confirmed that one died in the Earthquake.

Update-2: A wall divider at call center Teletech in Iloilo province collapsed, one agent injured.

Update-3: Tsunami alert level 2 raised.

Update-4: USGS revised Earthquake from 6.8 to 6.7.

This is a developing story.

]]> http://www.propinoy.net/2012/02/06/magnitude-6-8-earthquake-strikes-negros-cebu-region-in-central-philippines/feed/ 0 Mr. Corona, prove that you have nothing to hide http://www.propinoy.net/2012/02/06/mr-corona-prove-that-you-have-nothing-to-hide/ http://www.propinoy.net/2012/02/06/mr-corona-prove-that-you-have-nothing-to-hide/#comments Mon, 06 Feb 2012 02:26:05 +0000 Black and White Movement http://www.propinoy.net/?p=21667

Code of Judicial Conduct, Rule 5.08 – A judge shall make full financial disclosure as required by law.

“Malaking kasinungalingan itong ginawa nilang ito. Ang sa atin ay lima po lamang. Lima.” – CJ Corona referring to properties he owns.

Chief Justice Renato Corona is being accused of not truthfully disclosing his assets in his SALN. The prosecution has successfully pointed out that he actually owns 24 properties. How does a Chief Justice amass so many properties if he has no other means save for his and his wife’s government salaries?

The tedium has not been caused by the prosecution. Mr. Corona’s defense lawyers have been delaying the trial through circuitous objections and motions, the latest being strenuous protest against the prosecution’s motion to subpoena their client’s bank records.

The Black and White Movement challenges Mr. Corona to authorize the impeachment court to give the prosecution access to his bank records to avoid being accused of willful non-disclosure. Doing this would not only speed up the pace, it will allow Mr. Corona to live up to his word.

BnW Executive Director Leah Navarro said, “Kung wala siyang tinatago, pabayaan niya ang mga bangko na ilabas ang accounts niya kung meron man. Mr. Corona has claimed that he has nothing to hide. This would be a good time to put his money where his mouth is.”

Editor’s note: republished with permission from Black and White.

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As more and more evidence piles up regarding the veracity of impeached Chief Justice Corona’s SALN, his chief defense counsel, ex-Assoc. Justice Serafin Cuevas, proposed a way out of the pickle:

To us, it’s our humble opinion your honor that if there may have been discrepancies, inaccuracies, [...]]]>

As more and more evidence piles up regarding the veracity of impeached Chief Justice Corona’s SALN, his chief defense counsel, ex-Assoc. Justice Serafin Cuevas, proposed a way out of the pickle:

    To us, it’s our humble opinion your honor that if there may have been discrepancies, inaccuracies, incompleteness…(in his SALNs) these can be remedied after a review of the SALN is made. If it’s not intentional your honor, no criminal liability nor administrative liability is incurred by the filing official. The law of the matter is very clear.

In English there is a subtle difference between remedied and doctored. In Pilipino there is no difference. Niremedyohan and dinoktor mean the same thing.

And if one will have us focus on what was going on in the recesses of Corona’s mind, then repetition and his extensive experience in the matter of assets and liabilities is the “tell”, the flashlight in that dark cave called intent.

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]]> http://www.propinoy.net/2012/02/05/the-monkey-and-the-turtle-2012-02-05/feed/ 0 The Monkey and the Turtle (2012-02-04) http://www.propinoy.net/2012/02/04/the-monkey-and-the-turtle-2012-02-04/ http://www.propinoy.net/2012/02/04/the-monkey-and-the-turtle-2012-02-04/#comments Sat, 04 Feb 2012 07:00:07 +0000 Jay Salazar http://www.propinoy.net/?p=21647 Tweet
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]]> http://www.propinoy.net/2012/02/04/the-monkey-and-the-turtle-2012-02-04/feed/ 0 The Monkey and the Turtle (2012-02-03) http://www.propinoy.net/2012/02/03/the-monkey-and-the-turtle-2012-02-03/ http://www.propinoy.net/2012/02/03/the-monkey-and-the-turtle-2012-02-03/#comments Fri, 03 Feb 2012 07:00:03 +0000 Jay Salazar http://www.propinoy.net/?p=21642 Tweet
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]]> http://www.propinoy.net/2012/02/03/the-monkey-and-the-turtle-2012-02-03/feed/ 0 Brave souls and cowards http://www.propinoy.net/2012/02/02/brave-souls-and-cowards/ http://www.propinoy.net/2012/02/02/brave-souls-and-cowards/#comments Thu, 02 Feb 2012 08:37:52 +0000 Manuel Buencamino http://www.propinoy.net/?p=21637 Tweet

Frustrated over having to keep up with Sen. Miriam Santiago’s rapid-fire tirades at the trial of impeached Chief Justice Renato Corona, the Sign Language Association of the Philippines (SLAP) decided that henceforth the interpreter on duty will simply point a finger to his temple and move it in [...]]]>

Frustrated over having to keep up with Sen. Miriam Santiago’s rapid-fire tirades at the trial of impeached Chief Justice Renato Corona, the Sign Language Association of the Philippines (SLAP) decided that henceforth the interpreter on duty will simply point a finger to his temple and move it in a circular motion whenever Miriam speaks. Just kidding.

Over the weekend, Sen. Santiago told dzBB radio that she had a brain scan after her blood pressure shot up following her full Brenda on private prosecutor Atty. Arthur Lim.

“There’s nothing wrong with my brain, contrary to the impression of my enemies,” Brenda, I mean Miriam, claimed.

She disclosed her MRI (Magnetic Resonance Imaging) results and the diagnosis of her doctors: “No brain damage. Flapping noises and high-pitched beeps inside patient’s head are temporary. Patient is advised to rest on her right side for a few days so that the bats can fly out of her left ear.”

But seriously, at least Miriam had the courage to answer questions regarding her fitness for the job. She is not a coward like Ronald Llamas, the political adviser of President Aquino who ran for cover after he was busted buying dibidis in a downscale mall in Quezon City.

It’s not the purchase of dibidis that gets me. A lot of people do it and there is no social stigma or criminal penalty attached to it. What rankles, more than the utter stupidity of a cabinet official buying dibidis in public, is the cowardice of Llamas.

It doesn’t take too many brain cells to figure out that Daan Matuwid, cabinet secretary, and dibidis don’t go well together, does it? But stupidity can be excused. Some people are born stupid and there’s not much anyone can do about it. Unfortunately. Cowardice, on the other hand, is inexcusable. No one is born a coward. Cowardice is learned behavior. Llamas must have a PhD in it because he ran and left the president and his spokespeople to face the flak for his misbehavior. He exposed the president to attacks because he did not have the courage to accept the consequences of his actions.

Llamas may not know it but the fight against corruption is not for the faint-hearted. As Gloria Arroyo’s late spokesman Cerge Remonde once said, “Anybody who is going to fight corruption in this country or anywhere else is really going to run into serious opposition.” That means people who cut and run at the first sign of danger have no place in the Aquino administration.

Mr. Llamas, don’t use your friendship with the president to force him to find a reason why not to fire you. You are supposed to help the president, not the other way around. You are supposed to take a bullet for the president, not the other way around. Be a true friend to the president and tender your irrevocable resignation now. You are a liability. Give up your sinecure and go make a living in the private sector. Open a dibidi stall, open a chain of stalls and become a dibidi tycoon, do whatever makes you happy, but stay the hell out of an administration that is trying to change the way things are done in this country.

Edited version in INTERAKSYON.COM

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