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Sunday, September 1, 2013
Hole of Justice: Crime Does Pay
Hole of Justice: Crime Does Pay: Hole of Justice By Peter G. Jimenea Crime does pay!! Iloilo Press Club past Pres. Rommel S. Ynion has filed a graft c...
Crime Does Pay
Hole of Justice
By Peter G. Jimenea
Crime does pay!!
Iloilo Press Club past Pres. Rommel S. Ynion has filed a graft case
against mayor (now congressman) Jerry Trenas, et al, for the grossly overpriced
16.2 hectares land purchased by the city as relocation site for squatters.
Trenas was still the mayor when this deal took place in 2006. It is an
agricultural land situated at San Isidro, Jaro, Iloilo City, first valued at
P2.7M but was bought later by the city government for P63.2M.
On why, only God knows. But no Ombudsman report as a result of their probe
where the subplot of bribery stinks. The real estate broker exposed this in
2009 irked by the prodding of influential people wanting to have a share of the
loot!
The boss as he described is Capone of his time. He sees to it that those
who cooperated are rewarded and those who did not are discriminated against - a
collusion of crooks who overtly professed what they covertly undertake.
He also said that those involved in this contemptuous deal are the city
mayor, the city treasurer, the city assessor, the ICUPAO head, a city councilor,
the lot owner and himself (the real estate broker) too.
It took me too much time transforming the issue into what it becomes
today – a scroll that forms the basis of blasphemy. This recurring mess that
had consumed the city for years seems not good for the Ombudsman as no crooks
has received the spanking they deserved for this stupidity!
A relocation site of squatters at Barangay Lanit, Jaro, Iloilo City is also
said to have been paid in full but to date the title was not yet transferred to
the city government. DAR officials may have something to say about this!
That
is not only what we are looking for. Here’s another for the heart, the Iloilo City
government low cost housing project at its own lot in Pavia town, Iloilo. Its
construction was a big sorry and that city government lot is now endangered of
becoming the last casualty!
To recall, the project was bankrolled by the P120M loan for the
construction of 413 units of houses for poor city hall employees. It started in
2001, first term of mayor Trenas and ended in 2009 without even a unit standing
and completed. A hao shiao!
Worse, the Ombudsman found no probable cause to indict the mayor in this project.
Even a fish vendor can say the unlawful payment of the mayor to the contractor
violates R.A. 3019, or the Anti-Graft and Corrupt Practices Act.
What’s more, the Ombudsman-Visayas knew that lowly city hall employees
are the most sorely tempted to steal but don’t. Yet, he fears to touch the cases
filed by the taxpayers against the errant local officials at his office.
Senator Franklin Drilon, whether he admits it or not, is widely believed the
one coddling and protects the undesirable underlings he had been tapping. But this
tolerance to misdeed is malum in se -
evil in itself!
Worse, they cling to power by election cheatings. This CPP-NPA claim is
shared by the media. This is a crime that cries to God for justice. Qui
peccat ebrius luat sobrius – he who offends when drunk shall be punished
when sober. God knows….. see the title!
Hole of Justice: A Messy Police Business
Hole of Justice: A Messy Police Business: Hole of Justice By Peter G. Jimenea A Messy Police Business Somew...
A Messy Police Business
Hole of Justice
By Peter G. Jimenea
A Messy Police Business
Somewhere in this city, a prisoner
with pending case escaped from jail and the police jail guard on-duty was in
hot-water. He is already in the brink of insanity when he found an absurd way
to get out of the mess he’s in.
A friend-judge helped him with a
solution so simple. Pay the amount of the recommended bail bond for the temporary
liberty of the escapee, post it to the court and presto, problem solved!
Yaaaks…Capone of their time. The
police jail-guard got-off the hook easily than the police in this story did - SPO3
Jenny Zacarias, Criminal Investigation Service of the Western Police District
Command, Manila.
Jenny was tasked to guard Alfredo
“Joey” de Leon, leader of the notorious “Red Scorpion Group.” Unfortunately, De
Leon escaped from his cell with another prisoner Nicanor Atractivo, who is charged
in a robbery with homicide case.
On how De Leon escaped, Jenny has yet
to say. But it spawned the filing of a case for inefficiency in the performance
of duty against him. Under par. (c), Section 42 of R.A. 6975 or the PNP Law,
the charge is a ground for Summary Dismissal.
And so it was. But the order of the
PNP chief was contested by Jenny. He averted that the Summary Dismissal Order
against him was without due process and based merely on substantial evidence.
As a result, this police mess has travelled
a long way from the PNP Chief to NAPOLCOM, the National Adjudication Board (NAB)
and to the Court of Appeals, until it finally reached the Supreme Court.
Section 42, Summary Dismissal Powers
of the PNP Chief and Regional Directors: After due notice and summary hearings,
they may immediately remove or dismiss any respondent PNP member in any of the
following cases;
(a)
When the charge is serious
and the evidence of guilt is strong.
(b)
When the respondent is
recidivist or has been repeatedly charged and there are reasonable grounds to
believe that he is guilty of the charges.
(c)
When the respondent is
guilty of conduct unbecoming of a police officer.
Jenny contends the charges
neglect of duty, inefficiency and incompetence in the performance of official
duties charged against him cannot be classified under any of the three cases
enumerated above.
Hence, without due process
and the PNP Chief and the (NAB) cannot dismiss him summarily from the service. But
the essence of due process is simply an opportunity to be heard or, as in administrative
proceedings, the opportunity to explain. In fact, the motion for
reconsideration of Jenny has already cured all the defects of due process.
Conduct unbecoming of a
police officer refers to any behaviour or action of a PNP member in his
official capacity, which dishonours himself and seriously compromises his
character in a manner that indicates a corrupt state of moral character;
It may also refer to acts
or behaviour of any PNP member in his unofficial or private capacity that compromises
his position as a police officer and exhibits himself as unworthy to remain a
member of the organization.
Substantial evidence;
“relevant evidence that reasonable mind may accept as adequate to support
conclusion. The CA cannot substitute its own judgment or criterion for that of
the administrative body in determining where lies the weight of evidence or
what evidence is to believe.” (Velasquez vs. Nery, 211 SCRA 28,34,35)
Thus, the SC upheld the
decision of both the NAB and the Court of Appeals in confirming the order of
the Chief PNP for the summary dismissal of PO3 Jenny Zacarias from the police
service. (G.R. No. 119847, October 24, 2003).
Sunday, August 25, 2013
Hole of Justice: Unholy Alliance
Hole of Justice: Unholy Alliance: Hole of Justice By Peter G. Jimenea Unholy Alliance The merging of three political forces from the North, the South a...
Unholy Alliance
Hole
of Justice
By
Peter G. Jimenea
Unholy
Alliance
The
merging of three political forces from the North, the South and Central Iloilo
during the last election has created a new formidable team of warlords under
one cage. But this early I can say, a hollow camaraderie has a short-live
unity.
This
consolidation of forces of Emperor Arthur Defensor Sr. with King Niel Tupas,
Sr. of the Coastal-North and Oscar Garin, Sr., the Wizard of Sur in Southern
Panay, is a handiwork of Sen. Franklin M. Drilon and DILG Sec. Mar Roxas to
ensure the victory of the Liberal Party in Iloilo.
Funny
indeed, for what kind of discipline and friendly relations can develop among
the three wild and carnivorous animals placed in one cage? Sus gino-o, they may
behave only if, their trainers, the senator and the secretary are around.
But
what if the two turn their backs away from the irreverent gaze of the three
senior stooges? As noted, this is too early, yet, an animosity between the
emperor and the lone heir of Oca, the Wizard of Sur, has already started.
Emperor
Arthur accused Prince Richard of unwillingness to cooperate with his
administration. The prince is said to have supported another candidate other than
the emperor’s anointed choice in the Philippine Councilors’ League (PCL)
election few weeks ago.
Prince
Richard, the lone heir of the Wizard of Sur, retorted by claiming they were not
consulted by the emperor of his plan to field a candidate. So, this verbal tussle. Why? The election
result is alarming for Emperor Arthur.
Despite
his strong political foothold in the four-fifth of the province namely the
second, third, fourth and fifth districts, the emperor’s choice for the PCL
seat won only by a margin of three votes against the bet of Prince Richard from
the First District.
Oca,
the Wizard of Sur can only smile to the ears as the election result for the PCL
is sending a strong signal to the emperor that his kingdom at the First
District is still something to reckon with. This was proven by the
accomplishment of his fast learning son, Prince Richard.
Surprisingly,
King Niel of the Coastal-North is silent about the existing animosity between
his two partners in the unholy alliance of the “Great Pretenders.” Surely, each
has already the faintest idea on what it feels to sleep with the enemy in bed.
But
greed for power compelled them to unite unwillingly under the umbrella of the
administration. Beside which, how can they refuse if the threat of isolation is
imminent? Who among them wants to be left behind in the perceived future battle
to rule the Capitol?
For
sure nobody wants to be out from the moneyed-world of politics. Although the
three political warlords are “seniors,” each has a junior to inherit the
kingdom widely believed sourced from the taxpayers’ money.
Look,
Emperor Arthur has a son in Cong. Arthur “Toto” Defensor, Jr. of the Third
District. Oca the Wizard of Sur has also Cong. Prince Richard Jr. of the First
District and King Niel has son Cong. Niel “Junjun” Tupas, Jr., representing the
Fifth District.
They
are representing their constituents in Congress which was lately branded as casa
del ladrones – house of crooks. Out there, they may also get the best education
of their lives in preparation for the royal-rumble in the new world of their own.
I smell a rapidly developing distrust among
the great pretenders in Emperor Arthur of Central-Iloilo, King Niel of the
Coastal North and Oca, the Wizard of Sur in Southern-Panay. As easily gleaned, their appearance in public
gatherings is always tainted with hypocrisy of the highest order.
Well,
election 2016 is fast approaching. Nobody knows what the great pretenders have
in mind for this new era. But if their unholy alliance comes to an end before
the campaign period begins, then my claim makes sense!
Hole of Justice: Integrity in Peril
Hole of Justice: Integrity in Peril: Hole of Justice By Peter G. Jimenea Aksyon Radyo Under Attack The PNP is indeed between us and crime. But policemen must have a c...
Integrity in Peril
Hole of Justice
By Peter G. Jimenea
Aksyon Radyo Under Attack
The PNP is indeed between us and crime.
But policemen must have a continuing education because we have plenty of police
officers who, deliberate or not, have stepped-over-the line of pardonable
behavior. This
is alarming.
Last Saturday evening, a PNP-SWAT team raided
the broadcast station
of Aksyon Radyo and declared that all people in the room are
suspects and under arrest. But instead of reading to their suspects the Miranda
Doctrine, the police maltreated them like criminals.
Not only that. They even ordered the two
male employees to undress. On why, they have yet to say. But it creates a bad
impression without affirming the perception that some SWAT personnel desire to
see the hidden toys, not firearms of the male employees.
I
don’t want to think that some uniformed SWAT personnel are also members of the
Federacion de las Aguilas. Their raid of the broadcast station is allegedly in pursuit
of a person who escaped to this building after committing a crime at
SmallVille.
Is this claim valid enough to get them
off the hook easily? I think the SWAT
team should train more on police matter than warfare. The SC is keen in observance
of the basic Constitutional rights as a condition sine qua non against unlawful
arrest and the awesome investigative powers of the police.
The presumption of regularity in the
performance of duty by a police officer cannot by itself override the
constitutional right of the citizens to be secured in person, houses, papers
and effects against unlawful search and seizure.
A Search Warrant, not a Warrant of
Arrest is required before the law enforcers can validly search or seize a
person, house, papers or effects of any individual. The law attaches to it ART.
III Sec. 3 (2) of the Bill of Rights that any evidence obtained in violation of
this section shall be inadmissible in Court.
This might be one of the reasons why so
many drug cases that had been filed were dismissed by the Court. The
well-recognized instances where search and seizure are allowed even without a
valid warrant -are warrantless search incidental to lawful arrest.
The elements are: a) prior intrusion
based on the valid warrantless arrest in which the police are present in
pursuit of their official duties; b) the evidence was discovered by the police
who have the right to be where they are; c) the evidence must be immediately
apparent; and d) the plain view justified seizure of evidence without further
search.
This reminds me of a former chief of
police of Ajuy, Iloilo. He arrested a barangay chairman in the turf of the
latter for illegal possession of firearm. Sad to say, the SC eventually declared
that his position was nullius juris – without support of law.
He lost, but I gave him the credit for
this land mark decision; “In the
performance of his peace and order functions, the Brgy. Captain is entitled to
possess and carry firearm within his territorial jurisdiction subject to
appropriate rules and regulations on possession and carrying of firearms.” ( G.R. No.
190569, April 25, 2012).
We noticed that the SWAT raid in Aksyon
Radyo dressed in full battle gear is like an action packed police operation
that when the smoke cleared all suspects must be dead. They should know that
extreme enforcement of law may lead to injustice. (Berico vs. CA, 225 SCRA
562).
The PNP hierarchy must take a drastic
move to curb this problem. This is a threat to police integrity. If we let go
the problem unabated, it will only redound into a scroll that forms the basis
of blasphemy. Well, I hope to have made your day in this column. You ask for
it, unlike me who asks others to make my day!!
Thursday, August 22, 2013
Hole of Justice: Purely Police Business
Hole of Justice: Purely Police Business: Hole of Justice By Peter G. Jimenea Purely Police Business Supreme Court: “In the performance of his peace and order functions,...
Purely Police Business
Hole of Justice
By Peter G. Jimenea
Purely Police Business
Supreme Court: “In the performance of his peace and order functions, the Punong Barangay
is entitled to possess and carry firearm within his territorial jurisdiction
subject to appropriate rules and regulations on the possession and carrying of
firearms.” ( G.R. No. 190569,
April 25, 2012).
This land mark decision can be trace
back to August 6, 2008, when P/Insp. Ariel S. Artillero, Chief of Police of
Ajuy, Iloilo and his two policemen arrested Lanjagan Punong Barangay Edito
Aguillon,for carrying an Armalite rifle with license card but no permit to
carry firearm outside the residence (PTCFOR).
A case for illegal possession of firearm
was filed against Aguillon by the arresting officers. In his Counter-Affidavit,
the barangay captain claimed he is authorized by law to carry firearm within
his area of jurisdiction but was unlawfully arrested and detained by the police
officers.
The case drags for almost four years
until this land mark decision was handed down by the SC acquitting Punong
Barangay Aguillon. But it did not end there as Aguillon filed criminal and
administrative cases against P/Insp. Artillero.
There were allegations that the police
officer has committed violation of domicile against some residents of Barangay
Lanjagan and are now being prepared to be slapped against him. The other is a kidnapping
case that name P/Insp. Artillero the respondent.
I smell something wrong in the continuing
filing of cases against the police officer that somebody wants to make his life
miserable. Could that somebody be a person badly offended by P/Insp. Artillero?
This is what got me so interested to know about.
One that should be taken into
consideration is the alleged violation of domicile against P/Insp. Artillero. Perhaps,
the police officer may have inadvertently overlooked that he has committed an
act or acts against the law.
As laid down, the Supreme Court values
the liberty of the citizens and will always insists on the observance of the basic
Constitutional rights as a condition sine qua non against the awesome
investigative and prosecutory powers of the government.
The presumption of regularity in the
performance of duty cannot by itself override the constitutional right of the citizens.
The right of the people to be secured in person, houses, papers and effects
against unreasonable search and seizure shall be inviolable.
A Search Warrant, not a Warrant of
Arrest is required before the law enforcers can validly search or seize a
person, house, papers or effects of any individual. The law attaches to it ART.
III Sec. 3 (2) that any evidence obtained in violation of this section shall be
inadmissible in Court.
This might be one of the reasons why so
many drug cases that had been filed were dismissed by the Court. It’s not
absolute though. The well-recognized instances where search and seizure are
allowed even without a valid warrant are warrantless search incidental to
lawful arrest.
Elements are: a) prior valid intrusion
based on the valid warrantless arrest in which the police are present in
pursuit of their official duties; b) the evidence was discovered by the police
who have the right to be where they are; c) the evidence must be immediately
apparent; and d) the plain view justified seizure of evidence without further search.
The PNP is indeed between us and crime.
But policemen must have a continuing education. We already heard a lot of police
officers who deliberate or not, have stepped-over-the line of pardonable
behavior. This is a shame to the PNP uniform they are so proud of!
What fate awaits P/Insp. Artillero, nobody
knows. But this mess has changed his life from being the hunter to the hunted. This
is purely police business but I hope to have made your day in this column. The
time asks for it, unlike me who waits for others to make my day!
Thursday, August 15, 2013
Hole of Justice: Who Ordered the Killing of Jimmy?
Hole of Justice: Who Ordered the Killing of Jimmy?: Hole of Justice By Peter G. Jimenea Who ordered the killing of Jimmy? I was shocked by the news that Jimmy Punzalan w...
Hole of Justice: Who Ordered the Killing of Jimmy?
Hole of Justice: Who Ordered the Killing of Jimmy?: Hole of Justice By Peter G. Jimenea Who ordered the killing of Jimmy? I was shocked by the news that Jimmy Punzalan w...
Hole of Justice: Who Ordered the Killing of Jimmy?
Hole of Justice: Who Ordered the Killing of Jimmy?: Hole of Justice By Peter G. Jimenea Who ordered the killing of Jimmy? I was shocked by the news that Jimmy Punzalan w...
Hole of Justice: Who Ordered the Killing of Jimmy?
Hole of Justice: Who Ordered the Killing of Jimmy?: Hole of Justice By Peter G. Jimenea Who ordered the killing of Jimmy? I was shocked by the news that Jimmy Punzalan w...
Hole of Justice: Who Ordered the Killing of Jimmy?
Hole of Justice: Who Ordered the Killing of Jimmy?: Hole of Justice By Peter G. Jimenea Who ordered the killing of Jimmy? I was shocked by the news that Jimmy Punzalan w...
Who Ordered the Killing of Jimmy?
Hole of Justice
By Peter G. Jimenea
Who ordered the killing of Jimmy?
I was shocked by the news that Jimmy Punzalan was shot dead
at his restobar in Boliland, Bolilao, Mandurriao, Iloilo City. As reported, he
was watching TV when gunned down by two assassins. Two days before the incident
he sent me this text message:
“TIME is definitely
more precious than money and there is nothing common between them. We can’t
accumulate time, we can’t borrow time, we can never tell how much TIME we have
left in the bank of life. TIME is LIFE. Let’s enjoy and spend it with the
family. Happy Family Day, good morning.” – JIMMY
Jimmy is a long-time friend and we often met at Red Paprika,
one of the popular restaurants in Boardwalk. His constant companion is “Toto”
Supremo, likewise a friend and we always share table with Melvin “Boyet”
Odicta, Sr., the restaurant owner.
Sometimes, the topics are about illegal numbers game and I am
only confined to listening as I am not a gambler. One time, in a long table we
occupied, Jimmy invited “Boyet” in our presence to be his partner in this
venture but the latter declined.
Odicta said; “Jim you are capable to run it alone. I’m
already out of illegal numbers game. Besides, business partnership between
friends can sometimes destroy a good relationship. So, it is much better if we
just remain friends.”
We eventually realized he is correct. From then on, Jimmy is
always present in Odicta’s birthdays and in other family occasions. Together
with Supremo, they also frequented the place of Odicta in Brgy. Daga, Sta.
Barbara and we often met there during my collection of his TV ad payment
obligation.
Not only that. Odicta and Jimmy were even seen at Barangay
Esperanza-Tanza, enjoying a camaraderie
with the few residents (who are my friends, too) in a drinking session. Having
no illegal business to talk about, theirs was a smooth sailing friendship. I know
Jimmy’s buddy “Toto” Supremo subscribes to this.
The police claimed they have already the names of the
suspects. But everybody is still groping in the dark on who ordered the
killing. Two media people went to Antique to interview Gov. Exequiel Javier about
Jimmy’s death but declined the interview saying they are no longer interested
in this case.
This writer believes the Javiers have nothing to do with
Jimmy's death. I have the same honest belief that Odicta has no idea about the
murder of Jimmy. There was nothing wrong with their friendship to plan the
killing of a friend. In short, there was no angle to link “Boyet” Odicta in this
case.
Other than his Gov. Evelio Javier murder case, Jimmy at one
time told me that he had once shot a man at “Ihawan restaurant” in Solis St.,
Iloilo City. The man died but he was able to settle the case by paying the
family. Other than that I also knew he had offended lot of people when drunk.
Being in construction business, this compounded the problem
of the police. If Jimmy has offended somebody beyond forgiveness, his death did
not solve the problem. Surprisingly, few popular personalities had suddenly
disappeared in the city after the incident.
On why, we have yet to know. But the killing of Jimmy to get
even is a concept of justice at odds with due process. Unfortunately, in the underworld
business there are jealousy, swindling, double-cross and betrayal that if one’s
character is destiny - that decides his fate.
In criminal syndicates, members are sometimes fighting each
other for control of the trade or illegal activities in a turf. They failed to discover
the secret of a long alliance between the notorious Sicilian Mafioso Lucky Luciano
and Jewish mob Meyer Lansky who believed - that cooperation is sometimes better
than competition!
But not here in this case. Despite the long experience of
Jimmy as a constable, he failed to scrutinize his vicinity for hibernating
enemies. He forgot that people engaged in illegal activities have no recourse
to Court of Law for legal remedy in settlement of differences. Thus, death
is their most logical solution to all judicial problems.
Sunday, August 11, 2013
Hole of Justice: Honor Among Thieves
Hole of Justice: Honor Among Thieves: Hole of Justice By Peter G. Jimenea Honor among Thieves! In underworld business, there are always jealousy, swindling...
Hole of Justice: Honor Among Thieves
Hole of Justice: Honor Among Thieves: Hole of Justice By Peter G. Jimenea Honor among Thieves! In underworld business, there are always jealousy, swindling...
Hole of Justice: Honor Among Thieves
Hole of Justice: Honor Among Thieves: Hole of Justice By Peter G. Jimenea Honor among Thieves! In underworld business, there are always jealousy, swindling...
Hole of Justice: Honor Among Thieves
Hole of Justice: Honor Among Thieves: Hole of Justice By Peter G. Jimenea Honor among Thieves! In underworld business, there are always jealousy, swindling...
Hole of Justice: Honor Among Thieves
Hole of Justice: Honor Among Thieves: Hole of Justice By Peter G. Jimenea Honor among Thieves! In underworld business, there are always jealousy, swindling...
Honor Among Thieves
Hole of Justice
By Peter G. Jimenea
Honor among Thieves!
In underworld business, there are always jealousy, swindling,
double-cross and betrayal. Characters engaged in illegal activities have no
recourse to the proper court of law for settlement of differences. Thus, death
is the logical solution to all judicial problems.
I believe the Mafia, the Cocaine Cowboys of Latin America, the Marielitos
of Cuba, the French Connection of Augusto Ricord, the Yakuza of Japan and the
Chinese Triad subscribe to this. This is true with other criminal syndicates in
this world.
During the stint of the notorious US Federal Bureau of Investigation
(FBI) chief J. Edgar Hoover, he strongly denied there is a crime syndicate in
the US known as the Sicilian Mafia But Attorney-General Robert “Bobby” Kennedy, disagrees
with him.
When Joe Valachi, a jailed mob, sent an emissary to the Justice Department
to tell all that he knows about the Mafia, Hoover ate his words. In Iloilo, Eleazar
Idemne, transfigures the Valachi’s story after he linked the Ilonggo Allied
Group in different crimes. It happened after he was picked up from his cell in
Antique by government agents for interrogation.
Idemne implicated Pototan, Iloilo as territory of the Allied Group. On
why, he has yet to disclose. In Valachi, he said “Cosa Nostra,” is a term used
by Mafiosi to distinguish particular “families” and added that Hoover enjoyed
watching their activities.
Valachi’s confession has helped those investigating the operation of the
crime bosses more vividly than what they all wanted to know about. He gave them
a detailed insight into the world of the Mafia. Idemne did the same. He named
few individual members of the Ilonggo Allied Group in his confession.
He described the breakdown of the New York “families,” their
quasi-Masonic rituals of initiation and linked them to the deadly killings of rivals
by “Lucky” Luciano and allies to gain control of the organized crime in New
York.
Valachi knew the mess he’s in when he sings his song to the Justice
Department. But Idemne, deliberate or not, blew-up his confession from Pototan and
beyond - to high heavens he cannot command. Thus, authorities no longer believe
him anymore. Yet, it was his ticket for
the Ilonggo Allied Group to excuse him.
Lucky Luciano whose real name is Salvatore Luciano, joined
the mob as a boy under the direction of fellow Sicilian Johnny Torrio. While a
kid, he became friendly with Meyer Lansky a Jewish mob controlling the illegal
production of liquor in New York.
His name “Lucky” came after he survived the “summary
execution,” returned home with badly cut face after abductors has seized him. Later, he eliminated Mustache Pete, another
gang lord whose desire for supremacy kept the Sicilian Mafia in gang wars for
years.
Luciano also became the first prominent victim of FBI agent
Tom Dewey’s crime busting campaign. Two street-smarts testified that big
portion of their earnings from illegal trade goes to Luciano. When meted a
sentence in jail, he regretted why despite his riches he didn’t quit from illegal
business.
During the war, he negotiated with the government from his
cell supplying vital information to the US prior their allied landing in
Sicily. The deal has reinstated the Mafia, whose power in Sicily was destroyed
by Italy’s Mussolini.
Luciano’s supreme importance in the formation of modern
syndicate crime was credited to his close-ties with Lansky, which sets aside
the Sicilian good views of a crime family affair. Luciano is a full-bloodied
Sicilian Mafioso but Lansky is a Jew.
His long-stay with Lansky in underworld business as the
remorseless “Lucky” Luciano has raked financial successes more highly than any
of their ethnic rivals with hollow prestige. They also ascertained that
cooperation is as important as competition. Which some local vice-lords failed
to accept.
The secret of a successful alliance by a Sicilian Mafioso
with a Jewish mob tells of one thing, they happily enjoyed their similarities
but greatly respect their differences. Now it can be told, even in the underworld
business, there is…… see the title!
Tuesday, July 16, 2013
Hole of Justice: The LTO on Road Mess
Hole of Justice: The LTO on Road Mess: Hole of Justice By Peter G. Jimenea The LTO on Road Mess BLACK SMOKE. Everyday lot of vehicles running on the streets ...
Hole of Justice: The LTO on Road Mess
Hole of Justice: The LTO on Road Mess: Hole of Justice By Peter G. Jimenea The LTO on Road Mess BLACK SMOKE. Everyday lot of vehicles running on the streets ...
Hole of Justice: The LTO on Road Mess
Hole of Justice: The LTO on Road Mess: Hole of Justice By Peter G. Jimenea The LTO on Road Mess BLACK SMOKE. Everyday lot of vehicles running on the streets ...
The LTO on Road Mess
Hole of Justice
By Peter G. JimeneaThe LTO on Road Mess
IMPROPER MOTOR VEHICLE’S PLATE. There are lot of motor
vehicles on the road with plate numbers we could hardly read. Some expensive
vehicles are using plates covered with hard-plastic. Some have dilapidated plates
due to rusting. Others have dirty and worn-out paints. Some used home-made plate
unauthorized by the LTO.
This use of unreadable plate number on motor vehicle should be stopped. The report of hit and run accident is counting. RD Singson should act now to curb this road mess. The culprit-driver always escaped liability because the vehicle has unreadable plate numbers.
Here’s for the heart, The LTO has put-up checkpoints
for motorcycle riders only. But the police are already there to intimidate the criminals
riding in tandem on motorcycle. Isn’t this LTO checkpoint a duplication of police
function? And why check on a selective
mode of inspection?
Why not check on every passing vehicle’s plate if it
is approved by the LTO? Why make motorcycle a marked target of LTO checkpoints?
Here, the director has a lot of explaining to do. But he can work in tandem
with the city government to avoid more hit and run cases in Region 6.
Monday, July 15, 2013
Hole of Justice: I Am for the RH Bill
Hole of Justice: I Am for the RH Bill: Hole of Justice by Peter G. Jimenea I am for the RH Bill In August 1969, Jerome Lejeune, a French doctor and world-renowned e...
I Am for the RH Bill
Hole of Justice
by Peter G. JimeneaI am for the RH Bill
In August 1969, Jerome
Lejeune, a French doctor and world-renowned expert in human genetics was
awarded by the American Society of Human
Genetics the William Allen Memorial Award, the highest distinction that can be
granted to a geneticist.
It is credited to his
major work on “mongolism” published in 1959, a condition that affects one in
every six hundred fifty children called “Down Syndrome.” Learning about his
discovery, thousands of families around the world with kids suffering from Down
Syndrome come to him for treatment.
He helped them
understand and accept their kids whom he said are created from God’s image. Due
to their mental handicap, they badly need love and affection. But the American
medical society during that time has the tendency to resort to abortion to
prevent affected babies from being born.
They claim that it is
cruel and inhuman to allow the poor child to come into this world. Britain
followed the US in legalizing the screening for Down’s syndrome and its
“treatment” by abortion. So, the media battle in France extended to the
abortion of “unwanted children.”
These countries are
sharing the theory that “A baby does not legally become a person until it is
born and the woman has also the right to do what she wants with her body.” It
was molded under the pretext of scientific rigor, a point of view in which God
has no place.
The good they say, although
it does not conform to the Law of God, it obviates future child problem of the
family and efficient to stop the coming of unwanted children. The bad is that it interferes with material
progress that a mongoloid is no longer a person created from the image of God
to love Him for all eternity.
Church leaders
disagreed with this theory on the premise that life is sacred. This is shared
by devotees and opposition to the RH Bill, who to date, also believe that sperm
has already life in it. In modern science it is half-true. A television remains
an idle tv set unless driven by a power to become operational in showing
pictures on the screen.
True, a veterinarian can
send a dozen of cattle from Iloilo to Palawan using only an envelope as
carrier. But inside the envelope is a bull’s sperm for “artificial
insemination” to produce that dozen calves. If we believe the theory that the sperm
has life, then that bull’s sperm is only half-true and will remain half-true
until injected into a cow’s womb to develop into embryo that form into a calf.
The embryo is a living
thing in its early development formed by the inter-action of the male’s sperm
inside the woman’s womb through harmonious relationship or, in some cases, by-forced
sexual intercourse. Contraceptives and condom can prevent an embryo’s
development. This prevention is not abortion.
So what is wrong with
the RH Bill when the people had long been using oral contraceptives and condoms?
These only prevent the development of embryo in a woman’s womb by disallowing the
man’s egg to penetrate and to form as such. This belies abortion as what the
oppositions’ earlier claim hinted at.
If we consider the
Constitutional doctrine in the separation of the Church and the State, this RH
Bill deals more on the latter’s problem about the welfare of its citizens.
Other than the widening economic disparity between the rich and the poor, this
is a primary concern of women, too.
The sad scenario at
pedia-wards of public hospitals in this poor country bleeds out hearts. The sick
and dying infants are counting. Those opposed to the RH Bill should ask from the
government free or affordable and accessible health services for the poor rather
than support their adding of more children in the family..
If unwanted children
of poor families survived, what good promise of tomorrow awaits them? Unemployment
is the number one problem of poor people in slum areas. Corruption is another disdainful
factor that every time they asked for help from the government, they always end
up badly-disillusioned.
If life is sacred, the
opposition should look for solution to the non-stop number of crying poor mothers
frequently seen on television screen begging for help to save the life of their
dying babies. Regret comes late, but
awareness to consequences of having too many kids in the family is never too late. Now you know
why..…see the title!
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