Hole of Justice: Closing My RH Page

Hole of Justice: Closing My RH Page: Hole of Justice by Peter G. Jimenea Closing My RH Page A geneticist’s book on “Mongolism” published in 1959 sparked a non-stop de...

Closing My RH Page

Hole of Justice

by Peter G. Jimenea

Closing My RH Page

A geneticist’s book on “Mongolism” published in 1959 sparked a non-stop debate between scientists and Church devotees in France. But in August 1969, its author Dr. Jerome Lejeune, was awarded by the American Society of Human Genetics the highest distinction ever granted to a geneticist.

Mongolism, also called “Down-Syndrome,” affects one in every 650 new born children around the world. The doctor told the thousands of families with affected child that their kids are created from God’s image and they badly need love and affection. But the American medical society during time has already resorted to abort affected babies from being born.

They say it is inhuman to allow the poor child to come into this world. Britain followed the US in legalizing the screening for down-syndrome and its “treatment” by abortion. Thus, the media battle in France has extended to abortion of “unwanted babies” in the two countries.

These countries shared the theory that “a baby cannot legally become a person until it is born, and the woman has also the right to do what she wants with her body.” This was based on 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. It also stops the birth of unwanted babies. The bad is that it interferes with material progress that a mongoloid is not created from the image of God who could love Him to eternity.

Church leaders disagreed with this theory on the premise that life is sacred. This is shared by devotees who believe that sperm has already life in it. In essence, it is half-true because a television remains an idle TV set unless driven by a power or energy to show the pictures on the screen.

They argue that veterinarians can send dozen of cattle from Australia to Argentina using an envelope as carrier. True, but in that envelope are the bull’s sperm for “artificial insemination,” that is, to give birth to a dozen calves. It disproved the theory that the bull’s sperm alone has life in it.

That sperm will remain a sperm until it is injected into a cow’s womb for the development of an embryo. An embryo is a living thing in early stage formed by the inter-action of the male’s sperm inside the womb of the opposite sex by harmonious relationship or by-forced sexual intercourse.

Contraceptives and condom prevent an embryo’s development. This is not abortion as what the oppositions’ earlier claim hinted at. It only disallows the man’s egg to penetrate into the woman womb and form into an embryo. There is no murder here!

The increasing population is not the problem of the government. The only clear factor is the widening economic disparity between the rich and the poor because of the unequal distribution of wealth controlled only by the few rich clans in this country.

Worse, every time the poor ask from the government the delivery of basic services they rightfully deserved, these people always end up badly-disillusioned. The sick and dying infants of poor mothers in the government hospitals are counting why? Simple, lack of medicine and affordable health care.

If the sickly children of poor families survived, what promise of tomorrow awaits them? Unemployment is getting worse. Corruption is another. Worse, proliferation of illegal drugs is unstoppable because a hungry stomach knows no law. This is not a problem anymore but a national crisis and we’re getting close to Mexico!

We have awakened the citizens’ awareness to consequences of having too many kids they cannot afford to raise. It is not yet too late. I stood pat as pro RH Bill since it is yet to be debated as I know that the prize at stake in this trouble is worthy of the battle I am fighting for!

Hole of Justice: The Mexican Drug Cartel

Hole of Justice: The Mexican Drug Cartel: Hole of Justice By Peter G. Jimenea   The Mexican Drug Cartel Mexico to date, doesn’t run out of bad news that Acapulco, its...

The Mexican Drug Cartel

Hole of Justice

By Peter G. Jimenea

 

The Mexican Drug Cartel

Mexico to date, doesn’t run out of bad news that Acapulco, its iconic beach resort that has been working for a comeback in recent years was greatly affected. Officials say they are trying hard, but it is still moving in snail pace due to drug war.

Gunfights have been taking place in the seaside neighborhood of homes frequented by Mexicans, situated from main strip of tourists complexes that guests were evacuated from the nearby hotels. No tourists, however, was known to have been caught in the crossfire.

The specter of Mexico's drug war has spilled into the country's best-known resort spots - Acapulco. It is a fresh blow to tourism industry that was hit hard by a swine-flu outbreak and the previous worries about escalating drug-related violence.

A reported in Los Angeles Times, the zone that offers budget motels, scenic views and once favored by Hollywood stars such as "Tarzan" actor Johnny Weissmuller, who co-owned Los Flamingos Hotel with John Wayne, is now hardly visited by foreign tourists.

“Yes, there was fear on the part of guests. The shooting is not always close to us but can be heard from the Hotel Paraiso and you can see the movement of soldiers," hotel spokesman Ruben Morales said. "That frightened people who live here and tourists, of course."

Tourism has taken a beating after the outbreak in late April of the H1N1 flu virus. It shut down the country for weeks. Tourism Minister Rodolfo Elizondo said the downturn due to the flu had cost Mexico 100,000 jobs and $4 billion this year.

The flu episode only aggravated damage caused by travelers' concerns over drug-related violence that killed more than 36,000 people since December 2006, when Mexican President Felipe Calderon announced a crackdown on organized crime.

In Abasolo, a Northeastern Mexican town, seven police officers killed while transporting two prisoners in Western Mexico on Monday. They were ambushed but the Tamaulipas state government has released no details. The media often ignore this report of violence.

The known drug cartels in Mexico are the Zetas of Tamaulipas, Juarez of northern state of Chuhuahua, the Beltran Leyva of Acapulco-Padilla and the Tijuana based Arellano Felix drug gang. Reports say they have a pact of non-aggression with the police. But a Mexican drug expert Jorge Chabat said the pact is hard to corroborate.

The four have one common enemy, the powerful Sinaloa Cartel led by Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, one of the worlds most wanted drug lords. The Beltran Leyvas were once part of the Sinaloa Cartel and bitter enemies of the Zetas. But since splitting from the Sinaloa the Leyvas gang has struggled to survive.

The Zetas were once hit-men but become a potent gang in their own right after learning that the Sinaloa gang and the Gulf cartel made a pact to destroy them. Their violent character has made them a fast rising power from northeastern Mexico to Central America.

But Marcos Carmona Hernandez 29, leader of the Zetas was arrested. His predecessor, Flavio Mendez Santiago was earlier apprehended on Jan. 7. Hernandez is suspected of several kidnappings and murders and said to have the collaboration of corrupt state and municipal police.

President Calderon has brought down a number of cartel bosses since he declared war against illegal drugs. But violence soared when gangs splintered and become aggressive. Mexican officials said the splinter of Arellano Felix Gang has allowed the Sinaloa to penetrate an inroad to the City of Tijuana, thus, become the most powerful Mexican drug cartel to date.

 

Hole of Justice: MRTC

Hole of Justice: MRTC: Hole of Justice By Peter G. Jimenea   Motorcycle Riding in Tandem Criminals (MRTC) At noted, in-spite of the array of governme...

MRTC

Hole of Justice

By Peter G. Jimenea

 

Motorcycle Riding in Tandem Criminals (MRTC)

At noted, in-spite of the array of government measures to prevent the increasing number of vicious and brutal crimes, statistics show that it becomes sophisticated and extensive as perceive by the public. The reports of print and broadcast media about this crime has subjected out law enforcement to public scrutiny.

The unheralded and intensified anti-crime drive by the PNP, like increased police visibility, beat patrol, deployment of motorcycle-cops, night patrol operations and random checkpoint ( hoping not manned by arrogant and discourteous policemen like that on March 8, 2014 in Iloilo City), efficiency of the PNP to solve this mess of MRTC is still a failure.

The two local media practitioners who had been victims of this motorcycle riding in tandem criminals (MRTC) in Iloilo City, has survived to tell their stories. Block-time radio broadcaster Fernando “Kapid” Gabio and Jhonavin “Jhey-r”  Villalba, a reporter a beat reporter of a radio station in the city.

Gabio was cleaning his auto when two motorcycle riding men stopped behind and shoot him. It happened in front of their house last year. Luckily, he was hit only on the upper-left leg and was able to take cover. When Gabio tried to pull out a gun kept inside a shoulder bag, his two would-be assassins escaped.

Villalba on the other hand, was opening the gate of their house that night when a motorcycle suddenly stopped behind him and the back-rider sprayed the poor guy with bullets. Luckily, Villalba’s injury was only in his foot but still, he was confined for days in the hospital.

Another victim of this MRTC was the retired P/Supt. Musa Amiyong. He was shot at the middle of the bridge linking La Paz District to Iloilo City Proper. But a funny group of policemen who responded to the scene of the crime had been arguing as to which district shall have the jurisdiction to investigate. It was later claimed by the City Proper PNP.

What propelled to the rise in the MTRC modus operandi is the traffic congestion. Criminals snarled in traffic jam are forced to leave their gate-away vehicles so as not to be caught by the pursuing law enforcers. Sometimes, cohorts riding on a motorcycle would jump to the rescue. But most often, they use force or violence to grab a motorcycle from driving-owners to flee.

The advent of 2000 has recorded a number of incidents where criminals riding in tandem are emboldened to commit atrocities ranging from snatching, illegal-drug peddling, robberies, gun-for-hire, murder, etc. Motorcycle became a useful tool for criminals to accomplish their evil intent.

The breakdown of an unabated killings perpetrated by the MRTCs is so extensive and disturbing that manifest police inefficiency. Lack of determination to probe the crime deeper and the use of usual phrases “absence of witness” or “lack of evidence” are vital causes of police failure in solving cases. Crime solution efficiency of the police in this case is…..just guess the rest!

From January to September 2011, PNP Dir. Gen. Nicanor A. Bartolome reported to then SILG Sec. Jessie Robredo, that there were 1,700 crime incidents perpetrated by the MRTC. Of these cases, 1,419 remain “under investigation.” That means 83 percent are floating in the air and will soon disappear in the course of time!

To cushion the impact of a shameful performance, the investigator wrote “under investigation” rather than “unsolved crimes.” For CY 2011, covering the period of January 01 to December 31, a total number of 2,960 incidents committed by the MRTC throughout the country was recorded, 499 cases were solved and 2,461 are “under investigation.”

Worse, for the first six (6) months of 2012, covering the period January 01 to June 30, a total number of 1,560 incidents were recorded, 169 cases were reported to have been solved. Again, 1,391 cases or 89.17 percent of the MRTC’s atrocities are still under investigation or remain unsolved.

No wonder why only motorcycles are stopped at checkpoints. PNP checkpoints give us security and peace of mind. But they should know that motorcycle riders they stopped at checkpoints are not all criminals. They are peaceful taxpayers who contribute for your salaries to feed your family. They deserved respect from policemen at the checkpoints. I hope P/Supt. Kim Legarda takes this reminder to his heart!

 

 

 

Hole of Justice: The Kuratong Baleleng Last Part

Hole of Justice: The Kuratong Baleleng Last Part: Hole of Justice By Peter G. Jimenea The Kuratong Baleleng Gang (Last Part - The Expendable) In previous issue of TDG, a gu...