“Unregulated freedom in Facebook should come with responsibilities,” Social Welfare Secretary Rex Gatchalian said Social networking service Facebook should take down pages engaged in online selling of children in guise of adoption.
National Authority for Child Care has been monitoring social media sites since 2023 and found 20 to 30 Facebook accounts involved in child trafficking.
These Facebook pages are private accounts with thousands of followers, said NACC executive director Undersecretary Janella Estrada.
“Since February, we have been coordinating with Philippine National Police to stop this illegal activity,” she added.
NACC has already sent letter to Facebook requesting removal of pages. Facebook has yet to respond.
13 You, my brothers and sisters, were called to be free. But do not use your freedom to indulge the flesh[a]; rather, serve one another humbly in love.
Footnotes
Galatians 5:13 In contexts like this, the Greek word for flesh (sarx) refers to the sinful state of human beings, often presented as a power in opposition to the Spirit; also in verses 16, 17, 19 and 24; and in 6:8.
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‘More than 20K repeat pregnancies among teens’
By J.Lo
“This means they got pregnant again for the second, third and even fourth time,” CPD acting Knowledge Management and Communications Division chief Mylin Mirasol Quiray said at Bagong Pilipinas Ngayon program.
Commission on Population and Development (CPD) is alarmed after recording more than 20,000 repeat pregnancies among adolescents.
Latest CPD data showed there are over 22,000 repeat pregnancies involving teenagers.
“Pandemic is big factor for this, but it is also cultural because adolescent who got pregnant and the one who impregnated her are forced to live together,” she added.
Repeat pregnancies usually involve girls aged 13 to 15, she noted.
“Anecdotal or qualitative data showed girl and the man who got her pregnant are made to live in one house so chance for the girl to get pregnant again is very high,most of those who get these girls pregnant are senior citizens so there is unequal power relations here…when you are in relationship with someone older than you, what happens is that latter is seen as one powerful, and younger one doesn’t have voice, and that is alarming,” she stressed.
Pregnant teenagers must be provided with social protection, she said.
“As much as possible we do not want girl and her partner to cohabitate…or if they really have to be together, they should also practice family planning, for these young mothers to be able to practice family planning, there should be parental consent” she added.
CPD is pushing for passage of Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention Bill.
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Senate ethics committee, 3 others without chairperson
By Nidz Godino
Some committees left without chairman on recent Senate shakeup led to overhaul of its leadership two years since start of 19th Congress.
Sen. Juan Miguel Zubiri, bowed out of role of Senate president due to what he said was his “failure to follow instructions from powers that be,” was replaced minutes after by Senate President Chiz Escudero during Monday’s plenary session.
Other Senate leaders loyal to Zubiri resigned from their leadership positions and committee chairperson roles.
This includes former Senate Majority leader Joel Villanueva, former Senate President Pro Tempore Loren Legarda, former Deputy Majority Leader JV Ejercito, as well as Sen. Nancy Binay (former chair of ethics and tourism committees) and Sen. Sonny Angara (former chair of the Senate finance committee and subcommittee on constitutional amendments).
Senators who received plum posts were Sen. Jinggoy Estrada (Senate President Pro Tempore), Sen. Francis Tolentino (Senate Majority leader and chair of the rules committee). Meanwhile, Sen. Alan Peter Cayetano is new chair of Senate committee on accounts.
The Senate’s latest list of committee chairpersons show that the following committees still do not have chairperson:
Ethics and privileges
Finance
Tourism
Youth
Escudero said in an interview with reporters he initiated talks about leadership change in Senate.
In press conference, Zubiri had already learned of plan to unseat him since last week, and felt disappointed with those who messaged him to show support but later voted against him behind closed doors.
Former Senate president said discontent with his leadership may have begun with his refusal to speed up deliberations on Charter change.
In his speech on Monday, Zubiri said his “demise” may have stemmed from his insistence on keeping Senate “staunchly independent.”
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Komedya o Komida
Ni Derek Jorge
Komedyang senado
KOMEDYA ang naganap sa pagdinig ng senado sa intriga ng bawal na gamot. Shout out muna kina Binang 1st Barangay Chairman Alfredo Quiambao, secretary Michelle Santos at treasurer Con-con Adatu,admin Ricardo Sta. Ana, konsehal Aru Cando, Pepito Nicandro, Gerry Noel. Saksi ang buong daigdig Kiwal, bulati kong kikiwal-kiwal sa kabulastugan ng resource person na aminadong sinungaling maanyayahan lang sa senado. Napikon tuloy ang mga mambabatas, kulong ang damuho, basahin nyo na lang ang buong istorya sa iskup news-on-line daily para sorpresa. Kasambahay mukhang hindi basta illegal parking ang usapin sa kontrobersyal na barkong MT Hyperline 988, nagwagayway ito ng watawat ng Pinas gayong rehistrado sa Siera Leone, ineresado tuloy ang NICA, may kinalaman kaya ito sa “national security?” Ano na mangyayari kay alkalde Alice Guo kapag nahubaran ng police power, baka pulis pawis matira? Napikon si mayor sa pagpapabitay ni barangay captain sa mga magkakalat ng basura sa ikatlong pagkakataon. . Suspendido kasambahay sina Brgy. Calaba, Bangued, Abra chairman Renato Brasuela, council members Marjun Santiago, Rosemel Viado, Marlbour Valera, Carmelita Venus at SK chairperson Darryl Blanes dahil sa “death penalty” sa sinuman doong mahuhuling magtatapon ng basura sa ikatlong pagkakataon. Kapag unang beses ay may multang isang bulig, sa ikalawa ay multang bulig at walong oras na “community service”. Ibig sabihin Kiwal, bulati kong kikiwal-kiwal babarilin ang ikatlong ulit na magkakalat ng basura. Ang tanong, makahuhuli naman kaya? Ipinakukonsidera ng Department of Transportation sa mga tsuper ng kulorum na mag-iba nan ang hanap-buhay. Mag-aral sa TASDA ng kursong pangkabuhayan at iyon ang isakatuparan. Pagbati sa mga kongresistang nagsisikap pagmalasakitan ang kapakanan naming mga nakatatanda-pagpapanatili sa 20% diskwento sa mga pangunahing pangangailangan. . Pero bakit kaya hanggang 20% lang Kiwal, bulati kong kikiwal-kiwal, dahil ba tinatanggal lang ang tubo sa puhunan at hindi ito kailangang galawin? Sa panukala nitong ilang deputado, ipinasasaklaw sa diskwento kahit mga produktong ipinakikilala pa lamang sa pamamagitan ng “promo”. Ipinaggigiitan ho ng mga hotel na ang mga ratang nasa promo gaya ng P500 ang sampung oras na pamamalagi na hindi saklaw ng 20% discount. Yun ho kasing promo ng kumpanya ay para sa kapakanan nito, paano naman ang batas na nilalabag na, dapat pang idiskwento ang nasa promo. Gusto ko ring tingkiin ang petrolyo, gasoline at krudo ng nagpapakargang senior citizen, dapat ikonsidera rin. Komedya na naman ang magaganap sa mga lansangan sa pagtataguang pung at girian ng mga “unconsolidated traditional jeepney” at magsisiga-sigaang enforcer. Tapos na kasi kasambahay ang grace period ng mga uncon at simul ana ng tugisan ng mga kulorum. Tyak magtatago ang mga kulorum hanggang manghinawa ang mga tugis boys. Alam nyo naman ang ugaling ningas-kugon, di pa rin nawawala at alam ng mga kulorum yun, pahinga muna, payagay-tagay muna. Pagkatapos ng sigwada, muling mamamayagpag ang mga kulorum, “happy days are here again”. Dyan nga Kiwal, bulati kong kikiwal-kiwal sa Imus City, Cavite, marami sa mga traditional jeepney ang ni walang ruta sa gilid, byaheng Dasmarinas City bayan-Imus City proper, kinunsinte ng mga awtoridad at pamahalaang lokal. Inutil rin dyan ang bantay-kulorum. Mababawasan kasambahay ang komedya sa munisipyo, city hall at barangay hall dahil mauudlot ang pamumulitika sa pamamahagi ng ayuda ng mga pulitiko. . Hindi na ho kasi kasambahay idaraan sa opisina ng mga ehekutibo lokal ang ayuda ni Social Welfare secretary Rex Gatchalian. Ito ho bang Ayuda sa Kapos ang Kita Program o AKAP. Ang konswelo na lang ni Mayor at barangay chairman ay makapagmasid sa pamimigay, iniiwasan na ho kasi Kiwal, bulati kong kikiwal-kiwal na akalain ninyong mula sa pulitiko iyon kaya muling maiboboto sa nalalapit na naming halalan. Komedya naman talaga itong nagaganap sa ating hudikatura, makaraan kasambahay ng mahigit isang dekadang paglilitis, katarungan nang tinatawag ang pagkakakulong ng tigagalawang taon ng dalawang saragateng tsuper na kahit tinawag ng korteng maingat naman sa pagmamaneho ay nakamatay pa rin ng beteranang mamamahayag at edukador. Makukulong nga kasambahay itong dalawang tsuper Daniel Espinosa at Victor Ancheta makaraang mapatunayan ni Quezon City Regional Trial Court Branch 83 Judge Ralph Lee na nagkasala ng reckless imprudence resulting in damage to property with homicide sa pagkamatay ng journalist at UP Professor Chit Estella. Pinagbabayad naman kapwa ang Universal Guiding Star Bus Line Corp. at Nova Auto Transport Bus Corporation ng P7.46 milyong “moral and exemplary damage” sa pamilya ni Estella o Lourdes Estella-Simbulan. Masasabing nasa “wrong place at wrong time” si Chit nang mga panahong iyon. Itong tsuper ng traditional jeepney byaheng Sto. Nino -Meycauayan City, mas pinili pang libre pamasahe kaysa tanggapin ang perang papel na P20, baka raw kasi hindi tanggapin mula sa kanya. Kasambahay, hangga’t hindi pinawawalang-bisa ng Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas ang pinalaganap nitong salapi sa bansa, kung nababasa pa naman ang serial number, hindi ito pwedeng hindi tanggapin. Isinukli din naman sa akin ang P20, at tinanggap ko naman kaya kailangang tanggapin mo rin driver, ang katangahan, hindi ipinag-aaraw-araw yan. Kung walang tatanggap, ang bangko, kahit anong bangko tatanggapin yan. Kasama yan sa hanap-buhay mo driver, kung wala pala akong alam, ibang salapi pa ang ibabayad mo, nungka. Consolidated na ba yang jeep mo, kung hindi magtago ka na. Tinutugis ho ngayon ng mga pulis ang kabaro nilang babae dahil nahuling nakikipagniig sa kapwa pulis at huli rin ng maybahay ang katalik. Hindi kinilala ni Col. Fajardo ang pasaway sa matinding kahihiyan, sino kaya ang life coach niyan? Nananawagan kasambahay ang obispong katoliko sa mga panatikong magdasal para ulanin. Noong araw ipinagpuprusisyon pa ng mga panatiko ang paghingi ng ulan kaya lang galit ang itaas sa pagkikilik ng imahen sa prusisyon dahil iyon ay dinidiyos pa kaysa Kanya. Paano diringgin kung mali ang pamamaraan. Lalo lamang lalala ang sitwasyon kung hindi matututuhan ng tao ang tamang pagtawag sa nasa Itaas.
Shout out muna sa Values Bocaue Advocates, Wilfredo Jimenez Jr., Alex Driodoco, Gemma Daseco, Delfin Lawa at Alex Castro. Shout out muna sa mga may “hang over” pang bagong Marked Men for Christ”. Nagsipagtapos ng phase 2 at 3 seminar sa Plaridel,Bulacan staff na kayo kung saka-sakali, unang staffing nyo ang Phase 1 sa San Carlos City, Pangasinan sa HUlyo 3-5,2024. Jonathan Fernandez, nagkakalimutan na yata a.. Salamat JO1 Adrian Montojo, magkatulungan tayo sa ikarereporma ng mga detenido.
“Local officials have supervision over police, so I have instructed Napolcom to initiate proceedings for withdrawal of mayor’s deputization, meaning, after investigation, with sufficient grounds, we would withdraw deputization of Mayor Guo as consequences of privileges attached are revoked immediately, including its control and supervision of its local police,” Interior Secretary Benhur Abalos has ordered National Police Commission (Napolcom) to remove police power of Bamban, Tarlac Mayor Alice Guo.
At the same time, Abalos disclosed that government lawyers would formally file complaint against Guo after Office of the Ombudsman said that case against her should be forwarded to order preventive suspension against Bamban mayor.
“I want to clarify that DILG,Department of the Interior and Local Government has no power to order preventive suspension against Guo… we have no authority to dismiss individual. ..we also have no power to suspend person even to issue reprimand…that’s not within power of DILG… I want to clarify that because people are expecting,” Abalos said.
He added he could only order investigation and forward result of probe to ombudsman.
“We created task force… seven-man team and we had already submitted our findings to Office of Ombudsman…if they want us to file complaint, that’s not problem…we will file complaint against her,” Abalos said.
The DILG chief has recommended putting Guo under preventive suspension for alleged “serious illegal acts” involving Philippine offshore gaming operators (POGO).
DILG has recommended to ombudsman issuance of preventive suspension against Guo to prevent any influence on continuing investigations of agency and other agencies, according to Abalos.
He did not specify illegal acts committed by Guo, as he said that this is part of courtesy to ombudsman.
Seven-man task force, headed by Benjamin Zaballa of DILG Internal Audit Service, was formed in April to investigate allegations on Guo’s link to illegal POGO in her municipality.
Abalos said they have yet to finish their investigation on the citizenship issues surrounding Guo.
The interior secretary again explained that they would refer any action to the ombudsman, which has the disciplinary authority over elected officials of local governments, and that the DILG has no power to directly suspend or dismiss local officials.
10 I appeal to you, brothers and sisters,[a] in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that all of you agree with one another in what you say and that there be no divisions among you, but that you be perfectly united in mind and thought.
Footnotes
1 Corinthians 1:10 The Greek word for brothers and sisters (adelphoi) refers here to believers, both men and women, as part of God’s family; also in verses 11 and 26; and in 2:1; 3:1; 4:6; 6:8; 7:24, 29; 10:1; 11:33; 12:1; 14:6, 20, 26, 39; 15:1, 6, 50, 58; 16:15, 20.
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Rules on investigating supernatural events sharpened
By J.Lo
“In certain circumstances not everything is black or white,” catholic Cardinal Victor Manuel Fernandez, leads dicastery, told journalists Vatican sharpened its rules for investigating supernatural events such as visions of Christ or Virgin Mary, acknowledging on Friday overactive imaginations and outright “lying” risked harming fanatics.
New norms allow for more “prudent” interpretation of events that generally avoids declaring them outright supernatural event.
They were published by Holy See’s powerful Dicastery for Doctrine of Faith and approved by Pope Francis.
“Sometimes possible divine reaction mixes with… human thoughts and fantasies,” Fernandez added.
History of Catholic Church is filled with episodes of strange or unexplained phenomena involving religious statues or other objects.
New guidelines come two months after Church said series of widely reported miracles attributed to statuette of the Virgin Mary including making pizza grow in size were false.
New rules provide more guidance to bishops, who until now have been left relatively free to determine authenticity of such visions on case-by-case basis. It is first time they have been updated since 1978.
Underscoring complexity of issue, Vatican has completed only six cases of such alleged supernatural events since 1950, with one taking around “seventy excruciating years,” document said.
New rules call for more collaboration between bishops of individual dioceses concerned and Vatican over such investigations.
Final decisions of bishops should be submitted to dicastery for approval, it said.
Some incidents “at times appear connected to confused human experiences, theologically inaccurate expressions, or interests that are not entirely legitimate,” document noted.
“Bishops might have to deal with “manipulation, damage to unity of the Church, undue financial gain, and serious doctrinal errors that could cause scandals and undermine credibility of the Church,” it added.
But in absence of problems, dioceses will now be able to declare “Nihil Obstat,” indicating there is nothing in the phenomenon contrary to faith and morals.
That falls short of official declaration of its supernatural authenticity, under new rules is generally to be avoided unless pope authorizes it.
Fernandez explained most of the Church’s major pilgrimage sites grew organically over years without official declaration on authenticity of original “miracle.”
In most serious cases, to avoid confusion or scandal, dicastery will ask local bishop to state that belief in phenomenon is not allowed, and explain why.
Faster response by Church is needed because such phenomena are “taking on national and even global proportions” as they spread via internet, dicastery said.
Factors to consider are “possibility of doctrinal errors, oversimplification of the Gospel message, or spread of sectarian mentality,” it said.
Fanatics could be misled by events attributed to divine cause that might in fact be “merely product of someone’s imagination” or those who have “inclination toward lying.”
Fernandez could not comment how many supernatural events were alleged to occur each year, as most were managed by dioceses.
Most recently, Italian diocese of Civita Castellana declared in March that alleged miracles from statuette of Virgin Mary in the town of Trevignano Romano outside Rome were “non-supernatural.”
Self-professed visionary, previously convicted for fraudulent bankruptcy, had said her statuette cried tears of blood and made pizza multiply in size.
Pilgrims flocked to the town after her proclamations, while some donors to charity she founded said they had been duped.
Diocese said affair had shaken faith of many churchgoers.
In April 2023, Vatican created Observatory for Apparitions and Mystical Phenomena Related to Figure of Virgin Mary to help bishops confronted with such cases.
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NPC forges alliance with FMJ PFP
By Nidz Godino
“Historically, NPC has always been supportive of elected president…with urgency, we continue to push for unity among leaders of our great nation…with that in mind, our party will heed call of PFP,” Nationalist People’s Coalition (NPC)chairman and former Senate president Vicente Sotto III said in statement more than a week after forging alliance with Lakas-Christian Muslim Democrats (Lakas-CMD), Partido Federal ng Pilipinas (PFP), party of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., formed yet another partnership, this time with NPC, as it sets its sights on 2025 midterm polls.
Marcos witnessed signing of alliance in Makati City, partnership that NPC said is grounded on parties’ “desire for genuine unity, strength, and continued positive change.”
“I believe this alliance will foster cooperation and strong support for our President considering our party has almost 4,000 members, 1,910 are incumbent public officials,” he added.
Parties gave assurance that alliance would seek to fulfill public service with “utmost integrity, transparency, accountability, people participation, effectiveness, and efficiency.”
“Public service should come before and beyond personal interests…this partnership proves our commitment to Filipino people, that their interests are our primordial duty,” Sotto, who ran for vice president in 2022 under ticket of former senator Panfilo Lacson, said.
Earlier this month, PFP signed an alliance with Lakas-CMD, development that Marcos had described as “significant moment for Philippine politics and public service.” Partnership, dubbed as “Alyansa Para sa Bagong Pilipinas,” seeks to improve lives of Filipinos under new Philippines, according to recent Palace statement.
Marcos is chairman of PFP, formed in 2018.
PFP, Lakas-CMD, Hugpong ng Pagbabago, Partido ng Masang Pilipino and guest candidates from different parties constituted UniTeam Alliance during 2022 national elections, saw Marcos and Vice President Sara Duterte-Carpio winning the polls by landslide.
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Indo POGO worker rescued
By J.Lo
POLICE authorities are looking into Indonesian national, allegedly kidnapped in Makati, has been rescued in Silang, Cavite.
Victim , 28-year-old worker in Philippine offshore gaming operator firm, escaped from his captors and was found in front of church in Barangay Malabag, police said.
Victim told police unidentified men handcuffed and blindfolded him on May 4.
He said suspects took his cell phone and wallet and brought him to safe house in Tagaytay City.
Suspects negotiated with his wife through messaging app Telegram for his release.
Victim managed to escape and ran for four hours until he reached Silang.
Local police has coordinated with Bureau of Immigration and Indonesian embassy on fate of victim.
ISKUP! 