TODAY’S GOD’S MESSAGE

Matthew 24:35

³⁵ Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will never pass away.

05 Hulio 2024, Biyernes

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Man charged for sex content online

By J.Lo

“Carmona violated  anti-trafficking in persons law since he offered  sexual services of  victims to  foreigner for  fee,” Department of Justice (DOJ) resolution read. filed charges of qualified trafficking against  man for allegedly selling online explicit sexual content of three Filipino minors to foreigners.

DOJ task force on women and children and against trafficking in persons found probable cause to indict Jhon Patrick Carmona for violating Republic Act 9208, othewise known as  Anti-Trafficking in Persons Act.

No bail was recommended for Carmona’s temporary liberty.

Suspect  was arrested in entrapment operation conducted by National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) in Laguna on May 16.

According to  DOJ, NBI acted on information from  Federal Bureau of Investigation, which found out  Carmona used an account on X “to market young boys to foreigners.”

Authorities said Carmona asked for money in exchange for lewd pictures and videos of young boys through messaging application Telegram.

Carmona asked  victims for  meet-up, during which he offered  boys for sex to  foreigner who posed as  client,  DOJ said.

NBI operatives rescued  victims during  entrapment operation.

Justice Secretary Jesus Crispin Remulla vowed to be relentless in  campaign against human traffickers, especially those who prey on minors.

“We will never stop nor slow down in  campaign against human traffickers until every single one of them falls in the hands of justice,” Remulla said.

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Zambo firecracker dealer’s permit suspended

By J.Lo

Zamboanga City government  indefinitely suspended business permit of firecrackers and pyrotechnics dealer whose merchandise in  warehouse exploded on Saturday, killing five people and hurting 21 others.

Zamboanga City Mayor John Dalipe ordered law enforcers to temporarily bar operations of merchant Jonathan Chua.

Blast  killed live-in partners Rolly Limen, 38, and Miriam Gregoria, 37, their three-year-old son Arden, Ericka Lacastesantos, 18, and 25-year-old Jonelyn Ramos. Dalipe assured assistance for  burial of  five fatalities.

Police Regional Office-9 and the Bureau of Fire Protection have launched  joint investigation into  series of explosions that also damaged buildings around  warehouse.

Senior officials of PRO-9 said Chua had been invited for questioning by investigators in  Zamboanga City Police Office.

Dalipe reportedly led  initial distribution of relief support for  21 blast victims, some of them still confined in hospitals.

The mayor had also assured to help facilitate  burial of  five blast victims.

05 Hulio 2024, Biyernes

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DOH to DHW  name change

By Nidz Godino

HEALTH SECRETARY TEODORO HERBOSA

“Health and education are natural partners in  development of our nation… prevention and control of disease as well as  promotion of wellness begins in  hearts and minds of our children,”renaming  Department of Health will be further studied, according to DOH Assistant Secretary Albert Domingo.

Health Secretary Teodoro Herbosa had floated  idea of renaming  DOH as Department of Health and Wellness.

Domingo said  this is  “sound idea…anchored on  broad understanding of  ultimate goal of public health.”

World Health Organization charter, he said, defines health as “ state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely  absence of disease or infirmity.”

Herbosa said, “we also want to teach  people about health promotion  how to maintain your health.”

Meanwhile, DOH welcomed Sen. Sonny Angara’s appointment as education secretary.

TODAY’S GOD’S MESSAGE

Isaiah 12:4

⁴ In that day you will say:

“Give praise to the Lord, proclaim his name;
    make known among the nations what he has done,
    and proclaim that his name is exalted.

04 Hulio 2024, Huwebes

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‘Persona non-grata’ tag vs vloggers Rosmar, Rendon

By J.Lo

“RESOLVED, as it is hereby RESOLVED, to declare Rendon Labador, Rosemarie Tan Pamulaklakin a.k.a. Rosmar and Marki Tan as persona non-grata in  Municipality of Coron, Palawan for their disrespectful behavior, negative publicity, incitement to conflict, and violation of Republic Act No. 10951, also known as  ‘Property and Damage Penalty Adjustment Act’; Article 153 of  Revised Penal Code; and Republic Act No. 11313, also known as  “Safe Spaces Act (Bawal Bastos Law,”  draft of resolution read.

Social media personalities Rendon Labador and Rosemarie Peñamora Tan, also known as “Rosmar,” may be declared persona non-grata in Coron, Palawan following their involvement in  confrontation between them and  mayor’s staff, according to one of Coron’s municipal council members. 

John Patrick Reyes, one of Coron’s municipal council members, drafted  resolution declaring  two personalities persona non-grata in  Facebook post, which is expected to be ratified after  June 24 regular session.

According to the draft resolution, Labador’s actions were described as “disrespectful, inappropriate, and  blatant disregard for proper decorum.” 

It stressd that  vloggers caused undue distress and embarrassment to  mayor’s staff and were seen as reflecting negatively on office she represents.

Declaring  individual persona non grata signifies  they are not welcome in  specific area. 

However, the resolution is not legally enforceable and does not prevent someone from entering the place where they have been declared persona non grata.

Issue stemmed when  personalities went to the office of Coron Mayor Marjo Reyes to complain about  comment received online from Jho Cayabyab Trinidad, one of the mayor’s staff. 

Labador and Rosmar confronted Trinidad, who accused them through  Facebook comment of exploiting  people of Coron for their vlog under  guise of organizing to “assist”  locals in giving grocery packages and supposedly boosting tourism in the area.

It should be noted, however, that Trinidad posted comment through her personal Facebook account and not through  local government unit’s official website.

In videos circulating on social media, Labador was seen shouting and pointing fingers at Trinidad, who remained calm in her response. 

Eventually,  two personalities convinced Trinidad to issue  public apology, which was also captured on video.

In another Facebook post,  Coron’s Mayor’s Office said  Reyes ordered  investigation into  incident.

“Binigyang-diin ng Punong Bayan na hindi siya nasiyahan sa naganap na insidente sa kanyang opisina lalo na’t wala siya sa lugar ng mga oras na iyon,” the mayor’s office statement read.

“Inatasan niya ang nasabing departamento na ikalap ang lahat ng mga dokumento, opisyal na mga reklamo at mga viral videos para sa mga susunod na hakbangin at aksyon na gagawin,” it added. 

04 Hulio 2024, Huwebes

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Judge dismissed for ignoring SC suspension order

By J.Lo

“We cannot allow Alzate to resume donning  judicial robe as his grave, tainted actions and omissions depict his unworthiness,” Supreme Court (SC) has dismissed from service  judge in Ilocos Sur for ignoring  suspension order issued against him in connection with cases involving annulment of marriage.

High  court found Judge Raphiel Alzate of  Ilocos Sur Regional Trial Court (RTC) Branch 24 in Cabugao town, guilty of gross misconduct and insubordination.

Alzate was first dismissed in 2020 after  SC found him guilty of railroading proceedings in marriage annulment.

In 2023, high tribunal reversed its decision and cleared Alzate of charges.

SC instead suspended Alzate for five years and ordered him to pay  fine of P200,000 for resolving annulment cases without proper report or procedure.

In  manifestation and compliance submitted in February this year, Alzate informed  high tribunal that he had paid  fine and assumed as presiding judge of the Abra RTC in Bangued. 

He asked  SC to consider his payment of  fine as sufficient compliance with its order.

But  high court said Alzate “flagrantly disrespected and defied” its resolution suspending him for five years.

SC said Alzate should have started serving his suspension after he received  SC resolution on Jan. 31 this year.

It said Alzate reported to Bangued RTC without prior notice or clearance from  SC.

High  tribunal said Alzate intended to mislead  magistrates when he did not mention his five-year suspension in his manifestation and compliance.

04 Hulio 2024, Huwebes

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DICT confirms hacking of disaster  portal

By Nidz Godino

“We confirm that there was  breach in one of the external units of  DICT,  Disaster Risk Reduction Management… DRRMD,  disaster and emergency response unit of DICT,”  Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) confirmed  successful data hack on its Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Division (DRRMD) portal and systems.

At  virtual press conference, Renato Paraiso, ICT assistant secretary for legal affairs and spokesman, said  hack was limited to  DRRMD systems,  he stressed was not connected to  DICT central office systems.

“This system is outside  system of DICT central office,” Paraiso said.

He pointed out that  DRRMD portal was  open system because it was meant for information dissemination during emergencies.

Paraiso said  system of DRRMD was intentionally designed to be easily accessible and had no firewalls.

Paraiso stressed  hack was isolated to that of  DRRMD.

“When it comes to  extent and  size of data, very, very minor,” Paraiso said.

Data  breach compromised data of about 10 individual employees of the unit.

“Even government assets, vehicles,  systems there… only data stored there, again, even though it’s not  privacy concern, we already reported this to  National Privacy Commission because it involved employee data,” Paraiso said.

Jeffrey Ian Dy, ICT Undersecretary for Infostructure Management, Cybersecurity and Upskilling, said  breach involved about 230MB of data.

“Affected are disposition of our Emergency Communications System…no sensitive data exposed…please note that this is  emergency information portal for disaster coordination which is detached from  entire DICT ICT infrastructure,” Dy said.

Dy also said  DICT was already going after  hacker that claimed responsibility for the hack.

“We are investigating PH1NS further,” Dy said.

Country’s largest e-wallet service provider GCash assured  National Privacy Commission (NPC)  there has been no data breach that has compromised  personal data of any of its millions of users.

NPC said GCash has not filed any breach notification report regarding any supposed data breach on its systems.

Rainier Anthony Milanes, chief of NPC compliance and monitoring division, said  “in the interest of transparency,” GCash had reached out to them as early as June 27 regarding  alleged data breach.

“GCash has conducted initial assessment of their systems and found that there was no indication of  personal data breach,” Milanes said.

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FMJ approves P6.3-T proposed 2025 budget

By Nidz Godino

“Since I’ve seen it before on macro level, I think  priorities in terms of our proposed appropriations, upon addressing it, weighted our priorities properly in terms of appropriations,” President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has set proposed national budget for 2025 at P6.352 trillion , record-high outlay  captures  administration’s macroeconomic targets and spending priorities in  election year.

Proposed  P6.532 spending plan for 2025,  Marcos approved during  Cabinet meeting is at least 10% higher than  current year’s P5.768 trillion budget. It represents 22% of the country’s gross domestic product.

According to  Presidential Communications Office news release,  2025 National Expenditure Plan (NEP) reflects  government’s priorities, such as food security, social protection, healthcare, housing, disaster resilience, infrastructure, digital connectivity, and energization. 

Budget Secretary Amendah Pangandaman earlier explained higher NEP is due to  bigger budget allocation for local government units, increased almost 20% to P1.03 trillion.

LGUs are set to get  bigger outlay in 2025 based on  government’s 2022 revenue collection, improved as economy recovered from COVID-19 pandemic.

DBM chief also said  2025, being  election year, will require additional funding for  conduct of  polls and allowances for volunteers.

Education stands to get  lion’s share of  proposed budget, as required by  1987 Constitution.

Others that will get large sums are  sectors of public work, health, interior and local government, and defense.

Pangandaman said  government is eyeing to submit  proposed budget to Congress on July 29,  week after Marcos’ third State of the Nation Address.

This will then be followed by legislative deliberations of  national budget before  bicameral conference submits  proposed General Appropriations Act to the president.

Last year, budget deliberations at House and  Senate triggered  wave of criticism against Vice President Sara Duterte’s use of confidential funds, and, to  lesser extent, civilian agencies’ widespread use of secret lump sum.  

TODAY’S GOD’S MESSAGE

Psalm 33:12

¹² Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord,
    the people he chose for his inheritance.