Monday, June 20, 2005

Cardinal Sin, 76

Jaime Cardinal Sin, 76
Former Manila Archbishop Jaime Cardinal Sin passed away Tuesday morning after a lingering illness, DZMM reported. He was 76.
abs-cbnNEWS.com
Philippines' Cardinal Sin dies at 76
MSNBC 
... his death early Tuesday. "Our call to all the faithful is to include in their prayers the soul of Cardinal Sin," Sescon said.
Cardinal Jaime Sin Dies at 76
Los Angeles Times, CA 
MANILA, Philippines -- Cardinal Jaime Sin, the Roman Catholic cleric who helped lead revolts that ousted two Philippine presidents, died early Tuesday.
Philippines Cardinal Sin is dead
BBC News, UK 
Cardinal Sin played a key role in the Philippines' transition to democracy following the lengthy dictatorship of Ferdinand Marcos.
Cardinal Jaime Sin Dies at 76
San Francisco Chronicle, CA 
Cardinal Jaime Sin, the Roman Catholic cleric who helped lead revolts that ousted two Philippine presidents, died early Tuesday. He was 76.

Sunday, June 19, 2005

Hello, Garci Ring Tone Download

Here are Mp3 and wav files of the Hello Garci ring tone:

Indymedia server:
"Hello Garci" ringtone, MP3 format (124.1 KB)
"Hello Garci" ringtone, MP3 format (72.1 KB)

Server Mirror 1:
"Hello Garci" ringtone, MP3 format (360KB)
"Hello Garci" ringtone, WAV format (197KB)

Server Mirror 2:
"Hello Garci" ringtone, MP3 format (360KB)
"Hello Garci" ringtone, WAV format (197KB)

Server Mirror 3:
"Hello Garci" ringtone, MP3 format (360KB)
"Hello Garci" ringtone, WAV format (197KB)

To save, right-click on the file and click save as.

Many thanks to QC Indymedia and Yuga of PinoyBlog and Ploghost for hosting the files.

Links to the entire tape are at the PCIJ blog.

How do I put it in my phone?

1. Download your choice by clicking any or all of the files.

2. Transfer the downloaded file/s from the computer to your phone using either an infrared connection or a USB-to-phone cable.

3. For those whose phones have GPRS/WAP access, point your phone's browser to www.txtpower.org and download it directly to your phone.

4. Once transferred to your phone, the sound file may be used as ringtone for calls or text messages.

Other options

1. Ask for file-transfer from friends who may already have the ringtone. Both your phones should have either infrared or bluetooth connections.

2. Join any of the future anti-GMA rallies and look for the TXTPower banner. Next big date is June 24.

3. Watch out for the TXTPower "Hello Garci" Ringtone Download Team when they go around offices, stores and tiangges, communities and schools!

Friday, June 17, 2005

Download Garci Ring Tone From TxtPower

June 17, 2005
Here are Mp3 and wav files of the Hello Garci ring tone:

Server Mirror 1:
"Hello Garci" ringtone, MP3 format (360KB)
"Hello Garci" ringtone, WAV format (197KB)

Server Mirror 2:
"Hello Garci" ringtone, MP3 format (360KB)
"Hello Garci" ringtone, WAV format (197KB)

Server Mirror 3:
"Hello Garci" ringtone, MP3 format (360KB)
"Hello Garci" ringtone, WAV format (197KB)

To save, right-click on the file and click save as.

Many thanks to Yuga of PinoyBlog and Ploghost for hosting the files.

Links to the entire tape are at the PCIJ blog.

Wednesday, June 15, 2005

ABS-CBN Download

 
You can download the controversial "Gloria-Garci" tapes from ABS-CBN Archive.

Tuesday, June 14, 2005

PNP's Ills

What's Wrong with the PNP?
THE United Nations Development Program has come up with a first-of-a-kind study on the Philippine National Police (PNP)—what ails the organization, what prevents it from performing basic functions, and what can be done about its problems.

We are highlighting two issues that the voluminous study tackled and which have a direct impact on the country's peace and order situation: the relationship between the PNP leadership and local police officers and the authority being exercised by local government units (LGUs) over the internal operations of the police. The UNDP report has been distributed to the key command and staff offices of the PNP for their own comments. Below are excerpts from the study that are related to these issues:

A. Local police officers believe that local police units rank very low in the priorities of the PNP leadership.

· What was striking in the interviews with police officers at the police station level was their perception that the local police units are not a priority area of concern to the PNP leadership; hence, they are at the bottom of the pecking order in terms of training and resources.

· Local police officers believe that the PNP leadership focuses and concentrates resources on the various specialized task forces created at the height of a particular peace and order issue generating media attention: kidnap-for-ransom cases, anti-terrorism, transnational crimes, gambling, organized crime, illegal drugs campaign, and the like.

B. There is resentment for special task forces created and based in the national/central office.

· Stories reveal resentment for these task forces that—to the local police officer—appear to have easy access to operational funds, resources, and equipment, while ordinary policemen have to rely on their own resourcefulness to procure basic supplies. An example of the perceived disparity is an incident with a Quezon City police officer, who narrated how local police officers are not supplied with bullets for their service firearm. According to him, when they are issued their service firearm, they are given two magazines with 26 bullets. The bullets are never replenished; hence, when a police officer uses his firearm in operations, he has to use personal funds to purchase bullets, at the cost of P15 for every 9-mm bullet.

· Task forces such as the National Anti-Crime Task Force have unlimited resources, including ammunition. The advantage of having classmates and colleagues in these task forces, according to one officer, is that they can spare you surplus supplies such as bullets.

· Because the members of the task forces are based in the central offices, and coordinate directly with the PNP leadership, spot promotions come easily to them.

· Even basic administrative supplies are lacking, with no available budget for necessities such as bond paper for reports. Local units rely on the generosity of business establishments in the area to either donate basic supplies, or sell them at discounted prices.

C. There is resentment over the issue of spot promotions.

· The perception that local police unit operations are undervalued was particularly evident in the resentment over spot promotions. While task force members could easily obtain spot promotions, successful operations by local officers would go unrewarded, or worse, others more politically savvy in the central or regional offices would reap the benefits of these operations.

D. There is unwillingness to perform certain basic functions.

· Patrol functions are the backbone of police operations, and included among patrol functions are traffic services and effecting arrests. Local police officers have expressed an unwillingness to perform these basic functions, seeing them as an unnecessary nuisance.

· Police officers both in Metro Manila and regional offices commented that so much time was spent serving warrants of arrest, which, according to him, should just be served by court process servers. It is not necessary for the police to do this.

· According to personnel interviewed in Region IV-A, traffic management should no longer be a function of local police units, considering that traffic management us already performed by local executives.

· Unless policies are changed to accord deserved recognition and resources to the patrolman and local police officers and units, an improvement in the delivery of basic police services may not materialize.

The UNDP study likewise observed that the bigger challenges facing the PNP lie in the organization's relationship with other agencies, specifically the local government units. It said that "the authority being exercised by local government units over the internal operations and decision-making of the PNP creates an environment extremely vulnerable to undue politicization of the police force, destroys command responsibility and administration management authority of the PNP."

The study suggested that the relationship between the PNP and the local government units "should be one of partnership rather than one of superior-subordinate relationship." As it is, the mayors and governors have the final say on who gets appointed to be police chiefs in their areas.

"Local government units should not interfere with the internal administration of the PNP, particularly in recruitment, promotion, appointment and discipline, in the allocation and utilization of financial resources, in the day-to-day police operations, and in the transactional decision-making process of the PNP within their locality," the study said.

The study called on other agencies as well, such as the Bureau of Internal Revenue, the Bureau of Customs, the Land Transportation Office, and the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority, which currently perform policing functions, should "focus their functions on investigative monitoring and relegate functions of case cased intelligence, investigation, and apprehension" to the PNP and the National Bureau of Investigation.

Alternative Arroyo Download

Posted by Alecks Pabico
PCIJ
 

THE tsunami-like surge in bandwidth usage due to the unprecedented download requests for the controversial tapes has already forced the shutdown of one of our servers and those of the mirror sites that have been generously shared to us. However, thanks again to some of our fellow bloggers' initiatives, the files can still be downloaded via the following links:

Three-Hour Tape

Paguia Tape

Monday, June 13, 2005

PCIJ Download

Posted by Alecks Pabico, PCIJ 

FINALLY, here's the tracker to the torrent file of the three-hour tape, courtesy of Yuga and MLQ3, from which you can start seeding to have your own copy. You will need a BitTorrent client installed on your PC to download the content of the torrent file. With a DSL connection, download time is roughly about two hours.

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Sunday, June 12, 2005

Gloria's Alleged Conversations

You can download the three-hour-three-CDs audio recording of the alleged telephone conversation between Pres. Arroyo and Comelec Commissioner Virgilio Garcillano through these 33 separate MP3 files provided by PCIJ:
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For first-timers:  You can download by right-clicking on the links above and save each one to your hard disk.

Thursday, June 09, 2005

Kapamilya Run

Registration Centers:
  • Ayala Center (beside the Activity Center)
  • Aboitix Express in E-Mall
  • SM City (beside the Supermarket)
  • Cebu City Sports Commission (Cebu City Sports Center)
  • ABS-CBN Broadcast Complex, Jagobiao, Mandaue City
The P100 registration fee entitles each runner singlets, snacks and giveaways.
 

Pulso sa DYAB Abante Bisaya ug TV Patrol Central Visayas

Too ka bang Estados Unidos maoy utok sa pagbisto sa audio recording ni Pres. Arroyo?
Please text your answer to DYAB REACT (opinion) and send to 2366.

Weather Update

Satellite Image
Southwest monsoon prevailing over Luzon and Western Visayas.
Metro Cebu: Occasional rains, winds will be light to moderate blowing from the southwest, coastal waters will be slight to moderate, temperature range 24 to 30°C (75 to 86°F).
 

Wednesday, June 08, 2005

Pulso sa DYAB Abante Bisaya, Maayong Buntag, Kapamilya ug TV Patrol Central Visayas

Too ka bang si Comelec Commissioner Virgilio Garcillano ang "Gary" nga gikasulti sa telepono nilang Pres. Arroyo ug First Gentleman Mike Arroyo?
Please text your answer to DYAB REACT (opinion) and send to 2366.

Weather Update

Satellite Image
Southwest monsoon prevailing over Luzon and Visayas.
Metro Cebu: Occasional rains, winds will be light to moderate blowing from the southwest, Manila Bay will be slight to moderate, temperature range 25 to 29°C (77 to 84°F).
 

Tuesday, June 07, 2005

Pulso sa DYAB Abante Bisaya, Maayong Buntag, Kapamilya ug TV Patrol Central Visayas

Angay bang mo-resign si Pres. Arroyo tungod sa nabistong audio recording sa giingong pagtikas niya sa niaging eleksiyon?
Please text your answer to DYAB REACT (opinion) and send to 2366.

Weather Update

 
Satellite Image
Typhoon "DANTE" was located based on satellite and surface data at 1,310 kms east northeast of Extreme Northern Luzon or at 720 kms southeast of Okinawa, Japan (24.4°N 133.7°E) with maximum sustained winds of 150 kph near the center and gustiness of up to 185 kph. It is forecast to move northwest at 06 kph. Southwest monsoon prevailing over Luzon and Visayas.
 
Metro Cebu: Cloudy with occasional rains, winds will be light to moderate blowing from the southwest, coastal waters will be slight to moderate, temperature range 23 to 30°C (73 to 86°F).

Monday, June 06, 2005

Weather Update

Satellite Image
Typhoon "DANTE" was located based on satellite and surface data at 1,220 kms east northeast of Extreme Northern Luzon or at 770 kms southeast of Okinawa, Japan (22.3°N 134.1°E) with maximum sustained winds of 160 kph near the center and gustiness of up to 195 kph. It is forecast to move north northeast at 07 kph. Southwest monsoon prevailing over Luzon and Visayas.
Metro Cebu: Mostly cloudy with occasional rains, winds will be light to moderate blowing from the southwest, coastal waters will be slight to moderate, temperature range 23 to 31°C (73 to 88°F).
More Weather

Thursday, June 02, 2005

Reuters Stories

  • Prosecutors blast Jackson as pedophile, alcoholic 
    Michael Jackson was portrayed on Thursday as a serial pedophile, an alcoholic and a man obsessed with pornography as prosecutors summed up their child sex abuse case with a blistering character assassination of one of the world's best-known entertainers....
  • Bomb attacks across Iraq kill 24 
    Insurgents killed at least 24 people in motorcycle and car bomb attacks on Thursday, one targeting the bodyguards of Iraq's Kurdish deputy prime minister and another killing a deputy provincial governor.
  • 'Runaway bride' sentenced to probation 
    The Georgia "runaway bride" whose highly publicized disappearance days before her wedding turned out to be a case of cold feet pleaded no contest on Thursday to a felony charge of making a false statement to police.
  • Animal rights activists face trial under terror law 
    New Jersey is using an anti-terrorism law for the first time to try six animal rights activists charged with harassing and vandalizing a company that made use of animals to test its drugs.
  • Goal to reverse AIDS by 2015 won't be met, UN says 
    The world will not meet its goal of halting and reversing the spread of AIDS in 10 years if the disease continues to race faster than efforts to stop it, a senior U.N. AIDS specialist said on Thursday.
  • Israel frees nearly 400 Palestinian prisoners 
    Israel freed nearly 400 Palestinian prisoners on Thursday in a long-delayed gesture that fulfilled a ceasefire pledge to President Mahmoud Abbas, but Palestinians said the release did not go far enough.
  • Bush selects Cox to head SEC 
    President Bush has picked California Rep. Christopher Cox, a Republican who has championed lower taxes on investment income, as his choice to become chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission, a senior administration official said on Thursday.
  • Wolfowitz test is to keep World Bank relevant 
    Paul Wolfowitz has promised to make the World Bank more attractive to fast-growing but still poor countries like China and India, which feel the development institution has less and less to offer them.
  • Double 'No' vote on treaty bounces EU into action 
    European Union leaders, shocked by the French and Dutch rejection of their constitution, tried on Thursday to show that it would not paralyze the 25-member bloc.
  • Spelling bee morphs into media darling 
    The U.S. National Spelling Bee, that ultimate anxiety fest for brainy schoolkids, has morphed into a media darling, inspiring a novel, a documentary, a feature film and a Broadway musical.
  • Pulso sa DYAB Abante Bisaya, Maayong Buntag, Kapamilya ug TV Patrol Central Visayas

    Tagbaw ka ba sa pagpatuman sa gobyerno sa iyang sports programs?
    Please text your answer to DYAB REACT (opinion) and send to 2366.

    Typhoon Dante Is Here

    Typhoon "DANTE" was estimated based on satellite and surface data at 1,080 kms east of Visayas (12.1°N 135.4°E) with maximum sustained winds of 150 kph near the center and gustiness of up to 185 kph. It is forecast to move west northwest at 19 kph. Intertropical convergence zone (ITCZ) affecting Mindanao. Southwesterly surface windflow prevailing over Western Luzon.

    Metro Cebu: Cloudy with rainshowers and thunderstorms, winds will be light to moderate blowing from the south and southwest, coastal waters will be slight to moderate, temperature range 24 to 30°C (75 to 86°F).
    More Weather

    Wednesday, June 01, 2005

    ABS-CBN In Europe

     
     
     
     
     

    Pulso sa DYAB Abante Bisaya, Maayong Buntag, Kapamilya ug TV Patrol Central Visayas

    Too ka bang GSIS ug AFP ang labing kurakot nga mga ahensiya sa gobyerno?
    Please text your answer to DYAB REACT (opinion) and send to 2366.

    Weather Update

    Satellite Image
    Intertropical convergence zone (ITCZ) affecting Eastern Visayas. Southwesterly surface windflow prevailing over Western Luzon.
    Metro Cebu: Mostly cloudy with rainshowers and thunderstorms, winds will be light to moderate blowing from the south and southwest, coastal waters will be slight to moderate, temperature range 25 to 34°C (77 to 93°F).
    More Weather