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Jan
31
By Miko Morelos
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 03:28:00 01/22/2011
MANILA, Philippines—More family courts, please.
This appeared to be the most pressing concern for members of the bench in Las Piñas, with the rising number of couples in the city who want to split up.
“It seems there are a lot of people filing for the annulment of their marriages,” Judge Joselito Vibandor told Chief Justice Renato Corona and Supreme Court Administrator Midas Marquez who were the special guests at the launching on Friday of the Justice on Wheels program in Las Piñas.
Judges from the city’s trial courts, as well as city prosecutors and public defenders on Friday raised other legal issues with officials of the Supreme Court during the inauguration of the program aimed at expediting the disposition of court cases.
In an interview with the Inquirer, Vibandor said the two trial courts designated to hear cases involving family issues are clogged with lawsuits, on top of other criminal and civil cases.
Apart from petitioners seeking the annulment of their marriages, the other cases involve violence against women and children, which also fall under the jurisdiction of family courts.
The judge, however, could not give an exact figure as to how many annulment cases are pending in the two courts.
Both courts have almost 800 cases pending in their dockets, while regular courts have an average of 60 to 80 cases, Vibandor added.
On the average, for every case raffled off to a regular court, three are thrown to a family court, and this ratio has caused the dockets to be clogged, Vibandor explained.
Marquez asked the judge to put his request for more family courts in writing so the high court could act on it.
City Prosecutor Cynthia Luang also asked Marquez if the Supreme Court could designate more drug courts, and the latter likewise suggested that she write the justice department about her request.
Another judge asked about the possibility of having more MTCs (metropolitan trial courts) in the city to hasten the resolution of cases. Las Piñas has 10 regional trial courts and one MTC.
Earlier in the day, Las Pinas’ lone congressman, Rep. Mark Villar, told court workers that he had already filed a bill seeking the institution of five more MTCs for the city.
The Justice on Wheels program was instituted in 2004 from a concept paper put together by Supreme Court officials after then Chief Justice Hilario Davide Jr. studied the possibility of having mobile courts in the country after seeing the program at work on an official visit to Guatemala.
Since then, the program has expedited the release of more than 2,500 prisoners, and suits settled through court mediation procedures.
Jan
31
MANILA, Philippines – The central bank has padlocked a rural bank in Las Piñas City and placed it under the receivership of the Philippine Deposit Insurance Corp. (PDIC).
The PDIC took over the Rural Bank of Zapote on Friday after the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas’ policy-making Monetary Board ordered its closure due to mounting deposit liabilities.
Latest available records showed that as of September 30, 2010, the bank had total deposit liabilities of P536.65 million, consisting of about 2,945 accounts.
“Upon takeover, all bank records would be gathered, verified and validated,” said the PDIC.
Rural Bank of Zapote is a two-unit bank. Its head office is located at Real St., Zapote while its lone branch is at the Casimiro Commercial Bldg., Aguilar Ave., Talon.
The PDIC said it will conduct a forum next week to inform depositors of the process of filing for insurance claims and the requirements.
It said it will start receiving claims on February 16 to 18, 2011 at the bank’s premises. Filing, processing and payments of claims will be conducted from March 29 to 31.
The maximum deposit insurance coverage is P500,000
Jan
31
Korean shot dead in Ayala Alabang
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| From Journal.com.ph
by Alvin Murcia |
| Monday, 31 January 2011 18:43 |
| POLICE are facing a blank wall in the killing of a Korean woman who was shot dead while watching television inside her home in Muntinlupa City Sunday night.
Victim Kyung Lim, 39, was discovered lifeless by her cousins in the living room of her house at 312 Alabang St., Ayala Alabang Village. The victim bore a lone bullet wound in the head. Police said they are still reviewing the closed-circuit television camera installed in the area to possibly identify and arrest those responsible for the killing. SPO2 Ronnie Tamondong of the Muntinlupa police criminal investigation unit said the cousins of the victim identified as Choi Jae Won, Gwon Dae Gyu and Kwon Seon Mi were at the second floor of the house when they heard a gunshot downstairs. The cousins of Kyung immediately went down and found the victim sprawled on the floor with a bullet wound in the head. Responding policemen recovered one spent shell of a caliber .45 from the crime scene. |
Jan
30
The Parañaque Branch-Rizal Chapter of the Philippine Red Cross will have a bloodletting on Friday, February 4, 2011 from 8:00 A.M. to 5:00 P.M. at the Parañaque Sports Complex, adjacent to the Parañaque City Hall.
The activity is intended as a contribution to the national effort to establish an adequate blood supply which is essential in saving lives.
The blood donation project is in celebration of Parañaque Mayor Jun Bernabe’s birthday and in the tradition of his famous line, “Ang pinakamagandang regalo ay serbisyo!”.
“Doing service to fellow men is a fine way to celebrate one’s birthday. By sharing blood, we give other people a gift of life so that they can have more birthdays to come and more years of service to the community. Heroes are invited! We call on every eligible citizen to contribute to the cause so that others may live!”, the local chief executive said.
The blood donation is open to all sectors: Government agencies, business establishments and corporations, NGOs and people’s organizations and individuals who are willing to donate their blood voluntarily. A community member can qualify as a blood donor if he/she is 18-65 years of age or has parental consent if between 16 and 17; has a minimum body weight of 110 lbs. or 50 kilograms, suitable blood pressure, pulse and hemoglobin.
Before donating blood, one must have enough rest and sleep (at least 6 hrs); no alcohol and medication intake within 24 hrs; eat light meals only, avoid fatty foods; and increase fluid (water, juice) intake.
Individuals volunteering to donate blood will undergo a series of tests and physical check up by a physician. This will only take 15 minutes. Persons with tattoo and piercings can still donate blood unless advised by the Red Cross physician to defer the donation.
A person who donates blood gets a donor card and gains priority to Red Cross for own blood needs or for family or friend.
For more information, please call Parañaque Red Cross Branch Hotlines 392-6890; 836-4790, or 09175809526.
Jan
30
Kotong Cop in West Service Road
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hello there,
i truly wish i had my camera yesterday…as we were driving home along the west service road towards alabang hills, we saw not once, but 4 times, a cop in his mmda uniform, stopping jeepneys and without even saying anything, money was handed over by the jeepney driver to the cop..when a jeepney was stopped right in front of us..we clearly saw P100 handed over to the cop…the cop saw us watching and quickly blew his whistle and waved us along….no wonder the jeeps can get away with driving like maniacs and being king of the roads….they just pay off the cop to look away and do nothing about the traffic congestion and erratic driving. double sigh……
We hope the people in authority address this immediately. As reported here before, this practice is also being done along Alabang-Zapote Road. Alabang Bulletin was even a witness to this last week once again as we saw a jeepney driver “donate” P5 to the Las Pinas traffic enforcer assigned in front of SM Southmall around 9:30 p.m.
Calling on the traffic police of Muntinlupa and Las Pinas. Please do something about this. If corruption starts with the traffic enforcers, can it be assumed that bigger guns get larger payola that’s why they can’t control their own ranks for fear of being exposed?
We’re just thinking out loud. (Ed’s Note)
