Cyber Martial Law?!!

I've been reading about this a lot in the past few days and it seems to be the trending topic among blogsites and social networks. I must admit, I'm not an expert on this matter. I just want to understand it the best way I could, so feel free to correct me.

From the time the bill was authored and sponsored to the time it was approved and passed, some congressmen have denied voting 'yes' on the third reading and some senators even openly admitted to have 'overlooked' a part of the bill which they signed into law. I just want to put into words how I understood what I read from all over. Here is a summary of sorts.


To start of, the original bill included cyber-defamation as part of the Punishable Acts, however, that portion was removed by the House of Representatives and after the 3rd reading. Separately on the senate, they inserted the libel clause and as early as January 2012, they were on their 3rd reading. And since there were differences from the House's and Senate's version, a Bicameral Conference Committee was called for further reviews and reconciliation. (To further understand how a law is passed, click here.)

The Bicam then amended part of the bill for Real-Time Collection of Traffic Data and Restricting or Blocking Access to Computer Data which was intended for electronic crimes like Illegal Access, Illegal Interception, Data Interference, System Interference, Misuse of Devices(use, production, sale, procurement, importation, distribution or otherwise making available intentionally and without right), Computer Forgery, Computer-related Fraud, Computer-related Identity Theft, Cybersex, and Unsolicited Commercial Communications as mentioned in Section 4.

Unlike what most of the us know, the 'online libel' clause was inserted by Sen. Sotto on January 24, 2012 as per senate journal published by ABS-CBN News. And with this insertion it means that online libel would also be subject to Real-time Collection of Computer Data and Restricting or Blocking Access to Computer Data. The latter means that the government can block our access to certain websites like facebook or twitter, much like what the Chinese government does.

Unfortunately for us, the Bicam Committee decided to consolidate the senate version of the law. To top it off, the committee just recently lifted a part of Section 4 from the house version and inserted it as a completely new Section 6 into the RA 10175 and what we now know as the Cybercrime Law. It broadened the scope of the law which now states that "All crimes defined and penalized by the Revised Penal Code........shall be covered.......Provided, That the penalty to be imposed shall be one degree higher...."


So with the extraction of a part of Sec. 4 which was then inserted as Sec 6, does this mean, for example, if one was convicted of murder, and uses the internet to perpetrate his crime, one would be penalized under the Revised Penal Code and also with the Cybercrime Law even one degree higher? Doesn't that fall under double jeopardy?

And with Tito Sen's insertion of the online libel clause, isn't that suppression of our freedom to speak out? Not to mention, UN's declaration of internet freedom as a basic human right. Doesn't this contradict Section 4 of the Bill of Rights under the 1987 Constitution?

With this in mind, how was that law, with all the add-ons and insertions, ever signed and approved by our 'beloved' president? Has he no regard for the constitution and the people that he considers his "Boss"?



Wala lang. Nakiki-uso lang...

Magluto na Muna!

Sa sobrang daming requests, tweets, texts, emails, snail mails, phone calls at telegrama na natatanggap ko asking for my very own recipé, i decided to post it dito sa aking betlog este Bet My Log.

Itong recipé na ito ay pawang likha lamang ng aking imahinasyon at likas na orihinal na komposisyon na inspirado ng kung anong madampot kong ingredient sa aming kusina. Anumang pagkakatulad sa ibang recipe jan ay maaaring nagkataon lamang at hindi sinasadya. Kung may reklamo, Isumbong mo kay Tulfo!

BABALA: PATNUBAY NG MAGULANG AY KAILANGAN SA MGA BATANG MAGBABASA.

Meat with Baby Corn and Quail Eggs in Oyster Sauce (Marinated in Worcestershire sauce)


Ingredients:
Meat(gluten,chix,pork,beef,)
Baby corn
Quail eggs
Minced Garlic(madami gusto ko!)
Bell pepper
Worcestershire
Soy sauce
Basil(ung dried and chopped)
Salt&Pepper
Water

Preparation:
-Marinate meat in 2tbsp soy sauce, about 3-5tbsp worcestershire(depende sa dami ng meat basta ma-coat generously lahat ng meat pero walang excess sauce), a tsp of basil and a tiny pinch of salt&pepper.
-Hard boil quail eggs(at syempre wag kalimutan tanggalin ang shell!)

Cooking instructions:
1. Sauté garlic in 2tbsp olive oil until brown, (add a little butter kung sinipsip lahat ng bawang ang oil)
2. Put in meat and fry until outer part is cooked. Then add oyster sauce.
3. Add water as necessary (increments of 1/4 cup)
4. Put quail eggs and baby corn and bell pepper and let it cook for about 5-6 minutes.
5. Voila! Kainan na!
6. Kung mahilig sa extra rice, magsaing muna bago lutuin ito...

Yan un as much as i remember it.. So if u have any questions, suggestions, comments at violent reactions mag-iwan lamang ng comment sa baba. Huwag matakot! This is a free country, you know!

O sya, lutuan na! Cha oh! Tsai tsien!



Ps. Baka may mag-reak about sa baby corn, sabihin young corn daw. Eh baby corn ang gusto kong itawag jan eh! Kahit pa tawagin kong pop corn yan wala ka nman magagawa kasi blog ko to! Blogkoto@walakangpakielam.com

Hahaha!

Responsible Parenthood, Informed Choice

HOUSE BILL NO. 5043

What's wrong about the RH Bill? The antis react to it as though it legalizes abortion. If you have read it, you will understand that it is about responsible parenthood, informed choice, education, and respect for life. RH Bill is NOT about abortion. It is about informing the people of their responsibilities and does not in any way consent the evil act of abortion. It is stated in the bill itself that it does not change the law on abortion, and abortion remains a crime which is punishable by law. What it says though is to ensure that the women seeking care for post-abortion complication be treated in the most humane, non-judgemental and compassionate manner.

Let's face it, the popoulation is continuously growing and it is directly related to the increasing rate of poverty in the country. Poverty highly contributes to illiteracy and criminality in children. More and more crimes are being committed by young children and teenagers and we cannot discount the fact that these kids lacked proper guidance from their parents. With the rationale that sustainable human development is better assured with a manageable population of healthy, educated and productive citizens -- this policy, if enacted and enforced accordingly, would help assure a chance of a better life for the future generation.

In reality, the government is trying to secure a healthier population for our country. We must understand that we also have a moral obligation to the people especially the youth who are deemed to be the hope of our nation. If we look at what is happening now, families with low or no income are the ones who bear more children. Those children grow up without proper nourishment and guidance since their parents are incapable of providing even their very basic needs. We see these children roaming the streets, selling sampaguitas and asking for alms at a very young age, working to bring food on their table. That is not the life that these kids deserve. If their parents have been educated enough to know the consequences of their actions they should have been aware of their responsibilities and not "use" their kids to earn a living. We all know that there are syndicates who exploit children in their crimes.

Its tiring to hear drama and litany from them saying their children are blessings from God that is why they make a lot. Enough of that! Yes, children are blessings and as such they should be treated with dignity and should be well taken cared for and not considered as money makers. But on the contrary, they let their "blessings" work, beg on the streets, steal from other people, and in some cases sell them for profit. Is that the kind of world we want for the underprivileged children?

Bottom-line, if you can't take care of them, don't make them. If a family does not have the capacity to rear children, then you should not have one. Don't be selfish. Think of the child that they will bring to this world if they themselves rarely have food to eat. It is easy to say that it is their right to have as many children as they want, then let the government or society help them out if they can no longer sustain them. That is morally unsound and unjust. As a friend once posted in facebook, "Cure the source and cause, not the symptom and manifestation."

For me, a drastic solution to this is to have the government control pregnancies by ligation or vasectomy of those who make making children their habit. Government should offer free maternity service for the poor, study each family and scrutinize their ability to raise and care for their kids. If a family is only capable of raising one child, then by all means do the necessary surgery after their first kid. But then again, i am not in the position to do so. Just my two cents.

Pa-Utang Namo!

     Wow! Ang yaman pala ng Pilipinas at nag-pledge si president Noynoy ng $1B loan sa IMF. Akalain mo un, madaming government agencies ang nangangailangan ng mas malaking budget pero mas pinili pa ni Noynoy na magpautang. Isnt't it IRONIC? Don't you think? A little too IRONIC. Yeah, I really do think!

     Thinking mainly of profit na makukuha daw sa interest sa pautang, at siguro pasikat na din sa ibang bansa, Noynoy allegedly bypassed congress when he pledged to loan $1-billion to the IMF. Ang Pilipinas ngayon ay may utang na mahigit P5-trillion. So sa tingin mo, san galing ang $1B na ipapautang natin sa IMF? However, sabi dito (may link po),  ayon sa BSP, ang Pilipinas daw ay may international reserves amounting to $76B, kung saan kukunin ang ipapautang. Pero since ito daw ay claimed/collected from non-residents, hindi ito pwede gamitin or ipahiram both sa Philippine public at private sectors. Ang mga reserves na ito ay magagamit daw lamang sa pag-obtain ng foreign-dominated assets issued by non-residents. May pera ang pinas pero may utang sya malaki kaya magpapautang na lang sya! Labo pre! Eh, pano?!

     Eh, pano naman ang Pilipinas? Pano nman ang mga lugar na walang opsital, eskuwalahan at sapat na kagamitan para sa mga ito? Pano naman ang ibang barrio na wala man lang access sa malinis na tubig? Pano ang mga probinsyang walang matinong kalsada? Pano ang problema sa pabahay at basura? Kung kailangan ng Europe ng pera, di hamak naman na mas kailangan ito ng Pilipinas!

     Sabi nila makakatulong din daw in the long run ang pagpapautang na ito dahil magiging stable ang economy ng Europa, at eventually, ang world economy. Makakapag-hire na daw ulit ng madaming OFW ang Europe which in turn means more profit para sa ating bansa thru remittance. Isa pa, pag um-ok na ang economy ng Europe, tataas na nman ang demand nila sa crudo na alam nating isa sa pinaka main problem sa bansa, which will also affect its supply, translating into higher prices.  Law of supply and demand baga. Eh, bakit di na lang kasi gamitin ang perang ito for R&D at maka-imbento or discover ng alternative fuel or to build more schools and hospitals and businesses and small/micro businesses which would generate more jobs, ergo, no need to go abroad at mababantayan pa ng mga magulang ang kanilang pamilya at anak. Sus ginoo!

     Di naman sa nagmamaramot, pero isipin mo na lang, kunwari ang pamilya mo ay may utang na 5 trillion pesos, tpos nakita mo kapitbahay mo nangangailangan. Nangungutang syo ng 1 billion dollars na halos kasing laki din ng utang mo. Pero ung isang anak mo, kailangan ng bagong sapatos at uniform pang eskwela, ung isa nasa ospital nagpapagamot, ung isa magbabayad ng tuition sa La Salle Greenhills, at ung asawa mo kailangan ng pera pang grocery at palengke para may makain kayo araw-araw. Sa tingin mo ba, uunahin mo pang pautangin ung kapitbahay mo kesa sa mga anak mo at sa pamilya mong nangangailangan din?

     Yun lang. Chinkabawtit!

You Can Never Can Tell!

Oh well, oh well, oh well...


Nakalimutan ko na may blog blogan pala ako! Ano na nangyari d2?! ANYAREEEE?!!! Ah ewan, basta ngayon nakita ko ulit kaya eto na nman... Walang basagan ng trip... Walang pakielamanan... Epal ka nman eh! OO ikaw kausap ko! Tanong tanong kpa jan.. Ung ibang nagbabasa walang kibo tpos ikaw mareklamo.. Relax ka na lang jan...


Hirap pala ng walang ginagawa. Ngyon 6/21/2012, nilalagnat na nman ang anak ko at kasalukuyan natutulog sya sa sofa. Kawawa nman, kung pwede lang kunin ko sakit nya eh. Bwisit talaga pag may sio sio ang anak mo. Kaya habang nagbabantay, pumepetiks na nman. Parang gusto ko uminom ng Jack or Black pero masyado pa maaga. Maya na lang cguro. Gawin ko na lang light para mas mura!


Naalala ko tuloy ung nabasa kong post ng isang friend ko sa fb. About sa mga nagfi-feeling inglisero't inglisera ndi lang sa kanto, madami na din nyan sa mall, sa jeep, sa bus, sa palengke, sa divisoria at tutuban. Di naman sa nanlalait or nanghusga pero cguro nman may karapatan din ako ma-irita! Wala nman perfect sa mundo, kahit ako man, maniwala man kayo or hindi, may kapintasan din. Tao lang din ako at hindi ako si THOR! But you know, kahit papano, marunong nman ako mag-ingles.


And to proove to that, I will right something in a english paragraph. Coz you know, a lot of peoples told to me taht i am a good english. And my grammers and speeling our ferpect. Didn't yuo thingk so, two? It is really not taht defficult to english just so long as you are know of the subdject-verv aggreement and of curse, the mostly infortant, is the speeling! 


Yuo olso have two have a white vocabulary for order for yuo to use the write words at the rite thyme! Oderwise, the peoples around to here you speak rong english will say: "Ats if!  Im sick of tired of those peoples speaking rong english! The nerd!"


Bat, if you are a good english you can anser back: "Connect me if im rong, but can you please mine you're own business and give me alone! And as a blessing in the sky, please dont make fond of me and just keep you're mouth shock!!"


You can never can tell nowadays who are a good english especially for you when the call center industry is many. Once in a new moon you may fine someone that is true good to be true, and when that time comes, when it rains, it's four!


If you like these, make a syrup copy and gave it to you're frens. I there you! I double there you!! Only guard knows, you might save someone's lives.

Sonny Boy!

At the beach with my cousins back in 1988, I remember we dug a hole and placed a layer of newspaper then covered it with sand just enough to hide the newspaper but still hold the weight of the sand. Then we waited quietly for unsuspecting people to fall for our trap. 

We did this a couple of times, trapped our uncles and aunts and some of their friends. Heard a few curses that kids like us shouldn't hear during that time. Got a few sermons from our parents(but we knew deep down they were also laughing their hearts out!). Nevertheless, we were young and stupid so we did it again(just like Britney!). But there is this one victim that would stick to my mind up to now. The lady looking for "Sonny Boy".

So there we were, waiting silently behind one of the beachfront kubo(the kawayan table and kawayan bench on both sides with a nipa-hut type roofing). I'm not sure as to whether it was early morning or just before the sunset, but we were hoping someone would walk into our trap soon coz we were getting bored. Then, we heard someone yelling, "Sonny Boy! Sonny Boy!" There's this lady(I think she was looking for her kid or probably her drunk husband), walking towards us, straight to our trap. We waited anxiously as she was getting closer and closer. 

"Sonny Boy! Sonny Boooy!", she yelled. We were all a bit gigglish(not a real word but you know what i mean), but we pretended to be talking about something else. Playing innocent(we were good at it). She was getting closer and closer while continuously looking for her precious Sonny Boy and screaming his name out loud. Then with one last scream, "Sonny...." (SHOOT)! The inevitable happened. I don't remember hearing her words after that coz I was really amazed and shocked and scared and panicky to the point of bursting into a real LOL!

I have no recollection whatsoever about the aftermath of our prank or what became of Sonny Boy. Maybe I was still too light-headed and celebrating our success in prankland. It was just that particular scene that stuck to me.

So whoever, that lady was if you can read this, I apologize. Sorry for being young and stupid. The way I presented the story probably doesn't sound remorseful but its just how I remember it.

To the kids out there, I don't encourage you to try this prank. People have changed since then. You might end up defending your ass in court or worse, with a bullet through your brain.

Think before you dig!

Ang Sa'kin Lang (Aking Dalawang Centimos)

Ang sakin lang eh....

Minsan OA na ang ibang groups/organizations. Hindi mo alam kung para sa publicity lang ba o papansin lang talaga. Although may mga times din naman na pasok ang  mga reaction nila, meron din times na over na talaga.

Tulad na lang ng isang organization, may nakita lang na video tungkol sa mga matulungin na aso na naghihila ng kariton ng kanilang amo, reak agad na against animal rights daw. Oo, nung mga naunang reports, saludo ako sa kanila dahil mali naman talaga na isako ung aso o baboy at isabit sa likod ng sasakyan. Pero this time, kitang kita nman na healthy yung mga aso at masaya sila gawin yung pinapagawa ng amo nila. The dogs don't even look stressed or deprived, mukha pa ngang well-fed at alagang-alaga sila ng kanilang amo. Nawili lang ata at gusto parati kasama sa balita. Publicity, papansin, or downright OA?! Teka, "pause"(PAWS) muna..

Isa pa naman kilabot ang CHR when it comes to madaliang reaction. Kabalikat na ata ng lahat ng dispersals. Parang inaabangan na nga ng lahat na may isang pulis or official na ma-video na bumabatok or sumasapak sa mga nahuling militante/protesters/mob/criminal sabay sisigaw ng FOUL! Parang referee lang. Ganun na nga, gaya ng mga referees, may mga good calls, at meron din naman mga bad calls.

Isipin mo na lang isa ka sa mga pulis, and you see a mob throwing huge stones at you, may threat na sa buhay mo and those around you. Ako mismo will not take this sitting down. Kung tamaan ako ng malaking bato sa mukha siguradong tigok ako! Eh ayoko pa mamatay, lalo sa ganong paraan! Kaya kesa maunahan ako, lalaban na lang ako. Pero sa bansa natin, lalo na at pulis ka at may media sa paligid mo, pag literal na binato ka ng malaking bato, umilag ka lang at wag lumaban. Kawawa din naman ang mga pulis, kasi pwede din nman sila mamatay pag tinamaan ng malaking bato sa mukha. Yang mga pulis, tao din naman yan. Hindi yan ROBOCOP!

Sobrang big deal kasi pag pulis ang nanakit or nakapatay ng criminal. Pero pag pulis na ang nasaktan or napatay, sasabihin parte ng trabaho yan. Totoo nga naman na very high-risk ang pagiging alagad ng batas, pero parte din nman ng buhay nya ang survival. Tapos sasabihin yung mga nahuli at natamaan ng mga pulis ay mga bystanders or usisero lang sila. May usisero bang tatayo sa gitna ng labanan at may hawak pang bato o bote?! Siguro nga. Usi-nginang yan!

Siguro its about time na palitan ang Rules of Engagement ng PNP when it comes to over-aggressive protesters dahil pati ang buhay ng mga pulis at mga innocent civilians are at risk. Iba na kasi ang mga mob ngayon kadalasan wala na din sa lugar. Minsan kung sino pa ang mali, sila pa ang may ganang magalit at ipapasa ang sisi sa iba. Its a win-win situation talaga for the mob.