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Although the case is still under investigation, it was a wake-up call for all schools here in our country.

Allegedly the victim was raped inside the campus, four - aged 15 to 16 including three males and one female are accused of taking part in the rape of a 16 year old freshman for three consecutive days.

At first the victim was still afraid to talk about the sad fate that had happened to her but when her family noticed her strange behavior - she would take a bath several times a day and talk about how she she feels so dirty. That is when her family pressed her about what is her real problem and after learning her story, her enraged family went directly to the police station to file their complaint.

The series of tumultuous events that happened after includes the arrest of the alleged suspects inside the campus, where they were handcuffed right in front of the other students. The scene of the outraged parents at the precinct defending their sons and -yes daughter who was also one of the accused. The different reaction from the PUP students plus the possible case that PUP officials may also be held liable after they had admitted that they have no extra funds to hire more guards to watch over the 10 hectare school premises. Based on the medical findings on the victim, it is positive that there are lacerations on her private part. The story is not yet likely to end here, there are still a lot to happen.

But what is important here is the lesson we get from these traumatic and sad story of the minors, both the victim and the accused.

If I am not mistaken, it is in the CHED policy that any student proven guilty of a crime can no longer enroll in his previous school or any other school in the Philippines. Correct me if I am wrong, but if that is the case, then what would happen to the future of these students if proven guilty.

The declining number of students who are able to make it in college is already a problem in our country. Then this would happen pa. if I where to express my opinion, I believe the school official has really some accountability here.

It is a wake-up call for all school managements to watch closely, not only the academic standing of their school but as well as the security and social development of their students. I believe what happened can be categorically put into a form bullying. And bullying, although is not yet taken seriously here in the Philippines, is more damaging than anyone could imagine, it may not be in the form of physical abuse, but emotionally, spiritually… only the victims can tell how harrowing that experience could be.

I have spent the last two weeks of June dialing these numbers 1-800-3249-3282.. Whew! I can now sing a tune with these numbers… It is Digitel’s hot line if you have a problem with your phone or DSL connection.

At 2:15 pm of June 16 my DSL was not connecting anymore after three consecutive sags in the power. The first thing I did was to restart my modem… after about 30 minutes, still - there is no connection. I dialed the numbers and reported my problem. Okey, the operator is so friendly and she said they would immediately do action on it.

The following day, I was very positive that everything is okey with my internet connection now. But still, its negative!! Duh!

After 2 days of patiently waiting for their action, I went directly to Digitel’s Dagupan local office; while the lady I sought help from was verifying my complaint on her computer she said that… I still have no reference number for my complaint that is why the report hasn’t reached their technical team yet. At that time I was already wondering why the operators haven’t directly given me a reference number for my call.

Then I learned that it was due to the volume of repairs their office is receiving due to the typhoon Cosme that badly hit Pangasinan. So, does that mean that if I haven’t went directly to their office no operator would give me a reference number until they sensed the urgency?!!!

So, to make my story short, after two weeks, no technician came to check my connection, I have done my best to patiently call them everyday…I tried to be very understanding that they are really having a hard time dealing with the large volume of repairs they are claiming to have. To quote someone’s reply to me, “Ma’am, meron po kami more than 600 complaints dito, 4 lang po technician namin dito, kawawa na po sila nga sa kaka-overtime, pero huwag po kayo mag-alala, since business po sa inyo, nasa priority po kayo.”

Ah, ganun ba!!! My, oh my!…I thought it was their vision to be the most preferred full service telecommunications provider in the country?

I can’t wait any longer, so I take the initiative to ask the help of a friend, we tried his modem, and lucky me… it turned out that the old modem is the one with problem, so I stretched my luck to the fullest and ask my friend if he could lend me his modem until Digitel would take pity on me…

As of today, I reported my case to the customer service hotline as well as directly to the local office of San Carlos City… and will hopefully and patiently wait for their action…I just hope my friend won’t charge me kindness and for his modem

According to a recent report house sales in the UK have plummeted to their lowest level since records began in 1978, with a number of factors contributing to the worse house sale figures on record. The estate agency industry is suffering hugely as a result of these falling house sales, and many have predicted that a number of estate agencies will end up going bust due to the extremely poor level of sales.

One estate agent summed up the situation by stating that he had ‘no credit, no confidence, no customers’. The recent report, which was released by the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors, showed that the picture looked gloomier than ever, and could get worse. RICS started monitoring house prices three decades ago, and officials state that house prices are experiencing the most widespread falls since they started keeping these records.

Officials have also said that this picture is even worse than the dark days of the 1990s house price crash. Around 82% of estate agents that were polled in April said that house prices had fallen. Estate agents sold an average of 18.3 properties each between February and April, with one agent stating that sales figures were down 60% compared to last year. The average sales figure is the lowest on record.

The number of people registering an interest in purchasing property has been falling for the last two year, but one of the major factors that has been attributed to falling sales is the tighter mortgage lending conditions that have stemmed from the global credit crunch. Another factor is that predicted house price falls over the next two year are putting would be buyers off from making a commitment until they see what happens with house prices.

Today is Sunday, and I haven’t been to church yet… and sorry if I can’t explain to you why and I am feeling guilty to state my reason (actually I have no  sufficient grounds not to attend mass). As a Christian I strongly believe, it is very important for us to attend mass and most importantly the Sunday mass

Well, it is a personal struggle of mine to do just that… and I am praying for that. And hopefully someday… sooner I will be able to overcome my struggle. I just don’t want to repay every good things that our Creator have been giving me with wrong deeds.

And it is more shameful for me to take comfort in the thought that it is not only me who is experiencing this kind of struggle in life. Forgive me, but sometimes things are much easier to accept knowing that your not the only one …

Anyway… the  reflection question that I am pondering today is in connection with what I’ve read a while ago, it says that:

It is easy to reciprocate good for a good deed. And yet it is a far different reality to repay evil with good. Yet, this is what we are called to do as Christians.

But if indeed it is in our nature to reciprocate good things done to us by our fellow human…

then why are we always falling into the pithole of paying God’s kindness with wrong doings?

This is for Aya and for those who missed this special documentary episode of The Probe Theme of Ms. Cheche Lazaro entitled : Gintong Pamana…

Hope you’ll also feel the Pinoy pride and honor it invokes in me for our ancestors …

I am posting here the part one of nine episodes only but you can check this link for the complete 9 episodes.

*credits to Abdulghanee for the video*

Part 2-9

Merchants who would want to install the system of accepting credit cards should take note of their big responsibility in the credit card security before applying for one.

Although it is the responsibility of the card holder to protect their plastic card as well as the privacy of their credit card numbers. In the same manner, it is also the responsibility of merchants to apply full security procedures in dealing with credit cards. Not just to protect their merchant accounts but their consumers as well.

Credit cards can benefit merchant accounts in a way that credit card are even more secure than cash or checks, because they discourage theft and the issuing bank commits to pay the merchant the moment the transaction is authorized, regardless of whether the consumer defaults on his credit card payment.

With these benefits, it is just an obligation for both parties to protect credit card frauds.

In as much as I would want to blog more about Pinay in this blogsite as well as things that highlights Pinay’s uniqueness and strength…

Let me start this portion where I could share with you things and thoughts where I as a Pinay drew strength from…
(di lang me I know many were also inspired by the works of Bo Sanchez and his friends..:-))

The Commandments and St. Barnabas

Today I’ve learned that it is the memorial of St. Barnabas and that he is also called Son of Encouragement because it is the meaning of his name. What struck me most about his character is that I’ve read that he is considered to be styled as an apostle in the Holy Scripture, and, like St. Paul, ranked by the Church with the Twelve, though not one of them. How did this happen? Because during the first account of his work with Paul his name always precedes that of Paul but later on Paul quickly established himself as the leader of their mission.

But St. Barnabas never worried for his own position and yet he still continued to support Paul and helped lay the foundation for arguably the most influential of evangelizing ministries in the history of the Church. It is in their mission in Antioch that the disciples were first called Christians.

St. Barnabas is a good example of what a good leader should be, I believe it is in him to recognize what would be good for other and not only for himself. 

There are still many accounts about the life of St. Banabas. Hope you could also read them.

….and also here’s an excerpt on the  reflection I’ve read from Arun Gogna that I  think is worth reflecting on…

Let’s take some of the commandments we memorized when we were growing up: Thou shall not commit adultery; Thou shall not steal; Thou shall not kill. Jesus came not only to fulfill these, but perfect them as well. He challenges us: ‘Yes, you do not commit adultery, but do you take care of your family? Yes, you do not steal, but are you generous? Indeed, you do not kill, but do you give life to those around you?’”
Do you want to be complete? Then follow what Jesus did.
Jesus makes you complete

Good Day Folks! 

Of course, I do not literally mean that we could actually help you in paying you debts as in we would personally shell out real cold cash for your debts. If only we were superman, we would gladly fly your Free credit card companies to Kryptonite. Or Po the bungling panda from Kung Fu Panda and we would gladly learn martial art and become the legendary warrior of credit card debt. Hmmm- why not?

Well, just to make things clear, Po and I are not declaring a war against our friends from the credit card companies. We would just like to think of ourselves as the – new hero of these helpless (errr immature) credit card debtors. Who were wickedly dragged by the flying and flipping credit cards into the dark side of credit world. 

Enough of that daydreaming, seriously maybe PayPaul is the new hero you are looking for dear credit card debtors. Check out their articles regarding debt and surely they could find help for you. Free credit card

Farewell to 55 year old Rudy Fernandez, one of the most talented actor in the Philippine entertainment industry. His long battle with peri-ampullary cancer ended today June 7, 2008 Saturday at 6:15 in the morning.

Lorna Tolentino, his wife is also a pinay actress and they are among the most beautiful and respected showbiz couple in the Philippines. His remain is in Heritage Park Taguig City.

Eversince, rumors is circulating in the air that one teen plus housemate is actually a gay. Many speculations are already said. But the latest youtube video of Josef is said to be the ultimate proof.

Actually we thought the video is just funny and harmless… just some kapraningan ng mga lasing.

But its up to you folks to judge if Josef is really a closet queen….

but actually the scandal pictures are really suspicious and done in bad taste, very very bad.

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