Abuse on "8" plates around Metro Manila -

The Land Transportation Office (LTO) is seeking a dialogue with the new leadership of the House of Representatives for a review of the issuance of the congressional protocol plate, which has been subject to abuse by unscrupulous groups.

LTO chief Alberto Suansing said among the proposals he would like to discuss with Speaker Prospero Nograles is indicating the district of the congressman on his vehicle’s protocol plate.

He said that because the congressional districts are not indicated on the protocol plates, fake ones are used by people to avoid obeying traffic rules and car smugglers in slipping out unregistered vehicles from various ports in the country.

"We will seek the issuance of tamper-proof protocol plates, just like those issued to senators, justices, and Cabinet members," Suansing said.

He also pointed out that except for vehicles that belong to the Office of the President, all cars are supposed to have a protocol plate in front and regular LTO-issued plates at the rear.

Suansing expressed concern over the proliferation of fake plates, the latest report of which involves a Hummer H2 that is now the subject of a metropolis-wide alert because it is allegedly not registered with the LTO.

The Hummer, which bore an ‘8’ plate in front and a 2007 California plate 7P78127 at the back, was escorted by a White Fortuner when it was spotted cruising along Roxas Boulevard last week.

The White Fortuner was traced to a Binondo trader engaged in the trucking business at the Port of Manila.

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I agree. You know whats better? A law which don't have double standards.

If you are a real Senator, hanging an "8" in your license plate, does that make you a immune to traffic violations? When you are a government official up high, you should be following rules and regulations more. You guys make it and you guys break it.

For those who have escorts while traversing the Metro, I think you should try driving around without back-up security to open your eyes on the road situation here in the Philippines. Having a back-up escort means, securing you, guarding you and not counter-flowing, breaking laws you made and abusing your power.

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Erap - From Artist, President, JailBird and now, Free!

Press Secretary and acting Executive Secretary Ignacio Bunye announced Thursday that President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo has issued an executive clemency for former president Joseph Estrada.

Estrada was convicted last month by the anti-graft court Sandiganbayan for plunder charges. Estrada was sentenced to life imprisonment.

Early this week, Estrada, through his lawyers, asked for pardon from President Arroyo.

From bit-part roles, Estrada eventually made his mark playing Robin Hood-type characters
who battled greedy landowners, vicious gangsters, corrupt policemen or crooked politicians.

In 1969, Estrada first translated his celluloid fame into political power when he was elected mayor of his home town of San Juan in the Manila suburbs.

From there, he rose to senator, then vice president and finally, in 1998, he was elected president, running on the slogan "Erap for the Poor."

His victory, the largest majority vote in Philippine presidential history, came despite the opposition of veteran political leaders, the educated classes and the dominant Roman Catholic Church.

Estrada never hid his vices, openly keeping several mistresses despite being married to Luisa, a doctor, for more than 40 years.

His self-deprecating humour endeared him to the masses, who identified closely with Estrada's foibles. In campaign rallies, he joked that "of the many women I have loved, I only married one."

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DOJ wants to punish the operator of boy bastos website

Throw the book at him.

This was the order of Acting Justice Secretary Agnes Devanadera to the National Bureau of Investigation in filing charges against the operator of porn website, boybastos.com.

Radio dzRH reported Monday afternoon that Devanadera issued a memorandum to NBI director Nestor Mantaring, instructing him to "make sure the Web site does not go back online."

Agents from the NBI raided the house of suspected site operator Mark Verzo, whom they believed earned some P2,600 a month from advertisements on his site.

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We are not 3rd world anymore. we are already 4th...

Makati City police chief Superintendent Gilbert Cruz said Thursday that Metro Manila’s perennial traffic problems can still be solved by constructing multi-layered flyovers and Metro Rail Transit (MRT) stations – patterned after those in Bangkok, Thailand – on various thoroughfares in the metropolis.

“I think the government officials in our country, like Makati Mayor Jejomar Binay, can explore this for the sake of solving the (worsening) traffic situation in Metro Manila,” said Cruz, who attended a six-day training program organized by the Federal Bureau of Investigation in Bangkok along with eight other police officers.

Cruz said that from the Bangkok International Airport to the Bangkok city proper, they experienced no traffic due to the three or four-layered flyovers for vehicles in Thailand.

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I have been to Thailand 10 years ago. It was worse back then compared to Manila. If we were third world back then, they are 4th. Guess what? Right now, if you visit bangkok, its way different now. Multi-layered bridges, organized transportation, booming businesses and etc. What gives?

First, they declared bankruptcy back then. I didnt exactly know when but, after that, Thailand grew.

I am not saying Philippines should declare bankruptcy but, we, citizens, should be more disciplined If we go to Singapore, we dont spit anywhere. If we go to the US, or just in subic, we follow the alternate intersection crossing. why cant we do it in Manila then?

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Metro Manila on full alert: 911 and Erap verdict.

The police in Metro Manila went on full alert 8 a.m. Tuesday, the anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attack in the United States. The heightened security also comes a day before the promulgation on Sept. 12 of the Sandiganbayan verdict on the plunder case against former President Joseph Estrada.

On orders of Metro Manila police commander Dep. Dir. Gen. Reynaldo Varilla, police in all five districts were placed under full alert and instructed to keep watch over possible terrorist "targets."

In Malacañang, dzBB radio reported that police have set up container vans, barbed-wire fences, a 6-x-6 truck and makeshift tents to "secure" the Palace for Wednesday's event.

The Presidential Security Group had recommended that President Arroyo stay in the Palace the whole day Wednesday.

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