Ilagan!

My 1st time in Ilagan, ofcourse cebpac again. Good thing, di late amg flight! My golly. 1st stop, tuguegarao. Feeling bakasyunista, lakad lakad lang while waiting kay safi/ nutriasia. They are the one who will provide us a van to go to ilagan the following day. 🙂 tried their famous pansit, yum…. Dami kong nakain… Hehehe pwede pa lang may egg yun.

. The BUTAKA is really Big!!!!!

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Ggggrrrrr!!!!!!!

Delayed flight again from CebPac!!! ani ba yan…… Gusto
ko ng umuwi 😦 btw, girl in black is the badtrip tinay.

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checkpoint

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just in case guys, you come across a checkpoint… this is very informative.

It’s the season again of checkpoints. Set up to fight criminality and maintain peace and order, the nature of power of the police kind requires vigilance on the part of the citizens to make sure that the stated objectives are met, our rights observed and our safety given paramount importance.

Three years back, we started a campaign to let people know their rights when flagged at checkpoints. With elections a breath away and the recent mega-crimes, it is time we review the do’s and don’ts.

The first thing to remember is to recognize whether checkpoints are legitimate or not. Checkpoints as a rule must be well-lighted, properly identified and manned by uniformed personnel. These people must have their name tags showing. If it’s a colorum one, it’s downright banditry and calls for an entirely different approach like that of being held up. In doubt, always have your mobile phone ready with an emergency number to call. It may help to actually talk to someone to relay the situation.

Slowing down and dimming headlights is standard. There is no point to try to outrun a checkpoint, guilty or not. Opening windows and turning the cabin lights on can help if flagged down. However, you need to lock all your doors and talk to the police officers on one side of the vehicle – the driver’s. Urban stories have it of contraband planted when the driver specially a solo one is distracted.

It has become a practice to ask for the opening of the dashboard drawer. By law, you are not required to do so because only a visual search is allowed. This means that the police officer can only look at and inside the vehicle but is not authorized to peer into closed compartments or bags and similar containers unless there is reason to be suspicious. A flashlight may be used.

Also by practice, motorists don’t mind opening the drawer since there is nothing to hide. Besides, who wants to argue with armed personnel at the dead of the night? The issue here is if we don’t take a stand, the encroachment on our rights will slowly start to erode much like failing to prop up loose soil that quickly turns into a killer landslide.

Then the police officer asks you to pop the trunk. Do you comply again? You are not required by law and can refuse politely. Horror stories abound of dangerous drugs being discovered.

You are asked to step out of your vehicle. You can stay put and ask if there is a violation or if there is anything wrong. Stay in your vehicle at all reasonable times. You may want to keep your driver’s license and car registration handy and within reach. It is also a good time to check if they are current and not expired.

Routine questions may be asked which requires routine answers. Consider it a friendly banter but no need to try too hard or be too specific.

Perhaps the better rules are to avoid going home alone late and tipsy or drunk or be in violation of the law. Then you really are asking for it at the checkpoints. It is different if you are accessing public facilities like the airport or the seaport, the standards for compliance are higher in these cases. Same situation with entry to malls or hotels although it is definitely over reacting and over acting to use underside mirrors to check for bombs attached underneath to your vehicle. At least when you catch a plane or ship, you expect to go through security measures.

With this first article of the year, we call on those in the law profession or involved in legal work, industry and business groups, NGO’s and governance institutions to make the rounds to ensure that checkpoints are not abused. Peace and order is specially important in these times and it starts with us.

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Charice on Pacman Fight

Charice will sing “Bayang Magiliw” dyok lang… Lupang Hinirang on Pacman Fight vs Mosley. cant wait…

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