Kid/Teens Horsing Around in the middle of EDSA

[homer jay]

I wonder if any of you guys have seen this and know what these kids are doing in the middle of the street at night in Edsa?

Last night, I saw two teens running in the evening in the middle of the Edsa, around the Guadalupe area (southbound) sometime past 8pm. And when I was on my way Northbound naman, less than an hour after, there were another set of kids/teens that were walking in the middle of Edsa. Bad trip kasi parang kabute sila sumusulpot at pag hindi mo sila nakita at masagasaan mo sila, perwisyo pa talaga yun.

Yung going Southbound pa naman, I saw quite a number of MMDA sa bandang bus stop area a few meters ahead of the area where I saw those kids (pero either hindi nila alam o wala lang silang pakialam).

I remembered a couple of weeks back, I saw exactly the same thing (not sure if it was the same kids). Northbound at around the same Guadalupe area, two kids were running at the middle of Edsa, this time, I saw them chase a taxi cab -- the traffic was moving slowly, but it was moving. Tapos nung naabutan nila yung taxi, sabay bukas nila yung back doors nung taxi, e sa kasamaang palad, hindi nai-lock ng taxi yung rear passenger side, so bumukas ito ng todo in the middle of Edsa. Syempre huminto bigla yung taxi, minura siguro yung mga bata, then the driver reached inside to close the door as these kids ran away from the taxi.

Hassle kasi: 1) pwede pagbukas ng pinto e yung tabing kotse ay mabangga nya yung pinto ng taxi; 2) yung biglang paghinto ng taxi can cause accidents na baka hindi nakapag-brake yung kotse sa likod nya; or 3) matamaan ng ibang kotse yung mga batang tumatakbo.

Does anybody know if this is some kind of modus operandi? or are they really just in for the thrill of it and they're just really horsing around?

[box_type]

its a modus sir! talagang bubuksan nila kahit na anong pinto but most of the time yung hulihang pinto ang binubuksan nila para almost hindi na maabot ng driver pag isasara na niya

and during this time tsaka naman aatake yung ibang bata sa lahat ng pinto na mabubuksan nila and look for anything of value na makukuha nila then takbo na!

madaming cases na nangyari yang ganyan sa kahabaan ng edsa, na-feature pa nga sa tv yan, and its been happening for quite some time already, kaya ingat na lang lagi and make sure naka lock lagi lahat ng pinto, hth

[homer jay]

its a modus sir! talagang bubuksan nila kahit na anong pinto but most of the time yung hulihang pinto ang binubuksan nila para almost hindi na maabot ng driver pag isasara na niya

and during this time tsaka naman aatake yung ibang bata sa lahat ng pinto na mabubuksan nila and look for anything of value na makukuha nila then takbo na!

madaming cases na nangyari yang ganyan sa kahabaan ng edsa, na-feature pa nga sa tv yan, and its been happening for quite some time already, kaya ingat na lang lagi and make sure naka lock lagi lahat ng pinto, hth

ahhh... kaya pala. thanks for the info, box_type! Better ensure to always lock the door and keep valuables like laptops sa trunk nalang at hindi sa back seats.

[chua_riwap]

Baka mga bangag sa solvent, kaya dyan sila naglalaro sa gitna ng EDSA. Kala nila playground pag may mga tama na........

Modus operandi nga nila yan. Kaya ingat po tayo. Yan kasing tapat ng Guadalupe, accross EDSA, depressed area yan. Kaya maraming mga hooligans dyan. Dami ring snatchers dyan.

[foresterx]

yes it's a modus that's been going on for a while now. since minor sila by our law they can get away with it.

[power eagle]

kahapon naka witnessed ako, pa northbound pa cubao around 3-4pm ng hapon jan mismo sa area ng ilalim flyover yung bago mag exit ramp ng pa rockwell jan sila naka tambay sila habang slow moving mga sasakyan me binubukasan sila pinto ng taxi harap at likod hinahabol pa nila walang takot sila kaya ingat kayo pag dating sa area na yan like pagbaba ng flyover galing buendia pa edsa jan sila naka tambay kasi... always lock the doors.

[Monseratto]

Senate panel to suggest lowering age of criminal liability - Nation - GMA News Online - Latest Philippine News

The Senate committee on justice and human rights will be recommending the suspension of a provision in the law which exempts offenders under 15 years old from criminal liability, its chairman Sen. Francis Escudero said Monday.

Escudero said his committee will come out with a report next week which will recommend the suspension of a provision in Republic Act No. 9344 or the Juvenile Justice and Welfare Act of 2006 which mandates that offenders 15 years old and below be exempted from criminal liability.

He said his panel will also seek to lower the age of criminal liability to nine years old, which was the previous age exemption under the Revised Penal Code until the law was superseded by RA 9344.

“Hindi na maari katulad ngayon na kapag below 15, kahit naong krimen pa ang ginawa ay pakakawalan ng walang kaso man lang,"
he said.

Calls to amend the Juvenile Justice and Welfare Act surfaced after some minors were arrested after allegedly victimizing taxi drivers in Guadalupe last week.

Under RA 9344, a child who is 15 years old or below at the time of the commission of the offense shall be exempted from criminal liability but will be subjected to an “intervention program."

But Escudero noted that the intervention program is not being implemented because the local government units do not have the capacity and funding to create such a program.

“Kaya nga suspension lamang ang nais namin, dahil hindi pa lang siguro handa yung infrastructure para dito pero baka dumating ang panahon na handa na tayo eh di doon na lang siguro ipatupad," he said.

At least two other bills seeking to introduce amendments to RA 9344 are pending before the Senate.

But Senator Francis Pangilinan, who authored RA 9344, told GMA News Online in a text message on Monday that the law was not given a chance to be fully implemented.

“When PNoy took over last year, the council tasked to oversee the implementation of the law had only five employees, had no office of its own and had no executive director. It was only last year under the new administration that it was given the needed funding support," Pangilinan said.

“If we are to amend the law we should do so by strengthening the law rather than suspending it. The problem is not with the law but primarily with the failure of the executive (branch)to implement the law," he added. — MRT/RSJ, GMA News

[redeemed]

I wonder if any of you guys have seen this and know what these kids are doing in the middle of the street at night in Edsa?

Last night, I saw two teens running in the evening in the middle of the Edsa, around the Guadalupe area (southbound) sometime past 8pm. And when I was on my way Northbound naman, less than an hour after, there were another set of kids/teens that were walking in the middle of Edsa. Bad trip kasi parang kabute sila sumusulpot at pag hindi mo sila nakita at masagasaan mo sila, perwisyo pa talaga yun.

Yung going Southbound pa naman, I saw quite a number of MMDA sa bandang bus stop area a few meters ahead of the area where I saw those kids (pero either hindi nila alam o wala lang silang pakialam).

I remembered a couple of weeks back, I saw exactly the same thing (not sure if it was the same kids). Northbound at around the same Guadalupe area, two kids were running at the middle of Edsa, this time, I saw them chase a taxi cab -- the traffic was moving slowly, but it was moving. Tapos nung naabutan nila yung taxi, sabay bukas nila yung back doors nung taxi, e sa kasamaang palad, hindi nai-lock ng taxi yung rear passenger side, so bumukas ito ng todo in the middle of Edsa. Syempre huminto bigla yung taxi, minura siguro yung mga bata, then the driver reached inside to close the door as these kids ran away from the taxi.

Hassle kasi: 1) pwede pagbukas ng pinto e yung tabing kotse ay mabangga nya yung pinto ng taxi; 2) yung biglang paghinto ng taxi can cause accidents na baka hindi nakapag-brake yung kotse sa likod nya; or 3) matamaan ng ibang kotse yung mga batang tumatakbo.

Does anybody know if this is some kind of modus operandi? or are they really just in for the thrill of it and they're just really horsing around?

nasaksihan ko rin yan sir.. i dunno kung same cab.. sa akin kasi southbound din, dun sa ilalim ng buendia flyover pag-mag-u-u-turn ka papuntang Global City. sa likod lang ako ng taxi but sa bandang left nya. gulat ako may bigla tumakbong bata sa right-side ko (bale left-side ng taxi), yung isang kid naman dun right side ng taxi, sya yung nag-open ng pinto. e since walang nakuha, takbo sila pabalik pero iniwang nakaopen yung pinto. baba tuloy yung driver para i-close. tapos kami, hintuan lahat.. baka kasi masagasaan mga yun. pagdating sana sa U-turn slot, sasabihan ko sana yung MMDA, kaso baka businahan ako ng nasa likod.. i decided wag na lang. next time na lang siguro. so, medyo nauuso na pala sa kanila ito.

[homer jay]

nasaksihan ko rin yan sir.. i dunno kung same cab.. sa akin kasi southbound din, dun sa ilalim ng buendia flyover pag-mag-u-u-turn ka papuntang Global City. sa likod lang ako ng taxi but sa bandang left nya. gulat ako may bigla tumakbong bata sa right-side ko (bale left-side ng taxi), yung isang kid naman dun right side ng taxi, sya yung nag-open ng pinto. e since walang nakuha, takbo sila pabalik pero iniwang nakaopen yung pinto. baba tuloy yung driver para i-close. tapos kami, hintuan lahat.. baka kasi masagasaan mga yun. pagdating sana sa U-turn slot, sasabihan ko sana yung MMDA, kaso baka businahan ako ng nasa likod.. i decided wag na lang. next time na lang siguro. so, medyo nauuso na pala sa kanila ito.

Different cab and time po malamang ito, but it seems to be happening alot. Ang dami kayang MMDA dyan sa Edsa, I would believe that somehow these reports have reached them already pero wala silang ginagawa.

Nagtataka lang ako, if this is an MO to get things inside the car, why go for taxis in the first place? Tapos yung na-witness ko pa, walang sakay na pasahero yung taxi... and I would think it is the same case here, kasi the taxi driver got down to close the doors pa. Kaya dahil dito naisip ko na baka hindi ito MO, at talagang mga #$*%&*! walang magawa lang sa buhay itong mga batang ito kungdi mamerwisyo ng iba.

[jonvic]

Different cab and time po malamang ito, but it seems to be happening alot. Ang dami kayang MMDA dyan sa Edsa, I would believe that somehow these reports have reached them already pero wala silang ginagawa.

Nagtataka lang ako, if this is an MO to get things inside the car, why go for taxis in the first place? Tapos yung na-witness ko pa, walang sakay na pasahero yung taxi... and I would think it is the same case here, kasi the taxi driver got down to close the doors pa. Kaya dahil dito naisip ko na baka hindi ito MO, at talagang mga #$*%&*! walang magawa lang sa buhay itong mga batang ito kungdi mamerwisyo ng iba.

mukhang ganyan po yata style talaga nila. pini-pickup yung driver lang yung sakay na alam nilang mabubuksan yung pinto, hence, usually taxi pinupuntirya. sabi nung kakilala kong driver, ganyan nga daw yun, bubuksan yung pinto say sa passenger side, pag tipong isasara mo na, may ibang bata bubuksan yung kabilang pinto and magta-try kumuha nung kung ano man of value while the driver is busy closing the passenger door.

nakakita na rin ako na tina-try nila yan sa isang private car na driver lang yung sakay kaso nakabukas yung bintana. buti na lang umaandar yung traffic ng mabagal so di talaga nila nabuksan yung pinto. parang sa guadalupe area ito nangyari, edsa northbound. kaya ingat na lang po especially dun sa mga nagbubukas ng window. i think it is better kung nakasara na lang or konti lang yung puwang if ever magbubukas tayo ng window sa car.

[_Qwerty_]

may nakita akong ganyan sa may paakyat nang edsa sa guadalupe.. binubuksan talaga nila yung passenger doors.. ang gusto nilang mangyari.. eh tumayo yung driver at isara yung pinto.. pag tumayo.. titirahin naman nila yung driver side.. kasi yung ibang taxi driver.. sa dash board lang nilalagay yung pera nila.. yun ang pinupuntirya nila.. yung pera sa dashboard..

may nakita din ako sa mga ilalim nang flyover.. mga sabog na sabog siguro tapos nag ma masturbate don.. mga wala talagang magawa..

[homer jay]

binubuksan talaga nila yung passenger doors.. ang gusto nilang mangyari.. eh tumayo yung driver at isara yung pinto.. pag tumayo.. titirahin naman nila yung driver side.. kasi yung ibang taxi driver.. sa dash board lang nilalagay yung pera nila.. yun ang pinupuntirya nila.. yung pera sa dashboard..

makes sense. Kawawa naman talaga mga taxi drivers. Hirap na nga ng buhay, they're trying to earn an honest living tapos nanakawan pa sila ng mga mokong na ito.

kung hindi lang talaga kasalanan maging vigilante, sarap na talagang sagasaan itong mga batang ito. :batman: :swear: