[merged] ingat sa gitgitan at makipagduruan sa kalye.

[civicboo]

just read this about the victim, very sad. http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/storypage.aspx?StoryId=95271

may god bless the families of the victims and also bring justice.

[DLV]

Thursday, October 11, 2007

Lawyer in killings placed on BI watchlist

By JUN RAMIREZ

Immigration Commissioner Marcelino Libanan has placed on the Bureau of Immigration (BI) watchlist lawyer Manuel Hernandez Jr., who was accused of killing two people during a traffic altercation in Pasig last week, it was learned yesterday.

The watchlist order against Hernandez was issued last Oct. 5, the same day that the suspect was released from detention after the Pasig regional trial court (RTC) allowed him to post an P80,000-bail for his temporary liberty.
The order stemmed from a directive of Acting Justice Secretary Agnes Devanadera to put Hernandez, who was charged with double homicide before the Pasig court, on the BI watchlist.
Libanan said the order would suffice to prevent Hernandez, who works at the legal department of the Pasig City Hall, from leaving the country while his case is being tried in court.
He added that the watchlist order was issued pending issuance by the Pasig RTC or the Department of Justice of a hold departure order against the accused.
Hernandez managed to post bail after his lawyers succeeded in convincing prosecutors to downgrade the charges against him from double murder to double homicide.
Earlier, Eastern Police District officials claimed that they have a strong case against Hernandez as several witnesses allegedly saw the latter shoot Edgardo Canizares, 49, and Katherine Palmero, 27, during a traffic altercation along Shaw Blvd. at 1:30 p.m. last Oct. 2.
It was learned that prosecutors downgraded the charges against the suspect due to alleged lack of treachery on the suspect’s part.
Witnesses alleged that the suspect shot the victims after he was yelled at and insulted by Canizares.
Police officials are also studying the possibility of charging Hernandez with the Commission on Elections gun ban.
Hernandez was arrested five hours after the shooting at his residence in Barangay Kapitolyo but the firearm he supposedly used in shooting the victims was not in his possession and remains missing.

The Manila Bulletin

[jazcker]

Masyado kasing mayabang yung biktima pinagpasensiyahan na nga siya.

mayabang nga talaga! pinagpasensyahan na, lalo pa nagtapang-tapangan! tsk..tsk..tsk...

[DLV]

From Journal Online - Motoring

October 11, 2007 05:19 PM Thursday
Road rage By: Junep Ocampo
A stressful lifestyle plus the worsening condition of motor vehicle traffic in Metro Manila is resulting in a higher incidence of road rage among Filipinos, a ranking official of the Department of Health said.

In an AAP-sponsored seminar for public utility drivers at the University of the Philippines , Dr. Cecille Gatan Magturo, head of the Road Safety Program of the DoH, said more and more Filipino drivers are exhibiting signs of road rage mainly because of the stress they get from every day driving.

Dr. Magturo said this is the main reason why a lawyer shot and killed two people after a traffic altercation in Pasig City recently.

Atty. Manuel Hernandez was driving his white Toyota Corolla and was about to exit Barangay San Antonio in Pasig when he almost collided with the Nissan Cefiro of Edgardo Canizares. Canizares was traveling on Shaw Boulevard with his employee, Katherine Palmero.

Angered by the near mishap, Canizares went down from his car and began hurling invectives at the lawyer who decided to simply ignore the matter and drive on.

However, Canizares did not stop and started kicking Hernandez’s car which caused the lawyer to blow his fuse and in a fit of rage took out a 9mm pistol and began shooting Canizares. He also shot Palmero when the latter went out of the car to help her boss.

Dr. Magturo said the incident was typical of most road rage cases all over the world. “A bad temper and a loaded gun make a lethal combination,” she said.

According to Dr. Magturo, road rage is common at times when motorists are exposed to a higher-than-normal degree of stress.

“The large volume of vehicles causes traffic, which in turn causes frustration, then stress, then anger, then hostility, then violence. It’s a chain reaction. Oftentimes, the only thing lacking is an incident that would ignite the fuse and the bomb inside the stressed-out motorist would explode,” she said.

But Magturo said road rage is like a disease that manifests itself in various symptoms. The most common symptom, she said, is aggressive driving or when a motorist becomes selfish and bold and operates his or her vehicle in a pushy manner without regard for the rights or safety of others.

Signs of aggressive driving include impatience and inattentiveness which make a motorist beat the yellow light, cut corners, follow too closely, or drive over the speed limit.

“A motorist showing such signs is easily irritated and would easily hurl insults once provoked. If he is truly mad, then this motorist would tailgate, cut off other cars or brake suddenly to retaliate,” the DoH official said.

Magturo noted that if these symptoms are not addressed, the emotional condition of the enraged motorist would worsen to the point that he or she would pursue the offending vehicle and confront its driver.

She calls this point as the Mayhem Zone where the angry motorist goes out of his/her car, beat or batter the offending party, or shoot and kill this person.

Just what happened in the Pasig case.

And Magturo said that in cases like that, nobody wins.

To help motorists overcome road rage, Magturo advises drivers to avoid anything that would give them stress. Among her pointers are:

1. Allow a longer time between appointments so you won’t be in a hurry.

2. Listen to calming music or audio books while driving.

3. Leave domestic problems at home.

4. Always have a good night’s sleep.

5. Avoid caffeine or alcohol.

And, finally, 6. Be more understanding and forgiving of others.

“If someone is tailgating you, you might want to give way, thinking that the other driver may be having an emergency. He might even thank you later on for being considerate,” she said.

[boydapa]

sa tingin ko yun katapat ni atty ay nandito sa tsikot :innocent:

very good points lack of sleep, rush, problems at home etc. mahirap din ksi minsan pag yan nagsamasama tpos yun kotseng nasa harap mo ang pasaway at that moment eh talaga nga naman mailalabas mo nga dun. gnagawa ko nlng pinupukpok ko yun manibela. meron din ako tendency na tulad dun sa victim buti nlng tlagang di me bumababa. kelangan ko mag undergo ng seminar na may actual para sanay ako sa ganun sitwasyon. yun bng meron actual (kunwarian) para i will not be a stranger to these situations para normal and calculated mga response ko if ever these situations happen.

ilalagay ko lagi etong kwento na ito sa utak ko whenever im driving

[DLV]

[SIZE=2]The Journal
Wednesday, October 17, 2007 07:00 PM

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[SIZE=2] ‘Road rager’ dared to face raps
By: Jerico Javier

RELATIVES of two victims who were allegedly shot to death by a Pasig City legal officer in a fit of rage over a traffic spat yesterday challenged him to come out in the open and face the charges against him.

Atty. Manny Angeles, grandfather of Katherine Kaye Palmero, said the family was worried that suspect, Atty. Manuel Hernandez, could slip out of the country to elude prosecution.

"Siyempre worried ang buong pamilya na baka umalis siya ng bansa at doon magtago," the lawyer, the family’s spokesperson, said in a telephone interview.

"Kung magtatago siya that is an admission of guilt… Kung inosente siya dapat harapin niya ’yung kaso sa kanya," Angeles added.

Hernandez has snubbed media interviews since he was involved in the killing of Palmero and her companion, Edgardo Canizares, Total Information Management vice president. Hernandez was also included in the Bureau of Immigration and Deportation watchlist.

Hernandez has failed to report to work after posting a bail bond of P80,000 bail for his provisional liberty, after the case filed against him was downgraded to double homicide.

In another interview, Atty. Teodoro Jumamil, Palmero lawyer, said they had already filed a motion for a hold departure order against Hernandez to prevent him from leaving the country.

The motion was filed last week before the Judge Danilo Cruz of Pasig Regional Trial court Branch 152.

"Based on our last check before the Bureau of Immigration wala pa namang lumalabas ng bansa na Atty. Manuel Hernandez," Jumamil said. "But we have to make sure na hindi siya makakalabas ng bansa kaya nag-file kami ng HDO against him."

Relatives of both victims have appealed to the Department of Justice to upgrade the case from homicide to murder.

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[freefries]

yung ibang lalaki kasi (but not all ha) medyo egoistic yan eh,akala mo kanila ang kalsada, lalo na at kung malaki sasakyan nila at bago, grabe medyo maangas sa daan...

dito nga sa amin, sa antipolo, sobrang pasaway ang mga tricycle driver at jeep, talagang wala silang pake kung magitgit ka man, kasi nag uunahan sila sa pasahero...

one time, galing kaming sta.lucia, nakagitgitan ng mr ko yung jeep natakot talaga ako kasi galit na galit mr. ko, kung may baril yun tyak nabaril na rin yung driver...simula nun, pag nandito sya sa phil. lagi akong kasama pag lumalabas sya para maiwasan ang ganung kainit na sitwasyon, pero infairness nagbago na sya and lagi kong pinaalala na may pamilya sya, ang pagpapasensya at di pagpansin sa mga taong walang modo eh isang bagay na dapat talagang isaisip palagi..wala namang mawawala di ba? pag pinansin mo at nagkagulo at may namatay, habambuhay mong pagsisihan...like that, atty. pa naman sya, and to think dapat pasensyoso sya kasi sa court ganun eh, laging banatan ng magkabilang panig....

sana naman maging lesson na ng lahat yan...hwag magpadala sa init ng ulo or else you will loose everything..

[oldblue]

usually the egoistics ones are yun masyado lumalagay sa tama and they're trying to enforce it to others even if they're not an enforcer hehehe

look at 90% of killers in Bilibid, most of them got jailed bec. they did 1 mistake in their life. hindi nila na-control emotions nila bec. they always followed rules, followed the right way etc. etc... karamihan daw sa mga to eh mga peaceful loving creatures but also wished that everyone is like them ... or else ...

[pup2]

Kung ako yung kamag-anak ng biktima, hindi ko na pa-upgrade to murder yung kaso. 2 Counts of homicide lang at Comelec gun ban violation halos hamabuhay na sa preso yan, mas madali pa i-convict.Sana lang they're 'strong' enough and determined enough to push through til the end. At kung tumakbo man yung killer ay habulin nila hanggang sa dulo ng mundo or however long it takes to put the guy behind our bars. And to make sure he gets absolutely no special treatment.

[VtEC]

just follow nalang the golden rule;

"do not do unto others what you dont want them do unto you" (korek ba)


kung ano inutang mo yon din kabayaran.