Friday, April 17th, 2009
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MIRANDA RIGHTS
Friday, April 17th, 2009If you have seen the news about what happened to Ted Failon and his wife, and the entire family, and how the police have treated them during the arrests, you can not help but wonder if the Miranda Rights was even read.What is the Miranda Rights? It is the right of every accused to be able to know their rights prior to the arrest. The Miranda Rights is read during the process, and the police officer serving the warrant should make sure that the arrested person understands the said rights.
Here in the Philippines, they may not be pronounced in the usual phrase, “…you have the right to remain silent…..” since we are not totally an English speaking country. However, every policeman executing the arrest should make sure that the arrested person knows his or her rights.
With the videos taken of the arrests done to the relatives of the wife of Ted Failon and their household help, it is the Miranda Rights that was questionable, whether it was read to them or not… Some media men have asked this but I did not quite get a direct answer. Probably a part of the news that I missed. hmmm…
Anyway, let us all pray for the soul of Ted Failon’s wife. But most importantly, let us all pray for strength for those who are left behind…
To Ted Failon and his family, condolence…
HANGMAN GAME
Friday, April 17th, 2009I have grown up enjoying the Hangman Game. Believe it or not, even before the coming of the computers and the Internet, Hangman had been around. During my time, we play hangman by drawing on a sheet of paper a bar with a man hanging. Then we would start asking questions to the opponent. Every time a wrong answer is given we would literally draw water until it reaches over the head of the drawing. Then when we were in high school, it became a PC game of sorts. That time, I am not sure if there were already Hangman Game Reviews. All we know at that time is that, the game was fun, informative, and educational.
These days, there are a lot of other educational games. Some are even highly motivated and even on 3D, and are interactive too. With new games coming,the Hangman Game may have lost its glory. But in reality. it is still the best educational game so far. My little girl even likes playing with it….
If you do not have any idea as to what I am talking about see the game below:
So what do you think? Is it fun or what? Hmm, if you ask me, I’d say, it’s more than fun. It’s educational…
Declaration of the Rights of the Child
Friday, April 10th, 2009My cousin K told me that she can not read the post I previously wrote where I linked the Declaration of the Rights of the Child in it. So to solve her problem I am pasting it here. Hope this is okay… I got it from this link.
Declaration of the Rights of the Child
Proclaimed by General Assembly resolution 1386(XIV) of 20 November 1959
Whereas the peoples of the United Nations have, in the Charter, reaffirmed their faith in fundamental human rights and in the dignity and worth of the human person, and have determined to promote social progress and better standards of life in larger freedom,
Whereas the United Nations has, in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, proclaimed that everyone is entitled to all the rights and freedoms set forth therein, without distinction of any kind, such as race, colour, sex, language, religion, political or other opinion, national or social origin, property, birth or other status,
Whereas the child, by reason of his physical and mental immaturity, needs special safeguards and care, including appropriate legal protection, before as well as after birth,
Whereas the need for such special safeguards has been stated in the Geneva Declaration of the Rights of the Child of 1924, and recognized in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and in the statutes of specialized agencies and international organizations concerned with the welfare of children,
Whereas mankind owes to the child the best it has to give,
Now therefore,The General Assembly Proclaims this Declaration of the Rights of the Child to the end that he may have a happy childhood and enjoy for his own good and for the good of society the rights and freedoms herein set forth, and calls upon parents, upon men and women as individuals, and upon voluntary organizations, local authorities and national Governments to recognize these rights and strive for their observance by legislative and other measures progressively taken in accordance with the following principles:
Principle 1
The child shall enjoy all the rights set forth in this Declaration. Every child, without any exception whatsoever, shall be entitled to these rights, without distinction or discrimination on account of race, colour, sex, language, religion, political or other opinion, national or social origin, property, birth or other status, whether of himself or of his family.
Principle 2
The child shall enjoy special protection, and shall be given opportunities and facilities, by law and by other means, to enable him to develop physically, mentally, morally, spiritually and socially in a healthy and normal manner and in conditions of freedom and dignity. In the enactment of laws for this purpose, the best interests of the child shall be the paramount consideration.
Principle 3
The child shall be entitled from his birth to a name and a nationality.
Principle 4
The child shall enjoy the benefits of social security. He shall be entitled to grow and develop in health; to this end, special care and protection shall be provided both to him and to his mother, including adequate prenatal and postnatal care. The child shall have the right to adequate nutrition, housing, recreation and medical services.
Principle 5
The child who is physically, mentally or socially handicapped shall be given the special treatment, education and care required by his particular condition.
Principle 6
The child, for the full and harmonious development of his personality, needs love and understanding. He shall, wherever possible, grow up in the care and under the responsibility of his parents, and, in any case, in an atmosphere of affection and of moral and material security; a child of tender years shall not, save in exceptional circumstances, be separated from his mother. Society and the public authorities shall have the duty to extend particular care to children without a family and to those without adequate means of support. Payment of State and other assistance towards the maintenance of children of large families is desirable.
Principle 7
The child is entitled to receive education, which shall be free and compulsory, at least in the elementary stages. He shall be given an education which will promote his general culture and enable him, on a basis of equal opportunity, to develop his abilities, his individual judgement, and his sense of moral and social responsibility, and to become a useful member of society.
The best interests of the child shall be the guiding principle of those responsible for his education and guidance; that responsibility lies in the first place with his parents.
The child shall have full opportunity for play and recreation, which should be directed to the same purposes as education; society and the public authorities shall endeavor to promote the enjoyment of this right.
Principle 8
The child shall in all circumstances be among the first to receive protection and relief.
Principle 9
The child shall be protected against all forms of neglect, cruelty and exploitation. He shall not be the subject of traffic, in any form.
The child shall not be admitted to employment before an appropriate minimum age; he shall in no case be caused or permitted to engage in any occupatio
n or employment which would prejudice his health or education, or interfere with his physical, mental or moral development.
n or employment which would prejudice his health or education, or interfere with his physical, mental or moral development.
Principle 10
The child shall be protected from practices which may foster racial, religious and any other form of discrimination. He shall be brought up in a spirit of understanding, tolerance, friendship among peoples, peace and universal brotherhood, and in full consciousness that his energy and talents should be devoted to the service of his fellow men.
BIRTH & EVERYTHING THAT REVOLVES AROUND IT…
Thursday, April 9th, 2009I actually got this photo from a friend’s friendster account. A picture of her first time to assist in another woman’s giving birth… It is always an amazing event, the actual experience of witnessing BIRTH… Amazing how a vagina spreads out to let out a new life that has waited months for his or her first day on the outside world… As a mother, it was really amazing how a new life comes out from your very own body… All the pain and the cramps and the nine months of having the baby inside you can not compare to that very moment the baby comes out… A miracle indeed… I thank God for blessing me with a wonderful, intelligent and beautiful daughter… What more can I ask for…
Eve Ensler, the author of the world’s most controversial, provocative (and I should say women’s spiritual rediscovery of the world of womanhood…) book, THE VAGINA MONOLOGUES, have written a very wonderful monologue about the Vagina and Giving Birth… It is called, “I WAS THERE”…
A new life that comes out in this world deserves all good that we can give… Love, Security, Peace, A Name, Education, A future— everything that is stipulated in THE RIGHTS OF A CHILD… I hope all parents will stand up for their children and give them the life that they deserve…
