It is an honor to be a part of the Holy Name University College of Law which opened last week the first-ever, state-of-the-art Law Center in the province.

Kudos to Dean Tomas Abapo Jr. and Assistant Dean Rene Paredes for the innovations introduced to the HNU College of Law which merited the outright approval of the school administration through Father President Ernesto Lagura, SVD and the SVD Fathers.

We also welcome back to the HNU Law Faculty RTC Judge Baudilio K. Dosdos who resumed his teaching stint this semester.

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The so-called blue card probe wound up last week with the city SP's approval of the report prepared by the Committee on Public Accountability chaired by City Councilor Ann Mariquit D. Oppus.

We find the committee report and its recommendations fair and well-founded that's why we did not have any qualms supporting it.

The committee report certainly disappointed paid hacks who trumpeted the blue card investigation as if there is somebody who is going to be crucified. The report did not mention any city official to be the "mystery man" in the alleged scam.

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We instead challenge these paid hacks and media political trumpeters to look into the verified complaint filed by private citizen Nemesio Monton against a city councilor before the same Committee on Public Accountability.

The committee rendered a report last week which in effect sought to dismiss the complaint outright for lack of jurisdiction. Lest we be accused of playing the Old Boys Club in the city council, this representation move to defer the approval of the committee report in order to come up with an intelligible stand on the matter.

We asked for a copy of Monton's verified complaint which allegations were not mentioned in the committee report.

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INBOX. We got these tips for cellular phone users. We have not tried some of these tips but as they say, there's no harm in trying. But to be sure, please consult the nearest cellular phone service center to have this verified

I. The Emergency Number worldwide for Mobile is 112. If you find yourself out of coverage area of our mobile network and there is an emergency, dial112 and the mobile will search any existing network to establish the emergency number for you, and interestingly this number 112 can be dialed even if the keypad is locked.

II. Have you locked your keys in the car? Does your car have remote keys? This may come in handy someday. Good reason to own a cell phone: If you lock your keys in the car and the spare keys are at home, call someone at home on their cell phone from your cell phone.

Hold your cell phone about a foot from your car door and have the person at your home press the unlock button, holding it near the mobile phone on their end. Your car will unlock. Saves someone from having to drive your keys to you. Distance is no object.

You could be hundreds of miles away and if you can reach someone who has the other "remote" for your car, you can unlock the doors (or the trunk).

III. How to disable a STOLEN mobile phone? To check your Mobile phone's serial number, key in the following digits on your phone: # 0 6 #. A 15-digit code will appear on the screen.

This number is unique to your handset. Write it down and keep it somewhere safe.
When your phone get stolen, you can phone your service provider and give them this code. They will then be able to block your handset so even if the thief changes the SIM card, your phone will be totally useless. You probably won't get your phone back, but at least you know that whoever stole it can't use/sell it either.

If everybody does this, there would be no point in people stealing mobile phones.

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