CBCP Website, muling na hack

July 21, 2011 | 5:00 PM


Isa sa mga website ng Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines o CBCP ang muling na hack, kung saan binago nito ang anyo ng buong web page. Ikatlong beses na itong nangyari sa CBCP simula November 2010.

Isang nakakatakot na mukha ng tao sa black background ang gumulat sa mga bumisita sa website ng CBCP Episcopal Commission on Health Care.

Kapag binita ang kanilang website na www.cbcphealthcare.org, mababasa rin ang mensaheng "Hacked by Aseroh, You Must Be Better In The Next Time".

Wala namang indikasyon na may kinalaman ang ginawang hacking sa pro-life plans ng CBCP dahil ang focus ng naturang website ay health care at hindi pro-life activities.


Una nanag nahack ang naturang website noong November 27, 2010 at sinundan noong June 9, 2011.

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Rally sa SONA, luma na

July 21, 2011 | 5:00 PM

PINAYUHAN ng Malacañang ang mga militanteng grupo na pakinggan na lamang ang mga sasabihin ni pangulong Benigno "Noynoy" Aquino III sa kanyang State of the Nation Address sa darating na lunes.

Ito ay dahil sa mga inaasahang kilos protesta na gagawin sa araw ng SONA ni pangulong Aquino kung saan sinabi naman ni Bayan Muna representative Renato Reyes na wala namang pagkakaiba ang administrasyong Arroyo sa kasalukuyang adminitrasyon.

Iginiit naman ni presidential spokesman Edwin Lacierda na wala namang bago sa mga ganitong kilos ng mga militanteng grupo.

Nabatid na walang administrasyong lumipas na walang kinokontra ang mga militanteng grupo.

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Kudeta at people power, tiniyak na hindi mangyayari

July 21, 2011 | 5:00 PM

TINIYAK ni senator Gringo Honasan walang magaganap na kudeta o people power laban kay pangulong Benigno Aquino III.

Ito ay sa kabila ng panawagan ni retired marine colonel Generoso Mariano ng pagbabago sa gobyerno.
Iginiit ni Honasan na walang dahilan para para mag-aklas ang mga sundalo sapagkat inaaksyunan naman ng Aquino administration ang kanilang inireklamo noon tulad ng katiwalian at kahirapan.

Maliban dito, sinabi ni Honasan na mayroon na ring grievance mechanism ang militar para sa mayroong sentimyento, nagtitiwala na ang mga whistleblowers sa gbyerno at may nakaka-diretso pa kay pangulong Noynoy para magsumbong o magpatulong.

Ayon kay Honasan, walang dapat ipagpanic dahil masyado pang maaga para mabuo ang anumang hakbang laban sa Aquino adminitrasyon na higit isang taon pa lamang sa termino.

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Madalas na pag-brownout sa Luzon, posible

July 21, 2011 | 3:00 PM

KINUMPIRMA ng Department of Energy ang naka-ambang power shortage sa bansa.

Sa interview ng DZXL, sinabi ni DOE undersecretary Jay Layug na malaki ang posibilidad na magkaroon ng madalas na pag-brownout partikular na sa Luzon.

Ngunit pag-titiyak ni Layug, gumagawa ng paraan ang Energy department para masulusyonan ang power shortage.3
Nabatid na sa ngayon ay on-going ang paggawa ng karagdagang power plant.

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Mga trabaho para sa mga tambay na nursing grads, pinaplano na

July 21, 2011 | 12:00 NN

NILULUTO na sa Kamara ang special local jobs plan para sa dumaraming tambay na nursing graduates sa bansa.

Base sa talaan ng Department of Health, sa ngayon ay nasa 200,000 nursing graduates na ang wala pa ring trabaho.

Sa House Bill 4582 ni LPGMA partylist rep. Arnel Ty, nais nitong palawakin pa ang bersyon ng Nurses Assigned in Rural Service o NARS para makabuo ang kongreso ng jobs plan para sa mga ito.

Ang NARS program ay isang short-lived project ng pamahalaan kung saan ipapadala ang mga nurse sa sa mahihirap na probinsiya sa bansa.

Sa nasabing panukala, hihilinging magkaroon ng special program ang pamahalaan para mabigyan ng pansamantalang hanapbuhay ang mga unemployed nurse kahit 10,000 practitioners lamang kada taon.

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On E-Commerce Ethics

by Percy Tabor

Question:

E-Commerce security is plagued with ethical issues on responsibility. If fraud occurs, whose fault is it? Is it the business's fault for not securing their information correctly? Is it the consumer's fault for assuming that the technology used is secure? Is it the criminal's fault for stealing information, even if the information was being sent in the clear? Or is it a combination of the three?

My Answer:

There may be some perspective by which we can analyze this kind of problem.

A merchant (or the system administrator), trying to scam his/her costumers by disguising himself/herself as a legitimate online store. Seems it’s his fault. The merchant may be the criminal.

On the other hand, here comes an online buyer trying to acquire some items in an online store. This buyer made some fraudulent orders, or played around the system by filling out the form with inconsistent information especially with his/her credit card. Without careful analysis by the online store owner, the fraudulent orders will be shipped without getting any payment for it. Seems it’s his fault. The consumer may be the criminal.

Now there’s an imperfect online store system. Glitches and bug everywhere. There, neither good deal nor good transaction are being done. Both the merchant and the buyer complain of something. They are both victims of a defective system. Seems it’s the machine’s fault. The machine may be the criminal.

Now let’s identify the problem in this problem.

There are a lot of definitions for ethics out there. But the key word for most would be “human conduct”. No machine or an act of a machine should be questioned as far as ethics or morality is concerned. There is no such thing as machine ethics, technology ethics, or system ethics. Machines deciding on what is right and wrong is a Hollywood fiction. The human behind the machine is the real thing, and must be the main focus of ethics – in identifying who made lapses in judgment.

There we remove the system in the picture. It is now only between the two – the merchant (who may be the criminal) and the consumer (who may also be the criminal).

Whatever the situation may be in an online business, it always boils down to the merchant. It is him/her who put up the store, chose the system and technology to run it, the way the items will be delivered, and the way the payment will be collected. Be him/her (the merchant) as the criminal, or as the victim, it is his/her fault. It is his/her responsibility. It is the merchant who should learn the lesson on how to do e-commerce the next time around. The merchant is the human behind the scene, and behind the machine.

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