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 ==[[Marinduque News]]==
-'''Marinduque and US rotary clubs to sponsor water project'''
+'''Penalties for those who refuse official probes'''
-*Source: http://pia.gov.ph/news/index.php?menu=2&webregion=R04B&article=2171334296744
+*Source: http://www.manilastandardtoday.com/2012/04/14/penalties-for-those-who-refuse-official-probes/
-*Friday 13th of April 2012
+*Saturday, 14 April, 2012
-:by  Mayda Lagran
+:by  Maricel Cruz
-BOAC, Marinduque, April 13 (PIA) -- A Rotary club from Marinduque and one from Connecticut, United States have teamed up to provide a continuous potable water system for the residents of a barangay.
+STIFFER penalties will be imposed against persons who refuse to attend congressional inquiries or a constitutional commission hearing as witnesses.
-The Rotary Club of Marinduque North RI District 2820 has partnered with the Rotary Club of West Hartford, Connecticut to give Barangay Isok I in Boac a 24-hour potable water system.
+House Bill 5817, authored by Marinduque Rep. Lord Allan Jay Velasco, proposes the penalty of arresto mayor [minimum jail term of six months] or a fine ranging from P16,000 to P80,000, or both.
-The club from Connecticut has allotted P1.15 million for the water project.
+The bill seeks to amend the “fine components” of the Revised Penal Code, which are still base on 1930 rates, the year the law was enacted.  It carries the penalty of arresto mayor and an obsolete fines ranging from P200 to P1,000.
-The team is now in the process of water source testing and targets to finish installation three months from now.
+The bill noted that the massive inflation and devaluation our currency has gone through renders the punitive fine component of the penal code negligible.
-Once completed, the water tank will contain 25,000 litters of water, which can sufficiently supply the needs of residents, commercial establishments and schools in the said area. The water facilities to be installed can provide round-the-clock service, unlike previous systems that have limited time or duration of water supply.
+“To uphold the full force and teeth of the penal laws, punishment for offenses and crimes including fines, imprisonment and civil disqualification components must be up to date,” the bill read.
-Randy O. Ayala, president of Rotary Club of Marinduque North and project coordinator, facilitated the link for project funding, through Oscar Sto. Domingo, who served as Project Contact of Rotary Club of West Hartford, Connecticut, USA.
+Under the measure, the penalty of arresto mayor or a fine ranging from P16,000 to P80,000, or both, shall be imposed upon any person who, having been duly summoned to attend as a witness before Congress, its special or standing committees and subcommittees.
-The barangay, headed by Capt. Agustin Manzo pledged P100,000 as counterpart support for labor services.
+The bodies also include constitutional commissions and its committees, subcommittees, or divisions, or any commission or committee chairman or member authorized to summon witnesses.
-Ayala expressed fulfillment in serving the community and appreciates the effort and financial assistance given by the funding group. He also volunteered to help the barangay in establishing a community group that will maintain and sustain the water facilities to be installed.
+Those who refuse, without legal excuse, to obey such summons, or be present before any such legislative or constitutional body or official, refuses to be sworn or placed under affirmation or to answer any legal inquiry or to produce any books, papers, documents, or records in his possession, when required by them to do so in the exercise of their functions will be penalized.
-He also said that Rotary Club can provide other livelihood projects for the barangay, but said the proposal must be initiated and led by barangay officials.
-Rotarians’ initiative and concern surprisingly are all that the barangay people needs to quench their thirst not only for water but solution to their perennial basic problem that by June is expected to be eradicated. (LBR/MNL-PIA4B Marinduque)
+The same penalty shall be imposed upon any person who shall restrain another from attending as a witness, or who shall induce disobedience to a summon or refusal to be sworn by any such body or official.
+“The bill suggests a new amount, subject to the committee’s discretion, replacing the old ones using a formula utilizing the available data from the National Statistics Coordination Board relating to Consumer Price Indexes,” Velasco said.
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