{"id":3561,"date":"2010-02-22T10:24:18","date_gmt":"2010-02-22T15:24:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/onthe8spot.com\/?p=3561"},"modified":"2010-02-22T10:24:18","modified_gmt":"2010-02-22T15:24:18","slug":"repostnew-law-lets-coast-guard-stop-ships-from-sailing-inquirer-net-philippine-news-for-filipinos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/onthe8spot.com\/index.php\/2010\/02\/22\/repostnew-law-lets-coast-guard-stop-ships-from-sailing-inquirer-net-philippine-news-for-filipinos\/","title":{"rendered":"rePost::New law lets Coast Guard stop ships from sailing &#8211; INQUIRER.net, Philippine News for Filipinos"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This new law is washed from the blood of all those who have died to the GREED of ship operators and the carelessness\/greed of officials. In some ways I have a feeling that laws are not enough for people can and will still be bribed. This is a small but important step for the transportation industry of an archipelago of 7100 islands.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h2 class=\"mainheadline\">New law lets Coast Guard stop ships from sailing<\/h2>\n<p><span class=\"subheadline\"> <\/span> <span class=\"byline\"><strong>By Jerry E.   Esplanada<\/strong><br \/>\nPhilippine Daily Inquirer<\/span> <span class=\"timestamp\">First Posted 22:08:00 02\/22\/2010<\/span><br \/>\nMANILA, Philippines &#8212; President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo has signed a new law giving the Philippine Coast Guard increased law enforcement powers, including the authority to detain and prevent from sailing substandard passenger and cargo vessels plying the country\u2019s waters.<br \/>\nKnown as the \u201cPhilippine Coast Guard Act of 2009\u201d or Republic Act 9993, the new law aims to further enhance maritime safety and prevent sea tragedies.<br \/>\nInvestigations into some of the worst disasters in maritime history that occurred in Philippine waters showed there was need to pinpoint clearer responsibility for the enforcement of maritime safety regulations.<br \/>\nEight years in the legislative mill, the new law strengthens the arm of the Coast Guard to issue and enforce rules and regulations covering the \u201cpromotion of safety of life and property at sea on all maritime-related activities,\u201d as well as promote marine environmental protection.<br \/>\nTransportation Secretary Leandro Mendoza called the Philippine Coast Guard Act of 2009 a measure that \u201chas long been awaited by the maritime industry and the riding public.\u201d<br \/>\nvia <a href=\"http:\/\/globalnation.inquirer.net\/news\/breakingnews\/view\/20100222-254750\/New-law-lets-Coast-Guard-stop-ships-from-sailing\">New law lets Coast Guard stop ships from sailing &#8211; INQUIRER.net, Philippine News for Filipinos<\/a>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This new law is washed from the blood of all those who have died to the GREED of ship operators and the carelessness\/greed of officials. In some ways I have a feeling that laws are not enough for people can and will still be bribed. This is a small but important step for the transportation &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/onthe8spot.com\/index.php\/2010\/02\/22\/repostnew-law-lets-coast-guard-stop-ships-from-sailing-inquirer-net-philippine-news-for-filipinos\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;rePost::New law lets Coast Guard stop ships from sailing &#8211; INQUIRER.net, Philippine News for Filipinos&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,9,62,65,78,79],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3561","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bet-watch","category-better-government","category-personal-angol","category-philippines","category-rant","category-reposts"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/onthe8spot.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3561","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/onthe8spot.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/onthe8spot.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/onthe8spot.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/onthe8spot.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3561"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/onthe8spot.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3561\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/onthe8spot.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3561"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/onthe8spot.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3561"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/onthe8spot.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3561"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}