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Participates in the Young Presidents’ Organization (YPO) Global Leadership Conference in London titled "Making a Difference”
London, UK/ February 27, 2004
تشارك في المؤتمر الدولي لمنظمة القادة الشباب في العالم الذي عقد في لندن تحت عنوان "إحداث التغيير"
لندن، الولايات المتحدة/ 27 شباط 2004
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Printer, paper, shoes, mailing supplies, and more. Luckily my room has these great shelves already. More stackers below to help with the shoes.
Taken for JMU Student Affairs Communications and Marketing by Sienna Ferraro Shiblie. All rights reserved. No usage without permission.
Members of LCC’s Student Nurses Organization (SNO) raised $830 to support the Cowlitz Free Medical Clinic.
Pictured is Katie Holmes, Co-President of SNO (right) presenting the check to Kim Hash, Nurse Clinic Manager for the Clinic.
SNO helps prepare student nurses for professional responsibilities and promotes unity among student nurses. Members serve the LCC community with special events such as blood pressure checks, flu shot clinics and an annual health fair.
A simple solution to a minor problem: How to organize your Lego bricks for efficient building.
Read more here.
Taken for JMU Student Affairs Communications and Marketing by Sienna Ferraro Shiblie. All rights reserved. No usage without permission.
Premier Christy Clark highlights outstanding work done by BC’s public service employees at the Premier’s annual Innovation and Excellence Awards ceremony. Five outstanding public-service nominations were recognized for their innovation in providing essential services in five categories: Leadership, Organizational Excellence, Partnership, Innovation and Emerging Leader. Three new people were also inducted into the BC Public Service Hall of Excellence.
Organizational Excellence catefory winners: Elk Valley Water Quality
Learn More: news.gov.bc.ca/releases/2015PREM0078-001780
After upgrading and organizing I was able to really gain control of my physical desktop. I still need to work on the wires, but it's a great start.
I don't have all of my apps open at the moment, but typically I have Thunderbird open for email, and Firefox with a bunch of tabs to Google Reader, wikipedia, and Google Calendar.
The desk is really old and used to be my grandparents'. It's solid wood and incredibly heavy. I like it, but find it to be a little small.
Recent additions include a Microsoft Lifecam that I still need to get to work properly.
United Nations' team in charge of the design and construction of the organization headquarter in New York.
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Organization for Bat Conservation director and bat expert Rob Mies (blue shirt) leads a night bat walk and talk discussion about bat myths, benefits of bats, threats to their sustainability, bat houses and how to spot flying bats and likely natural living spaces they are attracted to at the Pollinator Week festival at the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Farmers Market in Washington, D. C. on Friday, Jun. 19, 2015. The group is looking for big brown bats that are native to Northern America and eats insect pests at a rate of 1,000 - 2,000 per night. Mies uses a special microphone and app on a smart tablet to detect bats and identify them by the sounds they emit. USDA Photo by Lance Cheung.
There are zones in the NINTH LODGE that prohibit circuses, carnivals, and other organizations that engender and promote a nomadic existence. The Brothers Chase arrived in Kalpana early one morning two years ago as refugees of this prejudice. Town officials would like them to leave, but so far they’ve done nothing.
Lucian Chase, who wears a white hat and whose left eye is black and roving, is a syphilitic chap who employs peculiar therapies to ease his suffering: thrice monthly he swallows mercury capsules and he daily brushes his enflamed glans with a synthetic vanilla extract purchased from a comely hustler he met in Bradford. He’s been known to become delirious and in his fevers repeat the phrase “A night with Venus results in an eternity with Mercury!” Lucian’s role in the circus act has never been made entirely clear. He mostly stands off to the side by himself, chain smoking and scowling at their miserable audience.
Hubert Chase, clad in an orange hat, is a necromancer, geomancer, and amateur astrologer. Nothing excites him more than sneaking a glimpse of a bruise upon the leg of a woman wearing black silk stockings. He’s the oldest of the brothers.
Lyle Chase, who spends more time painting his face than practicing his circus routines, inherited an enormous sum of money when his grandparents died—Lucian and Hubert were excluded from their will—and managed to lose it all in one day at the Grand Colorido Casino.
As far as circuses go, their show is pathetic. There is no trapeze act and none of the brothers can juggle. They’ve never been able to afford large animals, so one will find no trained lions, tigers, or even dancing bears here. However, the Brothers Chase do have a monkey named Glen. And a right raging monster he his—always drunk and knocking over props or trying to mount some horrified child seated in the front row. He’s twice started the big top on fire. In both instances Hubert, who was also drunk, went after him with his Mauser, and, again, in both instances, managed to injure patrons whilst the cunning Glen slipped away unscathed and chanting some uproarious hymn to the night.
Let it be known that before arriving in Kalpana, the Brothers Chase managed their circus from Colorido. It was there that they employed the dashing C. Lindsay Crawl.
Eamon Gilmore, the Tánaiste (Irish Deputy Head of Government) and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade, giving a speech at the opening of Ireland’s CTBTO National Data Centre.
The Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, Dublin, Ireland, 22 June 2012.
Photo by Laura Leonard.
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For Immediate Release
Contact: Walter Gallas, 504-400-3017 or Sandra Stokes, 225-445-3800
41 ORGANIZATIONS CALL ON GOVERNOR AND CITY LEADERS FOR OPEN PROCESS IN DECISION-MAKING FOR MAJOR HOSPITALS
They ask Gov. Jindal for cost-benefit analysis of two competing LSU plans, and ask City Council and Planning Commission to include hospitals in the New Orleans master plan.
New Orleans, La. (Wednesday, March 25, 2009)—With the debate over locating new LSU and VA hospitals in Mid-City continuing, 41 local and national organizations—including a diverse range of community groups, professional organizations and planning associations—are asking state and city leaders to engage the public more directly in the search for a solution.
At a press conference held today, the organizations asked Gov. Jindal to commission an independent, third-party comprehensive cost-benefit analysis of the two LSU hospital plans--proposed new construction in Lower Mid-City and an alternative proposal to gut and rebuild a new 21st century hospital inside the shell of Charity Hospital. The organizations argue that a rigorous, side-by-side financial analysis will both clear up contradictory claims about construction costs of the two plans and will also measure the impact of different timelines on job creation, related economic development and health care delivery to the community.
In addition, the groups called on the City Council and the City Planning Commission to hold public hearings to receive information about the hospital designs and plans for a biomedical research district, and to give members of the public their first City-Hall-sponsored opportunity to respond to the plans. The groups want the hearings to be part of a process in which the council and planning commission take responsibility for making sure that the locations and designs for the huge hospital complex are best for the citizens, neighborhoods and the medical industry.
A third recommendation by the groups is to include the hospitals and the new biosciences economic development district in the city’s new master planning process. Goody Clancy, the city’s planning contractor, has stated that the Planning Commission excluded the hospitals and medical district from the scope of the master plan, which was released Friday in draft form.
“Despite the profound and lasting impact these projects will have on the city of New Orleans, the City Council and the City Planning Commission have been sitting on the sidelines of the debate, doing nothing, and the people of New Orleans have been kept largely in the dark,” said William Borah, New Orleans land use attorney. “This decision is far too important to be made in a backroom deal, without citizen input. This coalition is calling for a more transparent, open decision making process—one that has citizens at the table to help decide which hospital plan is in the best long-term interests of the people of New Orleans.”
Louisiana State University’s proposed $1.2 billion teaching hospital and medical center and a new $600-plus million hospital for the Department of Veterans Affairs constitute the largest single economic-development project in the city’s history. LSU and VA propose to locate the hospitals in a 70-acre section of the Mid-City neighborhood, after removing residents and small businesses from hundreds of buildings, many of them historic structures. The LSU plan for moving the hospitals to Mid-City would also affect the Central Business District, since the university proposes to abandon the landmark Charity Hospital building. A plan by RMJM Hillier proposes reusing the shell of the Charity building to house the state-of-the-art hospital that would serve as the core of LSU’s academic medical center, an approach the nationally-recognized architects say will produce a world-class hospital with savings of hundreds of millions of dollars over new construction and will be completed at least two years sooner.
Last week at the Senate District 9 Health Care Reform Forum, Louisiana Secretary of Health and Hospitals Alan Levine—the state’s point person on the hospital issue—said that no final decisions have been made and that both the LSU and the RMJM Hillier approaches are still on the table.
"Every neighborhood in New Orleans should be concerned that the plans for the replacement of Charity and the VA hospitals are not a part of the city's master planning process which is going on right now," said Charles E. Allen, III, president of the Holy Cross Neighborhood Association. "What is happening in Lower Mid-City could happen in any neighborhood of the city. We need to make sure that City Planning and the City Council insist that the process applies to our entire city. We can't leave anything out."
“Health care is in critical condition here in New Orleans,” said Dr. Sissy Sartor. “I am appealing to Governor Jindal to come forward and show the citizens of New Orleans and of the state that he is serious about returning health care to our city and that he will do it in a fiscally responsible way. The governor has it in his power to order a cost-benefit analysis that would answer the questions about alternative plans for rebuilding the LSU medical center.”
“At this point, what we need is a clear factual basis from which a decision can be reached,” said Sandra Stokes, Executive Vice Chair of the Foundation for Historical Louisiana “We need to move forward, and the best way to do that is for the state to conduct an independent, side-by-side analysis of the two plans. That process would provide answers to fundamental questions of time, efficiency and cost. Which plan would provide 21st century medical care faster? Which would cost less? We need an independent voice to provide answers to these basic questions.”
ORGANIZATIONS IN THE COALITION ARE CALLING FOR:
1.Governor Jindal to order an independent, comprehensive cost-benefit analysis of the two hospital plans.
2.The City Planning Commission and the City Council to hold public hearings on these critical planning issues.
3.The City Planning Commission and the City Council to include the hospitals in the current master-planning process.
●American Planning Association
●Broadmoor Improvement Association
●Charity Hospital School of Nursing Alumni Association
●Foundation for Historical Louisiana
●New Orleans Committee to Reopen Charity Hospital
●Coliseum Square Association
●Doctors for Charity Hospital
●National Trust for Historic Preservation
●Squandered Heritage
●Faubourg Marigny Improvement Association
●Smart Growth for Louisiana
●Preservation Resource Center
●Louisiana ACORN
●Faubourg St. John Neighborhood Association
●Louisiana Landmarks Society
●GNO Affordable Housing Action Center
●Holy Cross Neighborhood Association
●New Creation Christian Church
●Louisiana Trust for Historic Preservation
●Lower Mid-City Residents and Business Owners Affected by the LSU/VA Hospitals
●The Renaissance Project
●Vieux Carré Property Owners, Residents and Associates
●Southern Christian Leadership Conference Louisiana Women’s Division
●French Quarter Citizens, Inc.
●Lantern Light Inc.
●Irish Channel Neighborhood Association
●Louisiana Justice Institute
●Lafayette Square Association
●Lower Ninth Ward Center for Sustainable Engagement and Development
●Mid-City Neighborhood Organization
●New Orleans Pax Christi
●Partners for Livable Communities
●C3/Hands Off Iberville
●Phoenix of New Orleans
●Restaurant Opportunity Center of New Orleans
●Social Justice Committee of the First Unitarian Universalist Church
●The Townscape Institute
●The Urban Conservancy
●United Teachers of New Orleans
●Advocates for Environmental Human Rights
●Historic Faubourg Treme Association
I arrived in Macau very late in the evening. Whilst the lights of the casinos were amazing I had no idea that for the next 4 days I would not get to see the sun. At night I could not see the heavy smog that covers Macau (Blown in from China mainland and trapped over Macau by the mountains). Everyday is a humid grey day. You can't see very far and the humidity drenches you quickly.
Still I enjoyed Macau by day and night.
I was there for the Samsung Communications (Australia) conference and stayed at the Soffitel on Ponte 16. It was extremely luxurious. Plenty of good food (Waited on Hand and foot), lots to see. This is an amazing Tax Haven. I can see the rich coming and going by Helicopter, into the casinos. I saw many Ferrari's, Lamborghini's, Rolls Royces and more.
A land of plenty built on the many poor people who servce it.
Macau, also spelled Macao, is one of the two Special Administrative Regions of the People's Republic of China, the other being Hong Kong. Macau lies on the western side of the Pearl River Delta across from Hong Kong to the east, bordered by Guangdong Province to the north and facing the South China Sea to the east and south. The territory's economy is heavily dependent on gambling and tourism, but also includes manufacturing. The Cantonese people from Hong Kong and Guangdong especially recent mainland tourism from Mandarin speaking regions have boosted the economy of Macau significantly.
A former Portuguese colony, Macau was administered by Portugal from the mid-16th century until late 1999, when it was the last remaining European colony in Asia. Portuguese traders first settled in Macau in the 1550s. In 1557, Macau was rented to Portugal by the Chinese empire as a trading port. The Portuguese administered the city under Chinese authority and sovereignty until 1887, when Macau became a colony of the Portuguese empire. Sovereignty over Macau was transferred back to China on 20 December 1999. The Sino-Portuguese Joint Declaration and the Basic Law of Macau stipulate that Macau operate with a high degree of autonomy until at least 2049, fifty years after the transfer. By 2002, it had become one of the world's richest cities. In 2004, the World's Highest Skyjump was broken in Macau. It became the world's biggest gambling centre in 2006.
Under the policy of "one country, two systems", the PRC's Central People's Government is responsible for the territory's defense and foreign affairs, while Macau maintains its own legal system, police force, monetary system, customs policy, and immigration policy. Macau participates in many international organizations and events that do not require members to possess national sovereignty.
According to The World Factbook, Macau has the second highest life expectancy in the world. In addition, Macau is one of the very few regions in Asia with a "very high Human Development Index", ranking 23rd or 24th in the world in 2007 (with Japan being the highest in Asia; the other Asian countries/regions within the "very high HDI" category are South Korea, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Singapore, and Brunei).
Before the Portuguese settlement in the mid-16th century, Macau was known as Haojing or Jinghai. The name Macau is thought to be derived from the A-Ma Temple, a temple built in 1448 dedicated to Matsu – the goddess of seafarers and fishermen.. The Portuguese named the peninsula "Macau".
The history of Macau is traced back to the Qin Dynasty (221–206 BC), when the region now called Macau came under the jurisdiction of Panyu county, in Nanhai prefecture (present day Guangdong).The first recorded inhabitants of the area were people seeking refuge in Macau from invading Mongols during the Southern Song Dynasty. Under the Ming Dynasty (1368–1644 AD), fishermen migrated to Macau from Guangdong and Fujian provinces.
Macau is situated 60 kilometres southwest of Hong Kong and 145 kilometres from Guangzhou. It also has 41 kilometres of coastline, yet only 310 metres of land border with Guangdong. It consists of the Macau Peninsula itself and the islands of Taipa and Coloane, which are now connected by landfill forming the Cotai Strip. The peninsula is formed by the Zhu Jiang (Pearl River) estuary on the east and the Xi Jiang (West River) on the west. It borders the Zhuhai Special Economic Zone in mainland China. The main border crossing between Macau and China is known as the Portas do Cerco (Barrier Gate) on the Macau side, and the Gongbei Port of Entry on the Zhuhai side.
Macau has a humid subtropical climate, with average relative humidity between 75% and 90%. Similar to much of South China, seasonal climate is greatly influenced by the monsoons, and differences in temperature and humidity between summer and winter are noticeable, though not as great as inland China. The average annual temperature of Macau is 22.7 °C
Macau's economy is based largely on tourism. Other chief economic activities in Macau are export-geared textile and garment manufacturing, banking and other financial services.The clothing industry has provided about three quarters of export earnings, and the gaming, tourism and hospitality industry is estimated to contribute more than 50% of Macau's GDP, and 70% of Macau government revenue
Starting in 1962, the gambling industry had been operated under a government-issued monopoly license by Stanley Ho's Sociedade de Turismo e Diversões de Macau. The monopoly ended in 2002 and several casino owners from Las Vegas attempted to enter the market. With the opening of the Sands Macao, in 2004 and Wynn Macau in 2006, gambling revenues from Macau's casinos were greatly prosperous. In 2007, Venetian Macau, at the time the second (now sixth) largest building in the world by floor space, opened its doors to the public, followed by MGM Grand Macau. Numerous other hotel casinos, including Galaxy Cotai Megaresort, are also to be opened in the near future.
In Macau, the unit of currency is the pataca which is currently pegged to the Hong Kong dollar at a rate of HK$1 = MOP1.03. The name pataca is a Portuguese word which was applied to the Mexican dollars that were the main circulating coin in the wider region in the second half of the 19th century.
Macau is the most densely populated region in the world, with a population density of 20,497 persons per square kilometre in 2013(18,428 persons/km2 in a 2004 projection 47,728/sq mi). 95% of Macau's population is Chinese; another 2% is of Portuguese and/or mixed Chinese/Portuguese descent, an ethnic group often referred to as Macanese.
Both Chinese (Cantonese) and Portuguese are Macau's official languages.
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RICK HANSEN - WHEELS IN MOTION FUNDRAISING
Funds raised through Wheels In Motion will continue to support projects that improve the quality of life of people living with spinal cord injury at the local, provincial and national levels. Funds raised benefit the people who live in the region in which they were raised through community-based Quality of Life initiatives. Quality of Life funds provide customized solutions in the areas of active living and peer support and leadership, as well as the Community Solutions Program.
Quality of life projects help to ensure that people with spinal cord injury receive the support they need to fully participate in their community and lead active and healthy lives. In doing so, these projects also contribute to making communities more accessible and inclusive. Projects are identified and funds allocated through the Rick Hansen Institute's (RHI) Community Partnerships Program. This program works with various SCI organizations across Canada to identify and collaborate on regional and national priorities to improve the quality of life of people with SCI, and administers Quality of Life grants. Examples of Quality of Life projects that have been funded in the past include:
peer support programs and other support services
equipment and assistive devices
sports and leisure activities
education, skills development and employment initiatives
positive awareness
health and wellness
accessibility – community, transportation and housing
participation in research studies
integration for return to community following a spinal cord injury
Wheels In Motion Quality of Life projects also indirectly benefit a wide array of Canadians that have or may experience a mobility impairment in their lifetime, helping individuals with disabilities live life to its fullest potential and making our community stronger, richer and more vibrant.
Quality of Life in Niagara, ON
Funds raised will be used to develop a fully accessible fitness facility at Brock University.
“I am truly looking forward to the Exercise Facility that will be built at Brock University with the funds raised by Wheels In Motion in 2009! This will be a place where myself and other people with SCI can feel comfortable to work out and get healthy, while gaining confidence to get back into the community.”
- Maria Natale, RHF Ambassador and Niagara Region Wheels In Motion Event Leader. People living with disabilities in the Niagara Region will no longer have to travel to Hamilton for fully accessible exercise facilities thanks to Rick Hansen Wheels In Motion and Brock University
Korail Temple stay Train
House of Choe Champan
July 2, 2014
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U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry addresses reporters during a news conference at the North Atlantic Treaty Organization Headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, on May 19, 2016, amid the alliance's two-day, biannual Foreign Ministerial Meetings. [State Department photo/ Public Domain]
scrap glass organized in plastic containers, by color shape and size.
okay, some of the containers in the front of the shelf are simply full of BS (bad habit of mine to clean up my area by just sticking the scrap pieces in a container and put them on the shelf)
In September 2001 the international memorial to the world’s seafarers, past, present and future, was unveiled at IMO Headquarters.
學校/團體參觀立法會綜合大樓
学校/团体参观立法会综合大楼
Visits to the Legislative Council Complex by schools/organizations (2015.12.08)
Welcome to the Beverly Hills Cannabis Club! We pride ourselves on being the sophisticated and classy new face of the Cannabis Reform Movement throughout the United States. My name is Cheryl Shuman. I was the founder of Beverly Hills NORML, National Organization to Reform Marijuana Laws. I was also the International Director of Celebrity, Media & Public Relations for KUSH Magazine, DailyBuds.com and the KUSHCON Conventions. KUSH is the largest and most respected Cannabis Media Source in the world. This group was created to provide Social Networking and Events Throughout the Entertainment, Film, Television and Music Industry. If you would like to mix and mingle with the elite at fabulous evenings with like minded friends in society at Legal Cannabis Tastings at our mansion parties? Here's your exclusive invitation to join the Beverly Hills Cannabis Club :) SHARE with those friends of yours that you feel would be a "fit" for our club :) Thanks everyone! Looking forward to seeing you all in person soon! Let's make history together and start this revolution! :)
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Private Legal Medical Cannabis Patient Collective in Beverly Hills, CA
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About Cheryl Shuman:
Referred to as the "Martha Stewart of Marijuana," announces the formation of Green Asset International Inc. Cheryl Shuman brings 25 years of experience working with media, celebrities, marketing and health care in Beverly Hills. Shuman found her passion in the cannabis movement since 1996 working as an activist and legal cannabis patient. Since using cannabis therapy, she has survived cancer and injuries from two car crashes.
Shuman was the founder of Beverly Hills NORML, founding charter member of the NORML Women's Alliance and served on the steering committee for Public Relations and Marketing on an International platform. Cheryl Shuman is a founding member of the NCIA, National Cannabis Industry Association and served as the Director of Special Projects for the NCIA including the Women's Cannabusiness Network. Cheryl Shuman transformed her non-profit career into a thriving profitable media enterprise.
Cheryl was the Executive Director of Celebrity, Media and Public Relations for the KUSH Brand which includes KUSH Magazine, KUSH Conventions and DailyBuds.com. Cheryl Shuman has been interviewed for television programs, newspapers and magazines, including but not limited to: ABC News, CNN, Fox News, NBC News, Access Hollywood, Entertainment Tonight, Today Show NBC, HBO Entertainment News and more.
Her private medical cannabis collective, "The Beverly Hills Cannabis Club" is unlisted and membership is by referral only. Through her personal relationships and connections within Hollywood, Cheryl Shuman has been named as one of the most influential women in the cannabis reform movement by international media. Her position within the cannabis industry creates the first and only company of its kind and at the forefront of entertainment marketing, celebrity endorsements, product placement integration, sponsorships, production and technology.
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Deputy Secretary of State John J. Sullivan meets with OAS Secretary General Luis Almagro on the margins of the 47th General Assembly of the Organization of American States (OAS) in Cancun, Mexico, on June 20, 2017. [OAS Photo by Juan Manuel Herrera]
That is a vintage mangle iron there behind the ironing board - so glad I finally have space to use it! sewsitall.blogspot.com/2012/01/organizing-sewing-space-in...
On Twitter, I've mentioned I'm cleaning out files. This is what the recycling piles looked like before I started today's cleaning. And I'm still not done. A lot of it is now digitized, so I don't need the paper copies. And a lot is just not as relevant to my life anymore. Out with the old and in with the new!
Infographics of the NRC Organizational Chart from the 2017-2018 Information Digest, NUREG 1350, Volume 29.
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Oesterreichische Nationalbank
Logo of the Austrian National Bank
Headquarters Vienna, Austria
Central Bank of Austria
Currency€
To ISO 4217 EUR
website
Previous Austro- Hungarian Bank
List of Central Banks
Oesterreichische Nationalbank, at Otto-Wagner -Platz No. 3, Vienna
The Austrian National Bank (OeNB), Austria's central bank as an integral part of the European System of Central Banks (ESCB) and the Eurosystem. It is instrumental in the design of the economic development in Austria and in the euro area. Legally, the OeNB is a public limited company.. However, it is also subject to further enshrined in the National Bank Act regulations resulting from its separate position as a central bank. In the framework of the Eurosystem, the OeNB contributes to a stability-oriented monetary policy. At the national level, it cares about the preservation of financial stability and the money supply and manage foreign exchange reserves to hedge against the euro in times of crisis. The guideline values in terms of the tasks of the Austrian National Bank are "security, stability and trust".
Contents
1 History
1.1 1816 to 1818
1.2 1818 to 1878
1.3 1878 to 1922
1.4 1922 to 1938
1.5 1938 to 1945
1.6 1945 to 1998
1.7 From 1999
2 The OeNB as a modern central bank
3 Legal form and organs
3.1 Legal framework
3.2 organs
3.2.1 General
3.2.2 General
3.2.3 Board of Directors
4 Tasks
4.1 Monetary policy strategies and monetary policy decision-making process
4.1.1 Economic analysis
4.1.2 Production of statistical information
4.1.3 Contribute to international organizations
4.2 Implementation of monetary policy
4.2.1 use of monetary policy instruments
4.2.2 Reserve Management
4.2.3 Money Supply
4.3 Communication of monetary policy
4.4 ensure financial stability
4.4.1 Financial Stability
4.4.2 Payment System Stability and payments
5 The OeNB in the European System of National Banks
6 President / Governors
7 See also
8 Literature
9 links
10 Notes and references
History
1816-1818
As long as 50 years before the founding of the National Bank the Habsburgs carried out first experiments with securities in the form of paper money. Finally, in the 18th Century the issue of banknotes transferred to a state independent institution, while the issue of paper money called "Banco notes," founded in 1705 by the "Vienna City Bank" took place in 1762.
In wartime governance took back control of the money issue, so there was an inflation of Banco-Zettel 1796-1810. The state ordered the forced acceptance of paper money in private transport, which led to a fast-growing discount on bills in the market. 1799 was therefore one for 100 guilders paper money only 92 guilders in silver coins, and at the end of 1810 the value of the paper florin had fallen to 15 % of the nominal value of the Banco-Zettel. Later, the Habsburgs declared a devaluation of the Banco-Zettel in the ratio of 5:1. This act was considered by the business community as a sovereign default, which the paper money experienced a rapid devaluation.
At the end of the Napoleonic wars the Habsburg multinational state ( → Habsburg Monarchy) faced a new challenge: the restoration of a European balance. Church, the nobility, the army and the bureaucracy as elements in the Ancien Régime were not sufficient to solve this problem, a well -founded economic situation was needed. Moreover, one could not ignore readily the laws of supply and demand.
In this regard, were the first June 1816 by Emperor Francis I two patents issued (later to distinguish the "main patent" or "bank patent"), the "privileged Austrian National Bank", conceived as a public company, had to constitute itself as soon a possible, propose the emperor three of its directors for selection of the governor and take up their activity provisionally on 1 July 1816.
The National Bank had henceforth a monopoly on the issuance of paper money, which led to a slowdown in the Austrian monetary system and an increase in the value of paper money. The economy was again a solid source of money keeping constant the value of money regardless of the spending plans of the State. The equity of the Bank justified this by share issues.
Initially comprised the activities of the bank - under temporary management - the redemption of paper money and the issuance of shares. The full effectiveness attained the National Bank until after the issue of 1,000 shares and the associated possibility of shareholders to set the management themselves.
1818-1878
On 15 July 1817 recieved the National Bank as the "first Bankprivilegium" the exclusive right to unrestricted issue of banknotes and in this context a special position in terms of Rediskontgeschäfts (rediscount business). Beginning of 1818 the definitive bank management was ready. Part of it were among leading figures of Viennese society, including the banker Johann Heinrich von Geymüller and Bernard of Eskeles. From 1830 to 1837 the Office of the Governor was held by Adrian Nicholas Baron Barbier.
In the countries of the Habsburg Monarchy, which were characterized in large part by an agricultural oriented activity pattern, some regions showed a lively commercial-industrial growth. The goal now was to create a system of economic exchange between these areas. Successively established the National Bank branch network and thus guaranteed a uniform money and credit supply. From its headquarters in Vienna this network extended over early industrial areas and commercial centers in Eastern and Central Europe to the northern Mediterranean.
Trade bills and coins were preferred assets of the National Bank, less the supply of money to the state. With the exchange transactions, the National Bank supported the economic growth of the monarchy and secured at the same time the supply of silver coins in the event that the need for these increases in exchange for bank notes, contrary to expectations. 1818 was the National Bank, however, by increasing public debt, due to high spending in times of crisis, not spared to make an increase in the government debt positions on the asset side of its balance sheet.
The patent provisions of the founding of the National Bank not sufficiently secured against the autonomy of governance. At the center of the struggle for independence, this was the question of the extent to which the issue of banknotes must be made on the basis of government bonds. In 1841, a renewal of Bankprivilegiums got a weakening of the independence by pushing back the influence of the shareholders in favor of the state administration. During the revolution of 1848/49 followers of constitutional goals received great support from senior figures in the National Bank. For about a hundred years, the Austrian branch of the Rothschild bank (from which from 1855, the "Royal Privileged Austrian Credit-Institute for Commerce and Industry", the later Creditanstalt, was born) was playing a leading role in the banking center of Vienna. Salomon Mayer von Rothschild was involved during the pre-March in all major transactions of the National Bank for the rehabilitation of the state budget.
Special focus the National Bank was putting on the development of the premium that was payable at the exchange of banknotes into silver money in business dealings. The increase, which corresponded to a depreciation of the notes issued by the Bank should be prevented. From an overall state perspective, the increase of the silver premium means a deterioration in terms of the exchange ratio towards foreign countries, influencing the price competitiveness of the Austrian foreign trade adversely. The stabilization of the premium were set some limits. Although the height of the emission activitiy was depending on the Bank, but also the price of silver and the potential effects of increased government debt materially affected the silver premium. Especially the 1848 revolution and conflicts in the following years caused an increasement of the silver premium.
Mid-century, the private banking and wholesale houses were no longer able to cope with the rapidly growing financial intermediation of the Habsburg monarchy. New forms of capital formation were required. From an initiative of the House of Rothschild, the first by the government approved and private joint-stock bank was created. This formation was followed in 1863 and 1864 by two other joint-stock banks, whose major shareholders included important personalities of the aristocracy, who possessed large liquid funds. Overall, grew with these banks the money creation potential of the "financial center of Vienna".
The central bank faced another difficult task: with its limited resources it had to secure sufficient liquidity on the one hand and on the other hand prevent the inflationary expansion of the money supply. Through close contacts with the shareholders of Vienna was a financial center (informal) ballot, especially in times of crisis, easily dealt out. In contrast, it gave differences of opinion in the Fed Board, which required enforcement of decisions.
In 1861, Friedrich Schey Koromla became director of the National Bank. On 27 December 1862 experienced the Bankprivilegium another innovation. The independence of the National Bank of the State was restored and anchored. Furthermore, was introduced the direct allocation of banknotes in circulation by the system of "Peel'schen Bank Act", which states that the fixed budget of 200 million guilders exceeding circulation of banknotes must be covered by silver coins. In 1866, when the German war ended in defeat for Austria, the compliance of the system was no longer met. The state felt itself forced to pay compensation for breach of privilege. This balance was supported by a law of 1872, after the National Bank may issue notes up to a maximum of 200 million guilders and each additional payment must be fully backed by gold or silver.
1873 the economic boom of the Habsburg monarchy was represented in a long-lasting rise in the share price. A now to be expecting break could by the behavior of the Vienna Stock not be intercepted, so it came to the "Great Crash of 1873". The in 1872 fixed restrictions of the circulation of notes for a short time have been suspended. Contrary to expectations, the money supply in crisis peak but only outgrew by nearly 1% the prescribed limit in the bank acts. The banks and the industrial and commercial companies survived the crash without major losses, although the share prices significantly lay below the initial level.
The years with high growth were followed by a period of stagnation.
1878-1922
As part of the compensation negotiations between Austria and Hungary in 1867, the National Bank was able to exercise fully their Privilegialrechte, the Kingdom of Hungary but now had the certified right, every ten years exercisable, to found an own central bank (bank note). As resulted from the first 10 -year period that furthermore none of the two parts of the monarchy wanted to build an independent money-issuing bank (Zettelbank), was built on 28 June 1878, initially to 31 December 1887 limited, an Austro-Hungarian Bank, and equipped with the Fed privilege. The first privilege of the new bank was a compromise in which on the one hand, regulations on liability for national debts as well as regulations limiting the influence of the government on banking businesses were included. 1878 Gustav Leonhardt was Secretary of the Bank.
The General Assembly and the General Council formed the unit of the bank management. Two directorates and major institutions - in Vienna and Budapest - represented the dual nature of the bank. 1892-1900 followed a long discussion finally the currency conversion from guilders (silver currency) to the crown (gold standard) with "Gold Crown" said coins.
Since the new banknotes were very popular in the public, now many gold coins piled up in the vaults of the Austro-Hungarian Bank. This period was characterized by a balanced combination of price growth and damping, the "per capita national product" grew while prices remained mostly stable. Against this background, it was easy for the Fed to encourage a new wave of industrialization.
With a third privilege in 1899 conditions were established under which the bank could be put into the financial services of the two countries, on the other hand there have been important innovations that paved a good exchange policy. By 1914, the exchange ratio of the Austro-Hungarian currency was unchanged with only minor fluctuations. In contrast, was the by conflicts marked political development.
The expansive foreign policy quickly led to high costs from which had to be shouldered by the central bank a significant part. The stability of the currency was in danger. Shortly after the beginning of World War I in 1914, laid down the Military Command to indemnify any seized property with double the price. There was an increasing scarcity of goods, connected with an ongoing expansion of the money supply and finally the increase in the price level on the 16-fold.
The resulting cost of the war of the Dual Monarchy were covered to 40% on central bank loans and 60% through war bonds. Over the duration of the war, the power force built up in recent decades has been frozen at the end of the conflict in 1918, the real income of the workers had fallen to one-fifth of the last year of peace.
With the end of the war the end for the old order had come, too. The decay of Cisleithania and Transleithania caused in several successor states, despite the efforts of the central bank to maintain the order, a currency separation (see Crown Currency in the decay of the monarchy, successor states). First, a separate "Austrian management" of the bank was introduced. It was encouraged to shoulder the shortcomings of the state budget of the Republic of Austria founded in 1918.
The new South Slav state began in January 1919 stamping its crown banknotes. The newly founded Czechoslovak Republic retained the crown currency (to date), but their printed banknotes in circulation as of February 1919 with indications that now these ar Czechoslovak crowns. (The country could an inflation as experienced by Austria avoide.) In March 1919, German Austria began to stamp its crown banknotes.
The Treaty of Saint-Germain-en-Laye of 10 September 1919, by Austria on 25 October 1919 ratified and which on 16 July 1920 came into force, determined the cancellation and replacement of all crown banknotes of all successor states of Austria-Hungary as well as the complete liquidation of the Austro-Hungarian Bank under the supervision of the war winners. The last meetings of the Bank took place mid 1921 and at the end of 1922.
After a period of overvaluation of the crown the dollar rate rose from 1919 again. 1921, had to be paid over 5,000 Austrian crowns per dollar. In addition to the significant drop in the external value existed in Austria rising inflation. End of 1922 was ultimately a rehabilitation program with foreign assistance - the "Geneva Protocol" - passed which slowed down the inflation.
1922-1938
With Federal Law of 24 July 1922 the Minister of Finance was commissioned to build a central bank, which had to take over the entire note circulation plus current liabilities of the Austrian management of the Austro-Hungarian Bank. With Federal Law of 14 November 1922, certain provisions of the law were amended and promulgated the statutes of the Austrian National Bank. By order of the Federal Government Seipel I 29 December 1922, the Board of the Austrian Austro-Hungarian Bank issued authorization for the central bank union activity with 1 January 1923 have been declared extinct and was made known the commencement of operations of the Oesterreichische Nationalbank this day.
The statutes of the Austrian National Bank (OeNB) secured the independence from the state, the independence of the Bank under exclusion of external influences and the corresponding equity. First, the stabilization of the Austrian currency was at the forefront. With the Schilling Act of 20 December 1924 was the schilling currency (First Republic) with 1 Introduced in March 1925, it replaced the crown currency. For 10,000 crowns now you got a shilling.
As an important personality in terms of the order of the state budget, Dr. Victor Kienböck has to be mentioned. He was in the time from 1922 to 1924 and from 1926 to 1929 finance minister of the First Republic and from 1932 to 1938 President of the Austrian National Bank. Through his work remained the Austrian Schilling, also beyound the global economy crisis, stable. Under this condition, the Fed was able to cope with the large number of bank failures of the past.
1938-1945
According to the on 13th March issued Anschlussgesetz (annexation law) , the Reichsmark with order of the Fuehrer and Chancellor of 17 was March 1938 introduced in the country Austria and determines the course: A Reichsmark is equal to one shilling fifty pence. On the same day, the Chancellor ordered that the management of the to be liquidated National Bank was transferred to the Reichsbank.
With regulation of three ministers of the German Reich of 23 April 1938, the National Bank was established as a property of the Reichsbank and its banknotes the quality as legal tender by 25 April 1938 withdrawn; public funds had Schilling banknotes until 15th of may in 1938 to accept. All the gold and foreign exchange reserves were transferred to Berlin.
The Second World War weakened the Austrian economy to a great extent, the production force after the war corresponded to only 40% of that of 1937 (see also air raids on Austria). To finance the war, the Reichsbank brought to a high degree banknotes in circulation, which only a great victory of the kingdom (Reich) actual values would have been opposable. Since prices were strictly regulated, inflation virtually could be "banned" during the war.
1945-1998
In occupied postwar Austria about 10 billion shillings by Allied military occupying powers were initially printed, which contributed to significant price increases.
With the re-establishment of the Republic of Austria by the Austrian declaration of independence of 27 April 1945, it came to the resumption of activities of the Oesterreichische Nationalbank. By the "Fed Transition Act" of July 1945 preliminary legal regulations for the operations of the Bank have been established. The restoration of the Austrian currency was their first big job. The goal was the summary of all currencies, which at the time were in circulation, and their secondment to a new Austrian currency. The "Schilling Act" of November 1945, the basis for the re-introduction of the Schilling (Second Republic) as legal tender in Austria. The next step was to reduce excess liquidity to make necessary funds for new business investment available and to make the external value of the shilling for the development of the economy competitive. First, however, less changed the inflationary situation and also the shilling was still significantly undervalued in relation to other currencies.
The "Currency Protection Act" of 1947 brought a significant change in the monetary overhang. Some deposits have been deleted without replacement, others converted into claims against the Federal Treasury. The following exchange operations also significantly reduced the amount of cash: banknotes from 1945 were canceled and exchanged for new schilling notes in the ratio 1:3. Only 150 shillings per person could go 1-1.
To control inflation, the social partners came to the foreground. The associations of employers and employees set in 1947 prices for supplies, wages were also raised. This was the first of the five "wage-price agreements" of the social partners. In 1952, inflation was held back by limiting the use of monetary policy instruments by the National Bank. Also, the external sector slowly relaxed after the end of the Korean War.
In 1955, the Austrian National Bank was re-established by the new National Bank Act as a corporation and the by the National Bank Transition of Authorities Act (Nationalbank-Überleitungsgesetz) established provisional arragement abolished. The National Bank Act stipulated that each half of the capital should be situated at the federal government and private shareholders. In addition to the independence of bank loans of the state, the new National Bank Act also contained an order that the central bank must watch within their monetary and credit policies on the economic policies of the federal government. From now on also included within the instruments of the National Bank were the areas open market and minimum reserve policy.
The Austrian economy increasingly stabilized, through good fiscal and monetary policy a high growth could be attained, with low inflation and long-term maintenance of external equilibrium.
1960, Austria joined the European Free Trade Association and participated in the European integration.
In the sixties came the international monetary system based on gold-dollar convertibility into currency fluctuations and political reforms were necessary. First, the loosening of exchange rate adjustments between several states was an option. However, U.S. balance of payments problems brought with it restrictions on capital movements, and then the Euro-Dollar market was born. In 1971, the convertibility of the U.S. dollar was lifted.
1975 interrupted a recession increasing growth time. International unbalanced ayments caused very extensive foreign exchange movements, whereby the intervention force of Austrian monetary policy has been strongly challenged. Their task now was to control the effect of foreign exchange on domestic economic activities to stabilize the shilling in the context of constantly shifting exchange rates and to control the price rise appropriately. Since the inflow of foreign funds reached to high proportions, so that the economic stability has been compromised, the policy went the way of the independent course design in a pool of selected European currencies.
The collapse of the economy forced the policy makers to a new course with active mutual credit control, subdued wage growth, financial impulses in supply and demand, and interest rates are kept low. This system of regulation, however, kept back the need for structural change, so it had to be given up in 1979. In the same year a fire destroyed large parts of the main building of the Austrian National Bank in Vienna. The repairs lasted until 1985.
Target in the eighties was to strengthen the economic performance using a competitive power comparison. The findings from the seventies stimulated the Austrian monetary policy to align the Schilling course at the Deutsche Mark to ensure price stability in the country. In addition, the structural change was initiated by inclusion in a large area. Stable, if not necessarily comfortable environment of monetary policy was a prerequisite, to secure the companies long-term productivity gains and thus safeguard their position in the economy.
Initially, this development stood a high level of unemployment in the way. Growth until the second half of the decade increased, at the same time increased the competitiveness and current accounts could be kept in balance.
In the nineties, the annexation of Austria took place in the European Community. 1995 Austria became a member of the European Union (EU) and joined the exchange rate mechanism of the European Monetary System. In 1998, the Central Banks (ESCB) have established the independence of institutions or bodies of the European Community and the governments of the EU Member States through an amendment to the National Bank Act of the Austrian National Bank to implement the goals and tasks of the European System. Thus, the legal basis for the participation of Austria in the third stage of Economic and Monetary Union (EMU) was created in 1999.
As of 1999
The Austrian National Bank, and other national central banks including the European Central Bank ( ECB), belongs to the European System of Central Banks.
On 1 January 1999 was introduced in the third stage of Economic and Monetary Union in Austria and ten other EU Member States, the euro as a common currency. The European Central Bank is henceforth responsible for monetary and currency policy, decisions in this regard will be taken in accordance with the Council of the European Central Bank.
Since May 2010, the OeNB is in full possession of the Republic of Austria, after originally lobbies, banks and insurance companies were involved with 50 % of the share capital in it. In 2011, the National Bank Act was adapted by an amendment (Federal Law Gazette I No. 50 /2011) in this circumstance, a renewed privatization is thus excluded by law.
The OeNB as a modern central bank
With the withdrawal from the retail business in the sixties as well as the first major internationalization and implementation of a strategic management in the seventies, the OeNB went on the way to a future-oriented central bank. Another major reform of banking began at the end of the eighties.
In terms of global development, the OeNB established in 1988 as a service company and expanded its guiding values - "security, stability and trust" - to the principles of " fficiency" and "cost-consciousness". The business center was optimized and strategic business experienced through targeted improvements a reinforcement. Be mentioned as examples are intensifying domestic cooperation in the area of payments by encouraging the creation of the Society for the Study co-payments (STUZZA), the liberalization of capital movements, the professional management of foreign exchange reserves, the improvement of the supply of money through the construction of the money center and the internationalization of business activities through the establishment of representative offices in Brussels (European Union), Paris (OECD) and the financial center of New York.
After Austria's accession to the EU in 1995, the OeNB participated in the European Monetary System (EMS ) and its Exchange Rate Mechanism. The integration in the third stage of Economic and Monetary Union (EMU) was the next step towards further development of policy stability. Since the conclusion of the Maastricht Treaty, the Austrian National Bank has very fully considered its role in the ESCB and created a basis for inclusion in the community. The profound economic and monetary policy of Austria was also a reference that qualified the OeNB to actively participate in the monetary future of Europe, a greater harmonization of the statistical framework and monetary policy instruments with a view to the euro system, the preparation of the issue of European banknotes, and the establishment of operational processes and organizational integration of business processes within the ESCB being specific objectives of the OeNB.
In the following, it came, inter alia, to the establishement of an economic study department, of an education or training initiative and to strengthen the position of payment transactions through the TARGET system.
A in 1996 created "OeNB master plan" provided important points for the upcoming transition to the euro.
In May 1998, a new pension system came into force, by which new employees were incorporated into a two-pillar model.
1999, Austria's participation in the third stage of EMU was manifest. The Austrian National Bank - as part of the ESCB - became the owner of the European Central Bank and received new powers in this context in the sense of participation in the monetary policy decision-making at the level of the European Community. With the introduction of the euro, monetary policy functions of the General Council have been transferred to the Governing Council. However, the implementation remains the responsibility of national central banks.
Activities of the Oesterreichische Nationalbank were or are, for example, the further professionalization of asset management, the expansion of the network of representative offices by opening a representative office in the financial center of London, preparation of the smooth introduction of euro cash in 2002 and the participation of the OeNB on the creation of the "A-SIT" (Center for secure Information Technology Center - Austria) and the "A-Trust" (society of electronic security systems in traffic GmbH ) in order to promote security in information technology.
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August 19,2010 Committee on Civil Service and Government Reorganization chaired by Senator Antonio Trillanes IV held its organizational meeting yesterday at the Philippine National Police Custodial Center in Camp Crame, Quezon City where Senator Antonio Trillanes IV is detained in connection with the Oakwood mutiny in Makati City which was staged to dramatize their demand for the resignation of then President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, now a Congresswoman representing her district in Pampanga. Sotto and the other senators wanted to get inputs from Senator Trillanes on how to improve coordination with other committee members. ( shown in photo from left to right are : Senator Gregorio Honasan, Senate Majority Floor Leader Vicente Sotto III, Senator Antonio Trillanes IV and Senator Ferdinand Marcos, Jr. )
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What’s with Joker?
Posted: 12 Aug 2010 07:10 AM PDT
Sen. Joker Arroyo just won’t give up even if he had been reduced to stammering after he was proven wrong about his opposition to Senate Resolution 84 that seeks custody of detained Sen. Antonio Trillanes IV so could perform his duties as elected legislator.
Yesterday, Arroyo tried to block the implementation of the Senate resolution expressing the sense of the Senate “to rectify the apparent injustice” to the former military officer who dared stood up to Gloria Arroyo, by questioning the third and fourth “whereasses” in the resolution.
The third “whereas” referred to Senate Resolution No. 3 adopted on July 25, 2007 “Expressing the Sense of the Senate that Senator Trillanes IV be allowed to participate in the sessions and other functions of the Senate in accordance with the Rule of Law.”
Arroyo was adamant in his assertion that there was no 2007 Senate Resolution No. 3.
He also questioned the existence of the Nov. 11, 2008 Resolution 765 “Amending the Rules of the Senate by incorporating a rule to allow senators to participate in Senate sessions, hearings and meetings through remote or electronic means” in order to allow Trillanes, among others to participate in the sessions and other official functions of the Senate was
Trillanes’ lawyer Rey Robles gave Senate Majority Floor Leader Tito Sotto copies of the Senate records showing the existence of the two Senate resolutions.
Stammering, he still objected to Reso 84.
Probably to humor a senior colleague, Sotto deferred the filing of Reso 84 with before Makati Regional Trial Court Branch 148 next week.
It pains me to see Joker today. He was Malaya’s lawyer during the Marcos years. We owe the freedom we are enjoying now to his defense of those oppressed by the Marcos dictatorship.
But since he was elected to the Senate under Arroyo’s ticket, he has become Gloria Arroyo’s rabid defender. It’s obvious that his animosity to Trillanes has something to do with the young senator’s rebellion against Arroyo’s unelected presidency.
If Joker was a big disappointment, I admire Sen. Juan Miguel Zubiri for signing on the resolution even if Trillanes was openly supporting Koko Pimentel in the latter’s election protest for the seat that Zubiri holds.
Although Zubiri qualified his signature “subject to the approval of the court” similar to that of Frank Drilon, Chiz Escudero, Gregorio Honasan, Francis Pangilinan, and Ralph Recto, it was still a notable gesture.
Other signatories of Reso 84 were Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile, Senators Vicente Sotto III, Alan Peter Cayetano, Pia Cayetano, Jinggoy Estrada, Teofisto Guingona III, Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos, Loren Legarda, Sergio Osmena III, and Ramon “Bong” Revilla Jr.
Sen. Arroyo might want to know the sentiment of the people who blog towards his opposition to Trillanes performing his legislative duties:
Tongue-Twisted said, “Ano’ng ipinuputok ng butse ni Joker? Bigyan nga yan ng mag-asawang sampal sa punong-tenga para makalog ng konti ang utak. Kulang lang sa pansin ang huklubang ito.
“Hindi pa rin niya matanggap na siya ang isa sa mga pangunahing dahilan kaya nag-coup sila Gringo noon na nauwi sa pagkasibak niya bilang Executive Secretary ni Cory. Samantalang yung mga nag-coup nag-pushup lang.”
Parasabayan said, “Dapat naman na makapaglingkod siya sa over 11 million na bumuto sa kanya. Under the midget parang walang pag-asang makalabas si Sonny. Kay P-Noy, malaki ang pagasa niyang makalabas. Joker Arroyo is a big Joke!”
But there are also some who somewhat agree with Joker. Jerry Taclino said “The Senate stands on shaky ground airing its sentiment in favor of a colleague who faces a court case. For sure the accused senator can ably defend himself legally. Meanwhile, let him face the consequences of his action.”
At the ABS-CBN website, JVcious23 reminded Joker of his campaign slogan: What happened to ‘kapag bad ka, lagot ka!’Broken promises.
“Haaay, Joker, retire now and just take good care of your health.
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Senate seeks custody of Trillanes
Posted: 11 Aug 2010 10:32 AM PDT
The Senate has passed a resolution urging the Makati Regional Trial Court to allow them to take custody of detained Sen. Antonio Trillanes IV so he can attend sessions and perform his functions as a senator.
At least 16 senators have signed Senate Resolution No. 84 that was formally adopted Tuesday night by the upper chamber, calling for the transfer of the custody of Senator Trillanes to the Senate, so he can attend and participate in the sessions and other official functions of the Senate.
Those who signed the resolution were Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile and Senators Vicente Sotto III, Alan Peter Cayetano, Pia Cayetano, Franklin Drilon, Jinggoy Estrada, Francis “Chiz” Escudero, Teofisto Guingona III, Gregorio Honasan, Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos, Loren Legarda, Sergio Osmena III, Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan, Ralph Recto, Ramong “Bong” Revilla Jr., and Juan Miguel Zubiri.
Five senators – Drilon, Escudero, Recto, Honasan, Pangilinan and Zubiri – signed the resolution but with qualifying statements “with due respect to the court proceedings.”
Sen. Joker Arroyo asked for its recall yesterday because, he said, this would intervene in court proceedings.
Sen. Juan Ponce Enrile said it is still up to the court to decide.
“We’re just appealing… we’re part of the same government… we do not decide how the case will be resolved… we’re not saying they should do this. It’s not like that… we’re just appealing to them, so that we can work,” Enrile said.
Senator Trillanes, who clinched a Senate seat in the 2007 election with 11,189, 671 votes, thanked his Senate colleagues and welcomed the resolution, saying “it will pave the way for the correction of a long-standing travesty of justice and uphold the mandate of the Filipino people.”
Senator Trillanes, the first senator to be elected into office while in detention, continues to struggle to serve his mandate even under severe constraints. During the 14th Congress, he filed a total of 347 bills and resolutions, 19 of which were enacted into law. A little over a month after the start of the 15th Congress, he has thus far filed 270 bills.
While under incarceration, Senator Trillanes also completed his Master in Public Administration (MPA) degree from the University of the Philippines to improve his legislative skills and broaden his knowledge of public administration to better serve the people.
Senator Trillanes has been under detention since 2003 in connection with the Oakwood mutiny in Makati City which was staged to dramatize their demand for the resignation of then President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, now a congresswoman representing her district in Pampanga.
Judge Oscar Pimentel of the Makati RTC Branch 148 has denied the detained senator’s motion for a five-hour furlough so he can attend the opening of the Senate session on July 26, 2010, citing a ruling with finality of the Supreme Court in 2008 that upheld the decision of Pimentel disallowing Trillanes to participate in the Senate sessions and other legislative functions.
The Senate resolution said that despite the fact the Senator Trillanes was under detention pending the resolution of the coup d’ etat charge before the Makati court, there was a “clear and unmistakable mandate of the electorate for him to serve as one of their elected representatives at the Senate.”
A similar resolution had been adopted by the Senate in 2007 urging the courts to allow Senator Trillanes to discharge his legislative duties.
It also cited the five official decisions adopted by the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU), an organization composed of 155 lawmakers from different countries, urging the Philippine government to release Trillanes or allow him to attend Senate sessions to “enable him exercise his mandate in a meaningful way.”
The resolution also pointed out that the “offenses with which Senator Trillanes is charged are political offenses. Thus, he is properly classified as a political prisoner under the International Laws.”
“[W]e urge the Judiciary, through the Regional Trial Court of Makati-Branch 148, to rectify the apparent injustice by allowing the temporary transfer of the custody of… Senator Trillanes from the Philippine National Police (PNP) Custodial Center to the Senate, particularly the Office of the Senate Sergeant-at-Arms (OSSA), while the Senate is in session,” the senators said in the resolution.