May 1, 2017 at 4:31 pm

What are the names of the creator of LiteracyBase? What are the names of the poeple who composed the admins? Anyone knows here?

April 30, 2017 at 3:09 pm

There is a mystery and something fishy going on in LiteracyBase.  I already email the admins 2x or twice about the non-payment of my 1^st redemption.

I have not recieved any reply whatsoever. I repeat I have not received no reply whatsoever. I am going to make a redemption today and this will be my second redemption although I’m not paid yet for my first redemption.

If on or before May 15, 2017, I will not recieved any payment or even 1 cent for that matter, then I have no other recourse but to leave LiteracyBase as I intimated before.

I have given the admins sufficient time and my patience is getting thin.

We do not even know the name of the creator of LiteracyBase or the names of the Administratror of Literacybase which is highly irregular and highly suspicious under the circumstances. What are they hiding?

But rest assured that anything that is happening inside Literacybase will surely be disclose in other forum in the social media. Mark my word on that.

Writing is not all about money and this is much is true—staying here in LiteracyBase is all about trust and confidence.

At this stage, I don’t have any trust and confidence to the unknown and undisclosed name of LiteracyBase creator, much less the name or names of its Administrator and I’m not expecting any payment whatsoever.

If Literacy base will not pay me for my 1^st and 2^nd redemption then I’ll just consider the amount owing to me by LiteracyBase as my own personal donation to whoever is the creator of this website and to whoever is the administrator of this website.

Sincerely,

Arnold Cruz

April 22, 2017 at 1:52 am

Hi Mathews,

   You are right. Single parenting is becoming a worldwide phenomenon in contrast to the ordinary and normal parenthood that we used to know.

The traditional conception of parenthood is that of both father and mother raising and teaching their child or children in a regular family nucleus.

Single parenthood in the long run for sure will have a very far-reaching implication to our traditional conception of the family as well as on how we raise our children.

The same will have an impact on the physical, psychological and emotional growth of the child in comparison with having both father and mother in one’s personality development.

Financially or economically speaking, there will be a financial or economic hardship if you are the only one raising your kids.

Further, the child needs a good role model during his or her growing or younger years which a single parent most often than not cannot give unlike when both father and mother are around and shares the responsibility and joy of parenthood.

April 21, 2017 at 3:34 am

Hi happsingh,

You are not the only one. I myself is not being paid for my redemption that I made before the end of March 2017.

I already e-mail supports twice already but there is not even a single reply on my queries as a matter of simple business courtesy.

I do not know what’s goin on in support. It’s good that soem of our fellow writers are getting paid; but for us writer who are experiencing these hassle it is a big disappointment. We are not recieving much here but even a simple courtesy to answer regarding my queries remains unasnswered.
I hope there someone out there in support that is reading this.

Your behavior there in support for not answering my queries is not acceptable. I am not happy with you.

I am already thinking to leave Literacybase. This is not a good place to write.

April 17, 2017 at 5:54 pm

Hi Cely or Erly Maglangit,

I will reproduced here your groundless, baseless, malicious, unprofessional and unethical allegations that you levelled against me, you stated:

“1. The blogs relate about cases and names of defendants and plaintiffs are mentioned ; thereby, violations of secrecy of the Philippine Constitution and under the crime management for all cases kept in the legal offices are kept confidential, but why is it that they are posted ere, What if one family member or relatives happened to be a member here or those who might read by circumstance those blogs in Twitter, Facebook , e Blogger and more. This site will be sanctioned for conspiracy and for using those confidential cases exposed here in this blog site.

For me, it is a crime.All cases filed in the Legal offices are kept in vaulted cabinets, but where on earth could those be just simply and ordinarily posted here ? Are those approved without thinking those 22 blogs of the same title and of the same scenario pending case in the courts of law?”

Questions:

1. Alleged violations of the “secrecy” of the Philippine Constitution?
What PARTICULAR ARTICLE AND SECTION OF THE PHILIPPINE CONSTITUTION ARE YOU REFERRING TO? Please cite the particular section from Article I to Article XVIII of the Philippine Constitution???

Answer: The truth of the matter is that there is no such section, article or provision in the 1987 Philippine Constitution about your NON-EXISTENT AND FICTIONALIZED “SECRECY OF THE PHILIPPINE CONSTITUTION” about these criminal cases.

2. Alleged violation of “crime management of all cases kept in the legal offices are confidential”?

Answer: The SOURCE OR REFERENCE of these DECIDED CRIMINAL CASES is the OFFCIAL WEBSITE OF THE PHILLIPINE SUPREME COURT WHICH ARE MATTER OF PUBLIC RECORD OR OPEN TO THE PUBLIC where anyone and the public at large could access, read and see. Where is the confidentiality there when it is the SUPREME COURT ITSELF WHO PUBLISHED IN ITS WEBSITE THESE CRIMINAL CASES TO BE READ BY THE PUBLIC?

3. Alleged LiteracyBase site sanctioned for conspiracy and for using those confidential cases exposed here in this blog site.

Answer: These criminal cases ARE NOT CONFIDENTIAL ANYMORE SINCE IT WAS ALREADY DECIDED BY THE SUPREME COURT LONG TIME AGO, FINAL AND EXECUTORY AND IT IS THE PHILIPPINE SUPREME COURT ITSELF WHO PUBLISHED THESE CRIMINAL CASES IN ITS OFFICIAL WEBSITE. Are you trying to say that the Philippine Supreme Court itself has violated the rule on confidentiality?

Who will sanction LiteracyBase, the Philippine Supreme Court who itself published these criminal cases in its offcial website which publication was the very source and basis of my blog “Justice Delayed Is Justice Denied”?

4. Alleged crime committed by me and alleged pending case in court of law.

Answer: DO NOT MISLEAD THE WRITERS AND READERS in LiteracyBase they are wise and intelligent enough to know the Truth from Falsehood. These criminal cases ARE ALREADY DECIDED CASES BY THE SUPREME COURT OF THE PHILIPPINES THE HIGHEST COURT OF THE LAND. THESE CASES ARE LONG FINAL AND EXECUTORY AND THEREFORE NO LONGER PENDING IN THE COURT OF LAW AS YOU WRONGLY AND MISLEADINGLY CLAIM.

Therefore, where is the crime that I allegedly committed side by side with the exercise of my Right To Freedom of Expression, Freedom of Speech, Freedom of the Press, my Right To Seek, Recieve and Impart Information and Ideas Through Any Media And Regardless of Frontier, as well as the exercise of my Right and Responsibility as a Writer and as a Journalist when I wrote these blogs?

Sincerely,

Arnold Cruz

April 17, 2017 at 4:26 pm

Hi Cely,

Danger of conspiracy by whom? What do you mean by conspirasy? LiteracyBase in danger of what?

Questions:

1. Who is the one sowing wild rumours and baseless intrigue concerning my Blog entitled “Justice Delayed Is Justice Denied”? You.

2. Who is the one who did not first verify all the facts and circumstances concerning the source of my blog before writing the above-discussion? You.

3. Who is the one violating the Code of Ethics or Canon of Journalism with regards to his or her fellow writers and journalist? You.

4. Who is the one who has no knowledge about the Philippine Laws concerning the Constitutional Right of Freedom of Speech, Freedom of Expression, Freedom of the Press, and the Right of People To Information On Matters Of Public Concern? (Sec. 4 and Sec. 7, Art. III Bill of Rights, 1987 Philippine Constitution). You.

5. Who is now putting LiteracyBase into bad light? You.

Sincerely,

Arnold Cruz

April 17, 2017 at 4:08 pm

Hi everyone in LiteracyBase,

Just a gentle reminder to everyone here in LiteracyBase concerning ARTICLE 19 OF THE UNIVERSAL DECLARATIONS ON HUMAN RIGHTS IN RELATION TO FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION, FREEDOM OF SPEECH AND FREEDOM OF THE PRESS in relation to any blog that may be posted here in LiteracyBase:

“ARTICLE 19

Everyone has the RIGHT OF FREEDOM OF OPINION AND EXPRESSION; this right includes FREEDOM TO HOLD OPINIONS WITHOUT INTERFERENCE AND TO SEEK, RECIEVE, AND IMPART IMFORMATION AND IDEAS THROUGH ANY MEDIA AND REGARDLESS OF FRONTIER.”

I am exercising my right under Article 19 of the Universal declaration of Human Rights and under my Freedom of Expression, Freedom of Speech and Freedom of the Press as a writer and journalist when I write the Blog titled “Justice Delayed Is Justice Denied” to show and prove and expose the unreasonable delay going on in the disposition or termination of criminal cases in my country in the Philippines and to further prove that there are so many person accused of crimes still suffering or languishing in jail throughout the Philippines until their pending criminal cases are finally resolve by the Supreme Court.

I further write these series of Blog so as to impress once again that these accused have the Constitutional Right to Speedy Trial under the 1987 Philippines Constitution that must be respected.

In so doing, and in all honesty and in my conscience as a writer and as a journalist worthy of his profession, I did not compromised the reputation of anyone or any party to the case for that matter contrary to the malicious and libelous and wild accusations being leveled against me.

My conscience is clear, I did not betray my profession as a writer and as a journalist and in all humility I know that truth and justice is on my side.

Sincerely,

Arnold Cruz

April 17, 2017 at 3:42 pm

Hi Cely,

Again as a brotherly advise and as a gentle reminder as  fellow practitioner in the writing profession, let me refresh your mind regarding the CODE OF ETHICS OR CANON OF JOURNALISM:

I. RESPONSIBILITY;

II. FREEDOM OF THE PRESS;

III. INDEPENDENCE;

IV. SINCERITY, TRUTHFULNESS, ACCURACY;

V. IMPARTIALITY;

VI. FAIRPLAY AND DECENCY.

Sincerely,

Arnold Cruz

Reference: http://ethics.iit.edu/ecodes/node/4457

April 17, 2017 at 3:30 pm

Hi Cely,

You can read each and every criminal cases that I used as case references from Part 1 up to the last part of my Blog entitled “Justice Delayed Is Justice Denied” in the aformentioned Official Website of the Philippine Supreme Court.

For sure, you will be able to read all of these criminal cases in the aforementioned Official Website of the Philippine Supreme Court since as I already adverted to ALL OF THEM ARE MATTER OF PUBLIC RECORD OPEN TO THE PUBLIC TO SEE AND READ AND ARE NOT CONFIDENTIAL IN NATURE WITH REGARDS TO THE PARTIES INVOLVED.

I am trusting Cely, that you will go to the Official Website of the Supreme Court and see for yourself THAT INDEED THESE CRIMINAL CASES ARE MATTER OF PUBLIC RECORD AND NOT CONFIDENTIAL IN NATURE WITH REGARDS TO THE PARTIES INVOLVED.

I further trust that you will report your findings in all honesty under the Canons of Journalism here in LiteracyBase and in the interest of FAIRNESS, TRUTH AND JUSTICE.

Sincerely,

Arnold Cruz

April 17, 2017 at 3:17 pm

Hi Cely,

To proved my point that all the criminal cases published as part of the Jurisprudence by the Philippine Surpeme Court in their website ARE NOT CONFIDENTIAL IN NATURE BUT RATHER A MATTER OF PUBLIC RECORD, MEANING OPEN TO THE PUBLIC TO SEE AND READ, I am reproducing below SECTION 7, ARTICLE III BILL OF RIGHTS  of the 1987 PHILIPPINE CONSTITUTION, to wit:

“Section 7. The RIGHT OF THE PEOPLE TO INFORMATION ON MATTERS OF PUBLIC CONCERN SHALL BE RECOGNIZED. Access to offcial records, and to documents, and papers pertaining to official acts, transactions, or DECISIONS, as well as to government research data used as basis for policy development, SHALL BE AFFORDED THE CITIZEN, subject to such limitations as may be provide by law.”

Aside from the publication of the Decision of the Philippine Supreme Court ON THEIR OWN WEBSITE it is also published in the Philippine Official Gazette.

I am providing herein the link ot the Official Website of the Philippine Surpeme Court so that you will know Cely, and for the benifit of all the readers and members of LiteracyBase that all the criminal cases that I cited in my Blog “Justice Delayed Is Justice Denied” ARE ALL MATTER OF PUBLIC RECORD AND ARE NOT CONFIDENTIAL IN NATURE WITH REGARDS TO THE PARTIES INVOLVED IN THESE CRIMINAL CASES.

Here is the link to the Official Website of the Jurisprudence of the Philippine Supreme Court:http://sc.judiciary.gov.ph/jurisprudence/

Sincerely,

Arnold Cruz

April 17, 2017 at 2:34 pm

Hi Cely,

Thank you for your concern although it is misplaced. Thank you also for your correction regarding the apparent “grammatical error” although I did not make or appoint you as my grammar teacher. I do not need any insult or sarcasm from you.

Now to get directly to the apparent issues that you are raising:

1. The basis of all the posting titled “Justice Delayed Is Justice Denied” are all the DECIDED CASES OF THE PHILIPIPNE SUPREME COURT. Being ALL DECIDED CASES meaning FINAL AND EXECUTORY all of them are published in the website of the Philippine Supreme Court itself.

These decided cases are all MATTER OF PUBLIC RECORD AND AS SUCH ARE NOT CONFIDENTIAL AT ALL. You could easily see that I cited all the Tiltle of the Criminal Cases as well as all their links.

It is is the right of every Filipinos under the Philippine Constitution to have access on all government records which is imbued with public interest. Among these PUBLIC RECORD are the Decision of the Supreme Court. IT WAS THE SUPREME COURT ITSELF THAT PUBLISHED ALL THE CRIMINAL CASES THAT I USED IN MY BLOG IN THEIR OWN VERY WEBSITE. You could easily verify these criminal cases if you just follow the link. THAT’S PRECISELY THE REASON WHY I CITED ALL THE CASES REFERENCE TITLE AS WELL AS ALL THE LINKS so that the reader may verify and see for himself or herself these cases.

IF THESE CRIMINAL CASES ARE CONFIDENTIAL IN NATURE then the SURPEME COURT ITSELF WILL NOT PUBLISH IT IN THEIR WEBSITE THESE CRIMINAL CASES for the public to read. I am part of that public and I read myself these criminal cases OPENLY from the SUPREME COURT WEBSITE ITSELF.

I did not violate any existing laws whatsoever. The contents of my posting are my own personal analysis on why there is “justice delayed justice denied’ in these cited criminal cases.

I encourage you to consult with your lawyer friend about all the things that you’ve written in your discussion titled “This site may be in danger of conspiracy” as well as your baseless and wild and insulting accusation level against me.

I also request that you post here the advise given to you by your lawyer- friend.

We are all writers here in Literacybase and are all bound by the Canons of Journalism. Respect begot respect.

I took offense with regards to the tenor or tone of your imputation against all my posting in “Justice Delayed Is Justice Denied” to the extent that you are imputing on my part the commission of crimes. I invite your attention that such baseless, groundless and insulting remarks on your part directed against me are LIBELOUS IN NATURE under the LAW ON LIBEL for which you may be prosecuted.

Just a brotherly advise Cely, you need to study the law on the things you are talking about BEFORE you posted the above discussion or better still, the wise thing to do is for you to first get any legal advise before you write down the above discussion. But it is now too late since the damage was already done to my reputation as a decent and well-meaning writer here in LiteracyBase in the eyes of our fellow writers and members.

Again, I took offense as a decent and well-meaning writer and I demand a public apology, otherwise I have no recourse but to institute a possible libel suit against you.

Sincerely,

Arnold Cruz

April 17, 2017 at 8:01 am

I hope so. I made the redemption a day or two days before the end of March. My Paypal is updated cuz I just recieved payments two days ago from the other website that I’m writing for.

Thanks for your concern and comment Michelle.

April 17, 2017 at 5:34 am

Hi everyone,

I hope it’s my turn to recieved my redemption. I already e-mailed the Admins twice already but until today April 17, 2017 I haven’t recieved any single cents.

I made my redemption last 29 March 2017 or thereabout and per their own representation we are supposed to recived payment on or before the 15th of every month once you reached the minimum amount.

I’m not sure if the Admins is serious with their own rule.

April 13, 2017 at 5:09 am

Hi Peeush,

   You are right. Reading a book is always like a journey and travel. It has a beginning, a middle part and the end.

We begin reading any kind of book with excitement and anticipation for we do not really know what to expect. As the saying goes we cannot simply judge a book by its cover until we read the last page.

The author of any books takes us to the many twist and turns of the plot of the story most especially books of fiction. There’s sometimes the climax and anti-climax of the story and sometimes a surprise in the end that we never ever expected.

Sometimes reading a book is like a minds game, a puzzle or like walking inside a maze. We grow with the book that we are reading and treat the book and the story contained in it as a real, living persons or real events—sort of a friend walking with us along the way of life.

But just like any other things in this life, sometimes and as most often do happens, some good things never last.

When we reached the last page of the book that we are reading there is this sense of accomplishment and achievement and mix with it is the parting time—the time to say goodbye to the book we are holding in our hands and to the story that was created in our minds.

Yes, I know there is a nostalgic feeling about this…but we need to move on… to read another book… and enter again and again into another magical world on and on and on…

• This reply was modified 7 years, 8 months ago by  Arnold Cruz.

April 11, 2017 at 11:23 am

Hi to all,

The same situation applies to me. I made a redemption last 28 March 2017 and its already 11 April 2017 and I have not recieved any amount yet in my Pay Pal account.

I already contacted the Administration through e-mail regarding this issue.

I’m looking forward that all of us who are similarly situated on this matter or issue will find a favorable resolution to everyone’s satisfaction.

Money is not everything for us writers who simply love to write for the sake of writing and sharing our thoughts or ideas.

However, true to the saying that the workers are always entitled to the fruits of his or her labor, we as writers are entitled to even a small consolation.

It is always this anticipation for our labor richly rewarded that always sweetens all our hardwork as writers in a manner of saying.

We are all writers here and practitioners of the writing profession. If we want to give the writing profession the decency and respect that it ought to command, then a simple consolation for our labor is in order.

I’m just looking forward that this kind of episode or incident will not be repeated in the near future.

I further hope that this plea will not fall on deaf ears and read by blind eyes.