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• Bar exam topnotcher: Nagulat ako kasi di naman ako ganun kagaling

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By Jamaine Punzalan, dzmm.com.ph | 10:25 PM 03/26/2015

• Hindi pa rin makapaniwala si Irene Mae Alcobilla na siya ang tinanghal na topnotcher sa 
  
  Sa panayam ng DZMM, ibinahagi ng San Beda Law graduate ang inisyal na reaksyon 
• nang malaman ang resulta.
• 2014 Bar examinations sa gradong 85.5%. 

Published on Mar 25, 2015

Si Irene Mae Alcobilla ng San Beda College of Law - Manila ang topnotcher sa 2014 Bar examinations. Nakakuha ng 85.5% si Alcobilla. Inamin niyang hindi niya ito inaasahan lalo't hindi siya nakatulog noong gabi bago ang bar exam.

"Hindi ko po mailarawan. Hindi ko pa rin po kasi ma-absorb e. Basta po, sobrang saya ko po talaga. Narinig ko lang po kasi hindi ko po tiningnan. Thank you po talaga, thank you po, Lord," ani Alcobilla.

Unang nabalitaan ni Alcobilla ang exam results sa messaging application na Viber pero, "Hindi pa rin ako makapaniwala. Akala ko joke lang."

Ikinagulat at hindi anya niya inasahang mangunguna siya sa Bar exam lalo't nahirapan siya at libo-libo silang kumuha nito.

"Kasi po noong Bar Exam, hindi po ako nakatulog. Sobrang laki po talaga ng problema ko," ani Alcobilla. "Sobrang hirap po ng exam. Pero sinabi ko na lang na nakasagot naman ako doon. May sense naman ang sagot ko e, sabi ko papasa na ako doon, parang ganun."

"Sobrang nagulat po talaga ako kasi hindi naman po kasi ako ganun kagaling."

Isang araw bago inanunsyo ang resulta ng Bar exams, nag-post sa Facebook si Alcobilla ng: "I declare that tomorrow my dream will come true in Jesus name. Amen. 3.26.15"

Nabatid na tubong-San Remigio, Antique si Alcobilla at nagtapos na magna cum laude sa West Visayas State University sa kursong political science.

Sinasabing nasawi ang ina at kapatid nito sa Bagyong Frank noong 2009 dahil malapit sa ilog ang kanilang bahay.

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John Donovan invited by Irish Justice Minister to provide evidence to Irish Police Ombudsman Commission

John Donovan invited by Irish Justice Minister to provide evidence to Irish Police Ombudsman Commission

Mar 25th, 2015

by John Donovan. 

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John Donovan, Co-founder Royal Dutch Shell Plc.com

Email sent by John Donovan to Garda Slochana Ombudsman Commission (GSOC) 25 March 2015

SHELL CORRUPTION OF IRISH POLICE AS ADMITTED BY ITS AGENT/CONTRACTOR: OSSL

Dear Sirs

I attach for your information a copy of a letter dated 12 March 2015 from Ms Frances Fitzgerald, T.D., Irish Minister for Justice and Equality, addressed to Mr Bernard J Durkan TD. 

This is similar in content to replies sent recently to other T.D’s – all of whom kindly took this matter up with the Minister on my behalf, who has now invited me to supply the GSOC with evidence.

I want to keep this simple, so I will restrict my comments to one item of evidence which has already been supplied, but not acted upon, plus important items of evidence that have emerged since the GSOC Report published in July 2014.

The item of evidence already supplied is an OSSL VAT invoice to Shell EP Ireland detailing the procurement and delivery of free alcohol given to the Garda at the express instruction of Shell.

If in fact no alcohol was purchased and delivered, then the raising of a false VAT invoice sent to Shell demanding payment must surely constitute a crime?

Please note that Shell has admitted receiving the invoice and has not denounced it as being false.

Have Irish VAT officers investigated the authenticity of the OSSL invoice for alcohol apparently purchased in Northern Ireland and transported (smuggled?) across the border?

If not, why not? 

Strange tale of Shell’s pipeline battle, the Gardaí and £30,000 of booze

If the invoice is fictitious and the related OSSL allegations false, OSSL directors would by now have been arrested and charged for forging a VAT invoice and using it in an attempt to blackmail its former client, Shell EP Ireland. 

THE NEW EVIDENCE NOT YET CONSIDERED BY THE GSOC

I did bring this new information to the attention of the Garda in my email to Supt. Patrick Diskin dated 16 November 2014.  I received a response from him two days later in which he advised that he had forwarded the correspondence to Superintendent Joseph McKenna. I heard nothing further from the Garda despite the importance of the information I supplied.

I can only assume that the blackmail allegations were unfounded, otherwise why have they not been taken up by Shell or the police? OSSL have always insisted on their innocence on that score, but have admitted to distributing bribes to the Garda and other parties on behalf of Shell in respect of the Corrib Gas Project. 

THE EVIDENCE

A 42 minute covertly recorded consultation between senior lawyer Mr Marc Fitzgibbon, representing Dublin Solicitors Lavelle, and their then clients, Mr Desmond Kane and Mr Neil Rooney representing OSSL

The audio file can be accessed here

An associated transcript of the covertly recorded consultation.

(Some of the more interesting parts are highlighted in red text.)

Related emails from Marc Fitzgibbon about the non-existent police alcohol.

A letter marked “Private & Confidential” dated 21 October 2014sent to Desmond Kane of OSSL by Marc Fitzgibbon. The letter details telephone calls Lavelle received from Shell requesting a conference call with Mr Fitzgibbon, to include several Shell staff, including specifically Michael Crothers, the CEO of Irish Shell. This was immediately after I threatened to publish the covertly recorded discussion.

The telephone calls suggest that the existence of the covertly recorded consultation with Marc Fitzgibbon, in which the subject of alcohol given to the Irish police was raised over 60 times, triggered a panicked response from Shell.

All of this fuss over alcohol that the Irish authorities claim never existed.

Yours sincerely

John Donovan

THE LETTER FROM IRISH JUSTICE MINISTER FRANCES FITZGERALD DATED 12 MARCH 2015

UPDATE THURSDAY 26 MARCH 2015

EXTRACT FROM POSTING ON SHELL BLOG IN RESPONSE TO ABOVE ARTICLE

Dear Mr Donovan,

It would appear you are not aware that the Minister and the Police Commissioner together with past and present CEOs of Shell Ireland are stifling the passing of the key information that proves beyond a doubt that the alcohol was sent by Shell and received by named police officers.

EXTRACT ENDS

An acknowledgement email dated 26 March 2015 has been received from the Private Secretary of the Irish Minister for Justice and Equality. 

I wish to acknowledge receipt of your email.
__________________
Christopher Quattrociocchi
Private Secretary

We now have a speedy response from the Irish Police Ombudsman Commission

Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission

From: Ciaran Kelly

To: “johndonovan”
Subject: GSOC REF: 780242-03-15
Date: 26 March 2015 11:13:12 GMT

GSOC REF: 780242-03-15
(Please quote this reference no. when contacting the GSOC)

26 March 2015

Dear Mr Donovan

I am directed by the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (“GSOC”) to acknowledge receipt of your correspondence dated 26 March 2015.

The content of your correspondence will be considered and an admissibility determination made if the information you have provided fits the criteria for a complaint. If however additional information is required we will write to you once asking specific questions. We will give you some time to answer the questions but there will be a deadline after which GSOC will review the file and may decide to close it at that point.

We will be in contact with you again in the near future. In the meantime I am enclosing an Information Leaflet which tells you about the first steps in the complaints process.

Should you wish to receive correspondence by post please respond to this email with your postal address details.

Please do not hesitate to contact the office if you have any queries in relation to the matter.

Yours sincerely
________________
Ciaran Kelly

Case Officer | Garda Ombudsman | 150 Upper Abbey Street | Dublin 1
01-8716637
Garda Ombudsman

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Royal Dutch Shell cuts IT contractor pay rates by 15%: Accept or face termination!

Royal Dutch Shell cuts IT contractor pay rates by 15%: Accept or face termination!

Mar 25th, 2015

by John Donovan. 

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An article published 25 March 2015 byContractorUK.comunder the headline:

Royal Dutch Shell cuts IT contractor pay rates

Royal Dutch Shell has reduced pay for IT contractors, telling such temporary technology workers to lower their rates by 15% or face termination.

The Angel-Dutch oil giant told ContractorUK that current market volatility has made the need to reduce costs “across our business” more urgent.

But a Shell spokesman suggested that the company hasn’t just singled out IT contractors, as it is currently “pursuing a number of [other] initiatives to manage costs”.

He declined to be drawn on how Shell arrived at the figure of 15% as the cut IT contractors have been asked to make, even when reminded that BP has reduced rates by the same margin.

The cuts for IT contractors at both companies come after a prolonged fall in the oil price, which has more than halved since the summer of 2014.

In its latest financial report, Shell reflected: “Prolonged periods of low oil and gas prices… could result in projects being delayed or cancelled and/or in the impairment of some assets

“They may also impact our ability to maintain our long-term investment programme.”

The Shell spokesman said the thinking behind the rate reduction was to “improve the competitive performance of the business, in accordance with our global corporate strategy.”

The spokesman added: “This includes working with our contractors to identify opportunities to improve efficiency and performance.”

But one affected Shell contractor working at the company’s Projects & Technology unit doesn’t feel like he’s been treated like much of a partner.

“We have just 2 days to accept [the 15% rate cut] or our contract is up”, he said.

“Little does the CEO know that I [am going to] leave… [so] it should be interesting to see what happens.”

For those IT contractors thinking of fighting the rate reduction, a contracts lawyer cautioned that there was little chance that Shell has left itself exposed.

“It depends on the terms of the contract; but if Shell has a right to terminate the contract on ‘X’ days notice (or by immediate notice), then they also have the right to say the following:

“‘you have ‘X’ days to consider whether or not to accept this change, and if you do not accept it then your contract will end,’” said Roger Sinclair, a legal consultant at egos.

The Shell spokesman said: “Shell seeks to maintain competitive rates for products and services, commensurate with relevant market developments.”

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Anti-Shell Protest at White House

Anti-Shell Protest at White House

Mar 25th, 2015

by John Donovan. 

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From an article by Liz Ruskin published 24 March 2015 by Alaska Public Media under the headline:

26th Anniversary of Exxon Spill Prompts anti-Shell Protest at White House

It’s the 26th anniversary of America’s second largest oil spill, when an Exxon tanker leaving Valdez Arm ran aground, leaking 11 million gallons of North Slope Crude into Prince William Sound. In Washington D.C., environmental activists marked the occasion with a demonstration in front of the White House. Their message was less about Exxon and tanker safety than it was about Shell and its plans to drill in the Chukchi Sea.

“Hey, Obama: Yes you can! Stop Shell Oil’s dirty plan,” the crowd chanted.

Dozens of people gathered at lunchtime outside the White House fence. They carried big photos of oiled animals and signs that say “oil kills” and “I heart Arctic.” No one wore a polar bear suit, but there was a girl cocooned in a giant sandpiper costume. She says she’s Liszka Bessenyey, of Anchorage.

“I’m 15-years-old,” Bessenyey said, from inside the bird suit. “I’m a freshman at Service High School.”

Many of the demonstrators work at Washington-based environmental groups. Others, like the sandpiper, were in the capital for “wilderness week” an annual campaign on Capitol Hill to advance environmental priorities. One speaker at the megaphone was Allison Warden, an Inupiaq performance artist with roots in Kaktovik.

“My people will no longer be Inupiaq because we won’t be able to live off the land and off the water in the way that we’ve been,” Warden said. “So, every single one of you listening here, it’s important for you to stand up.”

Inupiaq leaders, including North Slope Borough Mayor Charlotte Brower, were just in Washington, arguing in favor of Arctic development, including oil drilling in the Arctic Refuge. ButWarden says the people she talks to are worried that drilling offshore will disrupt the whale migration, particularly if there’s a spill.

“It would permanently change our relationship to the ocean and to the animals,” Warden said. “They would be in a different state. And our culture that revolves around the whale would no longer be the same.”

Shell has said it wants to return to drill in the Chukchi Sea this summer but it has several legal and logistical hurdles to clear. The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management is expected to announce within the week its record of decision on Lease Sale 193, which includes Shell’s leases in the Chukchi, following a lawsuit. Assuming the leases are reaffirmed, it’s not the final green light.

“Shell still needs to get an exploration plan approval and the permits that are associated with that,” says Peter Van Tuyn, an Anchorage environmental lawyer — and the father of the giant sandpiper girl. He’s closely following Shell’s permitting process, on alert for flaws.

“The exploration plan should be a major hurdle, absolutely, because there are such fundamental challenges to drilling in the Arctic and that’s the place where those specific challenges need to be addressed in the permitting scheme,” he said.

Shell has repeatedly said it won’t resume its Arctic drilling program unless it’s sure it can do so safely and responsibly.

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