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of Winnipeg Jets hockey. The Filipino Journal is back to cover Winnipeg Jets the Jets and get you up to speed for Report the upcoming season. There are new faces, new foes, and a whole by Derick Ramos lot of excitement in store for all you die-hard Jets fans. Winnipeg will be welcoming some new opponents to the MTS Centre. The Jets will move from the Eastern Conference to the Western Conference and play out s kids head back to school morning, summer is coming to an of the Central Division. Some and the air becomes more abrupt end. Fortunately, there is new rivalries will be formed crisp and cool in the some relief on the way in the form as teams such as the defending Stanley Cup champions Chicago Blackhawks and the Minnesota Wild will be battling it out for division supremacy. Playing out of the West will also allow the Jets to renew some old Canadian rivalries with the Edmonton
Winnipeg Jets 2013-2014 Season Preview
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Oilers, Vancouver Canucks, and the Calgary Flames. The summer for the Winnipeg Jets front office was a busy one as they were able to lock up Bryan Little and Blake Wheeler to long term deals solidifying their top line with captain Andrew Ladd. Defenseman Zach Bogosian also inked a deal for seven years. The Jets did lose forward Alexander Burmistrov to the KHL in Russia but managed to trade for former 30 goal scorer Devin Setoguchi from the Minnesota Wild. Back to school is the theme around this time of year and some new Jets prospects will try to make the grade and crack coach Claude Noel’s roster. Centre Mark Scheifele seems poised to finally make the team after spending the
past two years in the OHL with the Barrie Colts. Last year’s first round pick Jacob Trouba could round out the defensive core while 2013 first round selection Josh Morrissey will be learning the ropes in training camp. There will be plenty to watch out for this upcoming NHL season as the Winnipeg Jets will try to make the transition to the Western Conference. If the team can stay healthy, get some solid goaltending from Ondrej Pavelec, and possibly a breakout season from Evander Kane, the Jets may finally make the playoffs for the first time since moving from Atlanta. Filipino Journal Prediction: Jets finish 8th in Western Conference
Senate finally approves FOI bill
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fter being approved in the Senate during the last Congress but failing to get the same approval at the House of Representatives, the proposed Freedom of Information (FOI) bill was approved by a joint panel in the Senate on Wednesday after holding only two hearings. The FOI bill seeks to institute transparency and accountability in government by ensuring reasonable access to public documents and information. While the bill, if enacted into law, would allow access to government records, it also contains some exemptions and safeguards on
information concerning national security, bargaining position of the country in international transactions or when it would jeopardize criminal investigation, among others. Senator Grace Poe, head of the Senate committee on public information and mass media said a committee report on the approved bill will now be routed to members of the committees for signature before it will be submitted for plenary debates. The senator added that they were determined to submit a committee report on the floor on September 24, sponsor it for plenary debates
on September 25 and hopefully gets the approval of the chamber within the year. The senator further said that the controversial “right of reply” provision was not included in the approved measure. The provision mandates media organizations to allow officials to respond to reports that were obtained through the FOI requests.
Angara praises signing of Anti-Bullying Law President Benigno S. Aquino III has recently approved the law against bullying in schools. Aquino signed Republic Act No 10627 or the Anti-Bullying Act of 2013, as Senator Juan Edgardo “Sonny” Angara lauded the President, calling it a huge step in protecting our children from the earliest forms of violence. The law defines bullying as any severe or repeated use by one or more students of a written, verbal or electronic expression, or a physical act or gesture, or any combination thereof, directed at another student that has the effect of actually causing or placing the latter in reasonable fear of physical or emotional harm or
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damage to his property, creating a hostile environment at school for the other students. Angara, one of the principal authors of the anti-bullying bill, admitted that his own son was a victim of bullying in school. According to the senator, a study conducted by Plan International and UNICEF on Violence Against Children in Public Schools in the
Philippines in 2009 revealed that four out of 10 children in Grades 1 to 3, and seven out of 10 in both Grades 4 to 6 and high school have experienced some kind of violence in school.
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