Own the Interview: 10 Questions to Ask
by Larry Buhl, for Yahoo! HotJobs
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For many job seekers an interview can seem too much like an inquisition. That's usually because they're doing all the answering and none of the asking.
"Somewhere in the interview you have a chance to impress the employer on your own terms and see if the job is a good fit for you," says Florida-based career coach and executive recruiter Jonathan Milligan. "And you absolutely should take this opportunity. By asking the right questions you can determine if the job is right for you and also show you're engaged and interested in the job."
Employment experts identify five key question areas where you can gain insight, put yourself in a good light, and take some control in the interview.
Identify their pain.
* "What is one of the biggest problems the company faces that someone with my background could help alleviate?"
* "If I started in this job tomorrow, what would be my two most pressing priorities?"
Find out where the company is going.
* "Where do you see this department/company in five years?"
* "What are the long and short term goals of the company/department/work group?"
Determine whether you'd fit in.
* "How would you describe your company's culture?
* "What tangible and intangible qualities attracted you to the organization?"
Show you're really interested.
* "What additional information can I provide about my qualifications?"
* "What are the next steps in the selection process?"
Ask follow-ups.
* "Can you clarify what you said about ...?"
* "Can you give me some examples of ...?"
"By requesting clarification or examples, you show interviewers you care and that you're thinking deeply about the issues they brought up," says learning and development consultant Bill Denyer. He suggests taking notes in the interview, using keywords to jog your memory of what was discussed but not burying your head in your notebook.
What you don't want to ask are questions with obvious answers, according to Susan RoAne, author of "Face to Face: How to Reclaim the Personal Touch in a Digital World."
"You really need to do your homework," RoAne tells Yahoo! HotJobs. "Before the interview go to the company website and use search engines to get up to speed, and browse social networking sites like Yahoo! Groups to see who knows what about the company."
"And never, never ask an interviewer, 'How long is the vacation'? or, 'What does your company do?'" RoAne added.
Some experts suggest waiting for the inevitable "Do you have any questions for us?" at the interview, while others recommend looking for conversation openings to ask appropriate questions.
"It depends on the situation," Milligan says. "If the interviewer seems to be reading from a sheet of questions, don't interrupt. If it's a more casual conversation, you may have chances to turn the questions back on the interviewer."
"It's important to remember the job interview is a two-way street," RoAne said.
Sunday, February 14, 2010
Thursday, February 11, 2010
Ancient Greenland gene map has a surprise Reuters
Ancient Greenland gene map has a surprise
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An artist's impression shows "Inuk" who is believed to have lived among the Saqqaq people, the earliest known culture in southern Greenl Reuters – An artist's impression shows "Inuk" who is believed to have lived among the Saqqaq people, …
By Maggie Fox, Health and Science Editor Maggie Fox, Health And Science Editor – Wed Feb 10, 4:44 pm ET
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Scientists have sequenced the DNA from four frozen hairs of a Greenlander who died 4,000 years ago in a study they say takes genetic technology into several new realms.
Surprisingly, the long-dead man appears to have originated in Siberia and is unrelated to modern Greenlanders, Morten Rasmussen of the University of Copenhagen and colleagues found.
"This provides evidence for a migration from Siberia into the New World some 5,500 years ago, independent of that giving rise to the modern Native Americans and Inuit," the researchers wrote in Thursday's issue of the journal Nature.
Not only can the findings help transform the study of archeology, but they can help answer questions about the origins of modern populations and disease, they said.
"Such studies have the potential to reconstruct not only our genetic and geographical origins, but also what our ancestors looked like," David Lambert and Leon Huynen of Griffith University in Queensland, Australia, wrote in a commentary.
The DNA gives strong hints about the man, nicknamed Inuk. "Brown eyes, brown skin, he had shovel-form front teeth," Eske Willerslev, who oversaw the study, told a telephone briefing. Such teeth are characteristic of East Asian and Native American populations.
He had the genes for early hair loss, too. "Because we found quite a lot of hair from this guy, we presume he actually died quite young," Willerslev said.
The man lived among the Saqqaq people, the earliest known culture in southern Greenland that lasted from around 2500 BC until about 800 BC.
Scientists have disagreed on who these people were -- whether they descended from the peoples who crossed the Bering Strait 30,000 to 40,000 years ago to settle the New World or whether they were more recent immigrants.
Willerslev's team pulled DNA from hairs found in a frozen Saqqaq site and sequenced it just as they would a modern person's full genome, looking for characteristic mutations.
"Recent advances in DNA sequencing technologies have initiated an era of personal genomics," the researchers wrote.
"The sequencing project described here is a direct test of the extent to which ancient genomics can contribute knowledge about now-extinct cultures," they added.
The DNA links Inuk to modern-day Arctic residents of Siberia. He had almost none of the mutations seen in Indians living in Central and South America.
"We have an increasingly powerful forensic tool with which to 'reconstruct' extinct humans and the demographics of populations," Lambert and Huynen wrote.
A year ago scientists sequenced the genome of a Neanderthal -- early humans who went extinct 30,000 years ago -- and other groups have sequenced DNA from dried-out mammoth hair.
(Editing by Cynthia Osterman)
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An artist's impression shows "Inuk" who is believed to have lived among the Saqqaq people, the earliest known culture in southern Greenl Reuters – An artist's impression shows "Inuk" who is believed to have lived among the Saqqaq people, …
By Maggie Fox, Health and Science Editor Maggie Fox, Health And Science Editor – Wed Feb 10, 4:44 pm ET
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Scientists have sequenced the DNA from four frozen hairs of a Greenlander who died 4,000 years ago in a study they say takes genetic technology into several new realms.
Surprisingly, the long-dead man appears to have originated in Siberia and is unrelated to modern Greenlanders, Morten Rasmussen of the University of Copenhagen and colleagues found.
"This provides evidence for a migration from Siberia into the New World some 5,500 years ago, independent of that giving rise to the modern Native Americans and Inuit," the researchers wrote in Thursday's issue of the journal Nature.
Not only can the findings help transform the study of archeology, but they can help answer questions about the origins of modern populations and disease, they said.
"Such studies have the potential to reconstruct not only our genetic and geographical origins, but also what our ancestors looked like," David Lambert and Leon Huynen of Griffith University in Queensland, Australia, wrote in a commentary.
The DNA gives strong hints about the man, nicknamed Inuk. "Brown eyes, brown skin, he had shovel-form front teeth," Eske Willerslev, who oversaw the study, told a telephone briefing. Such teeth are characteristic of East Asian and Native American populations.
He had the genes for early hair loss, too. "Because we found quite a lot of hair from this guy, we presume he actually died quite young," Willerslev said.
The man lived among the Saqqaq people, the earliest known culture in southern Greenland that lasted from around 2500 BC until about 800 BC.
Scientists have disagreed on who these people were -- whether they descended from the peoples who crossed the Bering Strait 30,000 to 40,000 years ago to settle the New World or whether they were more recent immigrants.
Willerslev's team pulled DNA from hairs found in a frozen Saqqaq site and sequenced it just as they would a modern person's full genome, looking for characteristic mutations.
"Recent advances in DNA sequencing technologies have initiated an era of personal genomics," the researchers wrote.
"The sequencing project described here is a direct test of the extent to which ancient genomics can contribute knowledge about now-extinct cultures," they added.
The DNA links Inuk to modern-day Arctic residents of Siberia. He had almost none of the mutations seen in Indians living in Central and South America.
"We have an increasingly powerful forensic tool with which to 'reconstruct' extinct humans and the demographics of populations," Lambert and Huynen wrote.
A year ago scientists sequenced the genome of a Neanderthal -- early humans who went extinct 30,000 years ago -- and other groups have sequenced DNA from dried-out mammoth hair.
(Editing by Cynthia Osterman)
Monday, January 25, 2010
RP mango certified as world's biggest
RP mango certified as world's biggest
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The Guinness Book of World Records has certified a 3.5-kilo mango from southern Philippines to be the world's biggest.
Radio dzBB reported early Monday that the mango, which surpassed the 2.4-kilo mango from Canada, was a product of Sergio at Maria Socorro Bodiongan of Iligan City.
It was submitted to the Guinness Book of World Records last September.
It was also the highlight of the Sundayag activity led by the Department of Agriculture (DA) Region 10 in Cagayan de Oro last year.
Sergio Bodiongan, with wife Maria Socorro, holds the world's biggest mango during DA's Sundayag Festival in Cagayan de Oro City last year.DA file photoThe DA in Region 10 also rejoiced over the recognition of the mango. Suzie Roa of DA Region 10 said it was a feat for local agriculture.
Roa said they have given the Bodiongan family cash incentives for the feat. - LBG/RSJ, GMANews.TV
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The Guinness Book of World Records has certified a 3.5-kilo mango from southern Philippines to be the world's biggest.
Radio dzBB reported early Monday that the mango, which surpassed the 2.4-kilo mango from Canada, was a product of Sergio at Maria Socorro Bodiongan of Iligan City.
It was submitted to the Guinness Book of World Records last September.
It was also the highlight of the Sundayag activity led by the Department of Agriculture (DA) Region 10 in Cagayan de Oro last year.
Sergio Bodiongan, with wife Maria Socorro, holds the world's biggest mango during DA's Sundayag Festival in Cagayan de Oro City last year.DA file photoThe DA in Region 10 also rejoiced over the recognition of the mango. Suzie Roa of DA Region 10 said it was a feat for local agriculture.
Roa said they have given the Bodiongan family cash incentives for the feat. - LBG/RSJ, GMANews.TV
Monday, November 30, 2009
Judy Ann, Claudine rivalry in the offing?
Judy Ann, Claudine rivalry in the offing?
ABS-CBN - Sunday, November 29SendIM StoryPrint.
Judy Ann, Claudine rivalry in the offing?
MANILA - Judy Ann “Judai” Santos was surprised to hear about Claudine Barretto’s transfer to another network.
As to whether or not the network transfer will stir up their rivalry issues again, Judai replied: “Kahit saan naman may competition. And it’s okay as long as it is a healthy competition. Ang mahalaga at the end of the day hindi nawawala yung pagiging magkaibigan namin.”
Judai said that she still hopes she can work with Claudine again.
“Hanggang ngayon nagdadasal pa din ako na sana dumating ang panahon na magkasama kami sa isang project. Maraming pwedeng mangyari, marami pang pwede magbago uli. Maraming posibilidad kaya hindi malayong mangyari ‘yung mga ganung bagay,” she said.
Meanwhile, Santos also defended her husband Ryan Agoncillo over the latter’s appearances in other networks.
She said: “Wala naman exclusive contract si Ryan with ABS-CBN, so okay lang naman ‘yun. Tsaka ‘yun talaga yung gusto niyang gawin, hosting. Dun talaga siya magaling.”
She said that as husband and wife, they support each other in every decision they make.
She also clarified the issue that just because Agoncillo has a lot of projects lined-up than her, there is a competition between the two of them.
“Bago pa man kami ikasal, talagang nakilala na kami sa kanya-kanya naming pangalan, siya bilang Ryan Agoncillo, magaling na host at ako isang simpleng artista. Tsaka dun naman talaga magaling si Ryan, sa pagho-host. Pero napatunayan rin naman niya na kaya niya umarte like sa Pieta ‘di ba?” she said.
Santos also disagreed with the idea that once an actress is already married, she loses her “market value.”
“I don’t think so. Bakit naman si Ate Shawie (Sharon Cuneta)? Bakit naman si Ate Vi (Vilma Santos)? Hanggang ngayon nandiyan pa rin sila,” she said.
ABS-CBN - Sunday, November 29SendIM StoryPrint.
Judy Ann, Claudine rivalry in the offing?
MANILA - Judy Ann “Judai” Santos was surprised to hear about Claudine Barretto’s transfer to another network.
As to whether or not the network transfer will stir up their rivalry issues again, Judai replied: “Kahit saan naman may competition. And it’s okay as long as it is a healthy competition. Ang mahalaga at the end of the day hindi nawawala yung pagiging magkaibigan namin.”
Judai said that she still hopes she can work with Claudine again.
“Hanggang ngayon nagdadasal pa din ako na sana dumating ang panahon na magkasama kami sa isang project. Maraming pwedeng mangyari, marami pang pwede magbago uli. Maraming posibilidad kaya hindi malayong mangyari ‘yung mga ganung bagay,” she said.
Meanwhile, Santos also defended her husband Ryan Agoncillo over the latter’s appearances in other networks.
She said: “Wala naman exclusive contract si Ryan with ABS-CBN, so okay lang naman ‘yun. Tsaka ‘yun talaga yung gusto niyang gawin, hosting. Dun talaga siya magaling.”
She said that as husband and wife, they support each other in every decision they make.
She also clarified the issue that just because Agoncillo has a lot of projects lined-up than her, there is a competition between the two of them.
“Bago pa man kami ikasal, talagang nakilala na kami sa kanya-kanya naming pangalan, siya bilang Ryan Agoncillo, magaling na host at ako isang simpleng artista. Tsaka dun naman talaga magaling si Ryan, sa pagho-host. Pero napatunayan rin naman niya na kaya niya umarte like sa Pieta ‘di ba?” she said.
Santos also disagreed with the idea that once an actress is already married, she loses her “market value.”
“I don’t think so. Bakit naman si Ate Shawie (Sharon Cuneta)? Bakit naman si Ate Vi (Vilma Santos)? Hanggang ngayon nandiyan pa rin sila,” she said.
Friday, November 6, 2009
Arroyo can run in 2010 without resigning - poll lawyers
Arroyo can run in 2010 without resigning - poll lawyers
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President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo can run for vice president or congresswoman in the May 2010 polls without stepping down from the presidency, election lawyers said on Friday amid speculations that she will seek political office next year.
In an interview over radio dzXL, President Arroyo's lawyer Romulo Macalintal said there is no law prompting Mrs. Arroyo to resign or take a leave from the presidency while campaigning for an electoral post.
"Walang leave of absence, di siya dapat mag-resign. Walang batas na nagsasabing dapat siya mag-resign (There will be no need for her to take a leave of absence or resign. There is no law saying she should quit her job to campaign)," Macalintal said.
With her Congress allies pushing for Charter change, speculation is rife that Mrs. Arroyo will run for Pampanga congresswoman in 2010. Under a parliamentary form of government, she can run for prime minister and remain in power.
Her frequent visits to Pampanga - she has visited the province 47 times this year alone -further fuel the rumors.
On Thursday, her political ally, Quezon Rep. Danilo Suarez - who also happens to be administration party Lakas-Kampi-CMD's senior deputy secretary general - admitted that the possibility of Mrs. Arroyo seeking a congressional seat next year has been discussed within the party. [See: VP or Speaker? Allies start charting Arroyo's future]
Suarez also said Mrs. Arroyo would be an "asset" to the next administration if she runs and wins as vice president.
Even poll lawyer Sixto Brillantes, who is not aligned with the Arroyo administration, conceded that Mrs. Arroyo is not required by law to quit her post should she decides to run next year.
"Under RA 9006 anybody who runs for another office is not considered resigned," he said in a phone interview with GMANews.TV.
"She can run for any other post without resigning the presidency," Brillantes added.
Fair Election Act
Republic Act 9006 or the Fair Election Act also effectively repealed Section 67 of the Omnibus Election Code which says that any elective official except for president and vice president who is running for any office other than the current one is considered ipso facto resigned upon filing the certificate of candidacy, Brillantes added.
Both lawyers also said there is no law barring Mrs. Arroyo from running for another post other than the presidency once her term ends.
"Wala pang sinasabing plano ang Pangulong Arroyo kung siya [ay] tatakbo o hindi. Kung tatakbo man siya, walang legal na balakid sa kanyang nasabing pagtakbo. Walang batas na nagbabawal sa kanyang tumakbo kung sakaling gusto niyang tumakbong muli, huwag lang sa pagkapangulo pero sa ibang position," Macalintal said. [See: Arroyo can run for congresswoman - DOJ chief]
(Mrs. Arroyo has not made public her political plans. If she decides to run, there is no legal obstacle to it, so long as she is not running for another term as president.)
Section 4 of Article VII of the 1987 Constitution says "The President shall not be eligible for any re-election." The provision has been the subject of many debates, with some legal experts arguing that it effectively bars the President from seeking any other elective post after his or her presidential term. - with a report from Johanna Camille Sisante, GMANews.TV
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President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo can run for vice president or congresswoman in the May 2010 polls without stepping down from the presidency, election lawyers said on Friday amid speculations that she will seek political office next year.
In an interview over radio dzXL, President Arroyo's lawyer Romulo Macalintal said there is no law prompting Mrs. Arroyo to resign or take a leave from the presidency while campaigning for an electoral post.
"Walang leave of absence, di siya dapat mag-resign. Walang batas na nagsasabing dapat siya mag-resign (There will be no need for her to take a leave of absence or resign. There is no law saying she should quit her job to campaign)," Macalintal said.
With her Congress allies pushing for Charter change, speculation is rife that Mrs. Arroyo will run for Pampanga congresswoman in 2010. Under a parliamentary form of government, she can run for prime minister and remain in power.
Her frequent visits to Pampanga - she has visited the province 47 times this year alone -further fuel the rumors.
On Thursday, her political ally, Quezon Rep. Danilo Suarez - who also happens to be administration party Lakas-Kampi-CMD's senior deputy secretary general - admitted that the possibility of Mrs. Arroyo seeking a congressional seat next year has been discussed within the party. [See: VP or Speaker? Allies start charting Arroyo's future]
Suarez also said Mrs. Arroyo would be an "asset" to the next administration if she runs and wins as vice president.
Even poll lawyer Sixto Brillantes, who is not aligned with the Arroyo administration, conceded that Mrs. Arroyo is not required by law to quit her post should she decides to run next year.
"Under RA 9006 anybody who runs for another office is not considered resigned," he said in a phone interview with GMANews.TV.
"She can run for any other post without resigning the presidency," Brillantes added.
Fair Election Act
Republic Act 9006 or the Fair Election Act also effectively repealed Section 67 of the Omnibus Election Code which says that any elective official except for president and vice president who is running for any office other than the current one is considered ipso facto resigned upon filing the certificate of candidacy, Brillantes added.
Both lawyers also said there is no law barring Mrs. Arroyo from running for another post other than the presidency once her term ends.
"Wala pang sinasabing plano ang Pangulong Arroyo kung siya [ay] tatakbo o hindi. Kung tatakbo man siya, walang legal na balakid sa kanyang nasabing pagtakbo. Walang batas na nagbabawal sa kanyang tumakbo kung sakaling gusto niyang tumakbong muli, huwag lang sa pagkapangulo pero sa ibang position," Macalintal said. [See: Arroyo can run for congresswoman - DOJ chief]
(Mrs. Arroyo has not made public her political plans. If she decides to run, there is no legal obstacle to it, so long as she is not running for another term as president.)
Section 4 of Article VII of the 1987 Constitution says "The President shall not be eligible for any re-election." The provision has been the subject of many debates, with some legal experts arguing that it effectively bars the President from seeking any other elective post after his or her presidential term. - with a report from Johanna Camille Sisante, GMANews.TV
Wednesday, November 4, 2009
Nicolas Cage's Outrageous Decades-Long Shopping Spree
Nicolas Cage's Outrageous Decades-Long Shopping Spree
by Lindsay Robertson · November 4, 2009
Nicolas Cage - Photo: Vera Anderson/WireImage.com
An article in The Daily Beast says that Nicolas Cage's recent financial problems are, at least in part, due to outrageous, eccentric spending that puts even his most flamboyant fellow celebrities to shame.
If you can dream it, Nic Cage bought it: yachts, a jet, a castle, over 50 cars, over a million dollars' worth of comic books, multiple (supposedly haunted) mansions in New Orleans, two Bahamanian islands, shrunken heads that may or may not have been human, and, famously, a $500k Lamborghini once owned by the Shah of Iran. Most amusingly, Cage spent $276,000 on a dinosaur skull in a "heated auction with Leonardo DiCaprio." And though the article has details about Cage's many pets -- claiming that he kept antidote serum on his wall for the poison of his two King Cobras -- it neglects to mention at least one: Cage's pet octopus.
Cage's lawyer, Martin Singer, told The Daily Beast "Half the stuff you say is false. I'm not going to get into detail," so we may never know which half is true.
Cage made headlines last month when he filed a $20 million lawsuit against his former business manager. The suit claims the manager, Samuel Levin, failed to pay taxes and lost money in unsound investments, putting him "down a path toward financial ruin." This summer, the IRS placed a tax lien of over $6 million on Cage's New Orleans properties for unpaid income taxes.
Still, it's hard not to look at Cage's extreme-by-any-standards spending habits and not draw conclusions about his current money woes. For example, did he really need to customize a Bentley so elaborately that, when he got it back from the shop, he could no longer fit in it?
However lavishly Cage spent on himself, he's also been a very generous guy. The article reports that the actor gave $1 million to the Red Cross to aid victims of Hurricane Katrina, and $2 million to the human-rights group Amnesty International.
by Lindsay Robertson · November 4, 2009
Nicolas Cage - Photo: Vera Anderson/WireImage.com
An article in The Daily Beast says that Nicolas Cage's recent financial problems are, at least in part, due to outrageous, eccentric spending that puts even his most flamboyant fellow celebrities to shame.
If you can dream it, Nic Cage bought it: yachts, a jet, a castle, over 50 cars, over a million dollars' worth of comic books, multiple (supposedly haunted) mansions in New Orleans, two Bahamanian islands, shrunken heads that may or may not have been human, and, famously, a $500k Lamborghini once owned by the Shah of Iran. Most amusingly, Cage spent $276,000 on a dinosaur skull in a "heated auction with Leonardo DiCaprio." And though the article has details about Cage's many pets -- claiming that he kept antidote serum on his wall for the poison of his two King Cobras -- it neglects to mention at least one: Cage's pet octopus.
Cage's lawyer, Martin Singer, told The Daily Beast "Half the stuff you say is false. I'm not going to get into detail," so we may never know which half is true.
Cage made headlines last month when he filed a $20 million lawsuit against his former business manager. The suit claims the manager, Samuel Levin, failed to pay taxes and lost money in unsound investments, putting him "down a path toward financial ruin." This summer, the IRS placed a tax lien of over $6 million on Cage's New Orleans properties for unpaid income taxes.
Still, it's hard not to look at Cage's extreme-by-any-standards spending habits and not draw conclusions about his current money woes. For example, did he really need to customize a Bentley so elaborately that, when he got it back from the shop, he could no longer fit in it?
However lavishly Cage spent on himself, he's also been a very generous guy. The article reports that the actor gave $1 million to the Red Cross to aid victims of Hurricane Katrina, and $2 million to the human-rights group Amnesty International.
Thursday, October 22, 2009
Hayden Kho Jr. indicted in sex video case
Hayden Kho Jr. indicted in sex video case
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Criminal charges were filed Thursday against cosmetic surgeon Hayden Kho Jr. in connection with his sex video with actress Katrina Halili that was uploaded on the Internet.
A charge sheet filed by the Department of Justice (DOJ) before the Pasig regional trial court indicted Kho for violation of Republic Act 9262 (anti-violence against women and children act).
Kho can post bail, but if found guilty by the court, he could suffer a jail sentence of six to 12 years and a fine of not less than P100,000.
A team of DOJ probers led by Senior State Prosecutor Emilie Fe delos Santos, head of the Task Force on Women and Children Protection, found that Kho’s acts of recording his sexual exploits with Halili and other women without their consent “bespoke of his betrayal of their trust and lack of respect for women."
Citing lack of evidence, the panel dismissed the complaints against Dr. Vicky Belo, Kho’s now estranged girlfriend, and alleged co-conspirators Erick Johnston Chua, Mark Herbert Rosario and Princess Marie Velasco.
In his defense, Kho admitted videotaping his sex session with Halili but denied responsibility for uploading the footage on the Internet.
But according to the panel, the issue was not whether Kho was responsible for uploading the sex video on the Internet, but rather his act of stealthily videotaping his sexual encounter with the complainant.
“(Kho) cannot simply justify said act with a disclaimer that the videotaping was not meant to be shown to anyone. He should own up and be responsible for his actions particularly when it affects another person’s right and dignity," said a decision of the DOJ probers.
In the case of Belo, Chua, Rosario and Velasco, the panel said while they knew about Kho’s infidelity and the existence of the video tape containing his sexual exploits with other women, they were not involved in the recording of such tapes.
It said their failure to report the existence of such tape to Halili does not hold them accountable as accessories.
Belo and the three alleged co-conspirators, however, are still not off the hook.
In its recommendation, the panel asked the justice secretary to direct the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) to conduct further investigation to determine who was responsible for the uploading of the sex video on the Internet.
Halili said she was satisfied with the DOJ's findings, adding that she was looking forward to seeing case take its proper course.
The videotape became a sensation in May when word spread that it was available on the Web. Sen. Ramon "Bong" Revilla attacked Kho in a speech in the Senate, sparking an inquiry that almost turned into a soap opera.
Halili's tearful protestations as an innocent woman whose trust had been violated, Kho's claims that it was all about sex and drugs, and former police officer Abner Afuang's surprise appearance to splash a glass of water onto Kho's face all added drama to the case. - GMANews.TV
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Criminal charges were filed Thursday against cosmetic surgeon Hayden Kho Jr. in connection with his sex video with actress Katrina Halili that was uploaded on the Internet.
A charge sheet filed by the Department of Justice (DOJ) before the Pasig regional trial court indicted Kho for violation of Republic Act 9262 (anti-violence against women and children act).
Kho can post bail, but if found guilty by the court, he could suffer a jail sentence of six to 12 years and a fine of not less than P100,000.
A team of DOJ probers led by Senior State Prosecutor Emilie Fe delos Santos, head of the Task Force on Women and Children Protection, found that Kho’s acts of recording his sexual exploits with Halili and other women without their consent “bespoke of his betrayal of their trust and lack of respect for women."
Citing lack of evidence, the panel dismissed the complaints against Dr. Vicky Belo, Kho’s now estranged girlfriend, and alleged co-conspirators Erick Johnston Chua, Mark Herbert Rosario and Princess Marie Velasco.
In his defense, Kho admitted videotaping his sex session with Halili but denied responsibility for uploading the footage on the Internet.
But according to the panel, the issue was not whether Kho was responsible for uploading the sex video on the Internet, but rather his act of stealthily videotaping his sexual encounter with the complainant.
“(Kho) cannot simply justify said act with a disclaimer that the videotaping was not meant to be shown to anyone. He should own up and be responsible for his actions particularly when it affects another person’s right and dignity," said a decision of the DOJ probers.
In the case of Belo, Chua, Rosario and Velasco, the panel said while they knew about Kho’s infidelity and the existence of the video tape containing his sexual exploits with other women, they were not involved in the recording of such tapes.
It said their failure to report the existence of such tape to Halili does not hold them accountable as accessories.
Belo and the three alleged co-conspirators, however, are still not off the hook.
In its recommendation, the panel asked the justice secretary to direct the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) to conduct further investigation to determine who was responsible for the uploading of the sex video on the Internet.
Halili said she was satisfied with the DOJ's findings, adding that she was looking forward to seeing case take its proper course.
The videotape became a sensation in May when word spread that it was available on the Web. Sen. Ramon "Bong" Revilla attacked Kho in a speech in the Senate, sparking an inquiry that almost turned into a soap opera.
Halili's tearful protestations as an innocent woman whose trust had been violated, Kho's claims that it was all about sex and drugs, and former police officer Abner Afuang's surprise appearance to splash a glass of water onto Kho's face all added drama to the case. - GMANews.TV
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