Category Archives: People

Leslie Carter Died of Drug Overdose

Leslie Carter, 25, sister of famous brothers Nick Carter and Aaron Carter, passed away last Tuesday and it was said that the cops ruled the death as drug overdose.

She was remembered as an aspiring singer who never made it as big as her siblings. She had a long history of mental illness and had been treated as such. When she died, it was discovered that there were prescription drugs around her. The drugs found near her were Olanzapine, Cyclobensaprine and Alprazolam. These drugs are used to treat schizophrenia, bipolar disorder and anxiety respectively.

It was her stepmother Ginger Carter who called 911. Her father, Robert Carter, attempted to give her CPR before the paramedics arrived. She was brought to the Westfield Memorial Hospital in New York where she died.

Leslie seemed extraordinarily depressed on the day of her death. She said she took a lot of pills, maybe 8 Xanax pills, and then fell asleep on the shower. Her stepmother brought her to her room but eventually, she was unconscious and that was when they called 911.

The sad part is that Leslie has a 10-month-old daughter named Alyssa who will grow up not knowing her mother.

Too Bad for Batangas University Execs

In a recent news item, it was reported that the Sandiganbayan has sentenced two former officials of the Batangas State University (BSU) here in the Philippines to 10 years imprisonment. Their crime? The two have conspired so that one of them who owns a shop will exclusively rent graduation caps and gowns to the graduating students.

The officials in question are Former BSU president Ernesto de Chavez and former vice president for academic affairs Rolando Lontoc Sr.. They were charged and now sentenced to 10 years imprisonment. They were also disqualified from holding any public office in the future.

You see, De Chavez and Lontoc were found guilty of violating Section 3 of the Anti-Graft and Corrupt Practices Act, which specifically prohibits government employees from getting unwarranted “benefits, advantage, or preference.”

While parents and students of BSU may actually rejoice that justice was served their case, I cannot help but think that these two school officials only committed one small act of corruption and yet they are going to serve 10 years imprisonment and their reputation, as well as that of the families, are tainted forever.

If ever they had amassed ill-gotten wealth from the rental of the caps and togas, I don’t think that it ever afforded them mansions in the United States and luxury travels.

It is just too bad that they were not able to cover their tracks and so they got caught. And they were not powerful enough to make people shut up. Tsk. Tsk.

It just saddens me that small fry like these get caught and incarcerated. I just feel that they are mere fall guys of the big fish.

Having Slaves

I recently read a letter that was supposed to be written by a slave to his old master sometime in the 1800s. That was the time when the slaves were already freed and started new lives.

There was this master, however, who wrote to his old slave saying that he wanted him back and promised to treat him well. So the slave wrote back.

And in the letter, it was revealed how his master treated him in the past, including getting shot at.

In our present times, we enjoy much freedom. We do have maids, but even our servants have a lot of freedom. Sometimes, the maids become even very abusive. I just wonder how it would be if they lived during the times of slavery.

Instead of being bratty, maids should have a thankful attitude because times have certainly changed.