Archive for January, 2008

Stop the witch hunt

Update:PNP now in search of ‘Makapili’ among reporters PNP admits it has no goods against lady reporter Since when has a journalist interviewing a person involved in a situation a crime? The RPN-9 video that was supposedly the PNP “smoking gun” to discredit media in connection with the Nov. 29 Manila Pen incident just showed [...]

January 25, 2008   Posted in: Malaya, Media, Military, Nov. 29 incident  174 Comments

SC favors fine over imprisonment for libel

by Evangeline de Vera The Supreme Court is set to come out before the weekend with an administrative circular wherein a judge in libel cases may rule for payment of a fine instead of imprisonment. Chief Justice Reynato Puno yesterday said after inducting officers and members of the Financial Executives Institute that the circular will [...]

January 25, 2008   Posted in: Media  41 Comments

Military court insists on arraignment by batches for Miranda et al

by Victor Reyes A military court trying 28 officers linked to the February 2006 alleged power grab attempt has moved the venue of the trial from Camp Capinpin in Tanay, Rizal, where most of the officers are detained, to the military’s general headquarters in Camp Aguinaldo, Quezon City. The military also announced that eight of [...]

January 24, 2008   Posted in: Feb '06, Military  52 Comments

This is the video

Photo reproduced here without permission of The Inquirer. Sorry, JV. Inquirer’s photo caption:PEN LOBBY. Is Dana Batnag interviewing Marine Capt. Nicanor Faeldon? Or, are they plotting his escape? Does this video constitute enough evidence to prosecute Dana? Is this all? RPN NEWS Faeldon-reporter tape does not show much; PNP witch-hunt hit By Alcuin Papa, Nikko [...]

January 24, 2008   Posted in: Media, Military, Nov. 29 incident  123 Comments

CSC: 40% of govt officials unqualified for posts

Update: Axe 15 excess aides, Ermita asks Gloria From ABS-CBN online: Malacañang: “Sweeping generalization a disservice to government employees” Forty percent of 3,000 government officials, including Cabinet officials, are unqualified to hold their positions, the Civil Service Commission (CSC) bared Tuesday.

January 24, 2008   Posted in: General  59 Comments

Dana Batnag dares govt: File charges

Video tape shows a reporter, Dana Batnag, talking with Faeldon. Is this what police said aiding him to escape? For Malaya editorial. click here. From ABS-CBN online: A foreign news correspondent being suspected of helping Marine Capt. Nicanor Faeldon escape after the November 29 siege at The Peninsula Manila hotel challenged the government Wednesday to [...]

January 23, 2008   Posted in: Media, Military, Nov. 29 incident  78 Comments

Ilabas ang video tape

Mukha talagang kasinungalingan ang sinasabi ng Philippine National Police na may video tape sila na pruweba raw na tinulungan ng isang babaeng reporter si Capt. Nicanor Faeldon tumakas, Mukhang namimingwit lang ang mga pulis at ang nakakalungkot nito ang ibang miyembro ng media ay kumagat at sa gusto lang magka-scoop kahit mali, tinutulungan ang mga [...]

January 23, 2008   Posted in: Media, Nov. 29 incident, Web Links  27 Comments

Arrested media seeks “amparo” protection

Abante column: Resbak ng taga-media Nagsampa kahapon sa Supreme Court ang labin-isang personnel ng ABS-CBN ng kaso laban sa mga opisyal ng pamahalaan na sangkot sa pag-aresto at pagposas sa mga mamamahayag noong Nov. 29 na insidente sa Manila Peninsula. Humingi sila ng writ of amparo or pagbabawal sa mga kapulisan at sino mang opisyal [...]

January 21, 2008   Posted in: Media, Military, Nov. 29 incident, Web Links  138 Comments

Disputing government lies

Army Capt. Ruben Guinolbay, who is detained in Camp Capinpin in connection with the alleged plan to withdraw support from Gloria Arroyo in February 2006, sent us a note to dispute what he said were the lies that the government is peddling against his “men” who were arrested last week and charged for allegedly planning [...]

January 21, 2008   Posted in: Feb '06, Malaya, Military  133 Comments

Mapayapang protesta

Related story in Inquirer: Ermita: Forget Edsa II Mapayapang idinaos kahapon ng iba’t-ibang grupo ng mga manggagawa, estudyante, mga miyembro ng simbahan at ng tinatawag nating “civil society” ang protest rally sa paggunita ng Edsa Dos na naglukluk kay Gloria Arroyo sa Malacañang kahit hindi binoto ng taumbayan pitong taon na ang nakaraan. Nagsimula ang [...]

January 20, 2008   Posted in: Web Links  174 Comments