Archive for August, 2010

Tumbukin ang problema

Iba-iba ang opinyun sa nangyari kahapon sa panhu-hostage ngunit lahat naman sang-ayon na ang nagpaglala ng isang delikado na na sitwasyun ay ang pag-aresto ng mga pulis sa kapatid ng hostage-taker. Ang nang hostage ay si dating Senior Inspector Rolando Mendoza. Ang kanyang kapatid naman na nasa Manila Police Department traffic bureau ay si SPO2 [...]

August 24, 2010  Tags:   Posted in: Benigno Aquino III, Justice, Peace and Order, Philippine National Police  61 Comments

Statement of the President on the hostage-taking incident at the Quirino Grandstand

Aquino says brother of hostage taker and media fueled tense situation With the rest of the Filipino people, I wish to offer our deepest condolences to the families of the victims whose lives were lost in the hostage situation at the Quirino Grandstand. The Secretary of Foreign Affairs has conveyed our deep feelings of sorrow [...]

August 24, 2010  Tags: ,   Posted in: Benigno Aquino III, Peace and Order, Philippine National Police  86 Comments

Hostage taking is turning for the worse

Hostage taking crisis is turning for the worse after relatives of the hostage taker were bodily arrested by the police. The bus driver was able to escape from the bus. He was shouting “Patay na lahat”. Police is now trying to break into the bus with mazo. It seem the hostage taker is alive. 8:43, [...]

August 23, 2010   Posted in: Peace and Order, Philippine National Police  75 Comments

Trillanes holds committee hearing in detention

Last Thursday, Sen. Antonio Trillanes, who is chair of the Committee on Civil Service and Constitutional Reforms, conducted a hearing in his detention quaters. Senators Gregorio Honasan, Tito Sotto, and Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. attended the hearing.

August 23, 2010  Tags:   Posted in: Civil Service, Magdalo, Military  6 Comments

Remembering Capt Rene Jarque

Last Thursday, Aug. 19, was the fifth death anniversary of Capt. Rene Jarque, an officer I have always held in awe for his superior intellect and unblemished integrity. Rene died of a heart attack at the young age of 40 in Jakarta, where he was an executive of a multinational corporation. A graduate of the [...]

August 23, 2010  Tags:   Posted in: Malaya, Military  18 Comments

Nakakalukang Coco

ABS-CBN update: Quisumbing says sorry to media Noong Marso pa pala unang pumunta itong si Ana Evangelista sa Commission on Human Rights at nagsampa ng kaso dahil sa pagkawala ng kanyang asawang si Darius, suspek daw sa panghu-hold up pagkatapos mahuli ng mga pulis. Meron din ibang pamilya na nagsasabing ang nakikita sa video na [...]

August 22, 2010  Tags:   Posted in: Abante, Human Rights, Media  27 Comments

Iba’t ibang klaseng torture

Iba-ibang klaseng torture ang nakita natin nitong nakaraang linggo. Una yung kahindik-hindik na video ng turture sa isang hinahalaang holdupper sa Asuncion precinct station sa Tondo, Manila. Ang pangalawa naman ay ang pagwawala ni Commissioner Coco Quisumbing ng Commission on Human Rights sa media. Makikita sa video ang isang payat na lalaki ang namimilipit sa [...]

August 21, 2010  Tags: , ,   Posted in: Abante, Human Rights, Media  16 Comments

Coco goes loco

Click on this site. http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/video/nation/08/20/10/chr-commissioner-coco-goes-loco#ooid=ZwdnZuMTr9BqVNywApk_PWoISyqPS95D It looks like there’s another kind of torture reporters who are covering the Commission on Human Rights have to suffer with Commissioner Coco Quisumbing. When is Etta Rosales going to assume the position of chair? Here’s a related report from the Inquirer: CHR exec goes ballistic over media by Leila [...]

August 21, 2010  Tags:   Posted in: Human Rights  36 Comments

Torture

by Harry Roque It was not the ideal image to wake-up to. There he was: naked, emaciated and cringing from pain whenever his torturer would pull the rope attached apparently to his sex organ. He was hog-tied like a beast lying on a cold floor. His torturer, on the other hand, was stocky, full of [...]

August 21, 2010  Tags:   Posted in: Human Rights  4 Comments

Ninoy assassination a closed book for Aquino sisters

by Booma Cruz VERA Files Twenty-seven years after the murder of opposition leader and former senator Benigno “Ninoy” Aquino Jr., his daughters say the search for the brains behind his assassination is over, and that the Aquino family has already achieved justice. Ma. Elena “Ballsy” Cruz and Aurora “Pinky” Abellada, elder sisters of President Benigno [...]

August 20, 2010  Tags:   Posted in: Cory Aquino, Vera Files  11 Comments