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Visiting Italian Lawyer Gabriella Citroni, in a forum marking the International Day of the Disappeared (which was actually last Monday) at the University of the Philippines, said a person disappearing does not follow logic. “People are born, they live and they die. They don’t disappear,” she said. But it happens. In the Philippines the practice [...]

September 1, 2010  Tags: ,   Posted in: Foreign Affairs, Human Rights, Military, Philippine National Police  5 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  17 Comments

The incredible and talented Boy Gee

There were two significant things that Rear Admiral Feliciano Angue mentioned in his marathon griping with media the past few days. One is the continued thriving career of Maj. Gen. Gaudencio “Boy Gee” Pangilinan, one of Gloria Arroyo’s dependable generals, under Aquino’s supposedly reformist administration. Angue identified Pangilinan as one of the Class ’79 officers [...]

August 20, 2010  Tags: ,   Posted in: Malaya, Military  11 Comments

Paboritong heneral ni Arroyo, appointed ulit ni P-Noy

Ang galing nitong mga heneral na busog na busog kay Gloria Arroyo. Hanggang ngayon patuloy pa rin sila sa hapag-kainan ng bagong administrasyon. Isa na si Maj. Gen. Jonathan Martir na nakakuha ng appointment kay Pangulong Aquino bilang director IV. Isa siya sa unang hinirang ni Aquino noong Hulyo 15. Ang swerte talaga ni Martir. [...]

August 17, 2010  Tags:   Posted in: Abante, Military  66 Comments

Gagged admiral refuses to stay gagged

Rear Admiral Angue has mentioned the name of MGen Gaudencio S. Pangilinan Jr as one of those who engaged in politicking in the 2010 elections and is a beneficiary of favors under this new administration. Pangilinan also served Gloria Arroyo very, very well. Angue, decrying new assignment as a demotion, goes to media by Victor [...]

August 16, 2010  Tags:   Posted in: Military  22 Comments

Justice for Phillip Pestaño

This was one time when I remarked,”Multuhin ka sana.” Even if one wants to give Ombudsman Merceditas Gutierrez the benefit of the doubt, it’s really difficult not to join the call for her ouster with the recent decision of her office to dismiss the murder charges filed by the family of Ensign Phillip Pestaño against [...]

August 4, 2010  Tags:   Posted in: Malaya, Military  34 Comments

WikiLeaks on Afghan War stirs journalism debate

It brings back the unending journalist dilemma of the right of the public to information versus national security. By Ron Synovitz Radio Free Europe, Radio Liberty As the Pentagon investigates the potential damage from the leak of more than 91,000 classified U.S. military reports on the war in Afghanistan, the leak is fueling debate about [...]

July 31, 2010  Tags: ,   Posted in: Foreign Affairs, Military  7 Comments

Tanay prison mute witness to soldiers’ family milestones

By Tessa Jamandre VERA Files TANAY, Rizal.—Some of the Armed Forces’ most promising officers spent years in detention here, inside a high-fenced, heavily guarded facility within Camp Capinpin, the isolated military outpost east of Metro Manila. The prison became the setting for some of the soldiers’ hardest and loneliest days, and it was also where [...]

July 31, 2010  Tags:   Posted in: Feb '06, Military  8 Comments

Will the Magdalos’ saga finally end?

by Ellen Tordesillas and Tessa Jamandre (Conclusion) Hundreds of junior officers of the Armed Forces of the Philippines who took over the Oakwood Hotel in 2003 in a mutiny against military corruption continue to face the consequences of their actions, with lives derailed and careers destroyed. Most of them spent years in jail, were physically [...]

July 29, 2010  Tags: ,   Posted in: Magdalo, Military, Vera Files  37 Comments