Archive for the ‘Military’ Category
Military justice, almost
Philippine Navy reaction to the dismissal of charges against Lt. Raymundo and the “disrespect” charge:http://www.malaya.com.ph/02092010/news9.html
ood news is rare these days that the text of my friend, Atty. Romel Bagares last Friday was like rain amidst drought.
Romel informed me that the motion of his client, Marine First Lieutenant Artemio Raymundo’s motion for finding him not [...]
February 8, 2010
Tags: Military Posted in: Military
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42 community health workers, suspected as “reds” detained in Camp Capinpin
Update: Kin of 43 health workers go to Supreme Court
Health Alliance for Democracy (HEAD) strongly condemned the illegal raid and abduction of 42 community health workers and doctors who were conducting health skills training in Morong, Rizal Saturday.
Around 300 soldiers and police of the Southern Luzon Command of the Armed Forces of the Philippines and [...]
February 7, 2010
Tags: Health Workers, Military Posted in: Health, Military
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Following the leader
Update: Martir,Preztosa and Paez were all confirmed.
Gloria Arroyo’s penchant for midnight deals seems to have rubbed on with some members of the bureaucracy.
Victoria Bataclan, president of the Union of Foreign Service Officers wrote to Senate President Juan Ponce-Enrile in his capacity as chair of the Commission on Appointments to convey the grievance of the members [...]
February 3, 2010
Tags: Commission on Appointments, Foreign Affairs, Military Posted in: Foreign Affairs, Malaya, Military
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Army officer in court martial for molesting ‘mistah’s’ wife
by Victor Reyes
Malaya
An Army lieutenant colonel is being tried by a court martial for the alleged sexual molestation of the wife of his classmate at the Philippine Military Academy.
A copy of the charge sheet against Lt. Col. Marlo Guloy showed the incident happened about two years ago in Zamboanga City.
Guloy, of PMA Class `90, [...]
February 2, 2010
Tags: Philippine Army Posted in: Military
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Mrs. B
here’s nothing that a mother would do for her child. No distance too far to travel, no obstacle too high to hurdle.
It has been almost three years since Edith Burgos, wife of the late Jose Burgos, Jr, founder of Malaya and regarded as a press freedom icon, last saw her son, Jonas.
On [...]
January 20, 2010
Tags: Jason Ivler, Jonas Burgos Posted in: Justice, Malaya, Military
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Ang mga pinerwisyo ni Jason Ivler
Habang sinasakay sa police car si Jason Ivler, ang matagal nang hinahanap na suspek sa pagpatay sa dalawang tao, sabi ng isang pulis na halatang galit, “Maraming pinerwisyo ang taong ito.â€
Talaga naman. Malaking dalamhati ang idinulot ni Ivler sa pamilya ni Renato Victor Ebarle, Jr., anak ni Undersecretary Ebarle sa Office of [...]
January 18, 2010
Tags: Jason Ivler Posted in: Abante, Military, Philippine National Police
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Let Trillanes fulfill his mandate
Senate Majority Floorleader Miguel Zubiri should not worry about the Philippines setting a precedent in allowing a detained senator to fulfill his duties to the people.
The Philippines has already set a precedent for having a president who has never been elected to that position by the people.
Zubiri, defending his sitting on a Senate [...]
January 6, 2010
Tags: Antonio Trillanes IV Posted in: Governance, Magdalo, Malaya, Military
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Lawmakers international group takes cudgels for Trillanes; Zubiri replies
he Inter-Parliamentary Union urged the Philippine Senate to act on the resolution allowing him to perform his dutiees as elected senator noting that his six-year detention, despite his not having been convicted of any crime, is a violation of his basic rights.
In its letter to majority floor leader Senator Miguel Zubiri to act on a [...]
January 5, 2010
Tags: Antonio Trillanes IV Posted in: Magdalo, Military
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The disciple disagrees with the master
Related updates:
SC:no TRO
Verafiles: SC chief raises concern over martial law in Maguindanao
Gloria Arroyo, the brazen violator of the Constitution, will love constitutionalist, Fr. Joaquin Bernas, S.J. for this.
Bernas, in his column in the Inquirer says, “ for purposes of constitutional law is satisfied if there exists an armed force whose activities have [...]
December 8, 2009
Tags: Maguindanao massacre, martial law Posted in: Maguindanao massacre, Military
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No joint session today; postponed to tomorrow, Wednesday
The joint session of Congress on Proclamation 1959 declaring martial law in Maguindanao and suspension of writ of habeas corpus will be tomorrow, Wednesday starting at 4 p.m.
Representatives of both chambers of the Legislature agreed late last night on the rules of the joint session. Those rules will be approved in separate regular sessions [...]
December 8, 2009
Tags: Maguindanao massacre, martial law Posted in: Governance, Maguindanao massacre, Military
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