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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:   Posted in: Military  72 Comments

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: ,   Posted in: Health, Military  13 Comments

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: , ,   Posted in: Foreign Affairs, Malaya, Military  9 Comments

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:   Posted in: Military  68 Comments

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: ,   Posted in: Justice, Malaya, Military  16 Comments

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:   Posted in: Abante, Military, Philippine National Police  64 Comments

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:   Posted in: Governance, Magdalo, Malaya, Military  31 Comments

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:   Posted in: Magdalo, Military  57 Comments

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: ,   Posted in: Maguindanao massacre, Military  58 Comments

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: ,   Posted in: Governance, Maguindanao massacre, Military  43 Comments