Archive for the ‘Feb ’06’ Category

Military court to decide fate of 16 officers in mutiny charge

By Tessa Jamandre VERA Files A military court will decide today on the plea—twice denied under the government of former President Gloria Arroyo—to exonerate 16 military officers facing mutiny charges for a supposed plot against her in 2006. This is the first time that the court martial proceedings will resume under the new commander-in-chief, Benigno [...]

September 9, 2010  Tags: , ,   Posted in: Feb '06, Military, Vera Files  18 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

Unfinished business: Coup and mutiny cases

Update: Col. Querubin was released this afternoon. An AFP statement quoted AFP Chief Lt. Gen. Ricardo David as saying “ Brig. Gen. Reynaldo Ordoñez will take full charge and responsibility for the custody of ex-Marine colonel Querubin and that of his production when so required by the court. He is also directed with utmost diligence [...]

July 28, 2010  Tags: , ,   Posted in: Feb '06, Magdalo, Military  33 Comments

Unwashing the whitewashed

There is a chance that we might yet see the full Mayuga Report, which former Vice Admiral Mateo Mayuga pledged he would “ bring to his grave”. President Aquino said that before his inauguration, someone sent him a ten-page report of the Mayuga Commission which investigated the involvement of military officials in the rigging of [...]

July 9, 2010  Tags: , ,   Posted in: 2004 elections, Feb '06  31 Comments

There are still those left behind

It’s good that Brig. Gen. Danny Lim is able to celebrate his 55th birthday today out of detention. It would have been better if his men, still incarcerated in Camp Capinpin, would have been able to join him in his celebration of his freedom. I’m told that in the courtesy call of former Scout Ranger [...]

June 2, 2010  Tags:   Posted in: Feb '06, Malaya, Military  41 Comments

Danny Lim released from detention

While I am glad that Brig. Gen Lim is out and would be able to celebrate his birthday in his home on Wednesday, I’m sad that 15 other officers who are accused with him in the February 2006 non-event are still in detention. Of the 15, eight are Scout Rangers junior officers and one, a [...]

May 31, 2010  Tags:   Posted in: Feb '06, Military  28 Comments

11 cleared officers walk out of detention

by Victor Reyes Malaya The Armed Forces yesterday released from detention 11 Army and Marines officers who were recently cleared of mutiny charges in connection with an alleged plan to overthrow the Arroyo government in February 2006. The release order was signed on October 30 by Lt. Gen. Rodrigo Maclang, AFP vice chief who was [...]

November 4, 2009  Tags: ,   Posted in: Feb '06, Military  11 Comments

Miranda, Lim, Querubin and 14 others won’t be released

by Victor Reyes Malaya A military court yesterday denied a motion of 17 military > officers, including two senatoriables, to dismiss the mutiny charges filed against them in connection with the alleged plan to overthrow the Arroyo government in February 2006. The court did not buy into the contention of the accused, through their counsels, [...]

October 27, 2009   Posted in: Feb '06, Military  21 Comments

Prosecution blocks release of 11 acquitted officers

The prosecution in the court martial of the 28 officers charged with mutiny in connection with the February 2006 alleged withdrawal of support from Gloria Arroyo is blocking the release of the 11 officers acquitted last Oct. 15. Trial Judge Advocate Lt. Col. Feliciano Loy said last Oct. 21, he asked for the nullification of [...]

October 26, 2009  Tags:   Posted in: Feb '06, Military  20 Comments

Hustisya para sa 40 na tinanggal

Nag-apela si Capt Ruben Guinolbay kay AFP Chief Victor Ibrado na kung maari ibalik rin sa serbisyo ang 40 na enlisted men na tinanggal sa serbisyo sa paratang na kasama raw sila planong magwithdraw ng suporta kay Gloria Arroyo noong Pebrero 2006. Si Guinolbay ay isa sa 11 opisyal na napawalang-sala noong Huwebes ng court [...]

October 17, 2009  Tags:   Posted in: Abante, Feb '06, Military  12 Comments