Update on Jonas: Cory Aquino to govt: Where’s Jonas Burgos?
Here’s Malacañang’s directive.
What struck me in that Pieta-like picture of Edith Burgos holding the picture of her missing son was the close resemblance of Jonas Joseph (Jayjay) to his father Joe Burgos, press freedom crusader and founder of We Forum and Malaya.
A witness to the abduction of Jayjay surfaced the other night at ABS-CBN after he saw Edith appealing for help to find her son.
The witness who hid under the name “Randy” said he saw Jayjay eating alone at the Hapag-Kainan restaurant at the Ever Gotesco Mall on Commonwealth Avenue in Quezon City about 1 p.m. when four “bodyguard-looking” men approached him. At first, Randy said, one of guys put his hand on Jayjay shoulders. “Hinihimas-himas,” was Randy’s description. I can imagine that it was a hard massage that the bodyguard-looking guy was applying on Jayjay.
Randy related that all of a sudden the burly men pulled Jayjay from his seat and forcefully brought him out of the mall. Jayjay was shouting, “Tulungan nyo ako! Dinudukot ako! Aktibista ako!” (Help me! I’m being abducted! I’m an activist!)
Randy said nobody dared help Jayjay. “Then everything went back to normal in the mall,” he said.
What Jayjay did, shouting and asking for help, is one of the tips in “staying alive” for journalists and activists in these dangerous times.
A former colleague in Malaya last night texted me they have information that it was elements of ISAFP (Intelligence Service of the Armed Forces of the Philippines) that abducted Jayjay. “Please pray,” she said.
I’m praying that Jayjay, married and a father to a one-year old baby, be given the strength to survive what he is going through. I’m also praying that God touch the conscience of his abductors and stop their malevolent operation.
An agriculture graduate of Benguet State University, Jayjay is a member of Alyansa ng Magbubukid, a chapter of militant peasant organization Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas (KMP), which is in the watchlist of the military.
The morning before he was abducted Jayjay conducted a seminar on organic farming.
It’s easy to imagine where Jayjay got his interest in agriculture and concern for the plight of the disadvantaged. After retiring from journalism, Joe Burgos took up farming in Bulacan.
I can’t remember particularly Jayjay when he was much younger. He is 36 years old now so he must have been 13 years old when he and his brothers and sister would do summer work in Malaya as copy boys or proofreaders while we were pushing the limits of press freedom under a dictatorship.
He must have been 11 years old when his father, grandfather, uncle, and friends of his father who were columnists of We Forum, Malaya’s sister-publication, were arrested and jailed in December 1982 for publishing stories critical of Ferdinand Marcos, especially about his fake war medals which US publications picked up three years later.
Jayjay was just six years old when his father decided that he would not allow martial law to curtail his right to inform the public about the truth. We Forum’s first issue came out on May 1, 1977. That marked the birth of the alternative press.
Tapping 18 campus editors as correspondents, Joe gave the Filipino public stories that would not see print in the mainstream newspapers. On the day the first copies of We Forum hit the streets, the Metrocom (Metropolitan Command of the Philippine Constabulary) arrested three of the student editors covering the Labor Day rally.
That was exactly 30 years ago. Today, the life of the son of a man who helped regain our freedom is in peril under the custody of unidentified elements of repression. It’s as if nothing has changed.
From where he is now, Joe Burgos must be in grief.
my group of prayer warriors are praying for jayjay.
siguro dapat itigil na ang mga gag shows ni michael v at joey deleon pati na rin ang ‘noypi, ikaw ba to?’ kasi baka akala ng mga tao sa ever gotesco palabas lang yun at may mga hidden camera sa paligid nila. resulta: di nila pinansin ang paghingi ng tulong ni jayjay.
This govt forced us to become helpless and leaved us with only one option: pray.
Nobody is safe under gloria and esperon. Let’s expect another abduction will happend soon.
Did the AFP offer help to find Jayjay?
…and left us with one option
For sure, kung walang sinasabi o ginagawang investigation tungkol dito ang gobyernong Glue at Assperon, o tulong para hanapin siya, that means they are behind the abduction. No action = (equals) guilty.
The fact that not even a single soul tried to help or interfere in the abduction of Jayjay, which was done before the eyes of probably hundreds of shoppers in a big mall, only proved that the fake commander-in-cheat and her super security Assperon are gaining success in instilling fear among the people. The duo has turned us into a nation of cowards! Please tell me I’m wrong.
Nakakapanindig balahibo na isipin na dumating na tayo sa “save-your-own skin” na lang, dahil wala na tayong aasahang tulong mula sa ating mga kababayan dala ng takot na pati sila ay balikan ng mga “bulky-bully looking men”!
In my opinion Jayjay is in safe location and he is well taking care off. Jayjay is a precious bargaining chips, being a family of newspaper publisher, who has no fear in publishing anomalous and scandalous against this present administration. Malaya is critical to them and they want to silence it.
E Cocoy, hindi naman na si Mang Joe Burgos ang may-ari ngayon ng Malaya, papaano magiging bargain ng mga hinayupak na dumukot sa kanya si Jayjay ayon sa iyong senaryo?
Jake Macasaet is the current owner/publisher of Malaya, di ba Ellen?
Ellen,
I don’t get it. This witness claims the abduction happened at about 1 PM of Saturday. Your earlier post says the last time Burgos was seen was while he was leaving the house at about 5pm, of Saturday, too!
Only one can be true, right? Unless…he was forced to take something out of the house and returned to his kidnappers, which also sounds absurd.
Chi,
Re “The duo has turned us into a nation of cowards! Please tell me I’m wrong.”
It’s difficult not to believe that cowardice has become the credo of a lot of people in the country when you hear such story.
Esperon, this frigging plonker of a morally coward military thief of staff must return Jayjay to his family.
Ellen, What has Gloria said? Nothing?
May she die a thousand agonizing deaths along with her pillock of a fatso, greedy husband.
I fervently hope that Jayjay is still alive.
OO nga magdasal na lang, pero teka, baka kaya hindi dinidinig ng Diyos ang mga dasal ng mga Pilipino ay dahil contrary naman ang dasal ng maraming taga simbahan. Palagay ko ang dasal ng karamihan sa kanila ay ‘pls pagpalain mo pa po si Glueria para madagdagan pa po ang ibibigay niya sa amin. amen.’
Kawawa naman kung hindi na makita ang anak ni Joe Burgos na iyan. Golly, baka matulad ang sitwasyon nang mapatay din iyong isa pang Burgos more than a century ago that sparked the Philippine revolution against Spain! Remember the execution of the GOMBURZA? Ang tagal din nabuo ang resolve ng mga pilipino noong na mag-alsa, but revolution they did!
Meron bang Gomez and Zamora din na puedeng bumuo ng triumvirate na ito na magiging mitsa ng rebolusyon laban doon sa mga hudas na nakaupo lalo na doon sa hibang na reyna enkangtada daw?!
PATALSIKIN NA, NOW NA!
Ystakei and all!
The answer—–El Filibusterismo—-
“Randy related that all of a sudden the burly men pulled Jayjay from his seat and forcefully brought him out of the mall. Jayjay was shouting, “Tulungan nyo ako! Dinudukot ako! Aktibista ako!” (Help me! I’m being abducted! I’m an activist!)”
Walang tumulong? Shocking!
Anna:
I pray the same thing. May she rot in hell!!!
Chi:
Kahit na si Macasaet na ang may-ari ng Malaya, the tradition lives on kaya nga target sila sa Malaya e.
Walang silbi ang AFP, buwagin na rin iyan! Gestapo ang labas!
IBAGSAK! PATALSIKIN NA, NOW NA! Baka magsisisi ang lahat! Killing fields ang labas ng Pilipinas. Bakit hindi naaantig ang lahat?
Tongue, yes, there’s a discrepancy there. It must have been the reporting. I’ll check.
click here for Inquirer’s update
I am constantly praying for the safety of those who were abducted and also those who engineered the abduction. It just takes one good soul to save another. Not all those who abduct people are hard core criminals. Some simply needed some money. They have to survive like anyone else.
I always pray that the good prevail over the bad at all times. There is always a soft spot in everyone’s heart. Let us just hope that Jayjay is in a safe place.
If Jayjay was only kidnapped for ransom the abductor had already rang the phone and in the process of negotiation, and that’s their business. But, everyone is puzzled in this situation and Jayjay knew his abductors and asked somebody to help him in the process. His abduction are likely to deepen the perception that the government remains adamant about not allowing greater political liberties.
If Jayjay is my son,I will dig my buried armory and do a Rambo style.
Tongue, I just talked with Edith Burgos. I was wrong in my first report about the time. I based it in a statement sent by a group helping the Burgos family last Monday.
Edith said Jayjay is based in Bulacan. He was expected in their house in Quezon City Saturday afternoon for a family meeting. He never came.
Edith said she doesn’t know what time Jayjay left the house in Bulacan.
There is a big difference when the police is under the military. It becomes inefficient because police work is not the same as soldiering. The function of the military is to kill the enemy. The police is to solve a crime. I should know. I have worked with the police in Japan, and over here the police is under a civilian commission, not a military, and it has a reputation to preserve—a 99.9% reputation of solving a crime, the 1% is for a rare miss!!!
Over in the Philippines, solving a crime is more publicity, and if they cannot solve one with their own people involved in the perpetration of the crime, they either invent stories, present false witnesses, and worst, parade framed up “perpetrators”!
I wonder who that Randy is. Hopefully, he was telling the truth. Otherwise, may he also rot in hell! Bearing false witness is a crime.
This Baccero (pronounced as Bakero, which is in Japanese is “PIN”), should stop defending the military but allow the prosecutor’s office and the police to do their duties. He should not be too defensive. Nahahalata tuloy silang lalo na sila ang may gawa ng kahayupang ito! Nice try, gago!
Nanglilito pa ang mga ungas if that is the purpose of this Randy who can even be a military false witness like the crying lady who said she saw how Aquino was shot when she was not even at the door or the window of the plane where Ninoy was a passenger. What a crap!
Buhay na ng tao ang nasasalalay ang galing pang magsinungaling ng mga ungas!
parang mas mabuti pa sa panahong ito ang basura, nagkakaroon ng halaga at pinagkakaitaan ng mga pobre. sa administrasyon ni gloria tomadora, ang buhay ng tao (lalo at kontra sa kawalanghiyaan niya) ay bale wala, mas walang kwenta kaysa basura!
Gloria Arroyo has not issued a statement on the abduction of Jayjay Burgos.
But Edith Burgos said Press Secretary Bunye called her up and extended his usual sympathy and assured her that the proper agencies are working to find Jonas.
Bakit pakawalan na ba siya ng ISAFP?
Either that or people don’t care. I hope I’m wrong on that, too.
asahan na. kapag nag-umpisang magsalita ng kung ano anong walang katotohanan ang may sanga sangang dilang babaeng baliw sa loob ng malakanyang, kung hindi kasabay, may kabuntot na kalunos lunos na magaganap. minsang nauuna o nasasabay ang pagpapabango niya sa kanyang ummaalingasaw na pinaglulunggaan.
pagkatapos ni jayjay, sino naman kaya ang susunod?
kung hindi matutuldukan ang kawalanghiyaan ng mga alipores ni gloria tomadora at hahayaan pang lumawig ang kanyang pamamayagpag, ano’ng kinabukasan pa ang magandang iiwan natin sa ating mga anak? hahayaan na lamang ba nating laging nilulukob ng sindak ang ating paligid na sa anumang sandali ay maaaring dumatal ang hindi natin ninanais na mangyari dahil lamang sa hindi pagtanggap sa “lason’ na sa ati’y pilit isinusubo?
Right after the bombing of Plaza Miranda in 1971, talk was ripe about the impending declaration of martial law. Everybody believed it but nobody took precautions. Jayjay’s abduction in broad daylight, the militarization of urban areas, the continuous harassment of political activists, the stiffling of dissent- all these seem to point to another impending declaration of martial law. Some believe it, some don’t. Are we waiting for another Plaza Miranda? If and when that happens, who among us will take the needed precautions?
eto ang pinakabago ng katunayan ng aking binanggit sa itaas:
Arroyo turns May 1 rites into poll campaign
05/02/2007
President Arroyo yesterday turned the Labor Day celebrations into a campaign sortie for her senatorial and party-list candidates in the May 14 elections.
In an apparent bid to lure workers to vote for Team Unity senatorial and congressional bets, the President vowed the government and her allies in both the Senate and the House of Representatives will pass a law that would exempt minimum wage earners from paying income tax.
“www.tribune.net.ph/headlines/20070502hed4.html
o, di ba? puring puri niya ang kanyang sarili?
….pinakabagong katunayan……
Mrivera::
If you observed her speach to the May Day workers you would have seen her concern showing through her ‘baggy eyes’ to the fact that despite all her ‘hard sell’ the audience of workers failed to applaud her, having got used to her lying ways. No body believes her statements, just nobody!
Glo, any way you look at it, your in the _hit at last.
And Abalos-loss of Comelec already opined that Arroyo’s promised of labor incentives IF (only If the Administration’s Team win) is not vote buying. That’s was Quick.
Ellen,
My cousin in VA said that Pres. Cory just issued a statement re abduction of Jayjay. Please, is there a chance that you post it here. Thanks.
Ang kapal ng mukha nitong si Bunyeta na tawagan pa ang nanay ni Jayjay. Hoy, sabihin mo sa iyong Among Demonya na pakawalan na lang si Jayjay at sobra na iyang kadramahan mo! Bwisit!
Don’t worry, Magno, kahit anong puri ni Arroyo sa sarili niya, konti na lang ang naniniwala. Problema, wala na ring modo at prinsipyo ang karamihan kasi pag pera na ang pinag-uusapan, nawawala ang prinsipyo. Masakit aminin pero ito ang katotohanan.
Tell you what, nalaman ko sa isang reliable source na pupunta si Pandak dito at magsasabog ng lagim sa May 21-25. May 24, may reception para sa mga pilipino sa Imperial Hotel. 10,000 yen (110yen per 1 dollar) ang bayad sa pagkain plus iyong renta pa ng reception hall, at more than 100 ang imbitado na aabot daw ng kulang-kulang sa 5 to 6 million yen, plus iyong bayad pa ng hotel ng entourage ni Pandak na kasama iyong tabatsoy na asawa gastos lahat galing sa taxpayer’s money. Malaki ang natubo doon sa bentahan ng ambassador’s residence sa Kudan. Final na raw dahil nagpahiwatig na raw ang ambassador na last cherry blossoms viewing na raw nila noong nakaraan.
Gosh, maski nga si Marcos hindi pinag-interesan ang mga patrimonies ng Pilipinas sa Japan! Itong pekeng pangulo, ang ubod ng hidhid na sakim pa ganid pang magnanakaw! Iyan ang tawag na itawag niya sa sarili niya na hindi iyong puri ng puri sa kawalan naman niya ng achievement para ang mga pilipino ay makapamuhay na ng masagana sa bansa nila hindi iyong naubos na yata ang matatalino sa bansa! Wow, bakit nagtutuodan pa ang mga pilipino? Pambihira! Unbelievable!
w-w-n-l,
when i watched the news on TFC last night, i turned off my TV set when her face was flashed on the screen. eversince, whenever this forked tongue lady appears i already know that all she has to say and offer is nothing but LIES!!!
ito lamang ang totoo sa lahat kay gloria kapag meron siyang ispits: dinudumog ito ng midya kapakit ng paldong sobre; 99.99% sa mga odyens, hinakot at binayaran; ang mga palakpakan sa pagitan ng kanyang pambobolang kasinungalingan, nirekord; at, sa bawat pagmamagaling niyang meron siyang kapakipakinabang na nagawa, merong kabuntot o kasabay na malagim na mangyayari!
…dinudumog ito ng midya KAPALIT ng paldong sobre; …….
Pareho ng sabi mo sa itaas, Ellen, na ISAFP ang suspect na may kagagawan.
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“Kaya nga lalong lumalakas ang suspetsa na ISAFP ang may kinalaman sa pagdukot sa aking pinsan dahil sa kanilang pananahimik sa naturang insidente.
At lalong nakakaduda dahil ang nangyaring pagdukot kay Jonas at dalawa niyang kasamahan ay naganap sa panahong may deployment ng military intelligence agents sa Metro Manila sa utos na rin ni Lt. Gen. Ben Dolorfino na siyang commanding general ng National Capital Region Command.”
Raymond Burgos, columnist and cousin of Jayjay
http://www.abante.com.ph/issue/may0207/main.htm
A civilised country has no need for an outfit such as ISAFP we need to get professional and transparent. Get rid of these thugs, they’re a breeding ground for violent acts against the Filipino citizen with no accountability what-so-ever.
I wonder what reaction there would be if a member of the cabinet, administration or congress was forceably abducted. Less face it whilst no AFP, PNP, NBI admit they know anything, its not safe for high profile personalities in government either! An evil copy-cat situation is not impossible.
Cardinal Rosales what is happening to the morals of our country?.
Ellen, pls disregard my request above, I got it already. Thanks.
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Former President Corazon “Cory” Aquino, for her part, appealed to “the highest authorities of the land to send the clear signal to the field, that Jonas Burgos must be surfaced immediately by whoever is holding him, and that no harm must come to him.”
“If any organs of the state have a case whatsoever against him, we believe that Jonas must be allowed to defend himself in court, and not become part of the statistics of the disappeared and others who have fallen victim to extra-judicial punishment in these troubled times,” Aquino said in a statement.
http://www.tribune.net.ph/headlines/20070503hed2.html
Ang tindi ng kawalanghiyaan ng mga ungas. Halata na ang mga modos operandi nila, ang lalakas pa rin ng loob dahil wala nang kinikilalang batas ang mga ito. Iyon namang mambabatas ng Pilipinas, kundi natakot na din, swapang naman. Kaya importanteng iboto ng mga pilipino ang mga laban sa mga tuta ni Mrs. Pidal sa eleksyon. 100 percent “NO TO TUTA!” dapat para wala nang kalusot ang mga salbaheng iyan. Huwag nang hintayin magdeklara ng Martial Law ang walanghiyang babae at mga tuta niya. Tatagal pa ang pananakot niyan. Enough is enough. Baka mas tumagal pa ang pagmamalabis niyan kesa kay Marcos.
WWNL,
Gaudencio Rosales, the priest, is so silent! He should have issued a statement a day or two ago condemning the perpetrators but instead, he’s giving again the evil one enough time to elude this issue! Ang prinsipe ng simbahan ay tameme!
As kitamokitako Says:
May 2nd, 2007 at 6:41 am
OO nga magdasal na lang, pero teka, baka kaya hindi dinidinig ng Diyos ang mga dasal ng mga Pilipino ay dahil contrary naman ang dasal ng maraming taga simbahan. Palagay ko ang dasal ng karamihan sa kanila ay ‘pls pagpalain mo pa po si Glueria para madagdagan pa po ang ibibigay niya sa amin. amen.’
“Recover Burgos, Gloria PNP”
http://www.malaya.com.ph/may03/news5.htm
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Bakit pa uutusan ng demonyang ito ang PNP, pwede naman na ilabas na lang niya basta si Jayjay! Nag-uulol na naman ang EK!
Oopps, should be “…Gloria tells PNP”
Nakakabwisit kasi ang kaartehan ng pekeng pangulo!
Salonga sees Marcos in Arroyo, Ver in Esperon
By Norman Bordadora, Nikko Dizon Inquirer
— President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo’s decision to call out the military to help police disband private armies, man 24-hour checkpoints and stop political killings has prompted ex-Senate President Jovito Salonga to warn that the May 14 elections could turn out to be as “violent and fraudulent” as the Marcos-era polls.
In an open letter sent Tuesday to the President through Executive Secretary Eduardo Ermita, Salonga called on Ms Arroyo to ensure the peace and the credibility of the midterm elections so as not to worsen current problems, including the continuing killings.
Thanks for the clarification, Ellen. It wasn’t just you, even some papers reported the same thing.
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If it hasn’t reached the wires yet, let me break it that just this afternoon, the Appelate Court threw out the petition of the lawyers of UP coeds Karen Empeño, Sheryl Cadapan, and farmer Manuel Merino to hold Ex-General Palparan in contempt for failing to heed the summons of the court for him to appear before it last August 2006. The judge said Palparan must be excused for being sick and that the absence was substantiated by a medical certificate.
Dang! If it takes all of nine months before a mere petition for contempt is decided, we might as well be prepared to accept that again, nothing will ever come out of this case. This is just another futile attempt at justice. 3 more names appended to the list of victims of Gloria’s killing spree.
I’m terribly aghast at the way victims and their families (I hope not in this case of Jayjay Burgos) will always have to wait ages before the unbelievably slow wheels of justice begin to grind, while the perpetrators and brains enjoy the perks and privileges of their complicity with the murderous regime that Gloria leads.
Too many precious innocent lives wasted. Me and my family condemn the Burgos abduction, in the same token, the Empeño/Cadapan/Martin abduction, and all other forced disappearances, to the fullest degree. I can only pray that these dastardly evil acts of this diabolic twin, the civilian-military pseudo-government, and the seeming impunity whereby such acts are condoned or even encouraged, be stopped NOW and the offenders brought to REAL justice – both human and divine.
Let’s also pray that these young men and women won’t later be found in another mass grave and again falsely-attributed to anyone or any group critical of this bestial mini-dictator that calls herself president.
Ay naku, kamukat-mukat natin, dahil malaki ng balita ang abduction ni Jayjay at nakikialam na si Pres. Cory, iiwan na lang nila ang nakapiring na batang Burgos sa isang ilang na lugar at magpapalabas ng balita na na-recover nila ito! Ang may kagagawan ay NPA. Hindi iyan malayong mangyari dahil mapi-pressure sila na ilabas si Jayjay, kung hindi ay simula iyan ng kinatatakutang rebolusyon ni Tianak!
Ang abduction ni Jayjay ay dapat kondenahin ng lahat ng sector dahil siya, bilang anak ni Joe Burgos, ay simbolo ng pakikibaka sa mapang-aping rehimen.
Hindi ko maubos maisip kung bakit isasakripisyo ni Tianak ang batang Burgos na alam naman niyang magkakagulo ang balita dahii ito ay anak ni Joe Burgos. Or she had no prior knowledge (as usaual) and is really no longer in control, taga-pop na lang siya ng champagne!
Huh, putragis na korte ‘yan, nakikipag-sabwatan sa murderer! Isang taon na halos ang abduction ng mga batang taga-UP tapos ii-excuse lang si Palparan. Ano yan, nag-absent lang sa klase ang butcher nan ito?! Hay naku!
I agree with Spy when he said that “This govt forced us to become helpless and left us with one option: pray.” There’s one more option, REBOLUSYON!
Slips of The Tongue:
1. Palparan was asked to appear on September, 2006 not August, 2006.
2. “Empeño/Cadapan/Martin abduction” should read: “Empeño/Cadapan/Merino abduction”.
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10th District of California Congresswoman Ellen Tauscher has officially written Gloria:
“In order to stem the ongoing extrajudicial killings and to renew public faith in the political and military institutions in the Philippines, I urge you to move quickly to prosecute those responsible for the crimes and to make clear that political policy toward the left-wing parties in Congress does not extend to the condoning of murder as tactic to limit these parties from operating freely,” she said.
“Moreover, I urge you to not only provide legitimate political space for leftist groups, but to also ensure that counterinsurgency strategy, especially at the local level, does not include extrajudicial killings of political activists,” she said.
Read on at: newsinfo.inquirer.net/topstories/topstories/view_article.php?article_id=62616
US State Dep’t says RP press freedom ‘deteriorating’
From The Daily Tribune website (www.tribune.net.ph/headlines/20070503hed5.html):
The United States said on Wednesday that press freedom in the Philippines is “deteriorating.”
In a statement, the US State Department lumped the Philip-pines along with Afghanistan, Venezuela, Pakistan, Russia, Egypt and Lebanon on its list of countries with “deteriorating conditions for press freedom.”
“We are… concerned about increasing limitations on press freedoms around the world. In many countries, governments are tightening libel laws, media ownership is increasingly controlled by governments and pro-government forces, the number of independent press outlets is declining, restrictions on Internet search engines and the rights of citizens to express themselves freely over the Internet are multiplying, and those who try to independently seek, receive or disseminate information and ideas are being persecuted,” the State Department said.
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I can’t find the link wherein US Ambassador Kenney subtly suggests to the Phil. Gov’t to treat US companies fairly in a bidding that is viewed by the US State Department as favoring Chinese bidders. The US seems to be pressuring Gloria on many fronts.
Isn’t the white helicopter hovering around Malacañang yet?
Protest march set for Burgos son on Friday
Inquirer
Last updated 08:28am (Mla time) 05/03/2007
MANILA, Philippines — A march protesting the abduction of Jonas Joseph Burgos, son of the late press freedom icon Joe Burgos, will be held 3 p.m. on Friday.
Protesters will assemble near the Robinsons Mall at the corner of EDSA (Epifanio delos Santos Avenue) and Pioneer Street in Mandaluyong City and march toward the People Power Monument beside Camp Aguinaldo in Quezon City.
The event is organized by the Amado V. Hernandez Resource Center.
A manifesto will be read at the People Power Monument protesting the increase in number of forced disappearances.
chi:
Its nice to read your comment about the protest march.
In fact there should be different groups consisting of all sectors of the population with a show of united force marching every single day protesting to show the disgust of the population until even the schizo mind of this evil woman gets the message loud and clear.
Give the PNP & Afp some practise at crowd control because I feel they will be needing it in the not too distant future!
WWNL,
I think that we should take advantage of this protest march for Burgos to show our disgust of the evil one in EK, and we should do it daily until she’s dead!
chi,
pabayaan mo na ‘yang si godeng rosales dahil walang mahihita sa katulad niyang kahit nagdudumilat na sa harapan niya ang katiwalian sa administrasyon ni gloriang tomadora ay sasabihin pa ring kailangang igalang at pagpitagan dahil pangulo daw ng bansa!
ang mga katulad ng asobispo na ‘yan ay isang bayarang tagapagsanggalang ng mga tiwali kapalit ng nakasobreng pakinabang.
mga hudas sa likod ng suot na abito!
Chi:
We’re meeting with Alston on Tuesday. You gave me an idea. I was really going to make some placards. I will include a placard for JayJay.
Ellen, can you email me a picture of JayJay. I also plan to use the above pictures to show to the human rights now members who are sponsoring the meeting with Philipp Alston at the Tokyo University on Tuesday.
There will be a big demonstration planned by Japanese concern when Burot comes to Tokyo on May 22nd.
Apparently, no matter what she does, the Burot is done. All she needs to do now is exit! Huwag na siyang maghintay na maging violent pa ang pagpapaalis sa kaniya. Baka maghalo ang balat sa tinalupan, so to speak.
Ellen,
Buhat ng isulat mo ang nangyari kay Grecil at ngayon ay kay Jayjay ay hindi ako mapakali, tapos ay naipaala-ala pa ni Tongue iyong mga taga UP. Sukdulan na ang kasamaan ni Tianak at Assperon. Kahit hindi tama ay ipinagdarasal ko na sila ay mag-drop dead na lang to stop this unnecessary disappearances/killings/murders. Ang daming wasted na buhay under this fake presidency!
Kung demonyo si Marcos, ano si Mrs. Pidal? Maski nga si Satur Ocampo amenado na kunti lang ang namatay sa kamay ng mga militar noong panahon ni Marcos kumpara sa extrajudicial killing ngayon. Aabot pa ng libo-libo ang magiging biktima ng rehimeng ito. Kaya ano ba talaga ang gagawin ng mga pilipino para masupil ito?
“Kung demonyo si Marcos, ano si Mrs. Pidal?”
Supreme Demon!
(UPDATE) EU expresses shock over Burgos abduction
‘Culture of impunity’ scored
QUEZON CITY, Philippines — The European Union has expressed “shock” over the abduction of Jonas Joseph Burgos, son of the late newspaperman Jose “Joe” Burgos Jr.
Ambassador Alistair MacDonald, head of delegation of the European Commission to the Philippines, also expressed hope that the young Burgos would show up safe.
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“Here in the Philippines, hardly a day goes by without a fresh reminder of the essential importance of human rights. Just this week we’ve seen the appalling case of the abduction of Jonas Burgos and two companions here in Quezon City,” he said.
MacDonald lauded the Commission on Human Rights for investigating the case. However, he noted the “culture of impunity” that had allowed it to happen.
“Frankly, I’m shocked about what this suggests about a culture of impunity in this country,” he said.
“This [abduction] simply confirms that the human rights situation in the Philippines is a matter of great concern,” he added.
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