From Emma Roxas of KME:
KME (Kilusang Makabansang Ekonomiya) is holding a
massive prayer rally and mass mobilization on Nov. 11,
2005, at 2 p.m. at the Liwasang Bonifacio. Many
bishops will be in attendance (Bishops Tobias,
Iniguez, Labayen, Drona, Navarra of Bacolod, etc.)
together with many leading officers of the major
religious superiors of the Phils. Many universities
will join.
hello ellen,
congrats on your new blog. i always read your column in abante. why don’t you write something about the rape of that Filipina in Subic or did you write about it already and i just missed it? anyway, the remark of that white guy (not sure if he was american) that the girl was a prostitute infuriated me. what did he mean that if the girl was not a prostitute then it was ok to make a big deal? anyway,i really wanted to say hi.
thelma
Hi, Thelma,
Nice to hear from you.I miss your radio program with Sen. maceda, Rissa Oreta and Christy.
I wrote about the rape casein Subic today in Malaya. It’s posted here also. In fact, I got an email from a certain Don Winters (I posted it under that article) expressing the same asshole mentality as that “white man” in front of the U.S. embassy.
It’s deplorable.
Rape is a serious crime and those that are guilty of that crime ay kailangang maparusahan. But, like all crimes in the Philippines, the accused are presumed guilty (dapat, presumed innocent), kaagad, by the “law,” the press, and the masses kaya kapag ikaw ay naakusahan ng isang paglabag sa batas, tapos ka na. Dahil sa ganitong treatment sa mga akusado, laganap sa atin ang pandidelihensya sa mga turista ng mga sindikatong mey kasabwat na pulis o pulis-pulisan. Ganito ang modus operadi: Ang isang “prosti” ay sasama sa motel at doon sa motel ay kunwa mey raid, kung saan aarte ang babae na ni-rape. Karaniwan ay mey planted pa na druga. In the end, aareglo ang turista para hindi mapahamak. Easy money.
Is it possible na this is just a “boched up” na delihensya? Nagtatanong lang po.
Atong
Atong Kuliglig:
I just received some info from Manila that this “incident” being made to a “case” is exactly that – “botched up” na dilihensya.
Please see my posting elsewhere in this blog on the subject of Jurisdiction.
Pepeton