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Month: September 2007

Hindi makataong mga hospital

Nananakot itong asosasyon ng mga private hospital ng “hospital holiday” bilang protesta sa implementasyon ng Republic Act 9439 o Hospital Detention Law.

Ang R.A. 9439 ay nagbabawal ng mga hospital na mag-detain ng mga pasyente na hindi makakabayad.

Sa “hospital holiday”, hindi tatanggap ng mga pasyente na na hindi emergency simula itong buwan hanggang mapalitan ang batas.

Denied

Denying motions of the defense lawyers is more of a rule than an exception at the court martial hearings of Maj. Gen. Renato Miranda, Brig. Gen. Danilo Lim and 26 other officers in Camp Capinpin, Tanay.

It is so predictable that even before the seven-person panel would come back from a recess to confer, reporters have already written in their notebook, “motion denied.” And so far, we have not made a correction in our notes.

It was under this despotic atmosphere last Friday that Air Force Maj. Gen. Fernando Manalo entered the court room. He was the third ranking officer to be called after Rear Admiral Petronilo Magno and Maj. Gen. Pedro Insierto were expelled by peremptory challenges of Lt. Colonels Achilles Segumalian and Nestor Flordeliza.

Metro Manilans do not want Estrada in prison

Public sentiment is overwhelmingly in favor of former President Estrada.

That’s the reason why Gloria Arroyo and her minions are panicking over possible public reaction on the Sandiganbyan’s verdict on Estrada’s plunder case.

Survey conducted by Social Weather Station last month showed that a high number in Greater Metro Manila do not want Estrada going to jail.

Challenging the unworthy

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Camp Capinpin,Tanay – One of the accused alleged “mutineer” challenged Armed Forces Chief Hermogenes Esperon last Friday not to interfere in the court martial proceedings of the 28 miltiary officers involved in the aborted Feb. 2006 withdrawal of support from the Arroyo presidency.

Army Major Jose Leomar Doctolero said, “I pose a challenge to the convening authority not to interfere with the proceedings here.”

Doctolero said from the very beginning of the court martial, all he has been hearing has been, ‘order of Gen. Esperon.’