Last Thursday, Sen. Antonio Trillanes, who is chair of the Committee on Civil Service and Constitutional Reforms, conducted a hearing in his detention quaters. Senators…
Making life worth living.
Author: Ellen
Rene died of a heart attack at the young age of 40 in Jakarta, where he was an executive of a multinational corporation. A graduate of the United States Military Academy (Class 1986), Rene served the country with courage and honor as a member of the elite Scout Rangers of the Philippine Army.
A reformist at heart and in deed, Rene left military service in frustration. He wrote, “ As a young officer, I used the power of the pen to question things that were not right in the Armed Forces of the Philippines–incompetence, corruption, lack of strategic direction, and unprofessionalism. My writings were a voice in the wilderness, but the criticisms earned me a reputation as a rebel officer–too honest and too frank for my own good. I really thought reforms could be achieved through intellectual honesty and awareness. “
Rene further said, “I realized that the prevailing environment in the AFP was no longer acceptable to my sense of duty and honor, that there was more to life than being a soldier in serving the country and people. To fulfill that, I needed to live outside of the uniform.”
He is the son of Gen (ret) Raymundo Jarque, known for having joined the New People’s Army, when justice was perverted against him. The elder Jarque has long left the underground movement and is now working with a government corporation.
ABS-CBN update: Quisumbing says sorry to media
Noong Marso pa pala unang pumunta itong si Ana Evangelista sa Commission on Human Rights at nagsampa ng kaso dahil sa pagkawala ng kanyang asawang si Darius, suspek daw sa panghu-hold up pagkatapos mahuli ng mga pulis.
Meron din ibang pamilya na nagsasabing ang nakikita sa video na pinalabas ng ABS-CBN ng isang taong tino-torture (tinalian ang kanyang ari ay hinihila, pinipilipit tuwing hindi gusto ng pulis ang sagot sa kanilang tanong) ay ang kanilang kaanak na si Vicente Obrigo na napatay sa encounter sa mga pulis noong isang linggo.
Itong si Ana (hindi niya totoong pangalan) ang sinasabi ni Human Rights Commissioner Cecilia “Coco” Quisumbing na kanyang inaasikaso raw kaya limitado ang kanyang oras sa mga reporter. Kaya nagtaray. Click on this site. http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/video/nation/08/20/10/chr-commissioner-coco-goes-loco#ooid=ZwdnZuMTr9BqVNywApk_PWoISyqPS95D
Iba-ibang klaseng torture ang nakita natin nitong nakaraang linggo.
Una yung kahindik-hindik na video ng turture sa isang hinahalaang holdupper sa Asuncion precinct station sa Tondo, Manila.
Ang pangalawa naman ay ang pagwawala ni Commissioner Coco Quisumbing ng Commission on Human Rights sa media.
Makikita sa video ang isang payat na lalaki ang namimilipit sa sakit na nasa sementong sahig. Tinalian ng kanyang mga torturer ang kanyang ari at tuwing may tinatanong at hindi nagugustuhan ang sagot, hinilia ang tali kaya namimilipit sa sakit.
It looks like there’s another kind of torture reporters who are covering the Commission on Human Rights have to suffer with Commissioner Coco Quisumbing.
When is Etta Rosales going to assume the position of chair?
Here’s a related report from the Inquirer:
CHR exec goes ballistic over media
by Leila B. Salaverria
Human Rights Commissioner Cecilia Quisumbing yesterday scolded a radio reporter for refusing to go into the bathroom with her, the only place, she said, where she could grant him the interview he had requested.
DzMM reporter Dennis Datu became the target of Quisumbing’s wrath when he did not comply with her instruction to go inside the bathroom so she could update him on the torture case the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) was investigating.
by Harry Roque It was not the ideal image to wake-up to. There he was: naked, emaciated and cringing from pain whenever his torturer would…
by Booma Cruz VERA Files Twenty-seven years after the murder of opposition leader and former senator Benigno “Ninoy” Aquino Jr., his daughters say the search…
One is the continued thriving career of Maj. Gen. Gaudencio “Boy Gee” Pangilinan, one of Gloria Arroyo’s dependable generals, under Aquino’s supposedly reformist administration.
Angue identified Pangilinan as one of the Class ’79 officers close to Defense Secretary Voltaire Gazmin. He said Pangilinan served as intelligence officer and comptroller of Gazmin when the latter was still in the active military service.
Proof of Pangilinan’s clout with Gazmin is his inclusion in the first batch of officers who moved up under this new administration. Last month, he was named commander of Northern Luzon Command vice Lt. Gen. Ricardo David who was named AFP chief of staff.
The Nolcom chief position requires a three-star general. Pangilinan is a two-star general. His third star is still awaiting the signature of President Aquino.
by Khrysta Imperial Rara VERA Files My son wants to be an MILF commander,” said 38-year-old Abdulbasit Benito, a peace advocate based in Cotobato City.…
Ang galing nitong mga heneral na busog na busog kay Gloria Arroyo. Hanggang ngayon patuloy pa rin sila sa hapag-kainan ng bagong administrasyon.
Isa na si Maj. Gen. Jonathan Martir na nakakuha ng appointment kay Pangulong Aquino bilang director IV. Isa siya sa unang hinirang ni Aquino noong Hulyo 15. Ang swerte talaga ni Martir.
Sabin ng isang defense reporter, re-appointment lang daw yun kasi linagay siya doon ni Arroyo pagkatapos siya nag-retire. Tagapag-mahala daw siya ng military arsenal.
Bakit siya na re-appoint?