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Iba’t ibang klaseng torture

Published by Ellen on August 21, 2010

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.

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Coco goes loco

Published by Ellen on August 21, 2010

What's happening to her?
Click on this site. http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/video/nation/08/20/10/chr-commissioner-coco-goes-loco#ooid=ZwdnZuMTr9BqVNywApk_PWoISyqPS95D

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.

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The incredible and talented Boy Gee

Published by Ellen on August 19, 2010

Will he get his third star despite the one-year ban?
There were two significant things that Rear Admiral Feliciano Angue mentioned in his marathon griping with media the past few days.

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.

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Paboritong heneral ni Arroyo, appointed ulit ni P-Noy

Published by Ellen on August 17, 2010

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?

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Tenor Arthur Espiritu captures Manila

Published by Ellen on August 15, 2010

Video produced by elementary school classmates of Arthur:

Arthur Espiritu with girlfriend, Christine
My writer friend Nelson Navarro said he was glad he went to watch tenor Arthur Espiritu last Saturday despite his restricted mobility, walking with the aid of a cane due to a recent stroke.

I went with Charmaine Deogracias of NHK TV and we were so happy to experience a great performance by Filipino artists. (The 34-year old Espiritu is now Filipino-American, having migrated to the United States when he was 14 years old.)

It was a joy to watch Espiritu, the second Filipino to perform before a passionate and demanding audience at the hallowed halls of La Scala di Milan. His voice has a pristine quality and he moves with aplomb.

Soprano Rachelle Gerodias and pianist Najib Ismael completed the trio that gave the unusually big crowd at Philamlife Theater a memorable evening of fine music. Showing their appreciation, the crowd gave them a rapturous, standing ovation.

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Gagged admiral refuses to stay gagged

Published by Ellen on August 15, 2010

Rear Admiral Angue has mentioned the name of MGen Gaudencio S. Pangilinan Jr as one of those who engaged in politicking in the 2010 elections and is a beneficiary of favors under this new administration. Pangilinan also served Gloria Arroyo very, very well.

Angue, decrying new assignment as a demotion, goes to media

by Victor Reyes

Rear Adm. Feliciano Angue, who has alleged that senior AFP officers engaged in politicking in the last elections, yesterday decried his demotion to commander of the Naval Forces Western Mindanao from commander of the National Capital Region Command.

Angue named two senior officers who he said benefited from the manipulated promotion system of the Armed Forces, in continued defiance of an order for him to air his sentiments before the proper venue and not through media.

Angue, outgoing commander of the National Capital Region Command, said Northern Luzon Command (Nolcom) chief Maj. Gen. Gaudencio Pangilinan and Intelligence Service of the AFP (Isafp) chief Brig. Gen. Romulo Bambao have questionable credentials.

Click here:http://www.malaya.com.ph/08182010/news1.html

“In my 32 years as an officer of the Armed Forces, this is the first time that I would be a witness to the humiliation of demotion of a flag rank or a general officer. Demotion is a severe punishment given only to erring enlisted personnel who have committed grave offenses. Why do this to me and what wrong have I done?” Angue said in a speech following the flag-raising ceremony at the NCRcom headquarters in Camp Aguinaldo.

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