A military tribunal yesterday dismissed the motion of defense lawyers to dismiss the mutiny charges against Army and Marine officers linked to the alleged power grab attempt in February 2006, saying the motion was premature.
At least 19 of the 28 accused officers, through their lawyers, earlier filed motions citing lack of evidence. They said evidence and exhibits marked by the prosecution were not enough to prove their guilt.
The 19 include Maj. Gen. Renato Miranda, former Marines commandant, and Brig. Gen. Danilo Lim, former commander of the Army’s First Scout Ranger Regiment.
The two are accused of attempting to lead their men to a march to Edsa in February 2006, where they were to supposedly withdraw support from President Arroyo.
At the resumption of court martial proceedings at AFP general headquarters in Camp Aguinaldo, the tribunal said it agrees with the prosecution that the government must be given the chance to make a complete presentation of its evidence.
The court also said it “must see the evidence and hear testimonies to determine its sufficiency before it can decide (to dismiss the case)…Therefore, demurrer to evidence is denied. The state is entitled to due process.”
The prosecution has yet to start the formal presentation of its evidence as the court martial is still in the pretrial stage.
The accused have been on trial since December 2006.
Before the start of yesterday’ proceedings, Miranda issued a statement through lawyer Trixie Angeles saying he has lost faith in the military justice system. He said he submitted to the process on the belief it would work.
“Today, the court martial will rule on the demurrer to evidence filed by the defense lawyers. The outcome of this trial today – dismiss or continue with the trial – will not change my loss of faith, because the damage has been done,” said Miranda.
Miranda said the careers of his co-accused officers are being derailed by their detention. Worse, he said, some of the accused have lost their loved ones while in jail, the most recent of whom was Capt. Ervin Divinagracia whose wife died of leukemia.
“I look at the upstanding officers detained with me and I see careers derailed, and the country deprived of their honest outstanding service. Worse, I see undeserving people, cowardly, callous, selfish and greedy perpetrating themselves in power, at the expense of these detainees,” he said. – Victor Reyes
The Tanay boys as well as all the other political detainees can only get the justice they deserve after 2010 when the Evil Bitch is gone. No choice but the be patient. If we want them out of jail sooner, something significant must be done NOW.
Anong premature ang pinagsasabi ng military tribunal ni Gloria. Long overdue na na i-dismiss ang mutiny charges laban sa Tanay boys dahil walang evidence si Gloria.
Ano Yan-o, iduduyan-duyan ang kaso hanggang 2010 and beyond for Gloria’s satisfaction?! Tangna talaga!
mga walang hiya silang lahat sa military tribunal court..at ang yano na iyan..anong klaseng kang general…general milk? general electric? you will have a day in God’s court..ang sabi nga when much is given to you much is expected of you not by your Goddess Gloria but by He who will rule the earth with justice…just you wait and see..just you wait..yang ya! araw mo ngayon but the end ang mga pinarusahan mong mga ito ay magwawagi at ikaw ang masusunog sa impierno..just you wait…
This kangaroo court know they do not have a case but they want to continue incarcerating these officers at the pleasure of the asspweron and the evil bitch! This court will do everything in their power to stall the hearings and present their bogus witnesses only to prolong the agony of these soldiers.
It is very unfortunate that these men put their lives on the line for a supposedly better Philippines but in a country where those running our institutions are a bunch of hoodlums and criminals, there is no law but their crooked law.
The more reason we have to be vigilant in not extending the rule of the mob under the evil bitch!
Our passiveness is successfully taking its toll. We have around us the Greek model for a medium rare street rallies, the Mumbai real to goodness hotel takeovers, and the Thai well done airport sit downs. Yet we insist on our kid blows. We dont learn our mouthfulls are already passe. The pen is no longer mightier, ours has no ink.
Nothing will change. It’s still Esperon who call the shots. It’s his game.
Total wala rin lang pag asang makakuha ng justice ang tanay boys eh mag ingay na lang sila sa media.
Suportahan nila ang December 12 rally at sabihan nila ng diretso sa media na si bansot ay illegitimate occupant of malacanang. Para lalong magliyab ang galit ng bayan. Total, they have nothing to lose anymore. Pinaaasa lang sila ni bansot para tumahimik sila, pero wala naman talaga silang aasahan na justice under bansot.
Ellen: Thanks for sharing the pictures..Malungkot man isipin I pray that their Christmas will be a peaceful one and justice will be theirs…Dec. 12 is the Day we all will be united in prayers for the Phil. May God bless them all and their families..
As long as the Dorobo stays at Malacanang and with a lousy injustice system, I doubt if any motion by the brave soldiers will be granted. To the Dorobo, they are threats.
Ituloy na ang threat mas mabuti pa.
Kawawang bansa!
What can you expect of those making up the military tribunal na pihadong nakasahod lahat ang mga kamay para doon sa “grasya” ng hudas na dapat sa totoo lang kinukulong. Makes me wonder if “bribery” is a crime in the Philippines as it is in most progressive countries like Japan, UK, etc. for that is what Gloria Dorobo and her minions do. She has in fact institutionalized what they call as “lagay system” in the Philippines.
I already buried the justice system in our country since EDSA 2? I have no respect and i don’t believe in our judges nowadays coz’since Davide trampled the legality of our constitution.
Gloria and her lapgods together with cabal of corrupt generals are really the real emenies of our people? I am calling to ALL loving and patriotic soldiers to withdraw their support to this evil goverment, you see now who’s telling the truth and who’s mocking the only protector of our people and country?
etcetera,
Damn this military tribunal, they are like and the same with Ombudsama of Gutierez?
We had already lesson from the past folks, gloria created the special court to punish Erap and convicted him to justify their evil deeds.
Right now, our great and patriotic soldiers are not alone to endure this darkest days of arroyo evil government. Let us continue our support and loyalty to the endeavor our success to punish all these concerned corrupt cabal of generals and co-conspirators of their misery and laps of judgment.
Hail our patriotic soldiers in uniform excluding all those corrupt generals and their minions.
Their days is coming soon…keep vigilant to our cause and admiration to free our beloved country from this evil power who sucked our blood and freedom.
You can show your support by being a member of Samahang Magdalo.
This will be the People’s Party.
Our Party.
in the process of joining sumpit, despite a slight technicality… 🙂
strange that it is the prosecution or the state that has not yet presented its case after two years. only means they have no case.
Tuwang-tuwa ako sa mga anak ni Col. Q. Hahahah!!!, parang triplets na guapito yung tatlo. Yung bunso naman ay so very cute and innocently helpless….
All out ako na itong mga Tanay Boys, Trillanes and hardcore Magdalos ang transition administrators ng Pinas!
Mabuhay kayong lahat dyan sa Tanay!
Wala talagang kaso, kapritso lang naman yan ni Glueria impakta! Two long years…tanga na lang ang maniniwala na merong ebidensya si GloriaAss laban sa kanila. Hindi nga nila maisapubliko ang Mayuga report sa takot na mabisto na walang kaso.
Miembro na ako nyan, SumpPit.
Exactly SumpPit…i’m regulary receiving from Magdalo about news clippings, and i’m so proud of their bravery and loyalty to our constitution.
Hail our Magdalo soldiers…the defender of truth and honest to goodness leadership!
Ibagsak ang mga traydor at peste sa ating lipunan!
chi,
Nahihibang na ba si gloria and her lapdogs, kasalanan ba ang magwithdraw ng support sa kurap na gobyerno…mayroon tayong free will di ba? Pag-ayaw na e wag na, bakit ba ang tigas ng ulo…
Oo nga, balweg. Ang kulit ni impakta Glue. Ayaw na e ipinagpipilitan pa ang sarili, (political) prostitute talaga ang bruha para magkamal ng kwarta na hindi kanya. At least, yung prosti ay may ibinibenta at nabibenta naman, itong si Gloria ay walang produkto na kabenta-benta. Kaya hayun at sya ang bumibili (sa mga tulad niyang pulitikong gahaman sa pera).
Yaks Chi…pag si gloria e mag prosti, pwede pa…maging matrona! Aba e may asim pa yan at madatung.
pag wala na sa pagkapresidente si gloria, nakikita ko ang future niyang trabaho. magiging succesful siyang bugaw or mama-san. 🙂
Kung magprostitute si putot..may magtatable ba kaya sa kanya..baka siya pa ang babayad para siya matable…she should be exiled sa Bulgaria…at doon siya magbenta…she should seek asylum doon and apply as bugaw..
E kahit nga si Billy C ay hindi na sya pupurihin kapag wala na sya sa power, ipahuhuli pa sya dahil sa kasalanang pagkakalat!
Delikado Ms. Rose pag naging bugaw si mama-san eka nga ni ipaglaban_mo?
Kawawa naman ang kaPinayan natin, e gugulangan lang ang mga pobre…alam mo na wais yan.
Sana nga ipahuli siya ni Obama..kung pinuri man siya ni Billy Boy he was just being a gentleman..kung baga sa mahjong kahit seguro magbisaklat siya no pansin siya ni Billy Boy at hindi siya babayaran..
rose,
Hindi nagbabayad si billy boy, sya ang binabayaran. In fact, kaya pinupuri niya si puta mama glueria ay dahil sa malaking kontribusyon sa kanyang global initiative na galing din sa ating kaban ng bayan na wala ng laman dahil sa korapsyon ng Pidal mafia.
Val: nagulat ako sa balitang nag rally ang mga kabataan sa Greece..kasi mukhang tahimik naman ang lugar…we stayed at the downtown area (just a couple of weeks agro) and while ma traffic din hindi nakakatakot lumakad sa kalye (around our hotel). One thing I noticed though wala akong nakita na Pilipino except when we took the cruise..and they were so good and service with a smile..ang babata and so charming…mga beauties..a number of them came from the Visayas..mukhang maganda ang deal sa kanila..they were recruited from the Phil. through an agency and they work from Feb. to Nov. we were the last cruise and then they go home via Cyprus kasi taga roon ang kanilang barko..then to the Phil.. and after three months they will be back again..
they made me feel proud of being a Filipino..at Bisaya pa..
Alert news:
Agence France-Presse – 12/9/2008 10:13 AM GMT
Philippines says debts up 1.9 percent to 84.4 billion dollars Debts owed by the Philippines government rose 1.9 percent from a month earlier to 4.1 trillion pesos (84.4 billion dollars) by the end of September, owing to exchange rate movements, the treasury bureau said Tuesday.
A total of 1.731 trillion pesos, or 42 percent of the total, is owed to foreign creditors and the balance to domestic creditors, it said in a statement.
The change was due to the depreciation of the peso and third currencies against the dollar, it added.
1998: End-game of Ramos regime debts reached US$47.817
From 1999 to 2004, a span of six short years, NG debt
increased 100%. Outstanding NG debt figures in
Philippine pesos for the years 1999 – 2004 are as follows:
1999: 1,775,356,000,000 (trillion)
2000: 2,166,710,000,000 (trillion)
2001: 2,384,917,000,000 (trillion)
2002: 2,815,468,000,000 (trillion)
2003: 3,355,208,000,000 (trillion)
2004: 3,811,954,000,000 (trillion)
^
2008: 4.1 trillion pesos (84.4 billion dollars) by the end of September.
MANILA, Oct 2 Asia Pulse – The Philippines’ outstanding external debt totalled US$50.895 billion at the end of June 2001, up 1.9 per cent from the March 31 level of US$49.949 billion.
Gloria regime spent around US$33.5billion started from June 2001 up to the end of September 2008.
Ang ibig sabihin mas malaki ang nautang ni Gloria (7-years in power) compare to Apo Macoy watch (20years)?
Preview:
The Philippines was granted independence in 1946 and in 1949, the Central Bank of the Philippines (CBP) was created and became the only bank authorised to issue peso coin and notes. Within days of CBP opening, the value difference of the US dollar and the peso dramatically widened from the original value of the peso being worth half a US dollar.
In 1964, President Diosdado Macapagal floated the currency.
1965: The economic growth slowed over time but by 1965, the Philippine economy was the second largest in Asia.
1970: In 1970, the government was having serious difficulty with payments on its US$2.3 billion debt.
1983: In addition, Philippine debt had reached US$24.4 billion. As a result of a shrinking economy and enormous debt, the Philippines defaulted on its foreign debt payments 1983 – 1984.
In 1986, after the downfall of Ferdinand Marcos, the debt was at US$28 billion with the country in a bankrupt state.
1998: The country promoted its image as one of the tiger economy in Asia at the expense of a debt burden of 47.817 billion USD by 1998.
2008: 4.1 trillion pesos (84.4 billion dollars) by the end of September.
Off topic.
Any Saudi/ME boys around? When does Ramadan commence and end? Yun kasing 2nd cousin ko ay na-heart attack dun, his belongings already back with his family but the body is left behind kasi raw ay nasapol ng Ramadan. Any info is appreciated. Thanks.
silang mga tanay boys ang mga natitirang mga AFP na merong bay**!!! mabuhay po kayo! makakalabas din po kayo sa oras nawala na yang impakta sa malakanyang.
chi, andito ako sa riyadh,ksa. matagal ng tapos ang ramadan. at katatapos lang ng haj at eid na ngayon dito kaya one week kaming walang pasok. saan po ba sa middle east yung sinasabi nyo? dapat po kausapin nila ulit yung employer para maliwanagan na lahat, pagpasensiyahan na lang nila ang kahinaan ng utak nila heheheh joke!
space,
Yan na nga ang sinasabi ko sa pamilya e. alam ko talaga ay tapos na ang ramadan dahil ng tumawag ako sa pnb pinas last month ay walang pasok pala dahil ramadan daw.
Salamat ha. i’ll placed a long distance call to the family…manloloko talaga ang karamihan sa employers. hayyy naku!
Ano ba yung “haj at eid”? I’ll inquire kung saan sa ME namatay. Thanks again.
hi uli chi, ang eid ay yung holidays pagkatapos ng ramadan at haj. ang ramadan ay buwan ng pag-aayuno o fasting nila para mabawasan o malinis ang sarili nila sa kasalanan. ang haj naman ay yung pilgrimage nila sa makkah o mecca na dapat ay at least once in their life ay mag pilgrimage sila sa mecca. mga next week ata o next month eh magpapalit na sila ng taon kaya ang magiging taon ngayon dito ay 1431.
correct ka jan na maraming employers ang manloloko dito sa middle east. wala namang pinoy na magtyatyagang mag trabaho sa lugar na ito kundi sa pera nila.
EID MUBARAK! sa inyo jan sa pinas o HAPPY EID!
space,
Ito ang isa sa gusto ko sa eskwelahan ng Ellenville, worlwide ang lessons. 🙂
anak ng teteng naman o, kala ko nagka evat para hindi aakyat ang debt ng pinas? talaga nga napunta lang sa mga bulsa nila ang inutang ng gobyerno de gago ni gloria. sarap ilagay mga hayop na yan sa isang isolated island na may ctv at mapapanood natin sila sila magaaway for survival…
ellen,
mukhang nawala yung – you must be logged-in sa iyong “Bring It On” blog. Paki check.
Off topic,
Who has a list of the 167 congressmen who signed for Cha-cha?
Manila Auxiliary Bishop Broderick Pabillo and chairman of the National Secretariat for Social Action-Justice and Peace of the CBCP needs it.
He vowed to campaign against politicians backing fresh efforts to revise the Constitution instead of pushing for the elections.
He said “We want to know first who those lawmakers that signed the resolution [for Cha-cha] are so that we’ll be able to campaign against them”.
Pabillo said they were surprised why the list of signatories of the resolution has been kept secret until now if “they have nothing to be afraid of.”
Good point Syria, ito ang tamang panahon to know fully ang background ng mga tongresman na nagsusulong ng cha-cha para tuldukan ang kanilang kaparan sa larangan ng pamumulitika.
Di dapat na iboto ang mga ito sapagka’t sila ang salot ng lipunan at uhaw sa kapangyarihan? Wa epek ang leadership ng kanilang master eh ang gusto ngayon baguhin ng constitution para manatili sila sa poder ng kapangyarihan.
Sobra na talaga sa pagkaganid ang mga tongresman na yan, dapat bigyan ng leksyon ang mga iyan ng matauhan at tumino ang mga pag-iisip.
Akala nila sa kanila ang Pinas…hoy mga tongresman magsitigil kayo at dapat yang ang inaasikaso ng mga NPA o kaya vigilante groups ng manutralize sa kawalanghiyaan.
Peste sa lipunan!
dalangin ang pabaon ko sa mga sasama sa rali bukas (biyernes) at sana sa pagkakataong ito ay matutong magsakripisyo ang mga kababayan nating direktang naaapektuhan ng mga kabalbalan ng kasalukuyang naghaharing masasama sa pamahalaan.
mga kababayan, isang araw po lamang ang inyong ilaan upang mapakinggan ang tunay na tinig ng sambayanan. huwag ninyong panghinayangan o gawing kawalan ang isang araw na hindi ninyo ipaghahanapbuhay kumpara sa halos walong taon na nating ipinagdurusa sa kamay ng mga sukab at ipagdurusa pa sa susunod na mga panahon kung patuloy kayong magsasawalang-kibo at ipagkikibit balikat ang mga kawalanghiyaan ng mga magnanakaw at kawatan at pangingibabawin ang katwirang “magsasawa din ang mga ‘yan”.
paano kung walang nang susunod na pagkakataon dahil sa inyong kapabayaan?
magsisisi na lamang kayo at hahayaang magpatuloy ng pagpapasan ng dusa ang inyong mga anak at magiging apo?
bayan, gising na, baka abutin na naman kayo ng muling paglubog ng araw at ang susunod na umaga’y hindi na ninyo magisnan!
Syria, thanks for calling my attention re “Bring it on” comments. Technical glitz. Okay na ngayon.
Thanks Maám Ellen, i missed that thread!
balweg, thanks for the figures. My scary thought on it is below.
1- The Arroyo government acquired more loans compared to the summation of all loans made by the first Philippine President up to Pres. Erap. I am not surprised. I am used to it. Damn.
2- 1/3 of our USD 29.2 Billion budget goes to debt servicing, e.g., payment for its interest only! Principal remains the same. That leaves us USD 19.5 Billion only for our government to pocket, ooops my mistake, government to spend.
3- The interest alone of our government loan is staggering at USD 8.44 Billion per annum or USD 23 Million per day. Very soon, this interest will climb. GMA just approved today another USD 500 Million loan from the WB and ADB for food security and judicial reform programs and another USD 2.08 Billion stimulus package for infrastructure projects. Tongpat-tongpats na ang bulsa ooops mali na naman, utang pala ng Pinas!
4- Our debt-to-budget ratio is practically over the edge. Surprisingly, we are not going down the drain. We are already in it !!!!! The ratio of 1/3 will soon become 1/2 and the economy will move from bad to worse and from worse to worst. Most likely, international banks will no longer lend us unless we give away our rich resources. The country will be chaotic. It’ll be like Haiti or Somalia.
The solution. Change of government? Communism modeled by China is progressive but I still believe in democracy with good governance. Change in government form is not needed now, so much so, for Cha-cha’s parliamentary form. What is needed is a Terminator or Terminators to terminate the public services of all corrupt politicians.
chi,
ramadan and hajj months are not fixed since hijrah calendar has only 30 and 29 days in each month, kaya revolving ito. kumpara sa gregorian calendar na merong 365 araw, ang islamic ay meron namang 354.
Abdollah,
Naisahan mo ‘ko dun a! Welkam back, Magno! Baka hindi ka pumindot sa previous post kaya medyo inulit ko dito sa loop ng mga kasama mong magigiting na sundalo.
marunong kayang tumula itong si abdollah, para sa mga tanay boys.
While the Tanay Boys continue to languish in jail, big time criminals being protected by Malacanang remain free. This time, it’s Bolante who has been released by the Senate. Sen. Gordon explained that Bolante gave his word that he would return if called. Word of honor? After all the lies and evasiveness, how could a lawyer like Gordon trust this architect of the Fertilizer scam? I told you making this Gordon the Chairman of Blue Ribbon Committee was wrong. I would prefer Chiz Escudero. Enrile and Gordon are Malacanang allies. If Bolante could escape to US and fake illness, why should we believe him now they he would cooperate after being released. Another big corruption case
gone…what’s the next scandal and case?
BE, given na yan. Almost three years of the Big Joke’s absence, siempre lahat na ng galamay ni evil bitch and nag-white wash ng mga dokumento. Pati na yung mga supposed witnesses eh nagtago na.
In the US, look what happened to the governor of Illinois? Swift ang action! Kaagad may resolution and everyone knows the goings of the case. Lahat ng tao na involved eh may nagbabantay na. Kung ganyan din sana sa Pilipinas malamang matatakot ang mga tao na gumawa ng kawalanghiyaan. But NO! Tutulugan muna ang kaso hanggang magkalimutan na!
Let us face it! Naisahan na naman tayo ni Bulate at ni Fatso. Tinatawanan lang tayo ng mga unggoy na ito!
psb,
sana nga sa pagtawa ng dalawang hunghang na ‘yan ay huwag nang maisara ang mga bunganga habang bumubula dahil sa atake de corazon.
aabuloy ako ng piso!
chi,
tinutuwid ko lamang ang medyo nabaluktot mong tanong at pananagalog, ‘kaw naman.
‘yung anak ko eh katatapos lang mag-take ng board exam at naghihintay ng resulta. pinagpahinga muna bago nag-review dahil singkad ba namang labing-isang taong nag-aral na walang tigil. sana nga, makapasa.
ayaw na nga nila akong pabalikin dito, eh ano gagawin ko sa pinas? maghihimas ng nirarayumang tuhod habang ‘yung mga anak ko eh pipila para lamang makabili ng bigas upang meron kaming isaing?
dito na lamang ako sa disyerto, meron pang ikabubuhay na hanapbuhay.
Ang tagal kasing nawala ang mentor ko sa lenguaheng Pinoy e, kaya madalas ay baluktot ang konstruksyon at salita.
Wow, ang galing ng angel mo, 11 years lang nag-aral tapos na. Congrats!
chi,
‘yaan mo, makakarating ang pagbati mo sa anak ko.
medyo late pa nga siyang nag-aral at ni hindi nag-nursery at nag-kinder. anim na taon sa elementarya, isang taon sa high school at apat na taon sa kanyang kursong tuloy tuloy walang hinto kapag summer, kaya naman hayun, namuti ang buhok sa sobrang subsob sa pag-aaral. awa ng diyos, kahit kulang sa mga references at laging special exam ang kinukuha dahil malimit na kapos at atrasado ang suweldo ko, nakatapos kahit kulelat sa kanilang batch.
wala akong balak (kung ako ang masusunod) na pagtrabahuin saan man sa ibayong dagat ang aking bunso sapagkat alam ko’t naranasan ang pangangailangan ng isang mangangalaga sa kalusugan at nagpapagaling na may sakit. magiging masaya ako kung itutuloy niya ang kanyang nasimulang pagko-community service nitong makatapos siya habang nagpapahinga. ‘yun ang ginawa niyang libangan kasabay na rin nang pagpapatuloy ng pagpapraktis ng kanyang mga natutunan sa eskuwelahan.
mas gugustuhin kong paglingkuran niya ang mga mas nangangailangan sa mga liblib na lugar.
norpil,
gusto kitang pagbigyan, kaya lamang limitado ang oras ko dahil sa hindi iisang trabahong nakaatang sa aking balikat sa kasalukuyan bunga ng pagbabakasyon ng inaalagaan kong Hohummm Resource Manager.
sam ader neks taym siguro.