Sabi ni AFP spokesman Maj. Gen. Jose Angel Honrado na hindi raw dapat mag-alala ang mga military officials na lilitisin sa court martial dahil iyon raw ay magiging makatarungan.
“Ito and proseso na sasala kung sino ang guilty at ang hindi guilty. Ito ang tamang korte para magpatunay kung sino talaga ang inosente at kung sino ang may kasalanan,” sabi ni Honrado.
Nagpapatawa naman itong si Honrado.
Ang magbubuo ng military tribunal na maglilitis sa 30 na opisyal ay si AFP Chief of Staff Hermogenes Esperon. Si Esperon ang nag-akusa sa mga opisyal na ito. Binastos niya ang rekomendasyon sa preliminary trial investigation ng panel na pinangungunahan ni Col. Al Perreras na “Conduct Unbecoming of an Officer and Gentleman” lang ang ikakaso sa kanila at hindi mutiny. Ngayon sasabihin ni Honrado, magkakaroon ng makatarungang paglilitis?
Nagpapatawa itong si Honrado.
Kung hustisya ang papairalin, ang dapat lilitisin ay sina Esperon at ang kapwa niya opisyal na tumulong sa pandaraya noong eleksyon sa pangunguna ng kanyang commander-in-chief na si Gloria Arroyo.
Lumabag sina Esperon ng nakasaad sa Constitution na ang obligasyon ng sundalo sa eleksyon ay bomoto lamang. Bawal ang sumali sa pulitika.
Ano ang ginawa nina Esperon, Gen. Gabriel Habacon at iba pa? Di ba narinig sa “Hello Garci “ tapes na kasama sila sa pagpalit ng resulta ng eleksyon sa Mindanao para panalunin si Arroyo?
Ano ba ang kasalanan nina Maj. Gen. Renato Miranda, Brig. Gen. Danny Lim, Col. Ariel Querubin, Col. Orlando de Leon, Col. Custodio Parcon, Col. Artemio Bañez, Col. Archie Segumallian at iba pa? Gusto lang nila ang maayos ng pamamalakad ng bayan.
Buhay ang tinataya ng mga sundalo para sa mapanatili ang tunay na demokrasya sa bayan. Sa kanyang pandaraya sa eleksyon, sinisira ni Arroyo ang demokrasya. At gusto niya itataya ng mga sundalo ang kanilang buhay para sa kanya? Nakakatawa naman.
Ang isa pang nagpapatawa ay itong si Sen. Juan Flavier.
Pinayuhan ni Flavier and mga oposisyon na senador na sa halip na magreklamo kung ini-ipit ng Malacañang ang kanilang Country Development Fund o pork barrel, dapat raw tigilan nila ang pag-atake kay Gloria Arroyo. Sa maikling salita, dapat sumisip sila kay Arroyo.
Tama ang sinabi ni Sen. Ping Lacson. Ang CDF ay pera ng taumbayan para sa mga proyekto para sa bayan. Karapatan yan ng mga senador at taumbayan at hindi pabor na binibigay ni Arroyo.
Maayos naman dati si Flavier sa larangan ng kalusugan. Mahilig siya magpatawa. Hindi natin alam kung ano na ang nangyari sa katagalan niya sa pulitika.
Hindi na siya ngayon nakakatawa.
Glueria is dangerously infectious.
First, she iniated a widespread election cheating that infected even the once prestigious nursing profession in the country.
Second, she always broke the rules of the constitution that made her Tongressmen believe that the Philippine Constitution doesn’t exist anymore. Infected, naging vacuum na ang mga tuktok ng majority.
Third, nahawa ng kurapsyon pati na ang mga korte and we had just witnessed a comedy of walang xerox at papel sa Department of Joke.
Fourth, ang comedy sa korte ay nahawahan si Honrado na nagpapatawa na rin. Magiging makatarungan raw ang paglilitis ng court martial sa “men of honor”. heheheh!
Fifth, pati si Flavier ay nahawa na. Wala na yatang magawa sa buhay at nagsabing sumipsip kay Glue ang mga senador para magkaroon ng pork. Hindi pa naman siguro senile itong dating dokto sa baryo na ito, kaya lang ay nahawahan na rin ni Glueria ng masamang bisyo. He’s now competing with the tv comedians dahil mawawalan na siya ng trabaho bilang senador.
This once excellent doctor turned out to be a total disappointment!
Kaya delikado iyang mga doctor ni Glue sa St. Lukes, nahahawahan na sila ng sakit na kasinungalingan.
Tama ka, Ellen. Tuwing magsasalita si Honrado tungkol sa military justice, laging supalpal sa mga reporter pag iniliko ang tanong tungkol sa Mayuga Report at dayaan sa eleksiyon. Nabubulol sa kaiiwas sa katotohanang ang superior niyang sinasaluduhan ay dapat sana’y nginangarat niya ng gitnang daliri lang. Nakakadiring naiipon ang laway (o kamandag?) sa gilid ng mga labi tulad ng isang taong nababaliw. Di dapat ang ganitong itsura ng mga tagapagsalita ng hukbo ng Pilipinas.
Malayo sa dating spokesman Col. Tristan Kison na mukhang kagalang-galang sana ngunit inilaglag ng kanyang mga amo nang sadyang itinago sa kanya ang katotohanang militar ang dumukot at kumupkupkop sa Erap 5 na kung hindi sa kakulitan ng media, malamang ay malagim na kamatayan ang inabot. Kaya nakakagulat na isang Maj. Gen. na ang nagsasalita para sa militar. Ibig sabihin, nasa itaas talaga ang kalokohan.
Si Flavier, huwag na ninyo pansinin. Iyung dating pinakamahirap na senador, multi-millionaire na rin! Mukhang malakas magbigay ang mga kompanya ng condom at herbal supplements. Tignan ninyo, pag pera ang pinag-usapan, alam niya kung saan tatayo.
Sayang si Flavier. Sinira ng kapwa niya bansot!
Chi, sabi sa headline ng Phil. Star kahapon, Gloria is as healthy as the economy! Nasaan si Ocayvalle? Pare ko, mukhang magkatotoo ang paskong hiling mo!
Kasing sigla ng ekonomiya si Pandak! Ibig sabihin, malapit nang mamatay!
Yehey, kaya bumibilog ang mukha.
Like Glue, the economy is bloated with bad air, puro kabag lang ang laman, kapag tinusok iyan tuloy-tuloy na!
liver cancer? i thought you cannot make a liver transplant from a live donor lest the donor gets killed.
liver is one part of the body that’s hard to replace unless there’s a donor that’s just died. even then, there’s no assurance that the recipient will live.
if it’s true that gloria arroyo has liver cancer, she’s as good as gone unless of course, someone is prepared to sacrifice his/her own life to give gloria a new lease on life or if the doctors find a donor who’s just died – and on the condition that the donor’s liver is good.
perhaps, senator flavier is prepared to make this ultimate sacrifice. don’t count on mike arroyo – his liver isn’t any good. too much pork bile.
Chi, TongueT:
Malakas maka-corrupt talaga ang pera. I was talking in another loop why I do not patronize the door-to-door that is illegal in Japan. Illegal kasi iyan dito sa Japan. Isang klase ng blackmarket iyan.
Japan has enough foreign reserves because there is no blackmarketing in Japan, and if there is, it is not as conspicuous as it is in the Philippines, and those engaging in it are mostly foreigners, especially Filipinos who are used to it.
“Everybody is doing it, so what’s wrong kahit mali?” is what we often hear these crooks say.
I bet you, Flavier is now the ecstatic senator because he is poor no more. But for me, one who patronizes a bogus president as he now does, must be as corrupt!!! I have met a lot many Philippine politicians, and very rarely can you find a man as honest, sincere, gentleman and consistent as Senator Pimentel. All the rest are for me questionable.
Sayang din si Enrile as a matter of fact. Magaling na mama a totoo lang. He does not even have to hang around the crooks with all his accomplishments kaya lang siguro na-corrupt na rin.
Kaya ako hindi tumatanggap ng kahit ano sa mga iyan. If I work with them, I make it a point that I’m treated as their equal rather than someone they try to dominate and treat like their servant, for I am not. It is one reason why I am not interested in getting into politics. I would not like to be treated like a servant which politicians are expected to be!!! I would not even want to drive for them when they ask me to take them around. I take them around on trains. Otherwise, I put them on one of the sightseeing tour buses.
Katwiran ko kasi, bakit sino ba sila? Believe you me!
I doubt if the Bansot has liver cancer. Ang taba-taba niya, hindi ganyan ang may cancer! Parang TB ang cancer sa totoo lang dahil lahat ng nagkakasakit niyan ay hindi tumataba kundi nalalaglag ang katawan. Either nagtae iyan sa dami ng ininom na Diet Pills, o nagparetoke na naman ng mukha dahil nga nakikitang nagiging kamukha na niya ang asawa niyang tabatsoy, o may secret rendezvous doon.
Come to think of it, baka kaya sumunod si Fatso ay nag-i-spy rather than having LBM for taking in the Diet Pills, too.
I wonder how much those who went there to wish her well are being paid for that!
Marumi ang isip? Can’t help it. These crooks deserve to be criticize as a matter of fact! Pwe!
Bagay si Flavier at si Glu, parehong pandak at makitid ang utak. At pareho din silang hindi na nakakatawa.
Unrelated topic: RP now Japan’s toxic waste dumping ground?
Santiago calls for full Senate to tackle JPEPA
By Christina Mendez
Sen. Miriam Defensor Santiago called yesterday for the Senate to be convened into a Committee of the Whole to allow a plenary debate on the Japan-Philippines Economic Partnership Agreement (JPEPA).
The controversial agreement reportedly has a provision allowing the dumping of toxic wastes from Japan in the Philippines.
“The agreement has provoked nationwide controversy and requires comprehensive debate, since it contains 165 Articles that run to 933 pages,” Santiago said in a letter to Senate President Manuel Villar Jr.
Those Filipinos living in Japan should act on the above JPEPA project before it materializes. Instead of bla-bla and focusing on other countries, do something to the above project which is currently being cooked detrimental to the Filipinos. This is now the time for Fil-Japanese residents to really show they care about their motherland. Never allow the above project to succeed! Toxic wastes from Japan to be dumped in RP? My goodness!
News item in today’s Philippine Daily Inquirer:
ARMED FORCES Chief of Staff General Hermogenes Esperon Jr. has formed the general court-martial panel that will try Major General Renato Miranda, Brigadier General Danilo Lim, Colonel Ariel Querubin and 27 other officers for mutiny.
The five-man court would be headed either by AFP Northern Luzon Command chief Lieutenant General Bonifacio Ramos or Southern Luzon Command chief Lt. Gen. Alexander Yano. Click here for the rest of news item.
Kung hindi kayo natatawa, natatawa ako. Lalo akong matatawa kung …. si Esperon.
From a military officer:
Honrado:”Esperon’s general court martial will be the best opportunity for the charged military officers to prove their innocence.”
Maj. Gen. Honrado is too old to be kidding. He should TELL THAT TO THE MARINES!
Hindi lang mahusay magpatawa itong si Honrado, kundi ulyanin na, o kaya, magaling lang magpalusot. Ano yong court martial ay magiging fair? Kung hindi pa alam ni Honrado, o baka naman nagkukunwari lang na hindi niya alam na yong court martial ay naluto na at ang kusinero ay si ASSperon. Ang gagawing hearing ngayon ay formality na lang, para nga naman masabi na fair.
Nakalimutan kasi ni Honrado na banggitin na ang findings ng JAGO ay walang sapat na batayan para magkaroon ng case yong mga officers na sangkot, pero ang ginawa ni ASSperon, inover-rule niya yong findings at ipinilit yong gusto niya na magkaroon ng court martial. Ibig sabihin, tapos na yong desisyon niya, Ang sabi nga niya: “Whatever it is, it’s still my decision”.
now the evils of GMA is in panic mood.mr honrado is in psywar against the officer and men of the afp and pnp. this time they know now that GMA if not ousted will be overtaken by time and GMA time is now near.no amount of lies and propaganda by the evils of malacanan headed by mr bunye and mr defensor about the health of GMA..it is now from worst to be very worst..and nobody can stop it..not even the best medicine or the best doctor headed by ms cervantes can save her now..whatever happens,she will pay for all the crimes they committed on us..even in hell!!president marcos did this in his time,even he was called as superman by his cabinet,and so is sen roco and even by his propagandist as the most healtheist among presidentiables,the GMA administration propagandist mr soliven who always claim in media as he is strong as a bull and writes and praise in his column twisted facts about GMA and FG,they were all not save by their lies..when your time comes it is just best for you to repent..but this evil GMA,repent is not in her agenda even her am sorry in media doesn`t have a subtance of repent..it is just one of her evil deceive to con the filipino people..she is about now to go and that is good sign for the filipinos..goodbye GMA and to all your evil minions..judgement time has come!!God bless us filipinos and God bless the philippines!!
Bakit kailangan ng AFP ang isang two-star general bilang spokesman? Dapat si Maj.Gen. Jose Angel Honrado ay nasa frontline para masubukan ang kanyang tapang. Siguro sobrang sip-sip kaya nasa GHO nakapuwesto.
I was still very young during Martial Law. Looking back at those years, people were critical of Marcos and hated him. But today, people’s hatred for GMA surpassed that of Marcos.
In this blog alone, if there’s a call for one to execute GMA and the Fat Guy, many would volunteer including yours truly. Yes, I’ll be more than glad to do it.
What else is new? In this administration, whatever they want, happens. Remember the Mayuga report? That was whitewashed too? The only thing is, they are forgetting that there is an ultimate judge up above. This may be God’s way of making the “queen” pay for her evil ways, with her health and all. Remember how Marcos got away with supposedly being healthy up to the moment he was about to die? Naunahan nga lang ng pagkakaalis sa kanya. Nobody ever told us that he was sick. It was just all hearsays. As a young kid then, I remember that he was on the news all the time trying to do something normal. Lubos-lubosin na nila and pangaabuso kasi malapit na naman ang reynang mamamatay. Saan pa at doon din ang tuloy niya kaya. Dapat ngayon pa lang magumpisa na siyang magsisi sa mga kasalanan niya. Ngayon nga lang,pagkatapos ibasura ng Supreme Court ng pangalawang beses ang Cha-cha, nagpupulong pulong na naman sila para buhayin ito para tuloy ang ligaya nila. Paanong magkakaroon ng hustisya ang mga nakakulong sa sundalo sa ganitong pamamalakad nila? Sana naman matauhan ang mga iba sa kanila na linoloko lang sila. “court martial” kuno! Sino ang niloloko nila? Sarili din nila di ba? They will have to live with their decisions in the long run. Kahit na anong takip nila sa baho nila, lalabas at lalabas din ang katotohanan. Let us just watch how they play their deadly games!
Honrado:”Esperon’s general court martial will be the best opportunity for the charged military officers to prove their innocence.”
1st: Honrado is not kidding. He is FOOLING. Didn’t he call those charged officers as “bad eggs?” See, he made clear that the accused are guilty already.
2nd: How can those accused officers find justice in a general court martial when in the first place they should have been out of detention? Articles of War 70 clearly indicated that arrests and confinement shall thereby be restricted to barracks, quarters or tent only AND NOT IN A PENITENTIARY. Best example is the case of Maj Aquino. Of all those who were accused, Maj Aquino was placed in a Bartolina for more than 4 months since February and was transfered together with Gen Lim in Tanay sometime in July–and yet he is only charged of the same offense with others. Can they expect justice?
3rd: Esperon is both the chief accuser and the judge as the sole approving authority. He can’t be fair and will never be. Until now, there is no official result of the PTI.
Lastly: GMA and Esperon and his henchmen will never allow these officers to be free even if the court martial will exonerate them all. WHY? The Declaration of the State of Emergency will not be justified. The state of emergency was clearly meant TO SUPPRESS the freedom of each and every Filipino. And the best and most convenient excuse is: “attempted coup”!!!
Esperon, Honrado et al—YOU ARE ALL LIARS. POWER HUNGRY MANIACS.
bilisan ko lang ‘to oras ng trabaho, di ko matiis! totoo ba yun si Flavier nagsabi non? nasira na kase ang dream channel ko dito. anong nangyari sa idol ko? kase, i admire him, pasado sa lifestyle check, not corrupt walang bahid ng “trapo”. natulog ba ito? at di alam ang damdamin ng taongbayan sa ginawang panloloko ni GMA at militar? palabiro ito kaya gusto ko sya, pero di yata ayos ang biro nya ngayon.
off topic!!! sa column ni Jimmy Cantor-Abante Sports: Wag daw ikahiya ni manny pacman magsalita ng Pilipino, kase nakakatawa sya mag englis. sa history ng mga boxer sa Pilipinas si pacman lang ang matinong mag englis, ano ang masama doon? PAGNAGSALITA NAMAN NG TAGALOG SI MANNY pinagtatawanan nyo rin kase Puntong Bisaya!!! ang mga bisaya hirap din mag-tagalog, kaya karamihan englis ang ginagamit ng ibang edukado pag pumunta ng manila, akala ng kasama ko suplado ang na-meet namin pinoy (from Cebu) sa isang Mall dito sa ibang bansa, kase tumalikod na, sabi ko NO! di marunong magtagalog yun. dapat lawakan nyo ang inyong pang-unawa lalo na ikaw Jimmy Cantor!!!!! hindi nakakatawa magsalita ng englis si pacman, yan ay gusto lamang siguro nya matutunan ang aral na pinagkait sa kanya dahil sa kahirapan, edukasyon di nya nakamtan, ang pagkaalam ko di nakapagtapos ng elementarya si pacman.
sino ang nakakatawa! si pacman na walang aral pero malinis maglaro sa kanyang career? o ang mga Degree holder, M.A. Phd. Doctorate, Magna-cum-nakaw! na mga electoral vote, corrupt government official, patawa ko yan!
Just dropping by to point out some imperative and imminent concerns:
First, the lawyers are yet to receive a copy of the final decision of the pre-trial investigation lest we could not move for the next legal action. Unless of course he wants us to do illegal things but since we are more intelligent than him, we might as well act and think like intellectuals unlike this moron (spelled as E-S-P-E-R-O-N), who got an IQ of a pig.
Second, Esperon said those who are cleared will be out of the Tanay camp in a few days. In a recent visit in Tanay, the families of those soldiers who are cleared are still waiting for their better half to be released. So, what is really happening?
Third, the soldiers considered as “CLEARED” by Esperon know that they will be used by Esperon and they are NOT HAPPY ABOUT IT. LOW MORALE NA LOW MORALE SILA. They are worried because this is not the kind of JUSTICE that they want. For these soldiers, all of them should be cleared and those who need to be tried of the lesser offense should undergo the GCM.
Will give more updates.
Btw, a friend from Reuters told me that Esperon is close to the MILF people…hhmmm..his conscience is there in Central and Southern Mindanao..Hmmmm….bakit kaya?
some people claim gma have a serious illness (which i doubt)but which may be true:comment, good for her-she deserves it.on the other hand she must be sick not necessarily physically but mentally.psychopats are known to be very clever…what is the use of a court martial if the outcome is known and if the outcome goes against the supposed to be known outcome, others will intervene and say they have higher authority than everybody else.
artsee:
sino ba para sayo ang magaling?
Si Bruce Lee, David Carradine, Mr.Fuji(Harry Fujiwara – Wrestler) o si Manny Pacman?
Sana maalala ni Manny Pac si Andy Balaba.
Parang ang daming mali sa justice system natin….
1.Honrado:”Esperon’s general court martial will be the best opportunity for the charged military officers to prove their innocence.”
Ang akala ko ba “innocent until proven guilty”.
2. what’s the use of a PTI kung hindi rin naman gagamitin as basis for the decision to court martial.
3. if we are to place the future of the accused in one person, anong assurance that there will be no preferences specially if this person happens to be on the other side of the fence? parang ang labong maging fair.
4. If this trial is not fair, why go thru the trouble of holding it. nakakatawa nga!
i think this is a done deal. moro moro na lang ito. the writing is on the wall so be vigilant mga kasama…
Ang HINDI ren NAKAKATAWA ay ang balita ayun sa ABS-CBS News regarding the proposal of 6 Administration Congressmen wanting to scrap 2007 Elections!!!!!
“A technical working group created by President Arroyo at the House of Representatives has agreed to propose the cancellation of next year’s polls to pave the way for the election of an interim parliament next November.
The six-man panel is composed of Majority Leader Prospero Nograles, Deputy Majority Leader Edcel Lagman, Cagayan de Oro Rep. Constantino Jaraula, Surigao del Sur First District Rep. Prospero Pichay, Maguindanao Second District Rep. Simeon Datumanong and Camarines Sur Second District Representative Luis Villafuerte.”
Ang tanong ay, PAPAYAG BA TAYO? “Di na ko papayag mawala ka muli…”
in asperon’s GCM, everything is fair as what his spooksman says to twist the heads of the people and to please the queen termite of the kingdom by the stinky river.
Chabeli Says: “The six-man panel is composed of Majority Leader Prospero Nograles, Deputy Majority Leader Edcel Lagman, Cagayan de Oro Rep. Constantino Jaraula, Surigao del Sur First District Rep. Prospero Pichay, Maguindanao Second District Rep. Simeon Datumanong and Camarines Sur Second District Representative Luis Villafuerte.”
ito ang uto uto squad ni glutonia. sino ang maniniwalang para sa kabutihan ng sambayanan ang iniisip ng mga anak ng buris na ‘yan? aba’y panay salot at sangkatutak na topak sa ulo! aninagin natin ang mga mukha nila at nandoon ang imahe ng ganid na si glue. pakinggan ang bawat salitang mamumutawi sa bunganga ng mga ‘yan at boses ng peke ang maririnig! sobra na! tama na! hindi na nakakatuwa ito!!
norpil..pandak is rly sick! sick in her head, kaya yan pabalik balik sa st lukes ay sinisilip nila kung gano na kaliit ang utak nya habang lumalapad ang pagmumukha nya! si flavier naman, naku, he belongs to the senile group na, pwed silang duet ni brenda – flavier ay may cymbals at si brenda ay tambol!..lalo silang magmumukhang clown!!!
chabeli/mrivera…ito ang binyag ko sa six dwarves na e stooges pa: posporo nobrales, eghead lagayman, dimatino salaula, pilosopo pechay, sino si-manong, at si buis villabuwitre…yan ang bagay na pangalan nila..to complete the seven dwarves, kayo na bahala kung si pandak o si jde-amnesia or si plapla-ber…
afpofficer..if ur in the military ryt now, what are the comrades doing right now? we will let this bogus admin take our right and freedom?…we will let the moro-moro of the EK be the triumphant evil that will have the last laugh?…
after hearing old-hag atienza earlier with pia hontiveros, ang yabang yabang magsalita ng gurang, as if he is an expert in the Constitution and the Laws…and golly, look at Manila!!! punong puno ng mga buwaya every corner coz they knw every1 is flocking to divisoria..then put up this barrage of road blocks, detours, no parking n even if u are jst asking, hihingan ka na ng pangkape na 200!!!! hey atienza, open ur shrinking brain and stop using the showbiz popularity(???) of ur sons and ur sipsip no brainer son-inlaw miles roces(some1 whisphered this to me n pls tell me if i am wrong?)….
lets jst hope for all the best…but i am suspicious kc even the tv channels arent airing any anti-admin shows or rallies..kahit mga panayam ay kina-cut short nila pagkamainitan na ang talakayan…ito ba ang effect ng mga EO at kung ano anong pananakot ni pandak na hinahayaang sumakal sa boses ng masa?!!!!!
so what shall one do if they scrap the election in may.can there be an election without an order from the chief executive?after all the work of the phil embassies around the world.we outside the pinas cannot do so much and those inside are either unsynchronised or disoriented, opposition still disunited,soldiers incarcerated.besides xmas is just around the corner and pinoys will probably forgive anything at least before xmas and new year.
National (as of 9:18 PM) ABS-CBN Interactive, 11/28/06
IFJ backs class suit vs Mike Arroyo
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) on Tuesday added its voice of support to the class suit to be filed by Filipino journalists against President Arroyo’s husband after he lodged libel charges against 43 media practitioners.
Christopher Warren, IFJ president, said: “These numbers are disgraceful in a country whose government espouses a commitment to press freedom.”
Mr. Arroyo is seeking P141 million in damages from journalists who allegedly wrote lies about him.
The Brussels-based IFJ’s support for the class suit to be filed later this week followed a similar backing from the Southeast Asian Press Alliance (SEAPA).
IFJ and the Bangkok-based SEAPA are among foreign media organizations that signed a petition spearheaded by the National Union of Journalists of the Philippines demanding the decriminalization of libel. The others are the Committee to Protect Journalists and Reporters Without Borders.
The petition is scheduled to be submitted Wednesday to Senate President Manuel Villar. The Senate chief and some senators have vowed to help push the decriminalization of libel.
The IFJ said it was supporting the complaint, signed thus far by 42 of the 43 sued journalists, because of Mr. Arroyo’s allegedly “repeated abuse of outdated criminal defamation laws to silence journalists in the Philippines.”
Mike is a public figure
The class suit, which many other journalists are expected to join as complainants, is based on Article 32 of the Philippine Civil Code. It states that any public officer or any private individual who violates or impedes the rights of another person shall be liable for damages.
The suit cited the freedoms of speech and of the press as basis.
Warren said the number of journalists sued by Mr. Arroyo, “who face jail terms for simply doing their jobs, is a shocking example of the way [he] abuses his power and position, shielding himself behind outdated laws, to influence and control the media.”
“Arroyo is a public figure, and therefore subject to public scrutiny; thus, it is in the people’s interest for journalists to be able to report freely,” he added.
“We challenge the Philippines’ government to set a higher standard of press freedom and support demands that Jose Miguel Arroyo be tried before the civil courts for obstructing the rights of journalists,” he said.
The Center for Media Freedom and Responsibility first committed to help the 43 journalists by contributing P100,000 for the filing fee of the class suit and other court fees when it is finally filed before the Makati Regional Trial Court.
“What is certain is the Center for Media Freedom and Responsibility [and] another journalist organization has committed P100,000,” lawyer Harry Roque earlier said.
Roque explained that the group can seek a bigger amount of damages if there is enough money to pay court fees when the suit is filed. As of now, Roque said his clients have yet to determine the amount of damages.
Tribune Headline:
6 Defense execs seen siding with Nonong Cruz’s anti-people’s initiative stance
DND “crippled” by mass resignation of Usecs, Asecs
By Sherwin C. Olaes
11/29/2006
Instead of getting the usual get-well notes that she may have expected from her Cabinet members, President Arroyo yesterday, or just several hours after checking out of a hospital, was instead met by resignation letters from her top appointees at the Department of National Defense (DND).
Several days after the resignation of Defense Secretary Avelino “Nonong” Cruz Jr., his undersecretaries and assistant secretaries resigned en masse on Tuesday, virtually paralyzing the department, as a “show of respect” to Cruz.
That reason apparently meant that they have decided to side with the Defense chief, whose own resignation was reportedly prompted by his disagreement with Charter change (Cha-cha) through the so-called people’s initiative (PI) mode.
Executive Secretary Eduardo Ermita, during a phone patch interview, practically admitted that the department was “crippled” by the resignation of Undersecretaries Jose Santos, Cecilio Lorenzo, Aida Rivera and Raphael Santos and Assistant Secretaries Catherine Gonzales and Ricardo San Andres, who tendered their resignation letters to Mrs. Arroyo this month, or around three weeks after Cruz quit the Arroyo Cabinet last Nov. 5.
When asked what the condition of the DND was after the resignation en masse of its officials, Ermita said, “You’re asking if the Defense department was crippled?
officials) will continue to function as such, we will see to it that their departure would not create any disruption in the normal operation of the DND, they have assistant secretaries who would continue to perform assigned tasks.”
According to the Arroyo aide, Cruz, whose resignation takes effect on Nov. 30, had created a transition team composed of undersecretaries, including those who had resigned to ensure the continued operation of the department.
“I’ve been in the government for so long that that (mass resignation) is something (that I take as) a matter of course. In fact, I received a letter from (outgoing) Secretary Cruz where he named a transition team composed of undersecretaries. Those who resigned are still there in the transition team,” Ermita said.
He added the mass resignation of the DND officials was expected as a show of respect to Cruz.
“To show respect to their principal (Cruz), they thought that it would be better to resign. Yes, they have submitted their resignation letters but it is not automatic that our President will accept (them)… You can interpret their resignation as an action (borne) out of their respect (for Cruz). You might want to use the word ‘sympathy’ (that) they (may have) thought (of), it’s not unusual, they’re co-terminus appointees (similar to Cruz),” Ermita said.
Meanwhile, Malacanang was still mum on the appeal of Cruz for Mrs. Arroyo to appoint a civilian to succeed him as Defense secretary.
When asked to comment on reports that the President is eyeing her Department of Public Works and Highways Secretary and former Philippine National Police chief Hermogenes Ebdane Jr. to the “juicy portfolio,” Press Secretary and concurrent presidential spokesman Ignacio Bunye also yesterday said the ball is in the hands of the Chief Executive who will decide on the matter.
Ebdane had been tagged as Mrs. Arroyo’s alleged pointman in the fraud-marred 2004 elections and had allegedly played a key role in hiding former Commission on Elections Commissioner Virgilio “Garci” Garcillano from the prying eyes of the public at the height of Mrs. Arroyo’s impeachment case last year.
Bunye said the President intends to stay as acting Defense chief from Nov. 30 this year until Jan. 30 next year, adding Mrs. Arroyo is not in a haste to appoint any individual to the position.
Whether a civilian or a retired police-military official succeeds Cruz, he added, is not important to the President as she is looking for one who will sustain the Defense Reform Program initiated by the outgoing DND chief.
Bunye stressed that they have no “ill grudge” against Cruz and that they still do not know why Cruz resigned.
He said Mrs. Arroyo does not intend to hold office at the DND in Quezon City as she has control over the headquarters’ operation though she holds office in Malacanang.
This month alone, several officials under Mrs. Arroyo resigned from their post, such as Philippine National Oil Corp. chief executive officer Eduardo Manalac, who quit his post a few days before Cruz left.
Cruz resigned purportedly after Malacanang accused him of influencing the Supreme Court justices into junking a PI petition.
He was a co-founder of the reputedly most powerful law office in the country, dubbed as “The Firm,” — the Villaraza Angangco law firm.
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eto, makakatawa pa kaya ang bruha?
now is the time for a putsch since there are no people at the defence ministry.
Ha! Ha! Ha! It’s a circus of comedy in real life! Saan pa, you’ll find an incompetent clowns, but in Malacanang, the House of the People. Bogus Gloria’s gang of performers will surely put Barnum and Bailey to shame. Imagine these are the same people that has been entrusted in running the country pretending to be qualifiied to know their stuffs, sa Pilipinas lang ito. Anyway, it’s good that we can still laugh to keep our sanity inspite of bogus Gloria’s doggone incompetency, and arrogance behavior to produce bunch of clowns in the govt.
We may as well call that as the “Department of No National Defense” or DNND. In Pilipino, “Departamento ng nawalang Depensa.”
Poor thing!
Never thought Ermita is a comedian, akala ko e palekero lang!
Wow, Defense office has no bosses. Onli in Pinas!
Mass resignation of top officials in the defense department is a big surprise-KUDETA in disguise. Mrs. Gloria Arroyo is caught flat-footed and General Ermita is run-out of tricks to imply that Malacanang is in control of the situation.
Diego, the anti-GMA forces that include the disgruntled soldiers are just waiting for only one signal…from Uncle Sam. That’s the only remaining factor why this Gloria is not yet ousted. I’ve long been saying about this US and CIA factor but some just don’t want to believe it. In her recent 10 or 9 minutes meeting with Bush, Gloria could have only assured Bush of her government’s contineous odedience and submission while Bush assured her of America’s contineous protection. This renewed assurance and commitment didn’t have to take an hour to discuss…so 10 minutes was realistic. In the meantime, the GIs are now in Mindanao by the thousands…rape victim Nicole’s case is kept hanging…and Bolante is enjoying the legal privileges and protection in the US.
When is the proper time to oust Gloria Pandaka? A possible CIA scenario in case of Gloria Arroyo‘s graceful exit is to be picked up by U.S. Marines helicopter for emergency liver transplant in Guam Island. The nine minutes Arroyo-Bush alleged bilateral talks has accomplished nothing. According to Press Secy. Ignacio Bunye, the Mindanao problem is one of the centerpieces in the alleged meeting. Mrs. Gloria Arroyo lied again about bigger U.S. participation in Mindanao peace talks. Perhaps lame duck U.S. President George Bush is more on focus how to diffuse all-out civil war in Iraq and disturbed by the rise of leftist leaders in South American countries.
US won’t take part in Gov’t-MILF peace talks–envoy
November 28, 2006 Updated 19:01:07 (Mla time) Julie Alipala Inquirer
ZAMBOANGA CITY — United States Ambassador to the Philippines Kristie Kenney said her government was not trying to meddle in the peace negotiations between the Philippine government and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF).
She said the US had no interest in being part of the actual negotiations. “The US is not part of the negotiating party. The two parties [MILF and GRP] are under the Malaysian auspice and we don’t want to change that,” she told the Inquirer during a one-on-one interview here on Thursday.
Kenney said she had issued the clarification in the light of reports that the US was seeking a bigger role in the government-MILF peace talks.
Press Secretary Ignacio Bunye had said that President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo and US President George Bush had agreed, during a meeting at the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Summit in Hanoi, Vietnam on a wider US participation in the peace process in Mindanao.
He said this was part of efforts to help the Philippine government come up with a final agreement with the MILF.
The peace talks, which hit a snag over the issue of territory, were expected to resume after the government presented a revised proposal on the Bangsamoro juridical entity to the MILF panel.
Kenney said the US participation would only be limited to “creating the conditions of peace in Mindanao.”
“We see ourselves being really helpful and I really like to think that it’s more of peace dividends, you know, offering development projects like medical missions in areas that have been previously combat areas, kind of what we did in the case of the [Moro National Liberation Front] and we like to do that. More schools [to be built] and put up Internet [facilities], help people get the benefit of having peace,” she said.
Mindanao Representative Mujiv Hataman had warned that a broader role for US in Mindanao could stir hostilities and create more terrorists.
Citing the experiences of Iraq and Afghanistan, Hataman said there would be “more dissents, more domestic, and political upheavals” if the US would be allowed to have a bigger role in the peace process.
“Has the US government crushed the terrorists in those countries I mentioned?” he asked.
Hataman noted that nothing had changed since American soldiers were deployed in Mindanao in 2000. “Terrorists are still roaming freely,” he said.
©2006 http://www.inquirer.net all rights reserved
Nag-pack up and go na rin pala si NTC Commissioner Solis, isa pang produkto ng The Firm. Pati ba naman biyahe ng asawa niya sa abroad, sisilipin pa ng Ombudsman e mayaman itong mamang ‘to. At pinalalabas pa ni Ermita at ang payasong si Bunye na courtesy resignation lang ang ginawa ng mga Assec at mga Usec, ha. Ngarat nyo! Sabi ni Santos, mga sampu silang mawawala sa gobyerno sa pag-alis ni Cruz sa DND. Sino pa ang susunod?
Tsk, tsk, tsk. Palagay ko ikakatuwa ni Joma Sison na si Doña Gloria ang uupong DND Sec. habang magce-celebrate ng anibersaryo ang CPP-NPA isang araw matapos ang Pasko. Di malayong titira ng husto ang NPA upang mataranta ang acting DND Sec. (na “acting president” lang naman, as in, “umaarteng presidente”) at sisirain ang Pasko ng mga sundalong gusto sanang makasama ang kanilang mga pamilya, sa pagtataas ng Red Alert. Pinaghahandaan na siguro nina Ka Roger ang propaganda at stratehiya ngayon pa lang.
Hindi nakakagulat na marami pang magigising sa tawag ng konsensiya at tuluyan nang iwan ang baluktot, mapang-api, magnanakaw, sinungaling, mandaraya, at malagim na rehimeng Arroyo.
Kung ang Hyatt 10, batch 2005, ang The Firm, batch 2006.
Batch 2007 na kaya ang buong AFP at buong bansang Pilipinas?
TongueT, magdilang anghel ka sana! Nakakasawa na kasing puro ingay lang ang mga pilipino! Atleast, dito lumalakas na ang laban namin. Mahihirapan si Siason na pabulaanan ang mga report mismo ng mga hapon na nagpupunta sa Pilipinas incognito para magmanman at mag-report sa bansa nila para ipa-stop ang mga ODA, etc. na hinihingi ni Bansot para manakaw niya.
Pagbutihin ninyo ang kayod diyan. Kayod din kami dito para mapatalsik na ang mga halimaw, baboy at bugaw!
PATALSIKIN NA, NOW NA!
TonGuE-tWisTeD says:
Kung ang Hyatt 10, batch 2005, ang The Firm, batch 2006.
Batch 2007 na kaya ang buong AFP at buong bansang Pilipinas?
Harinawa magkatotoo ang sinabi mo – AMEN
tongue said: “(na “acting president” lang naman, as in, “umaarteng presidente”)”
mas angkop para sa akin ang “maarteng pekeng presidente.”
we have to be careful…malamang ito ang hinihintay na excuse ng bobang pandak, ang mga pag-atake ng npa, etc para maka pag declare sya ng martial law…so in the end, sya na ang maghahari kasama ng baboy nyang pamilya hanggang kailan nya gusto….but all will be in due time….great things come in unexpected surprises…..
NPA attack for gloria to declare martial law? that’s no reason and excuse! matagal ng problema ang insurgency na nitong bandang huli ay sinabi nilang tutuldukan in two years sabi ng isa, ‘yung isa naman five years, and general palparan right on the date of his retirement, tapos gagawing dahilan para magdeklara ng martial law? neknek niya!!
nelbar, siyempre si Bruce Lee pa rin ang idol ko. Talagang magaling siya. Kung si Pacman ang kalaban niya, magiging pacsiw si Manny.
Soleil, pag nag-martial law si Pandak, katapusan na niya. Buong mundo na ang kalaban niya. Gago nga itong si Cruz at pinigilan pa niyang magdeklara si Gloria ng Martial Law.
Unang-una nang aatras ang Amerika at mga progresibing bansa sa Europe sa pagsuporta kay Pandak. Tapos na rin ang plano ng mga dayuhang negosyanteng pilit sini-seduce ng nakabukakang beauty niya. Ang mga dating nandito na, mag-uuwian na.
Yung mga sosyal at elitistang dati’y di apektado, ngayo’y sapul na rin.
Sige na, Pandak, mag-Martial Law ka na!
You are right, Tongue. Dapat iinuloy nila ang martial law last february. Mabuti rin siuro kung itututlpoy nila itong pekeng Con-Ass.Maybe that’s what the sleeping middle class to wake up. As I said in my earlier columns, maybe from the ashed of Gloria’s destruction, we can rise and build a new nation. Kung buhay pa tayo.
Update on the court martial trial of 30 officers:
Solcom chief to chair trial of 30 ‘plotters’
an acid test for general alexander yano, once a colleague of general danny lim during their stay in jolo, sulu in 1980’s.
let us see how general yano grills whom he knows is a gallant and noble officer as well as the valor medalists, colonels querubin and parcon!
The next couple of weeks should be interesting with the congress pushing their change of rules, despite what they preach its not for the benefit of the citizens and country, but truth is its for themselves.
At the same time the AFP pushing to convict against fellow officers even when there is no evidence.
Both of these events are happening only to please GMA. Nobody in the congress majority or in the AFP soldiery has the moral standing to refuse to obey and abide by the law.
Both congress and the AFP have become corrupt sheep, they are devoid of any respect to the constitution.
sana lang, itong si general alexander yano ay hindi katulad nina asoperon at tolentino. mas kilala niya ang integridad ni general danny lim dahil pareho silang combat unit commanders noong 1980’s sa 1st infantry (TABAK) division, philippine army, jolo, sulu, samantalang itong si tolentino ay assigned lamang sa division support unit. alam niyang under the command of then 2nd lt. lim, nakuha ng Forward Reconnaissance Unit ang hindi maakyat akyat na Bud Daho, ang pinakamatibay na tanggulan ng MNLF sa buong sulu island. deploying mostly igorot troopers, inakyat nila ang 180 degrees na gilid ng bundok, caught the enemies in surprise and neutralized them without any casualty from our side. a mission accomplished through proper planning, sheer guts and determination and love of service.
meron ba si asoperon nito?
Haka -haka,kuro-kuro,(Gen Esperon)
He is just letting somebody do the dirty job which he himself cannot do..(Iwas Pusoy)..He is caught between the GOOD,THE BAD AND THE UGLY so like Pontius Pilate,He wants to wash his hands.
MABUHAY KA GEN. YANO,
Ipakita mo sa ahas na yan na di ka niya kayang ululin.
What if General Yano is also promised a Chief of Staff position and a cabinet position thereafter? Do you think he will turn down the opportunity? Or maybe given a portion of the one billion pesos supposedly earmarked for military modernization. I have yet to see a general who keeps his integrity as he ascends into the hierarchy. I hope he will be the first one to stand up for what the Philippine Military Academy (and all other military institutions)has always inculcated in their graduates.
parasabayan says: “I have yet to see a general who keeps his integrity as he ascends into the hierarchy.”
psb, tama ka rin sa isang banda. pero masasabi rin natin na kapag ang isang flag officer ay humahawak na ng alinmang major service branch ng armed forces, mas malamang ang pakikialam ng mga nasa malakanyang sa pagpapatupad ng mga dapat sundin hanggang sa pinakamababang ranggong kawal. pinamihasa kasi at naging tradisyon na ang ganito kaya nga hindi maisaisangtabi ang “supremacy of the civilian authority over the military in war or in peace” which is also stated in the code of conduct of the filipino soldier.
Mrivera, the cheating in the elections to insure Arroyo’s victory was done by high ranking military officers. The one who whitewashed the report on the election rigging, clearing the generals who were involved in the fraud was another high ranking officer, Mayuga( who by the way thought he had a shot at the Chief of Staff position at the time he made the report public but sorry na lang siya, Assperon got it first mainly because he was “crying” when Arroyo announced that she was not running for the presidency again-crocodile tears! ). Is this called “the supremacy of the civilian authority over the military…”?. I beg to disagree on this “code of conduct”. If your civilian superior is so rotten, wont you make a stand to be on the right side? Maybe I can never be an officer in my lifetime because right is right and that is that! If there should be a code to be revised, maybe this is one of them-not the constitution!
Vendictimus,
Ito and sagot ni Jimmy Cantor, and sports editor ng Malaya, tungkol sa iyong comment sa kanyang pagpuna sa pa-Inglis-Inglis ni Manny Pacquiao. Lumbas ito sa Abante noong Huwebes.
Ellen,
kahit anong salita ang gamitin ni MP, ayaw ko pa rin sa kanya dahil ang sinusunod niya ay kanyang ninang glue at ninong mike pigyur! at marahil ay isusumpa ko pa siya kung papaloob siya sa pulitika ayon sa kagustuhan ng mag-asawang mapang-api sa fanstasy kingdom. kung tunay siyang pinoy, mananatili siyang isang milyunaryong boksengero na lang at tulungan ang mga mahihirap niyang fans. magagawa niyang tumulong sa mga nangangailan ng hindi papasok sa pulitika. saka niya makukuha ang aking paghanga!
I agree with you Chi. Kahanga hanga si Pacman kung hindi siya sasawsaw sa maruming politika. Lalo na kung sasapi siya kay ninang niyang tianak. I think the mother is more sensible in all these. She does not like him to join politics. Let us just enjoy watching him fight. It will be a disaster to see him run an office without the due credentials. Politicians should have all the aspects of being a leader, he may have the heart to do it but he may be too good to stomach what it takes to be one.
Balita ko may isang Congressman sa Meto Manila ang pumusta kay Morales. Sugarol itong Congressman at naniwala sa tsismis. Ikinalat kasi ng Mafia na mananalo si Morales kaya ayun sa kabila pumusta ang loko at natalo ng malaking halaga. Isa sa dalawa sa Congressman na hinala ko ang tinutukoy ng balita: Si Asistio o Crisologo.
Malas lang ng nga Filipino kasi yung perang ipinusta ng natalong tongressman ay pera pa rin natin!
parasabayan Says: “If there should be a code to be revised, maybe this is one of them-not the constitution!”
wala akong makitang mali sa code of conduct namin dahil ito ang pundasyon ng isang makabayang paglilingkod. ang problema ay wala sa nasusulat kundi sa mga lumilihis sa mga dapat ipinatutupad.
Mrivera, what would be your suggestion to purge these abusive high ranking officers? Shall we just keep looking the other way and let them get away with their crimes?
i agree with chi and parasabayan when it comes to pacman.i remember a great pinoy boxer too flash elorde.kahit na anong hikayat ng iba ay alam niya na boxing ang talent niya.itong mga nakaupo ngayon ang talent nila ay ang pagiging talentless.
parasabayan, the moment glutonia is kicked out of the malacanan palace and made to answer for all the crimes she committed against the people, charges can also be filed against we all know abusive high ranking officials in the AFP for their complicity with their commander-in-thief’s.
while they are still at the helm, unless our honest and honorable soldiers raise up against them, do you think there is something we can do to contain these puppet officers?
But unfortunately Mr. Rivera, by the time these crooks are ousted, those government officials and Generals are no longer around to face the charges. They and their families would be living comfortably in other countries. They are just too smart. They have long prepared for such a scenario. Robbers and killers always have ready get away vehicles and places to hide after committing crimes. Why do you think Big Fat Pig Mike keeps traveling to Singapore, Hongkong, US and Europe?
May kuwento ako sa inyo: Minsan may nakausap si Manny Pacquiao na isang itim sa Amerika. Tinanong ng itim kay Manny kung ano ang tawag sa kanya sa ring. Sagot ni Manny…Pacman. Ang galit ng itim at kamuntik nang bumunot ng baril…gang member pala. Ang akala niya kasi sabi ni Manny…Fuck Man!
npongco Says: “But unfortunately Mr. Rivera, by the time these crooks are ousted, those government officials and Generals are no longer around to face the charges. They and their families would be living comfortably in other countries. They are just too smart.”
minsan gusto ko na ring maniwala na ang taong bayan na rin ang may kasalanan sa patuloy na pananatili ni gloria sa malakanyang dahil parang kinukunsinti ang lahat ng kanyang kapalpakan.
iyong mga tumutuligsang mayroong talino, kakayahan, at kabuhayan ay ayaw magsama sama upang bumuo ng isang grupong mamumuno na aakit at magbibigay halimbawa sa mga dukhang gustuhin mang mag-alsa laban sa walang budhing pamunuan ay nagsasawalang kibo na lamang bunga ng kawalan ng mag-aakay sa kanila.
kung iaasa lamang sa pagtingala sa kawalan ang pag-alis ni gloria sa malakanyang ay walang mangyayari. ang impit na sigaw ng pagtuligsa sa mga kawalanghiyaan ng mga namamayaning ganid ay wala ring maitutulong upang mapatalsik sila sa puwesto.
kayong mga nariyan sa pilipinas, bakit hindi subukin ang pagtitipon ng isang milyong tao sa harap ng malakanyang gaya ng payo ng mga kasama sa blog na ito?
Bisaya,Bicol,ilocano,ilo-ilo etc. literally, pinagtatawanan talaga ang kapwa pilipino pagnagsalita ng tagalog. lalo na pag nagsalita ng english! simula mismo sa eskwela, itoy palaisipan kung bakit, pero kapag ang koreano, hapon, intsik, thailand, ay hindi natin pinagtawanan kahit baluktot mag-english.
Jimmy Cantor, hindi ko nga nakuha ang ibig mong sabihin sa iyong column. maaring kulang iyon sa sangkap; bi-lingual na ang tinuturo sa eskwela, maaaring di pa ganap na tanggap sa mga Pilipino ang magsalita ng english. extreme ang pilipinas dahil noong tumaas ang antas ng literacy pilit ibinalik sa wikang tagalog ang medium of teaching, ngayon naman pilit namang ibangon uli dahil alarma na sa mga graduates na di makapagsalita ng english. mga elementary teachers sa ngayon ay hirap magsalita ng english.
kung natuwa ka kay Pacman, sana depensa panig sa kanyang pagsalita ng english at yun mga napangiwi dapat ang binigyan mo ng pansin. yan ang sangkap sa tingin ko ang kulang sa iyong column. pasensya ka na!