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Nanay Tansing’s simple wish

Published by Ellen on October 20, 2010

(I have posted my Abante column on this topic earlier. This is the one I wrote for Malaya.)

I got this letter from a friend in Maguindanao. This relates the visit of South Upi Councilor Linda Erese to the mother of Melchor Fulgencio, the 52 year old construction worker and member of the CAFGU, the civilian unit of the military assisting them in its anti-insurgency drive.

Fulgencio has confessed to the crime of raping Florence (not her real name) the nurse. Because of this confession, Philippine National Police Chief Bacalzo declared the case solved. Florence has regained consciousness but she couldn’t remember anything of the heinous crime done to her.

Justice Secretary Leila de Lima, who heads the task force to look into this deplorable incident contradicted Bacalzo’s pronouncement and said she will loo into the circumstance of Fulgencio’s “confession.”

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Morong 45 na!

Published by Ellen on October 19, 2010

May nanganak na naman kahapon ang isa sa mga health workers na kabilang sa Morong 43 na ngayon ay nakakulong pa rin sa Camp Bagong Diwa sa Bicutan.

Nanganak kahapon si Ma. Mercedes Castro sa Philippine General Hospital. Maselan ang kanyang pagpanganak kaya sa pamagitan ng caesarean section. Kaya kahit sila ay nagdurusa sa kulungan, Masaya sila sa bagong buhay na naisilang.

Noong Hulyo, nanganak rin si Judilyn Oliveros at hanggang ngayon ay naka-hospital arrest pa rin siya.

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Gusto ni Navera baluktot pa rin

Published by Ellen on October 17, 2010

Ang tapang naman ng apog nitong si Senior State Prosecutor, Juan Pedro Navera magreklamo sa desisyun ni Pangulong Aquino na magbigay ng amnestiya sa mga sundalong nanindigan sa illegal na administrasyon ni Gloria Arroyo.

Kasama sa nabigyan ng amnestiya si Senador Antonio Trillanes IV na hanggang ngayon ay nakakulong pa. Mga 300 na opisyal at enlisted men ang sakop ng amnestiya kasama na rin sina Maj.Gen. Renato Miranda, Brig.Gen. Danilo Lim, at Col. Ariel Querubin.

Ang amnestiya ay magpawalang halaga kung sakaling magdesisyun sa Oktubre 28 si Judge Oscar Pimentel na “guilty” sina Trillanes at mga lider ng Magdalo ng “kudeta” sa nangyari noong Hulyo 27, 2003 sa Oakwood Hotel sa Makati kung saan binulgar nila corruption sa military kasama na ang pagbenta ng mga armas at bala sa kalaban na siyang ginagamit para patayin sila.

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Hinaing at hiling ng isang ina

Published by Ellen on October 16, 2010

Ito ay tungkol sa pag-uusap ng ina ni Melchor Fulgencio, na diumano ay umamin na siya ang nag rape kay “Florence”, ang nurse sa Maguindanao at Councilor ng South Upi na si Linda Erese.

Si Fulgencio ay miyembro ng Citizen Armed Force Geographical Unit na nagtatrabaho sa isang kumpanya na pag-aari ng Koreano sa Mindanao. Sa pag-amin daw ni Fulgencio sabi ng Director General Raul Bacalzo, hepe ng Philippine National Police na solved na raw ang kaso ni “Florence” (hindi niya totoong pangalan).

Sabi naman ni Justice Secretary Leila de Lima na siyang namumuno ng imbestigasyon ng kaso, “Hindi pa at marami pang hindi nagtutugma sa mga kuwento tungkol sa nangyari,” sabi ni de Lima.

Sumulat sa akin ang aking kaibigan sa Maguindanao at ikinuwento niya ang pagbisita ni Erese sa bahay ni Fulgencio na kilala sa kanilang lugar na “Boy” kung saan doon din nakatira ang kanyang 116 taong gulang na ina, si Nanay Tansing.

Wala ako sa posisyon para magsabi kung inosente si Fulgencio o hindi.

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Aquino laments SC action favoring Arroyo midnight appointees

Published by Ellen on October 14, 2010

Statement of President Aquino on the Issuance of a Status Quo Ante Order Regarding Executive Order No. 2
by the Supreme Court

Yesterday, the Supreme Court issued a Status Quo Ante Order granting the motion of Bai Omera Dianalan-Lucman. She was one of four people who filed petitions before the Supreme Court questioning the constitutionality of Executive Order No. 2, but the Supreme Court only acted on Lucman.

We issued Executive Order No. 2 recalling, withdrawing, or revoking midnight appointments, because the previous administration had exceeded and abused the limits of its powers to appoint.

We had to issue EO2 because there were people who accepted illegal appointments. By knowingly accepting illegal appointments, they became part of a conspiracy to impede and to thwart, our people’s clamor for a return to good governance.

We put in their place people who shared our aims. Our appointees allowed us to discover questionable deals, which we immediately stopped. For instance, our appointees uncovered close to a billion pesos worth of anomalous contracts that had been entered into during the past administration. We have cancelled those contracts and saved the government hundreds of millions of pesos.

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De Lima won’t make it easy for those who want her position

Published by Ellen on October 12, 2010

The lady has balls
Justice Secretary Leila de Lima has admitted she thought of resigning.

That would have meant surrender to those who want her position to those who are lusting for it. De Lima has decided she will not grant those people their wish.

She has been persuaded not to resign even as the decision of the President to disregard the recommendations of the Incident Investigation and Review Committee on the Aug. 23 hostage debacle that she headed was something that was not easy for her to take.

De Lima said IIRC members knew that they were a recommendatory body but she could not help commenting that she did not agree with the exoneration of recently retired chief of the Philippine National Police Jesus Verzosa.

“Although he has retired already and even if it’s not in the [hostage crisis] manual, the IIRC believes that as chief PNP he should have monitored the hostage crisis continually and intervened when the situation became problematic,” de Lima said in a TV interview.

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SC suspends impeachment proceedings vs Ombudsman

Published by Ellen on September 14, 2010

Are we surprised?

From ABS-CBN Online

The Supreme Court has temporarily stopped the House of Representatives from hearing the 2 impeachment complaints filed against Ombudsman Merceditas Gutierrez.

Court Administrator and SC spokesman Jose Midas Marquez confirmed the news Tuesday, a day after Gutierrez filed the petition.

Eight magistrates supposedly ruled in favor of Gutierrez, citing the one-year ban rule in lodging impeachment cases, a source said.

Three magistrates ruled against the status quo ante order, which mandates parties to set aside all actions so far rendered on the issue. They are: Associate Justices Antonio Carpio, Conchita Carpio Morales, and Ma. Lourdes Sereno.

The source said most of the 8 magistrates are familiar faces, who also voted to give then President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo the leeway to choose the next chief justice despite a supposed constitutional ban on appointments.

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Tumbukin ang problema

Published by Ellen on August 24, 2010

A grim ending
Iba-iba ang opinyun sa nangyari kahapon sa panhu-hostage ngunit lahat naman sang-ayon na ang nagpaglala ng isang delikado na na sitwasyun ay ang pag-aresto ng mga pulis sa kapatid ng hostage-taker.

Ang nang hostage ay si dating Senior Inspector Rolando Mendoza. Ang kanyang kapatid naman na nasa Manila Police Department traffic bureau ay si SPO2 Gregorio Mendoza.

Ang sama kasi ng pagkahuli ng pulis na kuhang-kuha sa TV na pinapanoon naman ni Rolando sa bus. Hapon nang pumunta si Gregorio sa Luneta nang mabalitaan niya sa radio na nag-hostage ang kapatid niya. Noong una, pinayagan pang mga pulis si Gregorio na maka-usap si Rolando . Pinaki-usapan nga niya nga na palawigin ang deadline lampas sa alas-tres ng hapon na kanyang unang binigay na pumayag naman.

Nag-iba ang takbo ng sitwasyun nang inaresto ng mga pulis si Gregorio at sinabing kakasuhan daw ng pakikipagsabwatan kay Rolando. Siyempre natakot si Gregorio lalo pa nang dinadaan daw siya sa likuran ng presinto. Sa takot niya, tumakbo siya sa media na nagku-cover.

Nang pinapanood ko ang pag-aresto kay Gregorio, naala-ala ko ang eksena ng paghablot ng mga kamag-anak ng asawa ni Ted Failon habang sila ay nagbabantay sa kanilang naghiningalong kapatid sa hospital.

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