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Pen journalists say fight has only started

Published by Ellen on July 3, 2008

by Ashzel Hachero

Journalists who were arrested last year for refusing to leave the Manila Peninsula Hotel during the Magdalo soldiers’ stand-off yesterday said they are prepared to appeal all the way to the United Nations the junking of their P10 million class suit against government officials.

“Definitely we will appeal to the higher courts the unjust ruling of the Makati court. We will go to the Court of Appeals or we can file a motion for certiorari at the Supreme Court,” lawyer Harry Roque said.

Two editorials on Laigo’s dismissal of media class suit

Published by Ellen on June 29, 2008

A coup against press freedom,Business World and A crime to cover,Inquirer

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A coup against press freedom

On Friday evening, as we in the media prepared the news-record of the nation’s last workday and looked forward to easing ourselves into the weekend, a coup was sprung on us: a court ruling going against us and kept secret since its promulgation seven days earlier was released that evening — released not by the court itself but by the chief of the metropolitan police, Gen. Geary Barias, himself a beneficiary of the ruling, being one of the defendants.

Dagok sa malayang pamamahayag

Published by Ellen on June 28, 2008

Patay ang demokrasya sa desisyon ni Judge Reynaldo Laigo ng Makati Regional Trial Court branch 56 sa class suit na isinampa ng mga mamahayag tungkol sa nangyari sa Manila Peninsula noong Nov. 29, 2007.

Kinampihan ni Laigo ang ginawa ng Philippine National Police sa pangunguna ni Police Director Geary Barias ng National Capital region na pag-aresto at pagposas sa mga reporter pagkatapos ng insidente kung saan sina Sen. Antonio Trillanes IV, Brig. Gen. Danilo Lim at mga Magdalo officers ay nag-walkout sa hearing sa Makati RTC at nagpunta sa Manila Pen kung saan hinikayat nila ang taumbayan na talikuran si Gloria Arroyo.

Two dismaying court decisions

Published by Ellen on June 27, 2008

This is another sad day for democracy.

The Supreme Court junked the petition of Sen. Antonio Trillanes IV to be allowed to perform his duties as senator.

A Makati Regional Trial Court, meanwhile, dismissed the class suit filed by members of media and concerned citizens against government offficials responsible for the former’s arbitrary arrest and handcuffing duringthe Nov. 29, 2007 Manila Peninsula incident.

Following are the news reports:

ABS-CBN to probe if Drilon breached coverage protocols

Published by Ellen on June 26, 2008

Update: ABS-CBN suspends Ces Drilon

By Elizabeth Sanchez-Lacson
Philippine Daily Inquirer

Television network ABS-CBN Broadcasting Corp. will investigate the conduct of kidnapped journalist Ces Drilon to determine whether she breached protocols on news coverage that led to her kidnapping last June 8.

“There is a process of investigation and I don’t want to preempt that process. At the end of that, we have to find out if the proper process was followed by Ces,” network chair and chief executive Eugenio “Gabby” Lopez III said at the sidelines of the ABS-CBN stockholders’ meeting Thursday.

Kasinungalingan ang no-ransom

Published by Ellen on June 21, 2008

Update: Mayor Isnaji’s new lawyer confirms additional P15 million ransom. Also, P3 million of the first P5 million came from ABS-CBN.

Mabuti lang karamihan sa publiko hindi naniniwala sa pinagsasabi ng Malacañang kaya sa mga lumalabas na balita tungkol sa P20 milyon na ransom kina Ces Drilon, wala masyadong nagulat.

Ang narinig kong sinasabi ng marami: “Sabi ko na nga ba e.”

Naintindihan ko kung bakit kailangan magkaroon ng “No ransom policy” ang pamahalaan. Kapag normal kasi ang pagbigay ng ransom, lalo magiging malala ang kidnapping. Negosyo na nga yun hindi lamang ng Abu Sayyaf kungdi dito rin sa kalakhang Maynila.

Mayor got P3m of P5M

Published by Ellen on June 20, 2008

by Raymond Africa
Malaya

The police yesterday confirmed that the family of ABS-CBN news anchor Ces Drilon paid P5 million ransom to a bandit group that held her, two cameramen, and a professor for 10 days in Sulu.

A sobering lesson

Published by Ellen on June 19, 2008

Despite mosquito bites and a damaged toenail, Ces Drilon was her usual perky self upon coming out of a nine-day ordeal in a bandits’ lair in the jungle of Sulu. It was good to see her smiling.

It was touching seeing her crying and sharing her reflections of her harrowing experience. I was touched with that part when Ces said something like”You don’t realize how important something is until you are on the verse of losing it.” She said many times during their captivity, they were on the verge of being killed.

Ces’ kidnappers give deadline: P15 million by Tuesday noon

Published by Ellen on June 16, 2008

DILG puts up P500,000 each for the kidnappers of Ces and her team.

The kidnappers of ABS-CBN broadcast journalist Ces Drilon, her cameraman and a university professor have asked for a P15-million ransom, which they want delivered by Tuesday noon, according to an emissary.

The emissary, Alvarez Isnaji, mayor of the town of Indanan, Sulu, told reporters in Sulu the kidnappers set Tuesday as the deadline for the P15 million ransom for Drilon, ABS-CBN cameraman Jimmy Encarnacion and Prof. Octavio Dinampo of the Mindanao State Univerisity.

“Military asset” in Ces Drilon kidnapping surrenders

Published by Ellen on June 14, 2008

From Inquirer: Ces is well, laughing – Indanan mayor

From GMA-7 online

The man believed to have a hand in the kidnapping in Sulu province of three mediamen and a university professor has surrendered to authorities.

In an interview with radio dzBB’s Benjie Liwanag in Sulu on Saturday, Major Gen. Juancho Sabban said the man identified as Juamil “Mameng” Biyaw went down the mountains and “voluntarily surrendered.”

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Biyaw said that on June 7, he and his “boss” Dinampo, picked up Drilon’s group from the SSC Hostel in Jolo, Sulu. He said they went to Timbangan, a village in the province’s Indanan town. The group was on board a yellow Tamaraw jeep.

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